Hello there. This is your professor into but from Senegal, West Africa.
You're listening to everybody ESL Welcome to episode 386 of Everybody ESL the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English Practice their English or just learn more English My name is Ben and I have a mini episode for you today where I am going to teach you about one English topic you can subscribe
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get on with this mini episode In This episode I am going to teach you an interesting and useful idiom The idiom is under your belt under your belt That's you and D er Why oh you are?
BEL T. I Say under your belt but in different situations it could be under my belt Under his belt under her belt.
It just depends on the situation What does under your belt mean?
we use under your belt to describe things that we have experienced or things that we have accomplished or Sometimes things that we have received or things that we have acquired we can describe experiences and accomplishments as being under your belt if something is under your belt you have experienced
it or accomplished it or Received it it is something that is now a part of you That might sound a little bit confusing, but I think this simple example Will explain how we use this idiom?
let's say that I have a friend who is a teacher and He has just started a new job at a new school You might think he would have a little bit of trouble adjusting to a new job adjusting to a new school and new co -workers But my friend has ten years of teaching under his belt My friend has ten years of teaching
under his belt in other words he has already experienced ten years of teaching or He has already accomplished ten years of teaching He has already gained all of that experience the experience of working as a teacher for ten years so this new job is not difficult for him and So under your belt refers
to things that we have experienced or accomplished or gained in some way Why do we use under your belt to refer to this kind of thing?
I think I know the reason Imagine that you eat a big meal Where does that big meal go it goes in your belly it goes in your stomach It goes under your belt it is under your belt and it is now a part of you the same is true for important experiences or Accomplishments or important things that you have gained
or acquired They become a part of you It's the same as my friend in that example those ten years of experience as a teacher Are now a part of him the same way a big meal becomes a part of you And so you can use under your belt to refer to important experiences you've had or important accomplishments
or important things that you have learned or gained and that is under your belt an Interesting and useful idiom that I think you should know This is the end of episode 386 of Everybody ESL Remember if you have questions about English or if you have comments for me Or if you would like to record an introduction that I
can play at the beginning of future episodes The same way Jarra Jeff a recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode Send an email to everybody ESL at gmail .com I'll be back soon with a new episode and until then keep going keep practicing and keep learning I'll see you soon.
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