Welcome to a new episode of English Vocabulary Booster.
My name is Lara and I'm a SALSA-certified English teacher.
Learning new vocabulary usually takes a long time, but we'll do it in a way that's easy, quick and efficient.
In every episode, we'll learn how to use five new English words or expressions, so that you too can start speaking like a native.
So let's get learning!
Hello, you guys.
So I have to make a confession.
I hate this part because I never know what to say to you at the beginning of the episode.
Anyway, I'm just going to tell you to remember to go take a look at the transcripts.
They're on my website.
And let's just listen to the story.
This week's topic is I the body part.
I was at the pub last night all by myself.
I was looking around and then this girl caught my eye.
She was beautiful.
Like, really, really beautiful.
We're talking Instagram model beautiful.
You know what I mean?
Anyway, the thing is, I knew she wouldn't be interested in me, but I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.
And as I was about to look away, she winked at me.
At first, I wasn't sure.
I thought it was impossible.
But after a couple minutes, it happened again.
She winked at me.
Not once, but twice.
That's it, I thought.
I decided to go talk to her, only I never know what to say to girls.
So the first thing I could think of was something I heard Ryan Gosling say in a movie.
And I simply went, you're a sight for sore eyes, you know that?
She looked at me and blinked a couple of times, looking very confused.
And then she went, oh no, did that happen again?
Gosh, it's just, I'm sorry, it's a nervous tick.
Poor guy.
But hey, maybe they still went out after that and maybe a great love story started.
Who knows?
Expression number one, catch someone's eye.
And then this girl caught my eye.
No, nobody stole any eyes.
The girl didn't go there and took this guy's eye.
If something or someone catches your eye, do you notice it or not?
Yes, you notice it.
It catches your eye.
And if something catches your eye, is it usually remarkable in your opinion or not?
Yes.
Something that catches your eye is something that makes you stop and kind of like notice it, you know.
So it's got to be remarkable for you.
If I see, for example, I don't know a bench on the side of the road, I'm not gonna you know, it's not gonna catch my eye because it's got nothing special about it.
But what if it's super colorful and it's got a a very bright message on it, something you know written then it may catch my eye.
What kind of things catch your eye?
Well, if I'm walking down the street, some of the things that catch my eye could be cats.
Because I like cats, then it would be maybe a couple kissing.
It would make me go and turn around or someone wearing some very unusual clothes.
These are all things that would catch my eye.
Expression number two, cannot keep your eyes off of someone.
I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.
If you cannot keep your eyes off of someone or something, are you able to stop looking at them?
No.
Or better, you don't want to stop looking at them.
Obviously, there's nobody forcing you to look at them, so you can still look away, but it's really hard to stop looking at them.
Is this often used to describe something or someone ugly or beautiful?
If you cannot keep your eyes off of someone, it's usually because they're very beautiful or the thing you're looking at is very beautiful.
When was the last time you felt like you couldn't keep your eyes off of something or someone?
So the romantic in me would like to say the last time I couldn't keep my eyes off of someone was when I looked at my boyfriend.
But as much as I love my boyfriend in reality, the last time I couldn't keep my eyes off of something was when I saw a monkey.
Because I'm in Malaysia right now.
There's lots of monkeys.
Well, not lots of monkeys, but there's quite a few monkeys.
And when I see one, I just go crazy.
And when I see them, I cannot keep my eyes off of them, because I think they're super cute and adorable.
And I love what they do.
Although I'm also a little bit scared of monkeys.
Expression number three, wink.
She winked at me.
If you wink, do you close one eye or both?
If you wink, you close only one eye.
And do you close it quickly or not?
Yes, it's very quick.
Now close one eye very quickly and you will know what winking is.
That's right.
Did you just wink in public?
Well, I hope it doesn't get you in trouble.
Which of the following does a wink usually not indicate?
Careful, listen.
It does not indicate sexual interest.
It does not indicate a secret, a joke, or a doubt.
You cannot use a wink to indicate a doubt, all right?
That would be very weird.
Nobody would understand you.
It's like, hmm, I don't know, wink.
No, you can't.
I also just winked, but you couldn't see it.
So, but you can use it to describe sexual, to show better sexual interest.
Like, hmm, hello, pretty boy, wink.
Or, hey, don't tell anybody, wink. a secret, or, oh, come on, I'm just joking, wink.
Every time I go, it's a wink.
Would you ever wink at someone you don't know from across the bar?
I would never do it.
It's something that you see in movies.
I don't know if people actually do it, but I think winking to show sexual interest it's kind of it's kind of weird.
Maybe in the past it was okay, but now I would not take it well.
Expression number four, be a sight for sore eyes.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
You know that?
If you say something or someone is a sight for sore eyes.
Are you saying you're happy to see them or not?
Yes.
If you say, if you tell someone you're a sight for sore eyes, It means you're happy to see them, you're relieved to see them.
Is this expression often used to tell someone they're beautiful or that they're funny?
Oftentimes this expression to be a sight for sore eyes.
It means that it is used to tell someone else that they're beautiful.
Um, because it kind of means that your eyes were sort of hurting before and now they feel better because they, because they see something beautiful.
Obviously it's not real, but it's just an expression.
Imagine you are very thirsty.
Oh my God, I got a drink.
What would be a site for sore eyes?
Well, what's the thing that you want to see the most, that you would feel the most relieved to see?
You're thirsty, so probably...
Drinks, water, whatever it is, right?
So when you see water and you're very thirsty maybe you've been thirsty for a while you can say, oh my gosh, what a sight for sore eyes.
Expression number five, blink.
She looked at me and blinked a couple of times.
If you blink, do you close one eye or both?
If you blink, you close both eyes.
And do you close them quickly or not?
Yes, you close them super quickly.
Now do it.
I mean, I'm sure you've done it a lot ever since you started listening to the episode.
So blinking is what we do, right?
Though we do it because it's just we cannot help it.
It hurts if you don't blink.
How often do humans blink in one minute?
I actually don't know.
Let me Google it.
How often do humans blink in one minute?
Okay, Google says 15, 20 times per minute.
I don't know if that's true.
I don't know if you want to count it.
If you do, go ahead and you got something to do for the next minute.
And that is it for today.
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Have a great day.
