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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

1117 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCASTโ€”at the drop of a hat

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 โ€ข 756 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 3 February 2024

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Summary

Todayโ€™s English expression and dialog: At the drop of a hatโ€ฆ without delay, immediately Hi, Shane. Iโ€™ll be free in five minutes. Oh, Iโ€™m busy now. Maybeโ€ฆ YOU BE THERE AT TWO! What, you expect me to be there at the drop of a hat? Iโ€™m your WIFE! GET FREE LESSONS: Iโ€™m on iTunes and everywhere else they have podcasts! Coach Shane? I'm from the USA and I live in the state of Vermont! I make videos and podcasts for ๐„๐…๐‹/๐„๐’๐‹ students and my teaching focuses on ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, listening ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. My lessons will help you MASTER English. ย  Support me! ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐Œ, ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Master your English listening, comprehension and pronunciation.๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐… ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง. A course 100% focused on speaking American English. Join ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก Three specific course for Beginners, Intermediate AND Advanced people Where to join? AND HOTMART!! ย  ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ Newsletter & FREE lessons! Buy me a coffee OR help buy some diapers for Mikey and Jimmy! Weโ€™re on PATREON, too. And we give nice gifts! PLEASE support my sponsors: (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) ย  #coachshane #esl #englishpronunciation #americanpronunciation #americanenglish #actionenglish #lme #LetsMasterEnglish #ddm #pirfectenglish #pirf #coachshanepodcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody. My name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.

0:11.0

Come on, let's master English.

0:15.0

Hello everybody. Welcome back to the Easy English Exp expression, the podcast.

0:22.2

This is Coach Shane.

0:26.1

For many of you, you've been waiting for a new podcast, and finally, the wait is over.

0:33.8

There's a very good reason why we were unable to produce new podcasts if you'd like to hear the story

0:42.0

let me know but otherwise let's just go to the english today's expression is really good it means

0:49.9

immediately it means without delay right now. And the expression is,

0:57.1

at the drop of a hat. At the drop of the hat. At the drop of the hat. At AT, the T-H-E, drop,

1:07.3

D-R-O-P of a hat.

1:12.2

At the drop of a hat is an idiom, an idiomatic phrase.

1:19.2

That means without delay or immediately check out the dialogue.

1:26.4

Hi, Shane.

1:29.1

I'll be free in five minutes.

1:31.8

Oh, I'm busy now. Maybe... You be there at two.

1:33.9

What? You expect me to be there at the drop of a hat?

1:37.4

I'm your wife.

1:40.5

Yeah, be careful. If your wife tells you to be someplace, you probably should be there at the time she recommends.

1:49.4

What about me? If my wife says be there at four, yeah, I'm not only there at the time. I'm there before.

1:57.1

I'm one of those early arrivers. But anyway, back to the expression, at the drop of a hat.

2:05.6

My boss expects me to work on his stuff at the drop of a hat.

2:11.7

And this nuance of immediately without delay at the drop of a hat,

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