0214 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—the straight and narrow

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2014

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: the straight and narrow If you want to be respected, you have to stick to the straight and narrow. What do you mean? You have to follow the rules. Keep to principles. But I hate following rules. Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: https://letsmasterenglish.leadpages.net/pirf/ (Join PIRF—Coach Shane’s Speaking Class!) www.letsmasterenglish.com/tryddm (Get 8 FREE DDM lessons!) www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) www.letsmasterenglish.com/ddmlite (Join DDM and get 1 lesson every week!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:29.6	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:31.6	Today's expression is long.
0:32.4	Listen carefully.
0:37.0	The straight and narrow. The straight and narrow.
0:39.6	The straight and narrow.
0:44.0	The straight, S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T,
0:46.9	straight and narrow.
0:50.1	N-A-R-R-R-O-W.
0:53.6	So straight, you can think go straight,
0:58.1	a straight line from A to B is straight.
0:59.0	Straight.
0:59.5	Straight.
1:01.9	Narrow.
1:04.1	Not thick.
1:07.0	Narrow similar would be very thin.
1:08.2	Narrow.
1:23.3	The straight and narrow. This is an expression that means to carefully follow the rules to be a very good person to not do things that are wrong, things that are immoral, things that are unethical,
1:33.8	things that are illegal, to be a good person, to be honest to do good things. This is the idea.
1:51.4	Are you on the straight and arrow? Do you follow the straight and arrow? Do you follow the rules? Are you a good guy all the time? Now, I'll be honest. For me,
1:59.0	generally, I follow the straight and arrow. The straight and arrow, that is my life, for me, generally, I follow the straight and narrow.
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