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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0223 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to be up to something

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: to be up to something Why does Shane keep going to the kitchen? I don’t know. That is strange. I think he’s up to something. I know! Mom baked new cookies. He’s eating them! 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

Transcript

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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.

0:38.0

Today's expression is brought to you by DDM, the Internet's finest English class.

0:40.1

I'll tell you about that at the end.

0:44.2

Today's expression is be up to something.

0:48.4

To be up to something.

0:50.9

Are you up to something?

0:52.5

He's up to something.

0:59.9

I think you are up to something. What does it mean if somebody is up to something, he's up to something. I think you are up to something. What does it mean if somebody is up to something? It means that the person is doing something suspicious. They're doing something secret.

1:14.0

Like maybe they're spying.

1:18.4

Or maybe they're stealing something.

1:21.5

They're acting strangely.

1:25.1

Their behavior is peculiar.

1:27.4

They're up to something. They're doing something. I just have a feeling that they are up to

1:32.7

something. They're talking about me. They're going to do something. I know they are up to something.

1:40.7

Yeah, actually these days in America, anyway, you know, most Americans celebrate Christmas.

1:47.7

Are you celebrating Christmas?

1:49.9

Well, the other day, I was looking at my cell phone and it's a smartphone and I use Wi-Fi and I was looking on the internet.

2:00.3

And I'm looking through and actually I was looking up a present, a Christmas present for my mother.

2:07.7

And my mother was sitting next to me.

2:10.2

She could not see me using the phone, but she was sitting next to me and suddenly she said,

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