0250 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to do a disservice to someone
Daily Easy English Expression Podcast
Shane Peterson
4.7 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2015
⏱️ 11 minutes
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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. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to daily easy English expression. |
| 0:33.7 | Today's expression is fantastique. |
| 0:34.5 | Listen carefully. |
| 0:39.5 | To do a disservice to someone. |
| 0:43.9 | To do somebody a disservice. |
| 0:47.1 | Okay, so to do a disservice. |
| 0:48.3 | That's the key verb. |
| 0:49.9 | Disservice. |
| 0:51.2 | To do what? |
| 0:52.2 | A disservice? |
| 1:14.3 | D-I-S-E-R-V-I-C-E. to do what a diss service d i s s e r v i c e so it's dis d i s d i service so to service somebody means to help that person to give person assistance. You might help them with their homework, you might help them financially, you might help them emotionally. Doing something for somebody is |
| 1:23.3 | doing a service for somebody. |
| 1:32.1 | So, for example, when I go to the bank, |
| 1:35.8 | if I bring in all my coins, |
| 1:38.7 | the one cent penny, the five cent nickel, |
| 1:39.9 | the 10 cent dime, |
| 1:42.3 | let's say I have 200 coins. |
| 1:52.1 | Well, some banks charge people to change those coins into dollars. |
| 1:55.0 | But my bank does it for free. |
| 1:58.7 | They do it as a service. |
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