0256 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—That figures!

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2015

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: That figures~~ that doesn’t surprise me, that adds up, that makes sense Were you at John’s? He’s a troublemaker. Yes, mom. I won’t go again. What’s the matter? John broke his promise. That figures. He promised to let me win at Nintendo~~ 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.
0:31.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
0:37.6	Today's podcast is brought to you by our new patrons.
0:42.8	Thank you so much to everybody who donates, who invests,
0:45.5	and I've got a couple of thank yous to mention today.
0:48.2	Today's expression is really good.
0:49.5	It's very common.
0:52.0	It is that figures.
1:03.4	That figures. T-H-A-T-F-I-G-U-R-E-S. Now listen carefully to the intonation.
1:12.2	Oh, that figures. Ah, ha, that figures. Uh-huh, that figures. Uh-huh, that figures.
1:15.4	What does this expression mean?
1:21.8	Basically, it means, oh, yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
1:25.0	Uh-huh, I'm not surprised.
1:28.3	Oh, yeah, yep, that makes sense.
1:32.7	Now, we can also have the intonation like this.
1:35.1	Oh, that figures.
1:37.7	Uh-huh, that figures.
1:40.1	Yep, that figures.
1:45.0	So, Coach Shane's favorite food is hamburgers. Isn't Coach Shane American?
1:47.0	Yeah. Uh-huh. That figures.
1:50.0	Of course, that makes sense. He's an American.
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