0265 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—going through a rough patch

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: going through a rough patch Hey, Shane, I haven’t see you in a while. I’m going through a rough patch. At work? No, at home. Lots of problems. 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.
0:29.9	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:41.3	Oh boy, today's podcast is late, and I will tell you why at the end of the podcast today's expression is very good it is going through a rough patch I am going through a rough patch for a couple of
0:54.0	years I went through a rough patch. For a couple of years, I went through a rough patch.
0:59.3	Are you going through a rough patch?
1:03.6	What this expression simply means is a difficult time, a bad time.
1:10.7	So if you are going through something, you are experiencing something.
1:17.7	I'm going through a divorce.
1:21.6	Right now, I'm experiencing a divorce.
1:25.2	No, not me.
1:26.1	That's just an example.
1:33.1	I'm going through cancer treatment. Right now,
1:42.6	I'm getting treatment for cancer. Um, no comment. So when you go through something, you are experiencing something and usually it's not easy.
1:46.0	It's quite difficult.
1:47.8	Going through a rough patch, R-O-U-G-H means not smooth.
1:55.7	Patch, P-A-T-C-H, that means a small area.
2:00.3	You are going through a very difficult time, but it's just a
2:05.2	short time, but anyway, it's very difficult.
2:09.3	Maybe it's a couple of days.
2:11.8	Maybe it's a couple of weeks.
2:13.2	It might be a couple of months.
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