0334 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—(to be) bogged down

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: bogged down Why didn’t you text me back? I’m sorry, I was busy. Didn’t you see it? I did, but I was SO bogged down at that time. You don’t love me~ Ugh~~ Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! Our sponsors: Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel:

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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.
0:33.9	Oh boy, today's expression is so wonderful.
0:35.0	It is, listen carefully.
0:36.6	Bog down. Bog down. I'm bogged bog down i'm bogged down are you bogged down okay let me spell
0:44.4	this out for you bogged down b o g g e d d o w n words, it's a phrasal verb, bogged down.
0:57.6	To be bogged, no.
0:59.4	To be bogged up, no.
1:01.5	To be bogged down, yes.
1:03.9	To bog down, it's possible.
1:06.7	Don't bog me down.
1:08.0	That might be possible.
1:09.5	But almost always, it is bogged down.
1:13.7	A past participle, like an adjective, I am bogged down.
1:18.8	You are bogged down.
1:22.0	What does this mean?
1:23.0	It means super, super busy.
1:27.1	So much work, you're almost dying.
1:32.2	Why does bogged down mean busy?
1:35.6	Well, it refers to bog, B-O-G.
1:40.0	A bog is the same thing as a swamp, S-W-A-M-P.
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