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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0378 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—I can't shake SOMETHING~

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2015

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: I can’t shake SOMETHING   Are you still not feeling well?   I can’t shake this cold.   How long have you had it? Over a week now.   Did you ever have a feeling that something bad was going to happen? Maybe before a trip or before a vacation. Maybe before watching a movie. Maybe before visiting a friend. I have. Fortunately, nothing usually happens--nothing bad!!! Thank god!! But I still get that feeling and I can NOT lose that feeling. Today, we will learn a great expression to use in that case!!    Stay happy!   Coach Shane   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:     Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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.

0:26.2

Hello everybody.

0:29.6

Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.

0:32.2

Today's expression is a good one.

0:36.0

It is, I can't shake something.

0:39.6

I can't shake a feeling.

0:44.4

Now, it could be this feeling of guilt.

0:46.2

You feel guilty.

0:49.4

Or this feeling of worry.

0:51.7

You're worried about something.

0:55.5

Nothing in particular, but you just feel worried.

1:01.9

And there's no reason, but for some reason, you continue to feel worried.

1:06.3

In this case, you can say, I can't shake this feeling.

1:11.8

I can't shake this feeling of something bad is going to happen.

1:13.5

It happens.

1:14.3

Oh, yes.

1:19.9

You know, sometimes, I don't know, you go to the airport and I hate flying.

1:21.1

I do not like flying.

1:30.7

So every time I get on an airplane, for some silly reason, I feel like something bad is going to happen. And I can't shake that feeling. I can't get rid of that feeling. No matter how much I shake my body, the feeling

1:39.0

stays with me. Why do we use this shake expression? Well, the perfect image is a dog. Do you have a dog, a pet dog?

1:52.7

Have you ever seen a dog, especially a bigger dog, a dog with hair, you know, longer hair or longer

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