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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0391 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST— ~ never delivers

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: ~ never delivers Are you going to vote? What for? Politicians never deliver. They never keep their promises, do they? They’re almost all the same. Happy Thursday, everyone. Today's expression is SERIOUS. Here's a true story to get you thinking before you listen... Many years ago I was the manager of a language school. One of my teachers was a really nice guy. He was smart, had good charisma, could explain grammar well...BUT he was ALWAYS breaking his promises. He was ALWAYS late. He almost always came to work with the smell of alcohol. And he was NOT a good dresser. Finally, I had a meeting with him and told him that if he didn't start fulfilling his promises of coming in to work on time, cutting back on drinking and taking a shower and washing his clothes--he would be out the door (he would be fired). Well, he kept his promise...for two days. I fired him. He was no good. He could not DELIVER. If you promise, please deliver! Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish 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.

0:26.4

Hello, everybody.

0:29.5

Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.

0:34.1

Ooh, today, uh, dangerous expression.

0:43.2

Somebody, somebody, somebody never delivers. He never delivers. She never delivers.

0:51.6

What does it mean? Deliver. Deliver. D-E-L-I-V-E-R. You know, the food delivery. You got the pizza delivery, the, I don't know, McDonald's delivery.

0:57.3

What's a popular delivery food in your country? Chinese food? Do they deliver Chinese food?

1:04.4

Italian food? Do they deliver Italian food? In America, pizza, pizza's number one. So, never deliver.

1:13.3

Does it mean never delivers food?

1:15.6

No, actually, this expression means never fulfills a promise.

1:25.7

So somebody promised you something, but they didn't fulfill the promise.

1:35.6

You didn't deliver.

1:38.3

You didn't fulfill your promise.

1:42.5

And if the person never fulfills their promise,

1:47.1

we can say they never deliver.

1:49.4

He never delivers.

1:51.2

She never delivers.

1:52.8

They never deliver.

1:53.9

So the obvious answer or the obvious thing to think about is politicians.

2:01.9

Do politicians deliver?

2:05.8

Maybe some of them.

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