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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0403 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to put it bluntly

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2015

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: to put it bluntly Have some of this! What’s this tea in a bowl? It’s soup! How is it? Be honest. Well, to put it bluntly…it’s flavorless. Does your mom cook? Is she good? My mom makes some really tasty dishes. My favorites are her spaghetti, goulash, beef stew, turkey and chicken...hmm-mm! Delicious. But...there have been meals that were not "really delicious"...but...am I allowed to tell her? Do I always have to say only nice things...can I be REALLY HONEST and explain what I didn't like about a particular meal that she made? Help me! What should I do?!! And...being REALLY HONEST...what is the expression that Americans would commonly use in this situation? I'll tell you in today's podcast! I hope you listen and use it! Use it on me!! Have a super day, 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

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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.

0:29.6

Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.

0:42.1

Okay, so I told you guys I've got a few more days of dump, D-U-M-P, but I've decided not to. I'll share a couple more D-U-M-P expressions in the upcoming weeks. Yeah, I worry. Why no dump? Because I worry that I'm going to give

0:53.1

you too much and you're going to get bored.

0:55.8

So anyway, today I have another great expression.

0:59.6

It has nothing to do with dump.

1:02.5

It is, to put it bluntly.

1:06.3

To put it bluntly, To put it bluntly.

1:12.0

This is a great expression, and there are many variations, but it's commonly used like this.

1:18.5

To put it bluntly.

1:20.4

So let me first explain the words.

1:22.9

To put, P-U-T.

1:25.1

To put actually means to say. So to put it bluntly, the same thing, to say it bluntly.

1:36.3

So it, what is it? It actually refers to my opinion or the truth or what I think.

1:46.3

So to say my opinion bluntly,

1:50.9

B-L-U-N-T-L-Y.

1:54.4

Bluntly simply means directly

1:57.2

without any sugar.

2:01.6

So basically it means being honest, really honest, even when what you have to say is not very nice.

2:16.6

Do you understand? All right. So let me give you an example. A couple days ago,

2:24.7

I cut my hair. Yeah, I think my hair looks pretty good. You know, I usually cut my own hair,

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