0408 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to take a dump

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2015

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: to take a dump Where’s Pete? He’s taking a dump. Excuse me? Erm, excuse me~ He’ll be back in a few minutes. There are SO many English expressions--some are nice, some are not. But...if you want to master the language, we should know as many as possible!! Why learn "bad" expressions? So that we know NOT to use them^^ Today we will learn an expression that I do NOT recommend you use~ This is an expression that you will hear IF you watch American movies, if you read American novels...but it is not a "nice" expression. It is "to take a dump". We use it for people and pets. I tell you HOW to use it and WHY we use the word "dump"! Have a very nice 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.
0:29.8	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English expression.
0:38.7	Today's expression is, it's not the best expression in the world, but it is something we say in daily English,
0:43.3	especially guys, or especially when we talk about our pet,
0:49.3	a pet cat, or a pet dog.
0:52.1	And it goes back to the word dump.
0:54.3	Do you remember we talked about dump?
0:56.1	Okay.
0:57.4	So if you don't like gross expressions, then stop listening.
1:01.3	It's not too bad.
1:02.4	But anyway, today's expression is to take a dump.
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:09.7	To take a dump means to go to the bathroom. And as a guy, it's not the bathroom standing up, it's the bathroom sitting down. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Now, why do we say dump? Why does dump have this meaning? Well, the idea is from a dump truck.
1:30.1	Do you know what a dump truck is?
1:33.3	Well, it's a big truck that you can put lots and lots and lots of dirt inside and then it will move it from one place to another place. It will take the dirt from one area
1:49.5	and dump it in another. So a dump truck, yeah, that's the idea. I'm sorry, it's English. Don't be
1:59.5	angry. Let's check out the dialogue.
2:03.1	Where's Pete?
2:04.1	He's taking a dump.
2:06.3	Excuse me?
2:08.6	Excuse me.
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