0430 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—Go out on a limb…

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2015

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: Go out on a limb… What’s your name? Vladimir. I’m gonna go out on a limb here…are you Russian? Dah! So...WHO is my average podcast listener? This is tough to guess... But I will try: Age: 32-37 Sex: Male Job: Work full-time Status: Married with kids English level: High intermediate Education: College + I know, many of you are younger and single and still students. Many of you are women. BUT...I'm guess that the person described above is my "average listener". That's who I imagine when I make me recordings. BUT...I am only assuming!! And it is DANGEROUS to ASSUME! That's why I will talk about in this podcast--please listen carefully. ALSO, please tell me WHO YOU ARE!! I want to know WHO my "average listener" is^^ Have a super week! Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: 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.
0:29.4	Hello everybody, welcome back to daily easy English expression.
0:32.6	Today, a very useful expression. It is to go out on a limb.
0:38.3	To be out on a limb. To be out on a limb.
0:41.6	All right.
0:42.0	Let's look at these words.
0:43.1	Out, O-U-T, on, O-N-A-L-I-M-B, to be out on a limb.
0:50.2	What is a limb?
0:52.1	Well, in this case, a limb, we have to think of a tree.
0:56.8	So let's think of a big tree with long branches and lots of leaves.
1:04.7	Do you know Canada?
1:06.2	Do you know the maple tree?
1:07.7	Very pretty tree.
1:08.9	Think of one of those trees. And did you ever see a swing,
1:15.6	like a tire swing in the tree? Yeah, so you got the tree that goes up and then you got the
1:23.2	branches that go out. And if you climb up the tree and you tie a rope to one of the branches and then bring the rope down and then
1:34.4	tie the rope to a tire, an old tire, you can swing back and forth and back and forth.
1:42.0	And it's lots of fun.
1:44.0	So where is that tire swing?
1:47.1	It is hanging on a limb.
1:50.5	So you've got the tree, and then the branches that go out, those are limbs.
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