0581 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—to cut it close
Daily Easy English Expression Podcast
Shane Peterson
4.7 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2016
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. My name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English expressions. |
| 0:11.1 | Come on, let's master English. |
| 0:14.8 | Hello everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression. |
| 0:20.8 | Yep, today's expression is to cut it close. |
| 0:26.5 | To cut it close. |
| 0:28.0 | Very good expression. |
| 0:29.0 | T-O-2 cut C-U-T, it close, C-L-O-S-E. |
| 0:35.0 | It refers to your appointment or usually some time-related thing. You had to finish by |
| 0:44.6 | 3 o'clock. You had to arrive at work by 2 o'clock. You needed to do something by Saturday. |
| 0:55.0 | This is the idea of what it refers to usually time. |
| 0:58.0 | So to cut it close means you just finished right before the deadline. |
| 1:09.5 | You were supposed to finish at 3 o'clock and you finished at 259. |
| 1:15.7 | You were supposed to arrive at 8 o'clock and you arrived at 758. |
| 1:23.5 | This is the idea. |
| 1:25.9 | Yeah, some people are always late. |
| 1:30.0 | Some people are always on time. |
| 1:33.5 | Some people are early. |
| 1:36.5 | What about you? |
| 1:37.6 | I'll tell you about me after we check out the dialogue. |
| 1:46.5 | Oh, there! just in time. |
| 1:49.3 | We have two minutes. |
| 1:50.9 | Just in time. |
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