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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0651 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—Whatever floats your boat +

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today we have two funny expressions that Americans like because they SOUND funny! The meaning is good, too! Have a super Thursday--the weekend is almost HERE!!! Coach Shane Today's English expression and dialog: whatever floats your boat (flips your switch) Can you take me to the shopping mall? Sure. No, wait! Take me to Walmart instead. Whatever floats your boat^^ Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! PLEASE support my sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/free www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS, on our YouTube channels: http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv Support the Let's Master English team! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.

0:10.0

Come on, let's master English.

0:14.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression expression the podcast.

0:22.2

Yeah.

0:27.2

Okay, so today we have a very interesting expression.

0:31.4

And I'm going to give you two versions.

0:33.4

Just listen.

0:44.0

Whatever floats your boat or whatever flips your switch.

0:49.0

So flip switch, they sound the same, it's interesting.

0:52.4

Float boat, they sound the same, it's interesting.

0:59.3

These are two expressions that sound funny and we like the way they sound there's no real special meaning float a boat b oat a boat it stays on top of the water

1:10.8

therefore it floats f-l-o-a-t

1:14.7

whatever floats your boat and the other flip your switch swit-ch-w-i-t-ch on our

1:24.0

wall or on a light listen carefully I don't know if you can hear that there i'm i'm

1:30.9

flipping a switch okay so if i flip it up the light goes down if i flip it down the light goes off

1:40.9

the switch i flip the switch up it's on the light is on i flip the switch. I flip the switch up. It's on. The light is on. I flip the switch down. The light

1:48.1

is off. So whatever floats your boat or whatever flips your switch are two great expressions.

1:57.9

But what do they mean? How do we use them? I'll explain after you listen to the dialogue.

2:05.3

Can you take me to the shopping mall? Sure. No wait. Take me to Walmart instead.

2:11.6

Whatever floats your boat?

2:15.0

Hmm, whatever floats your boat, huh?

2:18.8

This expression is great.

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