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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0919 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—flip-flop and waffle

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hello everyone!! It's the summer--perfect time to wear flip-flops and eat waffles. But do NOT flip-flop or waffle--people don't like that! Learn and Enjoy! The E-cubed PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! Oh--and be ready--a new LME Podcast is coming soon. Yes--we will be coming back SLOWLY but SURELY!! Take care, Coach Shane Today's English expression and dialog: flip-flop and waffle You like him? He's a flip-flopper. He makes shoes? Sandals? No! He's a waffler! He makes breakfast waffles? NO! He changes his mind every other day to say what people want to hear! Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! Support the Let's Master English team! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane PLEASE support my sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/free www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS: http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv http://LMEtoday.com

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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.

0:14.5

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

0:22.1

All right.

0:22.7

So yesterday we studied the expression wishy-washy.

0:28.2

What does wishy-washy mean?

0:30.4

It's someone who cannot make a decision.

0:36.5

But what about those people who today they say yes, tomorrow, they say no,

0:45.3

the next day they say yes, the next day they say no. So we've studied fickle, that's a good word,

0:53.6

but we have better words. Are you ready? As a verb to flip-flop. F-L-I-P-L-P-L-O-P. Do you flip-flop sometimes? He always flip-flops. Oh, I thought Dan said yes. No, he changed his mind. He

1:22.2

flip-flopped. He's always flip-flopping. Okay, so as a verb we can use it somebody who changes their answer from

1:32.2

a to b to c that means the same thing,

1:53.5

and we can use it as a noun or a verb to waffle. W-A-F-F-L-E.

2:04.3

He waffles.

2:06.5

We can use it as a noun,

2:08.3

but now we need to add something.

2:10.4

A waffler.

2:11.6

He is a waffler.

2:14.5

F, I'm sorry, W-A-F-F-L-E-R.

2:19.1

These are people who always change their answers.

2:23.0

So politicians, politicians, these guys always change their answers.

2:28.6

They flip-flop every day.

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