0982 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—an ax to grind

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today's English expression and dialog: an ax to grind Why did Bob suddenly say mean things about Sally? He has an ax to grind. Why? What happened? Well, someone told me that Sally was saying that Bob has bad breath. FREE LESSONS: www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/free Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast FRESH! Support the Let's Master English team! JOIN our classes: www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/signup Coffee for me and diapers for Mikey and Jimmy!: paypal.me/LetsMasterEnglish Become a patron: www.patreon.com/coachshane PLEASE support my sponsors: www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) www.gorillamind.com/?atid=106 Get the best NOOTROPICS for your mind and body. (USA-only☹) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS: www.letsmasterenglish.com/free http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv http://letsmasterenglish.com/radio

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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, the podcast.
0:22.3	This is number 982.
0:25.9	Getting close to 1,000.
0:28.1	Today's expression is very good.
0:30.4	An axe to grind.
0:33.1	I have an axe to grind with you.
0:37.7	It's not true.
0:38.6	I don't.
0:39.9	An ax.
0:40.6	So N, A, N, the article N, the X, N, X, N, X, A, X.
0:46.6	A, A, X.
0:48.6	And we also spell it AX E.
0:51.5	I think most Americans simply spell it A-X Do you know what an axe is? It's that really sharp
1:01.2	tool that we use to cut down a tree or to split firewood.
1:12.2	Yeah, an axe.
1:14.2	Firemen, firemen have one.
1:25.5	If the building is burning and they need to, you know, get into the door, they might use an axe to cut apart and break down the door.
1:34.9	An axe to, T.O, infinitive 2, grind is our verb G-R-I-N-D.
1:48.5	Now, if you have an axe or if you have a knife, if you use it a lot, eventually the axe becomes dull, the knife becomes dull.
1:55.0	It's not sharp anymore, and we need to sharpen the knife or the axe. So when we sharpen a knife or an axe, we use the verb grind.
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