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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

1066 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—Not up to scratch

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today's English expression and dialog: Not up to scratch Why don't you start your new podcast? Well, the format is not up to scratch. Why do you have to change the format? Should I use the old format? Yes! It was great~ GET FREE LESSONS: https://www.LetsMasterEnglish.com I'm on iTunes and everywhere else they have podcasts! Coach Shane? I'm from the USA, I make videos and podcasts for 𝐄𝐅𝐋/𝐄𝐒𝐋 students and my teaching focuses on 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, listening 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. My lessons will help you MASTER English. Support me! 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐃𝐌, 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. Master your English listening, comprehension and pronunciation. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐅 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧. A course 100% focused on speaking American English. Join 𝐋𝐌𝐄 365—the best of both DDM and PIRF together. Join 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 Three specific course for Beginners, Intermediate AND Advanced people Where to join? https://LetsMasterEnglish.com AND HOTMART!! https://go.hotmart.com/A67282049R?dp=1 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 Newsletter & FREE lessons! www.LetsMasterEnglish.com Buy me a coffee OR help buy some diapers for Mikey and Jimmy! paypal.me/LetsMasterEnglish We're on PATREON, too. And we give nice gifts! https://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. #coachshane #esl #englishpronunciation #americanpronunciation #americanenglish #actionenglish #lme #LetsMasterEnglish #ddm #pirfectenglish #pirf #coachshanepodcast

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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.

0:14.6

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

0:22.1

You do know I have another podcast, the Let's Master English podcast.

0:27.7

Have you listened to it?

0:28.8

It's fantastic.

0:30.1

We have two versions.

0:32.4

There's one version with music and there's one version without music. If you have any questions, send me an email

0:41.3

daily dictation members at gmail.com. Today's expression is blah blah blah is not up to scratch something is not up to scratch not up to scratch not up

1:05.5

up up up up up up up to to scratch scr a t-T-C-H scratch this my friend is an idiom and it means if something is not up to

1:20.6

scratch it is not good enough it's not good enough. It needs to be improved. It needs more work. It needs to be

1:35.0

developed more. Check out the dialogue. Why don't you start your new podcast? Well, the format is not up to scratch.

1:47.3

Why do you have to change the format?

1:49.6

Should I use the old format?

1:51.9

Yes, it was great.

1:55.5

That's exactly right.

1:56.8

Right now, you are listening to the Daily Easy English Expression podcast, right?

2:02.6

The E cubed podcast.

2:04.6

But my other podcast is called Let's Master English.

2:09.1

And I started that podcast many, many years ago.

2:14.2

But over time, I got busy.

2:21.9

I got married. I had not me. My wife had kids.

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