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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

115 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST— low-key

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7756 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2014

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: low-key My favorite actor is Tom Hanks. Why’s that? He’s great on-screen, and low-key off-screen. You’re right! He’s never in the news like Lady Gaga!   Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/tryddm (Get 8 FREE DDM lessons!) www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) www.letsmasterenglish.com/grammar (CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR!) Our YouTube channel:   www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.

0:11.0

You and me every day, come on, let's master English.

0:30.2

Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.

0:32.7

Thank you very much for tuning in. Today's podcast is brought to you by DDM more on DDM later.

0:40.2

Today's expression is very good.

0:41.9

It's an adjective, low-key.

0:45.9

Low-key, L-O-W-K-K-E-Y, low-key.

0:53.5

What does it mean to be low key?

0:56.0

He is very low key.

0:57.0

He is very low key.

1:00.0

Hmm, low from high to low key.

1:04.0

When we say key, you could think of a piano key.

1:10.0

Do re me faso latido, you a piano key.

1:15.1

Dore me faso latido, you hit the key.

1:17.8

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

1:19.9

What is a low key?

1:23.7

Dun, dun.

1:26.1

Yeah, I can't make a low sound.

1:26.4

Sorry.

1:44.5

But anyway, those are keys. So low key, are low keys easy to hear or are high keys easy to hear? Yeah, I think the higher keys are much easier to hear than the low keys. The high keys are really easy.

1:45.5

Excuse me.

1:47.2

But that's the idea. If somebody is low key, they are very quiet.

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