156 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—I can't help but DO SOMETHING!

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2014

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: can’t help but do something What are you doing? I’m eating more cake. You are supposed to be on a diet. But it’s SO good. I can’t help but eat it. 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!) (Join DDM and get 1 lesson every week!) 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.
0:30.6	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.
0:36.5	Once again, today's podcast is brought to you by you.
0:41.5	I'm going to introduce more of the fantastic comments and people.
0:44.6	People that left comments on iTunes.
0:46.8	Today's expression, very useful.
0:50.7	I can't help but do something.
1:04.8	I can't help but do something. I cannot help but do something. That means I have to do something. Nothing can stop me from doing it. Oh, I must do something. So, for example, I can't help but laugh.
1:19.4	If you say, I can't help but laugh, that means nothing can stop you from laughing. You have to laugh.
1:27.2	You must laugh.
1:28.7	Even if it's not super funny or even if you're not supposed to laugh, you laugh.
1:36.2	So, for example, if you're watching Jim Carrey and you think to yourself, oh, this is so stupid.
1:45.4	But you laugh anyway.
1:48.4	You might say, oh, I couldn't help but laugh.
1:51.3	It was so stupid I had to laugh.
1:53.8	Or maybe you're at church or the mosque or the synagogue, and everybody is praying.
2:02.1	But for some reason, your brother hits you,
2:08.4	or your brother starts to fall asleep or says the wrong words,
2:15.2	and you start laughing.
2:16.6	You can't help but laugh.
2:18.0	It's too funny.
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