English in a Minute: 4 things about the word 'paint'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 1 minutes
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A picture may be worth a thousand words but this podcast is worth even more - even though it doesn't need a thousand words! Listen to Phil talk about the word 'paint'.
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| 0:00.0 | We're listening to BBC Learning English.com. |
| 0:06.1 | Let's learn paint. |
| 0:08.1 | The noun is just coloured liquid that makes things look nice. |
| 0:12.0 | The verb is more complicated. |
| 0:14.5 | If you paint something, it can mean that you put paint on it, usually with a brush. |
| 0:19.9 | I'm going to paint this wool yellow and this one white. |
| 0:23.4 | The table was painted green. |
| 0:26.2 | But it can also mean to make a picture of something using paint. |
| 0:31.5 | She painted a portrait of me. It looks great. |
| 0:34.6 | The artist painted the beautiful landscape. |
| 0:38.4 | It can also mean to apply a liquid to something with a brush even when it isn't actually paint. |
| 0:45.8 | Paint the pastry with egg before putting it in the oven. Paint the wood preserver on the fence to protect it. |
| 0:52.6 | So painting something can mean changing its colour or making a |
| 0:56.7 | picture of it with paint or just applying liquid with a brush. |
| 1:00.7 | BBC Learning English |
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