Episode 77 as the spirit moves you

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Episode 77-Transcript and Grammar Notes

Friday, 30 March 2018

as the spirit moves you

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TRIVIA

Between 60% to 65% of Americans attend church service on Easter.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Easter is the Super Bowl of church attendance in the U.S. Across America CEOs- Christmas Easter Only churchgoers will flood the church parking lots and pews for Easter services. Tradition, family obligation, and child-friendly activities are the top reasons for high church attendance on Easter Sunday. ~Chreasters United

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Hello and welcome to episode 77…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… as the spirit moves you

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Now open between Easter and Christmas ~a church billboard

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as the spirit moves you … a phrase used for saying that someone does something when they want to, rather than when they think they should…when you feel compelled to do something…when you feel you want to do something…when the time is right

I’ll make a decision when I want to.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… as the spirit moves you

I’ll make a decision as the spirit moves me.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … as the spirit moves you

I am usually a homebody on the weekends. I go out as the spirit moves me.

She only takes photos as the spirit moves her.

Everyone in the meeting made a suggestion as the spirit moved them.

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QUESTION

Are you the member of a church, synagogue or mosque?

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GRAMMAR NOTES

ALTERNATIVES

when the spirit moves you

I’ll cook dinner when the spirit moves me.

if the spirit moves you

If the spirit moves you make a contribution.

VOCABULARY

spirit | noun

a desire or determination to do something

Life has not broken his spirit.

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