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What makes you proud about your mother?
What makes your mother smile?
What is your happiest memory of your mother?
What fragrance does your mother wear?
Dear Mama | Tupac Shukar PODCAST | An Idiom a Day Episode 106-Transcript & Idiom Notes Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Share and share alike. MUSIC White carnations will change color within 24 hours after adding food coloring to the water. MUSIC Carnations are the traditional Mother’s Day flower. White carnations are worn to honor a mother who has passed away. Pink carnations represent gratitude and love and are worn to honor a mother who is still living while red carnations signify admiration. MUSIC Hello and welcome to episode 106…of… An Idiom a Day I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… Share and share alike. QUOTE Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. ~Robert Browning MUSIC Share and share alike. … is a phrase that means it is good to share things equally and fairly… to take or distribute equal portions… everyone has an equal share My mom told me to share the cookies equally with my younger sisters. Here is the same sentence using the idiom… Share and share alike. My mom told me to share and share alike the cookies with my younger sisters. Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … Share and share alike. In this household, we share and share alike. There’s enough work for everyone in the office, share and share alike. We have a deadline to meet. If we win the lottery, let ’s agree to share and share alike the winnings. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? What habits do you have that remind you of your mother? An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… Curiosity killed the cat. Remember…Learn Something New Every Day IDIOM NOTES VOCABULARY share |VERB to have or use (something) with others We share a car together. alike| ADJECTIVE similar in appearance, nature, or form The two cars are alike. alike| ADVERB in the same way My sisters and I dressed alike when we were younger. ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.Read Full Transcript & Idiom Notes
Mother and Child Reunion | Paul Simon PODCAST | An Idiom a Day Episode 105-Transcript & Idiom Notes Monday, 7 May 2018 air your dirty laundry MUSIC Mother begins with the letter M in most languages around the world. MUSIC There is a 50 percent chance that a baby’s first word will either be mama or dada. From a phonetic standpoint, mama is easier to say. By opening and closing the mouth, infants can vocalize the m sound…mmm..mmm. The P and B sounds are vocalized the same way….ppp…ppp and bbb…bbb. Dada requires a complicated tongue gesture. The tongue has to be placed behind the teeth …ddd…ddd. The T and N sound requires the same tongue gesture …ttt…ttt and nnn…nnn~ out of the mouth of babes Mum is mother in the UK MUSIC Hello and welcome to episode 105…of… An Idiom a Day I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… air your dirty laundry QUOTE Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first .~ Mignon McLaughlin MUSIC air your dirty laundry … is to talk to other people about personal things… something embarrassing or bad about yourself that you should keep private… private information that causes shame and embarrassment when made public My mother told me to never, ever talk publicly about private information that may cause shame or embarrassment to my family. Here is the same sentence using the idiom… air your dirty laundry My mother told me to never, ever air my family’s dirty laundry in public. Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … air your dirty laundry Be careful what you put on Facebook. Don’t air your dirty laundry in public. I signed a non-disclosure agreement which prevents me from airing the company’s dirty laundry in public. The couple aired their dirty laundry during their divorce. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? What is something your mother considered very important? An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… Share and share alike. Remember…Learn Something New Every Day IDIOM NOTES ALTERNATIVES air your dirty linen in public Don’t air your dirty linen in public. VOCABULARY linen | NOUN sheets and other things that are made of cloth that is used in the home ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.Read Full Transcript & Idiom Notes
I Just Called To Say I Love You PODCAST | An Idiom a Day Episode 104-Transcript & Idiom Notes Sunday, 6 May 2018 Look before you leap. MUSIC In America, about 122 million phone calls are made to mom on Mother’s Day. ~I just called to say I love you | Stevie Wonder MUSIC In Spain, Diá de la Madre or Mother’s Day was originally celebrated on December 8, the same day as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1965, the date for Mother’s Day was changed to the first Sunday in May. School children spend hours creating gifts for their mothers. The entire family celebrates Diá de la Madre together. Madre is mother in Spanish. MUSIC Hello and welcome to episode 104…of… An Idiom a Day I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… Look before you leap. QUOTE Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out. MUSIC Look before you leap. … if you say look before you leap, you are advising someone to think about possible problems before doing something…to think about the possible dangers or difficulties of something before doing it I am advising you to think about the possible problems before making this decision. Do your research before buying a used car. I know a few mothers who have said this, myself included Look before you leap. Do your research before buying a used car. Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … Look before you leap. If you are plan on investing in the stock market, I advise you to look before you leap. Renting this apartment was a bad decision. I didn’t look before I leaped. This is your third divorce, when are you going to look before you leap. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? What are the most important things you have learned from your mother? An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… air your dirty laundry Remember…Learn Something New Every Day ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.Read Full Transcript and Idiom Notes
MAMA MIA PODCAST | An Idiom a Day Episode 103-Transcript & Idiom Notes Friday, 4 May 2018 Birds of a feather flock together. MUSIC On Mother’s Day Americans will spend $1.9 billion on flowers. Mother’s Day is the second most popular day to buy flowers. Christmas is the first. MUSIC Three years after her mother’s death, Ann Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, held a memorial ceremony to honor her mother. The first observance of Mother’s Day in America was May 10, 1908. Jarvis sent 500 white carnations to all the mothers who attended the church service. omm is mother in Arabic MUSIC Hello and welcome to episode 103…of… An Idiom a Day I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… Birds of a feather flock together. QUOTE Life doesn’t come with a manual; it comes with a mother. MUSIC Birds of a feather flock together. … if you say birds of a feather flock together…this means people who have (a) similar character, background or the same interests will often choose to spend time together…people who are alike tend to do the same things…like likes like If your friends are smoking, then you are smoking. You and your friends have the same interests When I was a teenager, my mother used to tell me… If your friends are smoking, then you are smoking. Birds of a feather flock together. Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … Birds of a feather flock together. I am not surprised you met a few Trekkies in the group. After all, birds of a feather flock together. The athletes at the reunion were like birds of a feather flocking together. They sat at a table and talked sports all night. There are a large group of teenagers at the mall tonight- I guess, birds of a feather flock together. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? Do you know what your mother’s childhood was like? An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes, and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… Look before you leap. Remember…Learn Something New Every Day IDIOM NOTES ALTERNATIVES birds of the feather flock together birds of a feather USAGE informal | used in relaxed situations with family, friends or people you know VOCABULARY flock | VERB to gather or move in a crowd The tourists flocked to the beach. flock | NOUN a large group of people There is a flock of tourists in the restaurant. ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.Read Full Transcript & Idiom Notes