Idioms and Expressions about LUCK - U.S. Culture - Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Jossan Borba Thank you for the birthday wishes. If you're curious, you can see a recording of the March 9 ESL birthday bash. www.wiziq.com/course/102441-jennifer-s-birthday-bash-on-march-9-2015 May the days ahead be lucky ones for you! :)

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Jossan Borba You have a great memory if you remember that lesson with Natasha. :) I thought you might be curious about the ESL birthday bash I held earlier in the week. The recording is up on WizIQ, so anyone can watch it. Have a good weekend!

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Years ago when I first time heard "break a leg" from a stranger. I thought he was a mean person and I ran away because I was afraid that he would break my leg. lol Thanks for your lesson. The speed you speak is just right for my ears. I would never probably tired of listening to you speaking. :)

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Thank you very much dear Jennifer! Your lessons are fantastic. Greeting and hugs with love from Venezuela. God bless your family.

[@eleonorakuzminskaya2000]

Thank you, dear Jennifer for your marvelous videos. Let me wish you the best of luck and coming Happy St Patric's Day :-)))))

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It is my sheer luck that i have come across your awsome English learning videos Jennifer. Thanks

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I'm fortunate you found me. :)

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Thanks for your humbleness dear.

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Thank you very much Dear Jennifer! Your classes are Fantastic. Greeting and hugs from Venezuela! God bless your family.

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Jofranzo Guevara Thank you for studying with me, Jofranzo. Kind wishes to you!

[@avs21039]

Thank you Jennifer for telling us about luck. It is very useful to keep conversation. Crossword puzzle is a good feature too. Best of luck!

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Аркадий Старостенко Hi Arkadiy. I'm glad you liked the lesson. Have a good weekend!

[@diego4493115]

Great list of vocabulary to keep in mind. Thank you, Jennifer!

[@juliocesarlimadesousa9109]

Very very interesting lesson, Jennifer! I wish you the best of luck!

[@yohannavargasyohanyohan6198]

Thank you for help us. Lucky me! Happy St. Patrick's Day teacher.

[@thenoelskii800]

I love your voice and you ảe a nice teacher Jenifer

[@Prageethroshan]

I learned a lot about "luck". thank you very much for posting video like this. good luck

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+Roshan Weerathunga You're welcome. Good luck with your studies! :)

[@gessicasantos5108]

I'm in luck. I've found this amazing teacher on KZbin. Happy Easter!

[@DEMBAII]

I really have a great appreciation about your lessons because they are so useful thank you very much.

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Amadou Touré I hope you'll be able to use some of these expressions in the near future. Have a wonderful day, Amadou.

[@lingcongle9815]

It's great. I learned the expression of Break a leg again! Thank you.

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Lingcong Le It's nice to have new expressions to learn and old expressions to review. :)

[@feralviter.2708]

Wow. I really liked this lesson. Today I'll have a presentation and I searched information about "Luck" and this video helped me a lot. Thanks a million! I've already subscribed on this channel.

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Thank you for subscribing! I hope your presentation went well.

[@hamedabootalebi3180]

I love your idiom and slang lesson !! Good job

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hamed abootalebi Thanks for studying with me, Hamed.

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Great material, Jennifer! I use them all the time with students at various levels! Thank you for taking the time to make these carefully crafted lessons and sharing them with the world! Koknor

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Another great lesson. I appreciate your job. I am from Brazil, the wonder land.

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Thank you for the support. Regards!

[@sarkarjaf]

Thanks my lovely teacher .. for teaching us .... i wish you the best of luck

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Thank you! I return the kind wishes to you. Take care, Sarkar.

[@brumarcondes2]

Excellent lesson. I've learned a lot.

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Bruno Marcondes Hi Bruno. Thanks for checking out this lesson. :)

[@personalwellnessservices5663]

Good luck, I love the way you teach. I also like your explanation of some culture believe, Horse shoe brings luck. The debate about , the horse shoe facing up, or facing down. I am thinking, hang one horse shoe facing up an one facing down. Gather the energy, Center connect I love dancing Irish jig

[@rachelzvd]

Thank you so much for another great lesson, Jennifer! I have to say I learned a lot. Oh, I also played with the crossword puzzle which was fun. Can you believe words like shamrock, archery, sarcastically were all new to me? I didn't know horseshoes are a symbol of luck. More surprisingly, I've never heard of "break a leg" before. Can't believe it, I would definitely misunderstand it without your explanation. Thank you Jennifer!

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rachelzvd Hi Rachel. I'm glad you took the time to try the crossword. I'm also happy to hear that you picked up new words and expressions, some of which were taught directly - others indirectly. Have a great day!

[@thanhduong6142]

Thanks for your valuable lessons. I wish you lots of luck. :)

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+Thanh Duong You're welcome. Thanks for studying with me. I wish you all the best, too!

[@mollietai8946]

Best of luck, Jennifer!

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Thank you. :) Have a great week, Mollie.

[@zibertronics]

I have very lucky to see your videos

[@Mfrancoaleman]

I really like your videos. I started with Understanding Fast Speech in English, then Phrasal Verbs and now this :-). I really like your explain the topics, your examples, your expressions and your smile....

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+Ing. Franco Alemán M.A. Thank you for choosing to study with me. For many of my newer videos, I have additional exercises on my website. The links are in the video descriptions. Good luck with your studies!

[@tatjanah.7716]

thank you for interesting teaching

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Thank you for studying with me, Tatjana.

[@huynguyen-gd3tz]

Thank you Jennifer. Thanks for the video of you which I learned much more than. ( sorry if I wrote wrong grammar )

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thank you very much in what you do it's very nice particulary to us in french countries in africa wanted improving ourselves in this useful langage and i'm greatful to you and thank again

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Thank you for choosing to study with me. :)

[@kossvieux30]

i know one thing only the almighty can paye you in what you do and we're greatful

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Hi! Jennifer. I don't see you for a long time. I'm busy, I however see you on videos. I'll try to learn English if I can do. Thank you for your all videos which make me better.

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Nuanprang Chaitakhob Hello! Yes, it's been a while, but I'm happy you found time to say hello and watch a new lesson. I hope all is well with you. Kind wishes!

[@matchattaxvn2641]

Hi, I have a question. Do native speakers put a lot of idioms in their daily conversation? Like almost every sentence? Thanks

[@sabeermohamed378]

Thank you

[@SergeyNikolenko-o1o]

Good luck, Jennifer

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сергей Николенко To you as well! Best wishes, Sergei.

[@NickLiao]

Good luck everyone

[@imamhossain5810]

Thanks a lot.

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imam hossain You're very welcome.

[@sagar4080]

Jennifer,which of these sentences is grammatically correct? He had gone missing on March 24 after the weather turned bad. He went missing on March 24 after the weather had turned bad.

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sagar4080 Hello. Since you have the adverb clause of time with "after," we can use the simple past "went" in the main clause because that event is not the first of two past points. 1st = the weather turned bad 2nd = he went missing He went missing after the weather had turned bad. (You can insert the date if it's important.) He went missing after the weather turned bad. (The past perfect is really unnecessary since "after" makes the time sequence clear. Some would choose to keep the past perfect in that adverb clause of time.)

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JenniferESL Thank you,Jennifer. :)

[@andreagiraldomdphd.8376]

Dear Prof very nice and interesting lesson. I should like to wish you and your family a nice happy Easter. I pay my respect to you. A

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Thank you for thinking of me, Andrea. Happy Easter to you, too!

[@mohamedsameh23]

Thanks!!

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mohamed sameh You're welcome, Mohamed.

[@hannanice6636]

Thank you ma'am for this lessen and happy st Patrick day. I liked the way you describe a situation. Do you have any tips how to be good at talking about past events or any subject in an organized way with simple expressions, please?

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You can do a search for time markers and time expressions: First, Then, After a while... etc. I have one lesson on sequence words. It's in my intermediate English playlists. englishwithjennifer.com/students/yt-videos/

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Happy St. Patrick's Day to you as well. ;)

[@mathscornertochinesecorner8058]

ฺีBut here in Thailand, crossing fingers mean that you're not going to be consistent with your promise you're making. In many situations, this interpretation can be found in children's behavior, especially when they're forced to make a promise in a group.

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Yes, but here that's only true if you cross your fingers behind your back. If you cross them openly, it's a sincere wish for good luck. :)

[@mathscornertochinesecorner8058]

That's true.

[@mathscornertochinesecorner8058]

In English, do you have any words to say secretly as you're crossing your finger behind your back?

[@mathscornertochinesecorner8058]

I think in Thailand, especially in the south, we have one word for that meaning.

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Nothing is coming to mind...

[@SaidSaid-lv2td]

Hi sister Jennifer ,, Today I feel sad becouse I'm bad lucky . The end of lesson you give us exercise to do ,, But all that 5 quistion I got only one

[@TSungkapalee]

I got beginner's luck when I first went fishing at a lake in MA.

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Teerasut Sungkapalee Did you take a picture of your first catch? :) Note: We can use "have" with this noun phrase. It's more common than "get": You had beginner's luck. You can also say things like, "It was beginner's luck" or "It must have been beginner's luck." Regards!

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JenniferESL My friend who is a die hard fan of Boston Bruins took this picture for me. I just changed the picture as my profile picture. Thanks for teaching me.

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Teerasut Sungkapalee Lucky you! Nice catch, Teerasut. Hope you have more great fishing days ahead of you!

[@hamzaboutekfa7295]

What about the word "fortune"?

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Good word! It's less commonly used in wishes, but you could say something like, "I wish you good fortune!" www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/fortune That sounds rather formal or old-fashioned to my ears, though.

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@@Englishwithjennifer Thanks a bunch!

[@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240]

I guess you could say she wishes us all good luck in memorising these.

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Yes, I do! :) Vocabulary takes time and practice. If you encounter the expressions several more time in other contexts, you'll have an easier time retaining them. I often recommend YouGlish and GetYarn for real examples.

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@@Englishwithjennifer (YouGlish, GetYam) No thanks. I was just making puns.

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Thank you medam

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balajai raju You're welcome!

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Thank you teacher Jennifer. Long time no see, How are you?

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Tuyen Van Hi Tuyen. I'm fine. How have you been? Thanks for visiting my channel this week. :)

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Tuyen Van You too. Relax this weekend!

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Azamat Suinaliev 1. Videos for beginners. kzbin.info/aero/PL0A0C8CFFE9712B76 2. More videos for basic grammar. kzbin.info/aero/PL4BD77BD28CCDF039 3. Vowel sounds. kzbin.info/aero/PL4B28722936C871E8 4. Reading aloud. (Use the first few texts.) kzbin.info/aero/PLfQSN9FlyB6RumUTLuDAGY3m6YpBLHSsw 5. Try other resources, like USALearns.org. Good luck!

[@mariamkinen8036]

Elephants with their trunks showing up bring good luck.

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I didn't know that. That's interesting.

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Hi

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Hello!

[@VladimirTsebenko]

luck for you)

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Vladimir Tsebenko Hi Vladimir. I'm lucky to have viewers like you. :) Thanks for studying with me.

[@simonbit933]

please wish me luck.

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simon bit May your days be filled with lots of good luck and much joy!

[@brumarcondes2]

Lucky me

[@yershep]

break a leg :D

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Евгения Ершова Hi Evgeniya. Best wishes to you! :)