Why Your English Sounds Unnatural and How to Fix It with Simple Similes

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The best teacher Anna

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The best Teacher I've ever come across, eternal gratitude ❤ 💙

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Thank you for your lovely message

[@Hit-First-And-Hit-Hard]

@@EnglishLikeANative Where's the punctuation mark, Anna? A bit strange and misleading. You're a model teacher, anyway.

[@stunninglad1]

This was as clear as day to me. These idioms are all commonly used, and it's good for students to know them. As fly as jailor, As sharp as a tack and As tough as old boots are a few more to add to this super list.

[@victorcastillo-dx9vh]

I love these classes with teacher Anna. Greetings from Mexico City

[@Crisguay]

Lovely!! 🥰The similes are as amazing as the teacher!! She's the best you can find on the net...

[@haiense3857]

Nice to listen to your clear nice voice !!

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[@MillersLanguageSchool]

Thanks for this advice!

[@Mobin_cook]

Thanks Anna 💚🤌

[@fikrathajizada2889]

Hi Anna I have a question For example Ryan is dead I watched him die. This is past tense?

[@Mobin_cook]

@@fikrathajizada2889 whole sentence? It has two tenses. Present and past

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@@Mobin_cook really?

[@lily_neira]

Excellent video , thank you Anna!!

[@lucsonelbass9747]

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It’s my pleasure!

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Like I got for what I was searching:Make My English more Perfumed. Thanks.

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When your channel came to my attention, my heart rejoiced to find intelligent life on the human duck blind. Living across the pond, it's a bit like the last line in the Galaxy song by Monty Python. Years ago, at FB, I only conversed with folks from the UK, because nuanced, intelligent conversation, is as rare as hens teeth in Appalachia. So, having abandoned FB, finding your channel was like finding an oasis in a desert. As we say in Appalachia, I appreciate you. As my Tsalagi (Cherokee) ancestors express thank you....Wado At sixty five it's a blessing to have a way to exercise an old brain. Forrmal education was not possible. Now, watching you, it's so great being able to not only plug the holes of my educational boat, but stimulate a brain prone to vascular issues. You are a ray of light in a dark world. Bless you

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I’m grateful for your kind words and glad to be of service. :)

[@mgmassey174]

@@christopherfreeman1340 first, it's none of your business. Secondly, used to live in England So it's none of your business Did I bother you? Go away L And my grandparents exampled to me their traditions cause they'd been in residential school and couldn't talk our language. Assuming is not nice. Real humans don't say such things.

[@mgmassey174]

@@christopherfreeman1340 😂 I own so many books that just counting them would take a week Your assumptions enrage me Go bother someone who cares what you think.🖕😡 Illiterate? Are you really assuming that. What an illogically injected inference, born of ignorance. Incomprehensible. Insane. Go the hell away.

[@Lita1]

Interesting video Anna I liked this video yes!!!!👍🎄

[@EnglishLikeANative]

I pleased to hear it.

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Beautiful teacher

[@honza8832]

Dear Madam Teacher Anna, thanks a lot for lesson.All your lessons are so usefull,helpfull and priceless! Huge respect from Central Europe (the Czech Republic).Thank again and Happy Christmas for You and Your Family.God Bless You.

[@iverson911]

thanks for enjoyable lesson.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

You are welcome 🙏

[@sadbra7595]

Guapísima profesora Love you

[@hasanzahidi5875]

Glad to see you again Anna. Thanks for this interesting video loaded with useful vocab . Here’s another simile : as stubborn as a mule 😀

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Hi Anna. I wish you a merry christmas, and thank you for all the lessons created this year.

[@silviomp]

Wow! What a great video, what a great lesson! 👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you so much!!

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Thank you 🙏

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Thanks Anna 😊. Great lesson.

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Thank you 🙏

[@antoniomari2730]

Great video Anna, as always. You are a really good teacher! So charming, funny, intelligent and gorgeous!! God bless you😘👋👍💕

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Thank you so much 😊

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Thanks Anna! Great work 💪

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thanks a lot

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Interesting podcast

[@ferbenz8648]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Wicked !

[@mgmassey174]

A friend of mine across the pond uses "wicked" in that context.. Would you know the origin of area that comes from. I've heard it used by folks from Boston or Massachusetts in general. Thank you

[@MillersLanguageSchool]

You are not blind as a bat) You're a very cute and very funny teacher from Great Britain!

[@fernandomilicich8160]

Many thanks z

[@EnglishLikeANative]

You are welcome 🙏

[@Pilum1000]

Thanks you very much. I think a difference exist between the similie and the fixed idiom; and the similie not a language-depended thing ... the "spanish" "eat as a horse" just a simple metafor, comprehensible for anybody who know what the horse is. or "blind as a bat", what live and fly at night ... but "clean as a whistle" - no :)

[@manuelgordillo520]

Good Job Anna. Bear in mind every community in Spain has its own similes. "Facilito instead ofpan comido" " come como un burro instead of "come como una lima", in fact is the first time I have heard " come como una lima". You have a lovely accent in Spanish so, please remember " je suis sourd comme a pot" lol. Burro means monkey, mula.

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You are amazing teacher and will be veryyy good at acting 🔥why don't you give it a go🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😉💜💜🌹

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Gud teaching

[@lilianacarvajalvillalba4040]

Hello Anna! I think your vids are great. I'm Ansel teacher teaching and living abroad. I've only got my GCSE's and a Celta certificate. I d like to pursue in this career but I don't know what further education to take on. What would you suggest as an experienced teacher? I'd really appreciate you advice on the matter. Thank you.

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is that the last video in uper interemidiate level ?

[@matlindell5022]

I wish I could have a sweet English accent as sweet as your French accent!😉🤩

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Ahhh thank you

[@lowellcunningham3332]

In contrast to "as mad as a box of frogs," meaning crazy or off kilter, "mad as a wet hen" means very angry. "When Joe discovered the dent in his car's fender, he was as mad as a wet hen!" Ages ago, hat makers used dangerous chemicals which affected their behavior and now someone who's "mad as a hatter" is not right in the head. "Since his patent for a perpetual motion machine was turned down, he's become mad as a hatter!" Photographs and paintings are generally made of people and scenery looking their best, so "pretty as a picture" means something is very attractive or beautiful. "Tonight's sunset was as pretty as a picture." Drums won't play properly if their skins are loose, so "tight as a drum" means very taut indeed. "I fixed the seal on the refrigerator, so now it's tight as a drum." Since "tight" can also mean cheap or not generous, the saying can also refer to being overly careful with money. "She keeps her purse closed, she's as tight as a drum." To describe something or someone as having a superlative characteristic, "as ... as can be" is an all-purpose expression -- just insert the appropriate adjective. "I'm as tired as can be." "He's as tall as can be." "She's as smart as can be." and so on. Since hammers have no intelligence, "dumb as a bag of hammers" means someone is not very bright. "You'll have to explain it to him two or three times; he's as dumb as a bag of hammers. Things would probably be somewhat different in reality, but the expression "as much fun as a barrel of monkeys" means something is very entertaining or hilarious -- though it may be used sarcastically to mean the opposite. "Grandma thought watching her grandchildren was as much fun as a barrel of monkeys." (There is a game called "barrel of monkeys" which involves picking up plastic monkeys to make the longest chain possible.) "As plain as the nose on your face" means something is obvious. "She said everything was OK, but her real feelings were as plain as the nose on your face!" "As pleased as the cat that ate the canary," means someone is very self-satisfied, probably due to some sort of accomplishment. "Harry got that raise and he looks as pleased as the cat that ate the canary." Lots of similes refer to animals. "Crazy as a loon," "cute as a pup," "filthy as a pig," "soft as a kitten," "strong as an ox," "happy as a clam," and "free as a bird" are just a few.

[@englishshiki]

This is really an Excellent video lesson. Thanks Anna 😍😍. Love from "Simple English With Rakib"

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Many thanks for your kind words.

[@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254]

Flat and level or flat and levelled?

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Saludos 💯

[@sigitpurnama3731]

Can "as clear as mud" be used for people?

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No, only to describe the instructions or information a person has given to you.

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Figures of Speech: Simile vs metaphor

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Hello!

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oh no, "as lethal as a fart in a spacesuit"!!! 🤣😂

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Please make a clip about Omicron variant.

[@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254]

Do you speak Spanish and French?

[@franpontes8350]

I heard " comer como una Lima" but I never used, the same with pan comido lol

[@manuelgordillo520]

I think that as dead as a doornail was written by Shakespeare.

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

Please try to Not to use that silly modern propaganda. I remember My brother was as busy as a bee in his football practise last year a grown up guy.

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Bloody darn modern ""feminism"" feminaz1

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@@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753 yep

[@akhmet274]

Why don't you throw pictures of you talking about along the way?

[@manuel3537]

You are as stunning as fish for the brain.

[@mohdilyas7027]

You're so beautiful as your English are

[@albiyetractor]

किसी है आप

[@haiderbalkhantaqtaqpa3173]

Speak slowly sister, given the fact that many of us are not English Ok?

[@silviomp]

Hi there! On KZbin you can set the playback speed and watch videos more slowly or even faster. Anna was also very kind to put subtitles for each example given. Well, I'm as English as Leonardo da Vinci 😂😂😂 and I don't think she speaks fast. Just watch any interview with any English football player after any match and you'll agree with me right off the bat. Her pronunciation is crystal clear. I'm from Brazil and I've never been abroad. I understood pretty much everything she said without reading the subtitles, except French and Spanish 😂😂😂 She's awesome!!

[@frfancha]

Anna speaks quite slowly and especially very clearly. So her speed is on the "easy" side and shouldn't be slowed down. It may be too fast for beginners but then I would recommend mmm'English, there you have a teacher that _really_ speaks very slowly. It may be more appropriate to start there and come back to Anna after some weeks.