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0:00English Leap Podcast
0:02>> From Speak English with class. [music]
0:06>> Hello hello lovely listeners and welcome
0:09back to the English Leap Podcast. Your
0:12English podcast for everyday English,
0:14real conversations, and easy English
0:17listening practice. I'm Anna.
0:19>> And I'm Jake. Whether you've just woken
0:21up, you're on your way somewhere, or you
0:23finally found a moment to sit down,
0:25we're glad you're here.
0:27>> Today's conversation is for B1 to B2
0:29learners. We're talking about night
0:32habits that can make tomorrow a little
0:34easier.
0:35>> And what about everyone who's been
0:37leaving us rockets for more B2 C1
0:39episodes?
0:40>> Oh, keep those rockets coming. We'll
0:43keep making B2 C1 episodes. But between
0:46all those rockets, we've also seen
0:49comments asking for more B1 B2 episodes.
0:52If that was you, today's episode is for
0:55you.
0:55>> We'll explain new words as we go and
0:58give you a few moments to try the
0:59English yourself.
1:00>> And while we're talking about the
1:02comments, I'd love to see a few little
1:04plants down there.
1:05>> Plants? We were launching rockets a
1:08second ago. Now we're gardening?
1:10>> [laughter]
1:11>> I mean the little seedling emoji. If
1:14you've noticed your English getting
1:15better since you started listening to
1:17us, leave us a seedling in the comments.
1:20Maybe you caught a joke in English
1:21without having to translate it, or maybe
1:24a phrase from one of our episodes came
1:26to you in the middle of a conversation.
1:28>> Mm, just the little seedling is fine.
1:31And if you remember a moment when you
1:33thought, wait, I understood that, tell
1:35us about it. Reading those comments
1:37gives us a real boost when we sit down
1:39to make the next episode.
1:41>> And someone who's just started learning
1:43English might read your comment and
1:44think, maybe I'll have a moment like
1:46that too.
1:47>> And if there's a topic you'd like us to
1:49cover, tell us in the comments. We'd
1:51love to make an episode about it.
1:53>> Now let's talk about tonight. What's one
1:56little thing you could do before bed to
1:58make tomorrow easier?
2:00By the of this episode, you'll be able
2:02to describe one of your evening habits
2:04in English and explain why it helps you.
2:06>> I could use an easier tomorrow.
2:08Yesterday I was making tea at 3:00 in
2:10the afternoon and I was so tired I
2:13thought, I could lie down right here
2:15while the kettle boils.
2:16>> Right there on the kitchen floor?
2:18>> Yep. It looked surprisingly comfortable.
2:21And then 11:00 rolls around and suddenly
2:24I'm wide awake in a great mood full of
2:26ideas.
2:27>> Oh, I know 11:00 Jake.
2:30>> What's he like?
2:30>> He's a lot more fun than 3:00 Jake and
2:34he thinks tomorrow Jake has unlimited
2:36energy.
2:37>> [laughter]
2:38>> Well, tomorrow Jake would like a word
2:40with him. Honestly, I think I'm just a
2:42night owl. I've spent years trying to
2:44convince myself I'm a morning person.
2:47>> [laughter]
2:47>> How's that going?
2:49>> I set my alarm for 6:00 and tell myself
2:51tomorrow I'll get up early.
2:53I've been saying that for what, nine
2:56years?
2:57>> [laughter]
2:58>> And how many times have you actually
3:00gotten up at 6:00?
3:01>> Twice. Both times I was going to the
3:03airport.
3:04>> Right. That doesn't count.
3:05>> It doesn't count.
3:07>> [laughter]
3:07>> If the airport's the only thing getting
3:09you up at 6:00, maybe 6:00 isn't your
3:12time.
3:13>> Finally, someone says it.
3:15And if the airport was the last thing
3:16that got you up at 6:00 too, give us a
3:19like. I'd love to know it's not just me.
3:21>> When you do stay up late, how does the
3:23next morning usually go?
3:25>> Everything is an effort, even opening a
3:27jar.
3:28>> Even a jar?
3:30>> It was a very stubborn jar. But why is
3:33it so hard though? Everybody knows they
3:35should go to bed. Nobody needs a video
3:38to tell them. At 10:00 you think, I
3:40should go to bed. And then it's a
3:42quarter past 12.
3:43>> Mm, I think, and this is only me, I
3:47think it's because the night is the
3:48first time all day when nobody needs
3:51anything from you.
3:53>> Oh.
3:53>> Right? All day people want things,
3:56emails, questions, someone at the door.
3:59And then at about 9:00, 10:00 it goes
4:02quiet, and you think, oh, this is mine.
4:06>> Yeah.
4:07>> And going to bed feels like handing it
4:09back.
4:10>> Handing it back. That's it though.
4:12That's exactly it. I'm not scrolling
4:14because I love scrolling. I'm scrolling
4:17because I don't want it to be tomorrow
4:18yet.
4:19>> Because tomorrow's already full.
4:22>> Tomorrow has a list. Tonight doesn't.
4:24>> Mm.
4:25>> I thought we were just going to talk
4:27about bedtime.
4:28>> So did I, but I think that's why it's
4:30hard to call it a night.
4:32>> But I'll tell you something. Not all
4:34late nights are bad. I remember one
4:36years ago, my cousin's wedding. We got
4:39back to the house at 2:00 in the morning
4:41and a few of us sat on the stairs eating
4:43cold fries out of a takeout bag.
4:45>> Cold fries.
4:47>> Very cold. And we talked until almost
4:504:00 about nothing, about everything. It
4:53was one of the best conversations I've
4:55ever had.
4:56>> That's the kind of night worth losing
4:58sleep over.
4:59>> Completely. I was terrible the next day,
5:02and I'd do it again.
5:03>> I have one like that too. After a
5:05concert years ago, we missed the last
5:08bus, so we walked home. 40 minutes, I
5:10think. And the streets were empty, and
5:13everything looked different, quieter,
5:17like the city had taken off its shoes.
5:19>> Like the city had taken off its shoes. I
5:22like that.
5:23>> It felt like the night belonged to us.
5:26And I think that's the part we're trying
5:28not to lose, really. We're not trying to
5:29get rid of nights.
5:31>> So it's the nights that happen to us
5:33that are the problem.
5:34>> The accidental ones, the ones where you
5:36wake up and think, where did that go?
5:39>> Yes. The night with the cold fries is a
5:41choice. The three videos and a shopping
5:44basket is a leak.
5:46>> A leak. Yes. You know who was good at
5:49ending the day? My dad.
5:51>> What did he do?
5:52>> Every night when I was little, my dad
5:54walked around the house. Same order
5:56every time. The back door first, and he
5:58checked it twice. Then the kitchen
6:00light, then the hallway, then the little
6:03lamp in the living room. Click, click,
6:06click. And then he stood at the bottom
6:08of the stairs and said, Right, that's
6:10that.
6:11>> That's that.
6:12>> That's that.
6:13And he went up.
6:14>> I love that.
6:16>> And as a child, I thought it was so
6:17boring. I used to think, why does he
6:20check the door twice? It's locked. It
6:23was locked the first time.
6:25>> Every dad checks the door twice. It's a
6:27law.
6:28>> But I think now it was his way of
6:30closing the day. It was a ritual.
6:33>> Ritual, something you do the same way
6:35every time?
6:36>> Yes. A ritual is a set of actions you
6:39repeat in the same way, and it usually
6:41means something to you. It isn't just a
6:44chore.
6:45>> So the door isn't really about the door.
6:48>> Exactly. Turning off that last lamp told
6:51him he was done for the night.
6:53>> Mm. If you know someone like that, send
6:56them this episode. Someone who walks
6:58around the house every night, they'll
6:59feel very seen.
7:01>> [laughter]
7:02>> And they'll say, I've never done that.
7:04And then they'll go and check the door.
7:05>> Twice.
7:06>> Twice. I do it too, actually, even
7:09though I know it's locked.
7:10>> Oh no. You're your dad.
7:13>> I am my dad. I've accepted it.
7:16>> Hang on. I want to see if our listeners
7:17caught what your dad said at the bottom
7:19of the stairs. Can you remember his
7:21exact words? You can say them aloud or
7:24think them to yourself.
7:26>> Right, that's that. It was his way of
7:28saying he was done for the day.
7:30>> What's mine then, my ritual?
7:32>> You tell me.
7:33>> I think mine is sit on the sofa, pick up
7:37my phone, and wake up an hour later with
7:39the phone on my face.
7:41>> [laughter]
7:42>> That isn't a ritual, Jake. That's an
7:43accident.
7:44>> It's a very regular accident, every
7:47night.
7:49>> Okay, [laughter] a regular accident.
7:52>> But honestly, I'd like a thing like
7:53that, a thing that says that's that,
7:56instead of just falling into bed.
7:58>> What would yours be?
7:59>> I have no idea. A cup of tea? That's so
8:03boring.
8:04>> Boring isn't bad. My dad's was door
8:07checking.
8:08>> True. Boring has a very good track
8:11record.
8:12>> What if it's a person keeping you up?
8:14Last week I was talking to my sister and
8:16every time I said I should go, she said,
8:18oh, one more thing.
8:20>> And you stayed?
8:21>> Of course. The first one more thing was
8:23about her neighbor. The second was about
8:25a drawer she couldn't open. By then I
8:28had questions about the drawer.
8:29>> See, I'd stay for the drawer too. I just
8:32wouldn't want to stay for the entire
8:34kitchen.
8:35>> Let's try it. I'm your friend. It's
8:37late. You're tired, but you're enjoying
8:39the conversation.
8:41Ready?
8:42Oh, before you go, did I tell you what
8:44happened when I tried to fix the kitchen
8:46drawer?
8:47>> I'm going to let someone else answer
8:49first. If you're listening, imagine Anna
8:52just asked you that.
8:53You want to hear the story, but you need
8:55to go to bed. What would you say?
8:58I might say, I want to hear this, but I
9:01am about to call it a night. Can you
9:03tell me tomorrow?
9:04>> I'd be fine with that. You told me you
9:06wanted to hear it. That little detail
9:08matters.
9:09>> I used to just say anyway and hope the
9:12other person knew what I meant.
9:15>> [laughter]
9:15>> Sometimes they hear anyway and think
9:18you're about to start a new story.
9:19>> Right. Let's hear the whole thing once.
9:22>> Oh, before you go, did I tell you what
9:24happened to the drawer?
9:25>> No, and I want to hear it, but I'm about
9:28to call it a night. Can you tell me
9:30tomorrow?
9:30>> Of course. Sleep well.
9:32>> That felt easy. And tomorrow I can say,
9:35so what happened with the drawer?
9:37>> Exactly. You've left yourself a nice
9:39place to pick up the conversation.
9:41>> But I'm still curious. What did happen?
9:44>> There was a wooden spoon stuck at the
9:46back. She spent 20 minutes looking for a
9:49screwdriver and fixed it with a
9:50chopstick.
9:52>> [laughter]
9:53>> And that's exactly how you keep me on
9:55the phone.
9:56>> Now, ending a conversation is one thing.
9:59What's harder for you to stop when
10:01you're on your own?
10:02>> I do like watching something to switch
10:04off. When I try to sit there doing
10:06nothing, my brain turns into a radio
10:09with 10 stations.
10:10>> And a video gives you one station to
10:13listen to.
10:13>> Exactly. Then autoplay kicks in. One
10:17video ends and the next one starts
10:18before I've even decided if I want to
10:20watch it.
10:21>> That's the feature that plays the next
10:23video automatically. Could you turn it
10:25off and choose one thing you actually
10:27want to watch?
10:29>> I could, or I could listen to one song
10:31with the lights low. If I really want to
10:33stay up for a movie, I can choose that
10:35too.
10:36>> Mm,
10:37you can indulge once in a while.
10:39>> Indulge as in treat yourself?
10:42>> Right. Let yourself enjoy something you
10:44want. An extra slice of cake, a long
10:47bath, a movie you've been looking
10:49forward to.
10:50>> I like that. And on a regular night, I
10:52can pick something with an ending and
10:54stop there.
10:56>> I wished I'd done that at university. I
10:58always told myself I'd stop after one
11:00more paragraph. Then I'd look up and it
11:03was 3:00 in the morning. I used to burn
11:06the midnight oil finishing essays with a
11:08cup of tea and a very small lamp.
11:11>> Burn the midnight oil.
11:13Do you know why it's called that? It
11:15from oil lamps, isn't it? People worked
11:17late by the light of a lamp that burned
11:19oil.
11:20>> I think so, yes.
11:22>> So burning the midnight oil is literally
11:24burning oil at midnight, which sounds
11:27quite romantic compared to I opened my
11:30laptop and panicked.
11:33>> [laughter]
11:33>> Same thing, different lighting.
11:35>> Different lighting. Okay, tangent over.
11:38What were we saying?
11:40>> I was telling you something about
11:41university.
11:43>> Right. Yes, sorry. Go on.
11:45>> I loved it at the time. The quiet, the
11:48tea, it felt special. And I was
11:51reluctant to stop even when I was
11:53exhausted.
11:54>> Reluctant to stop? Say more.
11:57>> Reluctant. You're hesitant because you
11:59don't really want to do something. You
12:01know, five more minutes.
12:03>> Oh, I know that. I'm reluctant to do
12:06anything that involves taking my socks
12:08off.
12:09>> Your socks?
12:11>> Taking off my socks and getting into
12:13>> means it's over. The day is over. I'm
12:15not ready.
12:16>> Jake, Jake, Jake, nobody's ready.
12:19>> Is that true?
12:20>> I think a lot of us are reluctant. We
12:22pretend we're sleepy, but really we're
12:24saying, not yet.
12:25>> Not yet.
12:27>> And then it's 1:00 in the morning and
12:28your body says, finally.
12:30>> And the next day it's 3:00 in the
12:32afternoon and I'm on the kitchen floor.
12:34>> Spiritually.
12:35>> Spiritually, yes.
12:37>> So when you say, right, I'll call it a
12:39night, do you mean it?
12:41>> Never. I say, I'll call it a night, and
12:43then I stay up for another 40 minutes.
12:45It's like a little speech I give myself
12:47so I feel better.
12:48>> [laughter]
12:49>> A speech.
12:51>> A very sincere speech. Though I do
12:53wonder about all those videos that tell
12:55you to go to bed at 10:00 and get up at
12:576:00. I'm a night owl. 10 still feels
13:00early to me.
13:01>> That makes sense. Some people naturally
13:04feel more awake later. You can be a
13:06night owl and still keep a fairly
13:08regular schedule.
13:09>> I was hoping being a night owl would get
13:11me out of that.
13:13>> [laughter]
13:14>> What part would be hardest for you?
13:16>> Weekends. Sleeping in is the best part
13:18of Saturday.
13:20>> Oh, I sleep in too.
13:21>> You do? You're so organized.
13:24>> Only on the outside. I'll sleep until
13:269:00 on the weekend and then on Sunday
13:28night I'm lying there thinking, why am I
13:30still awake?
13:31>> Oh, I know that feeling. Maybe I could
13:33try getting up just an hour later than
13:35usual on weekends.
13:37>> How does that sound?
13:38>> Very reasonable right now. Ask me again
13:41on Saturday.
13:43>> Fair.
13:43>> Can I ask you something? Does your brain
13:45do the thing at night where everything
13:47gets worse?
13:49>> Oh, yes.
13:50>> At 3:00 in the afternoon it's, I made a
13:52small mistake at work. At 2:00 in the
13:55morning it's, I'm going to lose my job
13:57and also nobody likes me.
14:00>> Yes. It's like everything starts to
14:03unravel.
14:04>> Unravel?
14:05>> You know when you pull one thread on a
14:07sweater and suddenly the whole sleeve is
14:10coming apart?
14:11>> Oh, that's exactly it.
14:12>> It starts with one small worry. You pull
14:16and pull, and then it's your whole life.
14:19>> So unravel means come apart little by
14:23little?
14:23>> Yes. It can be a sweater or a plan or a
14:26mood.
14:27The whole evening unraveled. Her
14:30confidence began to unravel.
14:32>> And it's always at night. Why is it
14:35always at night?
14:36>> I think because there's nothing to hold
14:38your attention. In the day, you're busy.
14:41At night, it's just you and the thread.
14:43>> You and the thread.
14:45>> [laughter]
14:46>> Sorry. That sounded very mysterious.
14:48>> No, no. I like it.
14:49>> What helps me a little is writing a few
14:53lines, not a diary, just three things
14:56for tomorrow on a piece of paper.
14:58>> Does that actually work?
14:59>> Honestly, sometimes, not every night.
15:02But when I do it, the worries have
15:04somewhere to go that isn't my head.
15:07>> I tried that once. I wrote a list called
15:09Things I'm Worried About. It was four
15:12pages.
15:13>> Oh, Jake.
15:14>> I felt worse.
15:15>> That isn't the list. The list is three
15:18things, small ones. Phone the dentist.
15:21Buy milk.
15:22>> Become a calmer person.
15:24>> That's not a thing for tomorrow.
15:26>> It is if I try really hard.
15:28>> [laughter]
15:29>> Okay, fine. Write it down. Let's take
15:32Become a Calmer Person and turn it into
15:34a note that tomorrow Jake can actually
15:37use.
15:37>> I can show you one of my real notes. It
15:40said, Sort everything out.
15:42>> What did it mean?
15:43>> At night, I knew exactly what it meant.
15:46The next morning, I read it over
15:48breakfast and thought, Thanks, Jake.
15:51Very specific. I'll get right on that.
15:54>> [laughter]
15:55>> What were you trying to remember?
15:56>> I had to email Maya about a meeting, and
15:59I needed to find my parking receipt, and
16:02there was something about the freezer.
16:04>> Were they all equally important?
16:06>> No. The email had to go out before
16:08lunch. The parking receipt could wait.
16:11And the freezer
16:13Oh, I was going to take something out
16:14for dinner.
16:15>> Okay. Which of those would make your
16:17morning easier, if you decided when to
16:20do it?
16:20>> The email. I'd do it after breakfast
16:23while I'm already at the table.
16:25>> Then write what you just said. After
16:27breakfast, I'll email Maya about the
16:29meeting.
16:29>> That's a much better note to find with
16:31my coffee. I don't have to work out what
16:33I meant the night before.
16:35>> And you can stop there if one thing is
16:37enough. Three was an example. Some
16:40evenings I write one line and close the
16:42notebook.
16:43>> Let's do that with you too if you're
16:44listening. Think of one thing you've
16:47been reminding yourself to do tomorrow.
16:49Now say when you'll do it. After
16:51breakfast, I'll or when I get home, I'll
16:55>> Maybe yours is when I get home, I'll put
16:58my keys by the door. That's mine. I
17:00spent five minutes looking for them
17:02yesterday and they were still in my
17:04coat.
17:06>> Were you wearing the coat?
17:08>> By the end of the search, yes.
17:10>> There it is. One sentence you can
17:12actually use. You can write it down
17:14later if you like.
17:15>> And if there's something you can't deal
17:17with until tomorrow, you can give it a
17:19place on the list too. I was waiting for
17:21a reply about a repair last week. I
17:24wrote, call after 10 if I haven't heard
17:26back.
17:27>> So you knew what to do even if the reply
17:29didn't come.
17:31>> Exactly. I still thought about it once
17:34or twice, but I could remind myself I
17:36already had a plan.
17:38>> I could use that for a message I'm
17:39nervous about sending. Read it again in
17:42the morning, then decide.
17:44>> That sounds fair. Sometimes a clearer
17:46next step is all you can give yourself
17:48that evening.
17:49>> And then I'm in bed and my brain still
17:51won't switch off.
17:52>> Mm. I find reading helps. A real book, a
17:57slightly boring one. I'm usually
17:59drifting off after about 10 pages.
18:01>> Drifting off. That's a nice way to say
18:04falling asleep.
18:05>> It's gentle, isn't it? You don't fall,
18:08you drift like a little boat leaving.
18:11>> And switch off. I can't switch off.
18:14>> Like a light.
18:15>> That's what I want. A switch right here.
18:18>> Behind your ear.
18:20>> Please hold. Jake
18:21>> is switching off.
18:22>> But I don't think it's a switch. I think
18:24it's more like a dimmer. You turn it
18:27down slowly.
18:28>> Like your dad, one light at a time.
18:31>> Yes, exactly like my dad.
18:33>> You know my friend Priya had months of
18:35really bad sleep. In the end, she talked
18:37to her doctor and getting help made a
18:39difference.
18:40>> I'm glad she did. If sleep is regularly
18:43getting in the way of your day, it's
18:45worth bringing up with a healthcare
18:46professional.
18:47>> Mm. For tonight, I think I'll write down
18:50what I need to do tomorrow, pick one
18:52thing to listen to, and turn off the
18:54living room lamp when I'm ready to call
18:56it a night.
18:57>> And on the weekend?
18:58>> I'll try getting up a little closer to
19:00my weekday time. Six is still reserved
19:04for flights.
19:05>> [laughter]
19:06>> Fair. You can start with whichever
19:08change feels easiest. I have a feeling
19:11the lamp is the one you'll remember.
19:13>> Especially if I get to borrow your dad's
19:15line.
19:16>> You can. Let's try the sentence together
19:18first. What will you do when you're
19:20ready to end the evening?
19:21>> After I turn off the living room lamp,
19:23I'll say, Right, that's that.
19:25>> If you're listening, take a turn. Start
19:27with after I and name one thing you
19:30actually do in the evening, then say
19:32what you'll do next.
19:34>> Maybe yours is after I put my keys by
19:36the door, I'll read a few pages.
19:39>> Keep your sentence in mind. After we
19:41revisit the language, we'll add one
19:43reason it helps. Okay, so we've used
19:46some really useful words while we were
19:47talking. Let's slow them down.
19:50>> Mm. This is our word tour. Listen first,
19:53then repeat with us.
19:55>> Early on, I told you about my dad
19:57walking around the house, checking the
19:58door, and turning off the lights one by
20:01one. The word was ritual.
20:03>> A ritual is a set of actions that you
20:05repeat in the same way, often because
20:08they mean something to you.
20:10>> For example, my morning coffee is a
20:12small ritual that helps me start the
20:14day.
20:15>> Or the family has a Sunday ritual, a
20:17long walk, then lunch together.
20:19>> It isn't just a habit. A ritual usually
20:22has a feeling of meaning attached to it.
20:25>> So checking the door twice isn't really
20:27about the door, ritual.
20:29>> Then we talked about autoplay when the
20:32next video starts before you've chosen
20:34it.
20:35>> Autoplay is the setting that starts the
20:37next video or episode for you.
20:39>> I turned off autoplay so I could stop
20:42after one video.
20:44>> Autoplay started the next episode while
20:46I was washing the dishes.
20:47>> You'll often hear turn autoplay on or
20:50turn autoplay off.
20:52>> Right. I can turn it off and decide for
20:54myself whether I want another episode.
20:57Autoplay.
20:58>> After that, Jake defended his late night
21:01movie as long as he chose it. We said he
21:03could indulge.
21:05>> To indulge is to let yourself enjoy
21:07something you want even when you don't
21:09really need it.
21:11>> For example, I indulged in a second
21:14slice of cake.
21:15>> Or it's fine to indulge yourself once in
21:18a while.
21:18>> You can indulge in something or you can
21:21indulge yourself.
21:22>> And indulging isn't automatically bad.
21:25It becomes a problem when it stops being
21:28a choice. Indulge.
21:30>> Then we talked about socks and about
21:32saying not yet when it's time for bed.
21:35The word was reluctant.
21:37>> Reluctant means unwilling or hesitant to
21:40do something.
21:41>> Like this. She was reluctant to leave
21:44the party early.
21:45>> Or I'm reluctant to share my opinion in
21:48big meetings.
21:49>> We often say reluctant to do something.
21:52>> And being reluctant isn't the same as
21:54refusing. You may still do it even if
21:57you'd rather avoid it. Reluctant.
21:59>> Finally, we talked about one small worry
22:02at 2:00 in the morning and a sweater
22:04coming apart. The word was unravel.
22:07>> A sweater can unravel when its threads
22:10come loose. A plan can unravel when
22:13things start going wrong.
22:15>> For example, the whole plan began to
22:18unravel when two people dropped out.
22:20>> Or after a bad night, her confidence
22:23started to unravel.
22:24>> It can describe a sweater,
22:26>> a plan, a story, or a mood.
22:28>> With plans, it suggests that things are
22:31starting to go wrong. Unravel.
22:34>> So our five words were ritual, autoplay,
22:37indulge, reluctant, and unravel.
22:41>> Choose one and make a sentence about
22:43your own evenings. Maybe a small ritual
22:45you have or a time you turned off
22:48autoplay.
22:49>> Your own example is the one you'll
22:50remember. And we have five everyday
22:53expressions to practice next.
22:55>> We do. This is say it better. We'll take
22:57a simple sentence and give you another
22:59natural way to say the same idea.
23:01>> First, I feel much more awake and active
23:04at night than in the morning.
23:06>> You could say I'm a night owl.
23:08>> My sister's a night owl, so she never
23:11answers messages before 10.
23:13>> A night owl is someone who naturally
23:15stays up late and feels most awake in
23:17the evening.
23:18>> The opposite is an early bird.
23:20>> Which, for the record, I am not.
23:23Night owl.
23:24>> Next, I stayed up late working hard.
23:27>> You can say I burned the midnight oil.
23:30>> She burned the midnight oil to finish
23:32the report before the deadline.
23:34>> It means to work or study late into the
23:37night.
23:38>> It's usually about working, not
23:40relaxing. And you can say it even if
23:42there's no oil anywhere near you.
23:45>> Only a laptop and a bit of panic. Burn
23:48the midnight oil.
23:49>> Next, I think I'll stop for the evening.
23:53>> You can say I think I'll call it a
23:55night.
23:56>> It's getting late, so I think I'll call
23:57it a night.
23:58>> It means you decide to stop what you're
24:00doing for the evening, usually to go to
24:02bed or go home.
24:04>> You can say it at a party, after a long
24:06meeting, or at the end of a late
24:08conversation.
24:09>> Although in my case, it's more of a
24:11speech than a decision. Call it a night.
24:15>> Next, my mind won't stop and I can't
24:18relax.
24:20>> You could say I can't switch off.
24:22>> Even on vacation, I find it hard to
24:24switch off from work.
24:26>> To switch off means to stop about work
24:29or worries and relax.
24:31>> You can use it in the daytime too. It
24:33isn't only for bedtime.
24:35>> Sadly, there's no switch behind the ear.
24:37Switch off.
24:39>> And finally,
24:40I gradually fell asleep.
24:43>> You can say I drifted off.
24:45>> I was reading in bed and I drifted off
24:48after a few pages.
24:49>> To drift off means to fall asleep
24:51gradually, often without noticing.
24:54>> You can also say your mind drifted off,
24:57meaning your attention slowly wandered
24:59somewhere else.
25:01>> Like a little boat leaving. Drift off.
25:04>> So our five expressions were night owl,
25:07burn the midnight oil, call it a night,
25:10switch off, and drift off.
25:13>> Choose one that fits your own evenings.
25:15Say a sentence out loud and keep it
25:17simple.
25:18>> If you use it in a real conversation
25:20this week, it will stay with you.
25:22Remember the evening habit you picked?
25:24This time, tell us what you do and why
25:26it helps. Try before bed I and then it
25:31helps me. Mine is before bed I read a
25:34few pages. It helps me switch off.
25:37>> Tonight I'm trying the lamp. When I turn
25:39it off, I'll say right, that's that. I
25:42think it'll help me stop looking for one
25:44more thing to do.
25:45>> Your turn. Try your two sentences now.
25:48>> If you'd like to share yours in the
25:49comments, we'd love to hear what you
25:51picked.
25:52>> Take care of your English.
25:54>> And take care of your heart.
25:55>> This is Anna.
25:56>> This is Jake.
25:58>> Bye.
25:59>> Right, that's that.
26:04>> Your progress doesn't end here.
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