Learn These Gloomy English Words for a Dreary Day! ☁️🌧️🌨️ — Transcript

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1. 0:00Well, hello and welcome
2. 0:01to this overcast day.
3. 0:03Let me tilt you back for
4. 0:05a minute and you'll be
5. 0:05able to see what I mean.
6. 0:08Today the sky
7. 0:11is just gray.
8. 0:14There's actually
9. 0:15a little bit of fog
10. 0:16in the distance.
11. 0:18And we would say that
12. 0:19today it is overcast.
13. 0:22It's February,
14. 0:23and the day is overcast.
15. 0:25This is my least favorite
16. 0:27kind of weather.
17. 0:28It's about one degree
18. 0:29right now, and things
19. 0:31are starting to melt.
20. 0:32There's no sunshine.
21. 0:34It's not a happy day.
22. 0:36You know how a sunny
23. 0:37day can make you
24. 0:38really, really happy?
25. 0:39Well, an overcast day
26. 0:41can make you
27. 0:42a little bit sad.
28. 0:43So that's your
29. 0:44first word.
30. 0:44That's your first new
31. 0:45English vocabulary word
32. 0:47for this lesson.
33. 0:48An overcast day.
34. 0:49A day with clouds in
35. 0:50the sky and no sunshine.
36. 0:52And I think I'll
37. 0:53teach you about four,
38. 0:54four more words
39. 0:54in this lesson.
40. 0:55A nice, short
41. 0:56English lesson
42. 0:57on an overcast day.
43. 0:59Hopefully this lesson
44. 1:00makes you happy, because
45. 1:01the weather isn't
46. 1:02making me super happy.
47. 1:04Another word we would use
48. 1:06to describe a day
49. 1:07like this is dreary.
50. 1:09When you say the day is
51. 1:10dreary, it's a hard word
52. 1:11to say, isn't it?
53. 1:12Let me say it
54. 1:13one more time.
55. 1:14It's a dreary day.
56. 1:15It means it's kind
57. 1:16of dull and a little
58. 1:18bit depressing.
59. 1:19So let's again describe
60. 1:21the opposite.
61. 1:22If I go to the beach
62. 1:23in July, the day
63. 1:25is very vibrant.
64. 1:26There's lots of sunshine
65. 1:27and waves and fresh
66. 1:29air, and I feel alive.
67. 1:31But today is a little
68. 1:32bit dreary.
69. 1:33It's a day where you feel
70. 1:35like just staying in
71. 1:36the house and drinking
72. 1:37a cup of coffee or a cup
73. 1:38of hot chocolate.
74. 1:40Because outside
75. 1:41it's just kind of dull
76. 1:42and a little
77. 1:43bit depressing,
78. 1:44a little bit sad.
79. 1:46So a dreary day,
80. 1:47a day like this,
81. 1:48where it's overcast,
82. 1:49using that word again.
83. 1:50And it's just
84. 1:51a little bit dull.
85. 1:52Like if I look around,
86. 1:54if I show you.
87. 1:56Even the colors of
88. 1:58the barn seem
89. 2:00a little bit subdued.
90. 2:02It's not an exciting,
91. 2:05vibrant day.
92. 2:06It's just dreary.
93. 2:09Sometimes we'll describe
94. 2:10a day like this by just
95. 2:11saying, it's a blah day.
96. 2:13Blah, blah.
97. 2:15It's a blah day.
98. 2:17Again, this simply means
99. 2:18it's just not exciting.
100. 2:20By the way, this is
101. 2:21an exciting day for me,
102. 2:23though, because I'm
103. 2:24recording this on a day
104. 2:25that is a holiday.
105. 2:26And I'm actually
106. 2:27having supper with all
107. 2:28my kids tonight.
108. 2:29They're all home
109. 2:30from university.
110. 2:31So even though
111. 2:32the weather outside is
112. 2:33kind of blah, my life is
113. 2:35kind of exciting today.
114. 2:36So blah.
115. 2:38A day like this, it's
116. 2:39kind of a blah day.
117. 2:41This kind of day
118. 2:41doesn't give me energy
119. 2:43to do things.
120. 2:45Although as soon as I
121. 2:46thought this morning
122. 2:47that it was a blah
123. 2:48day, I quickly thought
124. 2:49of five more words I
125. 2:51could teach you.
126. 2:51And then I was excited
127. 2:52to come outside on this
128. 2:54blah day to teach
129. 2:55you an English lesson.
130. 2:56So a blah day, a day
131. 2:58that lacks excitement,
132. 2:59a day that just isn't
133. 3:00something that you
134. 3:01look forward to.
135. 3:03We would also probably
136. 3:04call this a drab day.
137. 3:06When you say something
138. 3:07is drab, it means
139. 3:08it lacks color and it
140. 3:10lacks excitement.
141. 3:11If I show you this area
142. 3:13today, it
143. 3:14certainly lacks color.
144. 3:16If I was to show you
145. 3:17this area in the summer,
146. 3:19it would be
147. 3:19vibrant and green.
148. 3:21If you look behind me, it
149. 3:22also is very, very drab.
150. 3:24In fact, if you look
151. 3:26at the grass,
152. 3:27the grass is all brown.
153. 3:29The trees have no leaves.
154. 3:32Even the evergreen
155. 3:33trees don't seem
156. 3:36excitingly green today.
157. 3:38They seem just
158. 3:39a little bit drab.
159. 3:41So here we are outside
160. 3:42on a drab day, a day
161. 3:44that certainly lacks
162. 3:45color and lacks a bit
163. 3:47of excitement.
164. 3:48Even in the distance,
165. 3:49if you look, you can see
166. 3:52there's a yellow
167. 3:53grain elevator there.
168. 3:55And it doesn't even look
169. 3:56very colorful today.
170. 3:58I think we need the sun
171. 3:59to come out
172. 3:59and everything would
173. 4:00look a lot less drab.
174. 4:03So in English, a very
175. 4:04common way to describe
176. 4:05a day like this, a day
177. 4:07where it's overcast
178. 4:08and where it's just
179. 4:09dreary and drab, is to
180. 4:10just say it's
181. 4:11miserable.
182. 4:12It's a miserable day.
183. 4:13It's actually starting
184. 4:15to rain a little bit.
185. 4:16A really fine mist.
186. 4:18And I would just say, if
187. 4:19I had to work outside
188. 4:20today, I would say it's
189. 4:22a miserable day to
190. 4:24work outside.
191. 4:24The weather is miserable.
192. 4:26It's a miserable day.
193. 4:28That's a hard word
194. 4:29to say too, isn't it?
195. 4:30Miserable.
196. 4:31It's a miserable day.
197. 4:33And it would not be
198. 4:34a nice day to have
199. 4:36to work outside.
200. 4:37I'm always a little bit...
201. 4:40I feel bad when I drive
202. 4:41on a day like this
203. 4:42and I see people who
204. 4:44have to work outside.
205. 4:44I have a lot of respect
206. 4:46for people who are able
207. 4:47to work outside in
208. 4:49miserable weather,
209. 4:50fixing things, building
210. 4:51things, and doing all
211. 4:52the things that make
212. 4:53our lives a lot more
213. 4:55comfortable.
214. 4:55So it's a miserable day.
215. 4:57But thank you to all
216. 4:58of you who have jobs
217. 4:59where you work outside
218. 5:01in miserable weather
219. 5:02on a miserable day
220. 5:03to make life happen.
221. 5:06We might also describe
222. 5:07today as a gloomy day.
223. 5:09When you say a day
224. 5:10is gloomy, it means
225. 5:11it's not very well
226. 5:12lit, but it also
227. 5:14is kind of talking
228. 5:15about how you feel.
229. 5:16It usually means
230. 5:17you feel a little
231. 5:18bit sad or unhappy.
232. 5:20So if I say today is
233. 5:22a gloomy day, it means
234. 5:23there's no sunshine.
235. 5:24But it also means I
236. 5:26myself, because
237. 5:27of the weather, because
238. 5:28it's a gloomy day, don't
239. 5:29feel super excited or
240. 5:31happy about the day.
241. 5:32So when you say a day is
242. 5:34gloomy, it means it's
243. 5:35overcast, it's not well
244. 5:36lit, and you're feeling
245. 5:38a little bit sad.
246. 5:39And again, the best
247. 5:40thing to do then,
248. 5:41especially in the
249. 5:42winter in Canada, is
250. 5:43to go inside, have a
251. 5:45cup of tea or hot
252. 5:46chocolate or coffee,
253. 5:47have something hot to
254. 5:48drink, and, maybe sit
255. 5:49and talk with someone
256. 5:50on the phone or in
257. 5:51person.
258. 5:52And I'm sure your
259. 5:53day will get better.
260. 5:55We might also use
261. 5:56the word glum
262. 5:57to describe how we feel
263. 5:58on a day like this or to
264. 6:00describe the day itself.
265. 6:02If I was to say to
266. 6:04Jen, I'm just
267. 6:04feeling glum today.
268. 6:06It's overcast outside,
269. 6:07it's a dreary, drab
270. 6:08day, and I don't feel
271. 6:09like doing anything.
272. 6:11When I use the word glum,
273. 6:12it simply means I'm
274. 6:13unhappy, usually because
275. 6:16of how I'm feeling,
276. 6:17but possibly because
277. 6:18of the weather.
278. 6:19So today is kind
279. 6:20of a glum day.
280. 6:21It's kind of
281. 6:22a dreary day.
282. 6:22It's very drab out here.
283. 6:24The weather's a little
284. 6:25bit miserable.
285. 6:26A lot of negative
286. 6:27ways to describe
287. 6:28a day like this.
288. 6:30Well, thank you so much
289. 6:31for watching this little
290. 6:32English lesson where I
291. 6:33was actually a little
292. 6:35bit happy while talking
293. 6:36about a day where I
294. 6:37thought I was going to
295. 6:38be unhappy because of
296. 6:40the weather.
297. 6:40But then I had this
298. 6:41idea for an English
299. 6:42lesson and I got a lot
300. 6:44more excited
301. 6:45and a lot more happy.
302. 6:46Thanks for watching.
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