Binomials

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Hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

with

me

,

Finn

and

me

,

.

And

today's

show

is

all

about

by

nominals

or

as

some

call

them

,

binomial

.

Yes

,

those

short

and

sweet

phrases

English

speakers

love

to

use

in

everyday

English

.

We'll

look

at

what

Bino

meals

are

,

what

they

mean

and

how

to

use

them

.

They'll

be

a

cheap

and

cheerful

quiz

,

and

we'll

leave

you

with

a

quick

and

dirty

tip

for

learning

vocabulary

.

So

to

start

off

,

let's

listen

to

Charlie

and

his

mum

talking

about

football

practice

.

Here's

a

question

to

think

about

while

you

listen

.

What's

a

good

treatment

for

aches

and

pains

?

What's

good

for

aches

and

pains

?

Let's

find

out

.

Hello

,

love

.

How

was

practice

today

?

Horrible

.

I

hate

football

.

Oh

,

dear

.

Why's

that

?

I'm

sick

and

tired

of

being

in

.

Go

look

at

these

bruises

.

I'm

black

and

blue

.

Oh

,

let's

have

a

look

.

Oh

yes

.

,

why

don't

you

jump

in

the

bath

.

Warm

waters

.

Very

good

for

aches

and

pains

.

So

that's

Charlie

and

his

mum

.

We

asked

you

what's

good

for

aches

and

pains

.

And

Charlie's

mum

says

the

answer

is

a

warm

bath

.

That's

right

.

And

the

phrase

aches

and

pains

is

our

first

binomial

.

Now

,

by

no

means

are

short

English

phrases

made

up

of

two

words

that

go

together

.

And

the

two

words

are

often

joined

with

and

like

aches

and

pains

,

aches

and

pains

,

which

means

general

pains

in

the

body

that

usually

aren't

serious

.

OK

,

now

it's

important

to

remember

that

binomial

are

always

fixed

.

You

can't

change

anything

about

them

.

You

can't

say

pains

and

aches

and

you

can't

say

aches

and

hurts

and

you

can't

say

hurts

and

pains

.

So

,

Alice

,

do

you

suffer

from

aches

and

pains

sometimes

when

when

you're

around

.

Anyway

,

poor

Charlie

said

he

was

black

and

blue

.

He's

talking

about

the

bruises

on

his

body

he

got

from

playing

football

black

and

blue

.

Must

have

been

a

tough

game

.

Yes

.

No

wonder

Charlie

said

he's

sick

and

tired

of

football

,

sick

and

tired

.

It

means

really

fed

up

and

bored

with

something

.

And

remember

,

we

can't

say

tired

and

sick

.

We

can't

say

sick

and

bored

either

.

What

are

you

sick

and

tired

of

at

the

moment

?

Well

,

I'm

sick

and

tired

of

commuting

,

travelling

to

work

.

Oh

,

it

took

me

about

an

hour

this

morning

.

However

,

it's

a

really

long

time

.

It

is

.

And

another

binomial

bit

by

bit

.

This

time

the

word

in

the

middle

is

by

instead

of

and

listening

to

BBC

learning

English

.

And

we're

talking

about

Bino

meals

,

and

if

you

were

listening

carefully

at

the

beginning

of

the

show

,

you

might

have

noticed

that

we

used

a

couple

of

binomial

right

at

the

start

.

Short

and

sweet

was

one

of

them

.

It

means

simple

,

quick

and

useful

,

short

and

sweet

or

quick

and

dirty

.

That's

another

binomial

with

a

similar

meaning

.

Quick

and

dirty

means

simple

,

short

and

basic

.

And

another

similar

one

is

cheap

and

cheerful

.

So

three

binomial

there

you

can

use

to

describe

something

as

quick

,

simple

and

basic

.

Now

let's

hear

today's

expressions

again

.

Aches

and

pains

.

It

describes

body

pains

that

aren't

serious

,

sick

and

tired

,

fed

up

,

bored

and

angry

bit

by

bit

to

describe

slow

change

and

to

say

something

is

simple

,

short

and

basic

.

We

had

three

by

no

means

short

and

sweet

,

quick

and

dirty

,

cheap

and

cheerful

.

Thank

you

,

Alice

.

And

now

it's

quiz

time

.

So

no

one

choose

the

correct

answer

.

I'm

learning

French

,

it's

difficult

,

but

I'm

getting

better

a

bit

by

bit

,

by

bit

by

little

or

C

bit

and

bit

.

And

the

answer

is

a

bit

by

bit

.

Now

,

number

two

,

Sarah

fell

over

and

hit

her

eye

yesterday

.

Today

,

it's

a

blue

and

black

.

B

,

black

and

blue

.

,

black

and

white

.

And

the

answer

is

B

,

black

and

blue

.

Ouch

.

And

finally

,

number

three

,

at

only

one

minute

long

,

the

presentation

was

a

sweet

and

short

be

cheerful

and

cheap

or

C

,

quick

and

dirty

.

And

the

answer

is

C

,

quick

and

dirty

.

And

that

brings

us

almost

to

the

end

of

the

program

.

But

before

we

go

,

here's

a

cheap

and

cheerful

tip

for

remembering

vocabulary

.

Play

games

,

making

and

playing

a

simple

card

game

where

you

match

up

the

beginning

and

ends

of

by

nominals

will

really

help

you

to

remember

them

.

That's

right

.

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