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    12 English Phrases You NEED to Know to Make Progress!

    2026-10-06 | 10 mins.
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    Are you making progress with your English? In this English lesson, you'll learn 12 common phrases that English speakers use to talk about improving, learning, and reaching their goals. You'll learn phrases like "to make progress," "to get the hang of," "to come a long way," "to stay on track," "to catch up," and many more.
    Whether you're getting back into learning English, trying to improve your speaking, or simply want to keep moving forward, these phrases will help you talk naturally about progress in English.
    Thanks for watching, and I hope this lesson helps you take your English to the next level!
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    Let's Learn English! Topic: Damage and Wear! 😎🚙🚪

    2026-09-27 | 23 mins.
    In this English lesson I’ll help you learn useful words and phrases for describing damage and wear. These are common English words you can use when talking about things that are old, broken, damaged, or simply showing signs of regular use.
    You’ll learn words like scratched, scuffed, dented, cracked, chipped, torn, ripped, frayed, worn, worn out, faded, stained, rusty, corroded, peeling, flaking, warped, bent, dull, blunt, loose, stretched, crushed, smashed, shattered, and more.
    As always, I’ll have a slide for each word with a definition, a picture, and an example sentence to make the meaning clear and help you remember it.
    I hope you enjoy this English lesson about damage and wear, and I hope it gives you some useful new vocabulary for describing everyday things in English.
    Have a great day, and thanks for watching!
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    Learn the English Phrases "You can't take it with you!" and "YOLO!"

    2026-09-23 | 4 mins.
    Read along to learn the English phrases YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU and YOLO!
    In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying, "You can't take it with you." When you say you can't take it with you in English, it's a humorous way to talk about the fact that when you die, it's a loud train, eh? Can you guys hear that? I'll just keep going.
    It's a humorous way to talk about the fact that when you die you can't take your house, your car or your money with you. And so it's kind of suggesting that you should either, a) Spend all of it before you die, or what I think is a better idea, b, give away generously some of the money to causes that need it.
    So you can do either, and the phrase can mean the same thing for both. You can't take it with you simply means, well, why are you saving all of your money for a later day when eventually you're going to die and you can't take that money with you to whatever lies beyond. The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is YOLO.
    It's actually an acronym. I think I might have taught this one before, but YOLO is kind of like a young person's way of saying you only live once or just have a really good time because you're gonna die eventually. You only live once. YOLO.
    You'll hear this sometimes when you watch TV or other shows. So to review, you can't take it with you. A humorous way to talk about money and things and material possessions. You can't take it with you, so you might as well enjoy them while you're here. And my suggestion would be is if you can afford it, donate to worthy causes.
    And the second one is YOLO. Sorry if you're wondering what all the noise is, we now have a garbage truck going by. YOLO means you only live once, so enjoy life as much as you can. By the way, did you see the there's an actual barber pole here.
    That's kind of that's kind of a Blast from the past, but hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Unsal. I was wondering how common are fences in residential areas in Canada? Is privacy that important for most homeowners, or are fences mostly used to mark property lines?
    Just to mark property lines. Thanks for another great lesson. You're awesome. Have a great day. Bye. My response: Very common. It is usually the first thing a homeowner builds when buying a new house in a town or city. They are far less common out in the country.
    So yeah, fences like people build fences, especially in residential areas, as you mentioned. I'm just going to move my tripod off to the side here. There's a few more people out and about today than I was expecting. Yes, generally every house in a town or city in the backyard will have a fence so that you have some privacy, even if the yard is really, really small.
    You'll have some privacy. So yeah, there's a barbershop here. So that's kind of cool. So a barbershop is traditionally a place where men would go to get their hair cut. It looks like they offer haircuts. I don't think I'm getting the sign on there very well.
    And all kinds of other things. So I've never been. I still just get my hair cut at home by Barber Jen. She takes care of that for me. So now it's quieted down a little bit. It was extremely busy in town. There were people on the sidewalk.
    There was, so we found him. There's the garbage truck. He's actually putting the garbage into the back now. And maybe as I speak, it's actually picking up a little bit again, a little bit more traffic. I'm not normally here this early in the morning.
    I had to bring my daughter to school, which this year she's going to drive by herself, but we just had a little bit of yeah we have enough vehicles we just aren't using them efficiently right now so anyways it's almost 4 minutes you I feel a little bit distracted this morning which is pretty normal for a Tuesday I also stayed up way too late last night so that might be having some effect. Anyways thanks for watching this short English lesson I'll see you next week with another one.
    Bye.
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    Shut Up! and 7 More Ways to Express Disbelief in English

    2026-09-22 | 6 mins.
    Shut up! Wait. Isn’t that a rude way to tell someone to stop talking? Usually, yes, but in casual, informal English, “Shut up!” can also be a funny way to express disbelief when someone tells you something surprising or exciting.
    In this English lesson, you’ll learn common phrases English speakers use when talking to friends or family when they can’t quite believe what they’ve just heard.
    You’ll learn expressions like: Shut up! Get out! You did not! Stop it! Are you serious? Seriously? For real? You’re joking! You’re kidding! You’re messing with me! You’re just messing with me! and No freaking way!
    These informal English expressions are perfect for conversations when someone tells you something surprising, exciting, or just plain hard to believe. I’ll explain what each phrase means and give you examples so you can understand how native English speakers actually use them.
    Thanks for watching. Have a great day!
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    Let's Learn English! Topic: Flowers! 🌷🌹🌻

    2026-09-20 | 27 mins.
    In this English lesson I'll help you learn the names of about 30 common flowers from my part of the world, and how to talk about them naturally in English. We’ll look at flowers you might see in gardens, bouquets, flower shops, parks, and even growing wild in fields and meadows.
    You’ll learn familiar flowers like roses, sunflowers, tulips, daisies, and lilies, as well as flowers such as lisianthus, dahlias, peonies, ranunculus, delphiniums, and gladiolus.
    By the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to recognize and name many common flowers and have the vocabulary you need to describe what they look like, where they grow, and how people use them.
    I hope you enjoy this colourful English lesson and I hope you have a great day. Thanks for watching!
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About Learn English with Bob the Canadian
If you want to learn English you've come to the right place. I'm Bob the Canadian and I make videos on Youtube (Just search for "Bob the Canadian" on Youtube!) as well as podcasts right here to help you learn English. Each week I teach a lesson and I host a question and answer session about the English language. During these sessions I will my best to answer as many questions as I can that you have about the English language!
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