About the Academy Food Idioms

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Philadelphia almost three years ago

because of my boyfriend who is now my

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some comments hey guys good evening and

Dubai awesome I would love to go to

Dubai it’s morning here no it’s not it’s

afternoon it’s 1 p.m. now here in

Philadelphia so I wanted to go live

because I wanted to see you guys see how

you’re doing

see where you’re from also of course to

talk about some things first thing we’re

going to talk about I’m gonna talk a

little bit about the Academy second

thing I’m going to talk about I’m gonna

talk a little bit about a post that I

posted on Facebook earlier today about

food idioms that was kind of fun okay so

first of all I had to write this

backwards in order for it to show up

right on live it kind of messes up the

color doesn’t it but anyway I guess I

don’t need to hold it up because the

link is actually in the description of

this video in the

this video but anyway I wanted to talk a

little bit about Rachel’s English

Academy today is Thursday and I launched

the Academy on Tuesday so it’s two days

now and it’s been awesome so great so

many people are joining it’s so fun

there’s a Facebook group associated with

the Rachel’s English Academy and so far

a bunch of people are in there we’re

sharing videos everyone’s saying where

they’re from I’m getting to learn a lot

about people it’s it’s really fun it’s

awesome

so if you’ve thought about it Rachel’s

English Academy will have a VIP

membership drive until November 1st so

if you join between now and November 1st

you will be a VIP which means a couple

of things one you get the best price the

brace goes up on November 2nd this is

sort of a an introductory week discount

launch but if you sign up during this

week you get to keep that price as long

as you keep your subscription so if

you’re thinking about it it’s worth

signing up now it’s worth signing up

before November 1 some people have been

asking how long how long is the course

how long do I have to stay how can I

cancel when can I cancel so there’s no

minimum enrollment you can cancel at any

time it’s up to me to keep making things

that you want to see it’s up to me to

make you want to stay in so you’re

welcome to leave whenever you need to if

your financial situation changes or you

don’t have time to study anymore you can

leave at any time and to cancel you’ll

just send me an email and we’ll get you

cancelled up someone says what is in the

Academy what is that in the Academy so

the Academy is sort of similar to what

you already see it’s similar to what you

already love about Rachel’s English in

that there’s lots of conversation

analysis Ben Franklin exercises

and then it’s different in that there’s

a lot of new stuff that supports that so

for example I have a set of exercises

that study conversation and you get a

Ben Franklin video where there’s a full

analysis of everything you hear so you

get to understand how things are being

said and then there’s a page that’s

actually going to be added on November

1st for each one of these videos that

has points out vocabulary uncommon or

tricky words that are being used in

those conversations it points out

phrasal verbs and it points out any

idioms that are being used so the thing

that I love about this additional info

sheet that goes with the videos is that

it takes the real conversation that’s

happening and it uses that as a way to

learn vocabulary and phrases because you

can study vocabulary and you can study

phrases sort of in a book isolated but

these are the ones that are actually

being used so I love that you’re getting

to study the vocabulary save the phrases

from the actual real conversations that

real Americans are having and then in

addition to that there’s a ton of audio

to go with the video so you watch the

video you get how it’s all said and then

there’s an audio section that breaks it

all down and one of the things that’s

very cool is you can actually play the

audio in slow motion so Americans speak

really fast so you can slow it down and

figure out how exactly were they saying

that you can focus it on the vowel or a

flap or something like that so that’s

that’s what’s in the Academy it’s

Rachel’s English amped-up it’s Rachel’s

English with even more to love with even

more to work with more variety people

have been saying that it’s really fun

and I take that as a huge compliment

because I had fun making it and I also

wanted to make it enjoyable if you’re

gonna spend your time doing anything it

should be fun it should be something

that excites

so that’s that’s the story about

Rachel’s English Academy and if you’re

just joining I do want to stay again one

more time that now is the time to if

you’re just joining the feed I want to

say now is the time to join the school

because until November 1 through

November 1 midnight you can get in for

just $10 a month and you also get a few

extra things one of them is a free extra

class with me which we happening on

November 2nd and that’s already been

scheduled I’ve already planned it really

looking forward to that and then you

also get a couple free bonuses some

videos that you can download but if you

can’t join before November 2nd that’s ok

after November 2nd it’s still gonna be a

great deal and there will still be live

monthly classes that are a free part of

the Academy so if you guys have any

questions about the Academy post them in

the comments I’m gonna try to keep an

eye on that but I’m also going to talk a

little bit now about a post that I

posted about two hours ago did you guys

see it tell me if you saw it it’s from

The Simpsons do you guys have you seen

the sympton Simpsons do you like it let

me know in the comments so I am starting

to post a little bit more frequently on

my Facebook page I don’t know if you’ve

noticed that but I have I’m trying to

post many times a day now so if you want

to make sure that you see the posts I

think that you can in your Facebook

settings you can star it and make it

like a top priority Rachel’s English the

page and then it will always make sure

that you’re seeing the posts but a

couple of hours ago someone’s saying

Paul is saying he did see it I posted a

little blurb from The Simpsons where

Milhouse is saying piece of cake huh

Tulisa and I said what other food idioms

do you know well first of all what does

piece of cake mean does anyone

know if you know it put it in the

comments below or actually put it in a

sentence in the comments below so piece

of cake

first of all how am i pronouncing that

is anyone noticing the word of is being

pronounced up just the schwa piece of

cake piece of cake Pizza Pizza Pizza

piece of cake

piece of cake so what does it mean it

means easy

yes Elsayed says it is very easy that’s

exactly right

very easy piece of cake exactly so the

meaning of the idiom piece of cake is

easy simple no problem so I might say

hey guys have you tried joining the

Academy it’s a piece of cake it just

takes two seconds to sign up and then

there you are

I’m gonna always be talking about the

Academy aren’t I but piece of cake easy

nice simple no stress so I had asked in

the comments there if anyone else had

any other food idioms to mention and

some people had some good ones that bad

egg is someone that is just not a great

person not friendly maybe mean maybe

manipulative but if you know someone

like that you can say he’s a bad egg I

love that one apple of my eye so that is

a very sweet term that is for someone

who is very precious to you for example

my baby stony is the apple of my eye he

makes me so happy

it generally it’s a I think it’s a child

that is the apple of of someone’s eye

although it could be an adult I could

say David is the apple of my eye he is

but so is stony so someone said use your

loaf I have no idea what that idiom

means I’ve never I’ve never heard that

before

bread winner this is cool so there’s a

couple that relate to making money for

your family breadwinner

that is one food idiom and then all

so to bring home the bacon is another

food idiom so to bring home the bacon it

means you’re the one who’s making the

money for the family breadwinner it

means the same thing you are winning the

bread the basic food for your family so

in my family there is not just one

breadwinner David and I are both

bringing home the bacon oh man it’s so

fun to spill the beans I think I made a

video on that already you know it’s

crazy I have been making videos for

eight years and I have a pretty good

memory so in general I know exactly what

I’ve made but every once in a while I’ll

think of something and I’ll say did I

make that video I think I did but maybe

I just had the idea and never did it but

I am I’m 99% sure that I did make a

video on to spill the beans I can’t

remember the context but I I’m pretty

sure I made it man

this person I’m not sure how to

pronounce the name jus really came up

with like ten different food idioms

they’re so good icing on the cake to go

bananas to spill the beans two peas in a

pod this means two peas in the pod means

two people who are very similar best

friends always together they’re two peas

in a pod but you guys should go check

out this this thread on my page it says

is speaking English a piece of cake for

you that’s what it starts with and it’s

got an image of Milhouse and Lisa from

the Simpsons and you guys the community

you guys are coming up with great great

idioms great food idioms they’re really

fun to see cool as a cucumber does

anyone know what this means

cool as a cucumber why aren’t cucumbers

cool I guess because we keep them in the

refrigerator but we keep lots of things

in the refrigerator I don’t know how

this idiom came to be but if you’re cool

as a cucumber it means you’re relaxed

you’re not nervous you’re not stressed

out

example maybe you’re preparing for an

important meeting and someone will say

is Rachel stress about the meeting and

hopefully someone else will say nah

she’s cool as a cucumber she’s gonna do

great yeah okay so this is just a short

mini lesson my idea is that a couple

times a week I’m going to go live and do

a mini lesson based on something that

I’ve posted on Facebook or maybe

something that you’ve posted to my page

a question or something like that

I just keep reading them on my computer

and there are so many good ones you guys

go check it out it’s so fun but also

check out Rachel’s English Academy this

is where there’s there’s actually a

whole idioms course that is being

developed it’s not in the Academy yet

and that’s one thing that’s special

about the Academy is because it’s a

subscription I’m adding new stuff each

month so it’s always growing and it’s

always expanding and I’m always getting

ideas from you from your requests about

what you want and so you know that was

one thing with writing the book is I had

to at some point decide it was done and

put it out there of course you can’t put

everything about a language in any one

resource and the Academy will never have

every single thing about English either

but the Academy gets to grow and change

and that’s what I love about it that’s

what makes it really truly fun and not

stressful is that I get to keep adding

to it every month when someone asks a

question and they give me a great idea I

get to make that lesson for them for the

next month so check it out Rachel’s

English Academy com there’s what they’re

like four more days or something

that you can register to be a VIP member

after that you can still register it you

should still register I will love to

have you in there but if you register in

the next four days by November 1 then

you get to be a VIP you get some cool

things so that’s it guys thank you

so much for watching it’s wonderful to

see Osan saying break a leg

that’s another idiom it’s just it’s

great to see so many of you here to see

so many of you live to see the little

emotions going across the screen it’s

excellent

so hopefully I’ll see you in the Academy

check it out just slide if you want to

be there all right guys see you soon