Idiom Practice The Rest is History Advanced English Lesson

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you because it is a commonly used idiom

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amazing so I have a quick question for

you

when did you start to study English

seriously maybe you learned when you

were in elementary school or in high

school but when did you maybe restart to

learn English seriously because we’re

going to use that with our idiom today

when did you start to study English

seriously maybe for you you started ah

two years ago when you went to New York

City when you went to New York you

wanted to communicate with people but it

was too difficult so when you came home

to your home country you decided I’m

gonna start to study English when did

you start to study English seriously and

then we’ll combine this with our idiom

the idiom today is the rest is history

the rest is history I’m going to use my

trusty trusty clipboard here and write a

sentence for you so that we can use this

together I’m going to combine one of

these sentences with the rest is history

so that we can use this naturally and

then you can try to make your own

sentences with it as well let’s see how

about Oh a bunch of people said a couple

months ago a couple months ago a couple

years ago great great so some of you

have started studying English recently

okay so Dora says I started to learn

English seriously when I was in my

secondary year so maybe high school was

that high school for you

so let’s write Dora’s sentence and then

let’s add an idiom because maybe that

wasn’t yesterday I’m sure that a lot has

happened from the time you started until

now so we need an idiom to help us let

me write this I started to study English

seriously let’s say a couple years ago

and now is our chance now is our chance

to use today’s idiom let me use a

different color so we can see it clearly

how about orange and the rest is history

this is our idiom for today the rest is

history

what do you think this might mean why

did I choose to add this to this

sentence why did I choose to add this to

the end of the sentence what’s your

what’s your guess what do you think

because maybe I could have said I

started to study English seriously a

couple years ago and finished there but

instead I decided to add today’s idiom

and the rest is history so hmm what is

the purpose for adding this and this

will help us to understand when to use

when to use this now jot has a great

answer he says it me

everyone knows what happened next

Paola says the rest you just know Sean

says it means needless to say yes these

are great summaries of this of this

idiom

alright the definition here it means you

can guess the rest of the story

it means you probably know what happened

next you probably know so when I say I

started to study English seriously a

couple years ago and the rest is history

it means I continued because I’m

speaking English now so I didn’t just

start and then stop I continued so the

rest is history is making a long story

much shorter so let me give you another

example you can think about making your

own sentence with this try to combine

your English history with this idiom and

I’m going to give you another example we

often use this for jobs or for

relationships so if you are if you’re

married we know that your relationship

is successful you’re together you didn’t

break up

you are married right now so we might

say I met my husband 10 years ago and we

saw each other and started talking and

the rest is history

it means you can guess the rest of the

story you can guess that we continued

talking and we had a good relationship

and it went well and we got married you

can guess the rest of the story and it’s

a long story I don’t need to tell you

everything about it so I’m combining

this and adding the rest is who

mr. e yes this is a great idea traffic

says like in a nutshell in a nutshell

yes in a nutshell that is another way we

can use some kind of shortened

expression let me add that here another

option is oh we’ve got two idioms today

very cool

in a nutshell I started studying ah last

year not that death so we could give we

can give some more details but instead

you just said in a nutshell something

clear and short and simple but today

let’s focus on in a nutshell Oh Julian

has a great sentence here uh I cleaned

up my room and wash the dishes and wipe

the floor and the rest is history so for

you it was a big deal because we’re

using the word history usually it’s a

big task like studying English starting

a new relationship starting a new job so

maybe in your sentence it seems like

almost it’s kind of a joke which is

interesting because cleaning the house

is maybe a daily process or a weekly

process so if we use it for simple tasks

like cleaning the house it could be a

joke because maybe for you you feel like

oh it’s such a big deal oh it takes so

long the rest is history so you could

use that like a joke very interesting

very interesting

Yemen says I’ve been studying English

for two years seriously and the rest is

history

beautiful yes this shows that for you

you’ve studied for two years there are a

lot of details maybe you went to a class

maybe you listen to pod

maybe you started studying online

there’s so many details but you’ve

decided not to tell us the details you

just added the rest is history excellent

because usually in conversation we don’t

want to give a lot of details so that

the other person isn’t bored so exactly

like Cardo said you’re making a story

shorter and usually this is a long

important story something that takes a

lot of time so let’s use this we can use

this for English we can use this for

your career maybe someone might ask you

how did you get interested in electrical

engineering maybe you have a job in

electrical engineering how did you get

interested in electrical engineering you

could say well my uncle is an electrical

engineer and one day I visited him at

his job and the rest is history it’s the

beginning of the story how you became

interested or how you started and then

you can use this idiom and the rest is

history you don’t need to give us all

the details just the rest is history

Wilson says I started to play soccer

since I was born

Wow incredible and the rest is history

for you you have been playing soccer for

a long time maybe it’s an important part

of your life that’s a great way to use

this idiom if someone asks you while

Wilson you’re great at soccer how did

you how did you learn how to play soccer

so well you might say well I’ve been

playing soccer since I was born and the

rest is history

it means this big task learning to play

soccer has been going on for a long time

so the rest is history

Oh Marcia Macario I hope I said that

correctly Masari oh maybe I used an

teen political daily life kind of topic

he says Great Britain is out of the EU

and the rest is history

sure so we don’t need to talk about each

of those processes how did it happen

the details the rest is history Britain

is out of the EU and the rest is history

all Louise - nice Louis says Vanessa is

the best English teacher out there and

the rest is history so if someone asked

you how do you study English you might

say well I I went online and I found

Vanessa’s YouTube channel and the rest

is history

this means that when you found this

channel I hope it’s useful to you you

continue to learn and this inspired you

so the rest is history you are advancing

and improving before we continue I’m

gonna take a drink of water

ah all right now just as I started

watching Vanessa’s English lessons and

my speaking skills went into orbit oh

and the rest is history for you that was

the starting place for improving your

English I’m so glad

keep it up Julian says when I saw a

music concert maybe we could say when I

saw a piano music concert I started to

be interested in it and the rest is

history

beautiful so you’re talking about your

passion music how did it start

I went to a music concert I became

interested in it and the rest is history

I couldn’t look back because my life had

been changed forever the rest is history

for me when I was in in high school and

throughout a lot of my childhood I loved

watching musicals musicals are movies

where songs are included and I loved

singing those songs and for me

I had never seen a show like this live

only on a video but when I was in high

school

one of my friends invited me to see a

huge performance in my city

live so for me I could say when I saw

that live performance I couldn’t stop

watching it was amazing the rest is

history because I continued my passion

my passion grew and I started to love

this musical and all other kinds of

musical theater this type of music was

one of my favorites so for me it started

that passion Oh Wilson asks does it also

mean that the rest the rest of the story

doesn’t matter oh so does it mean that

the details are not important well kind

of it doesn’t mean that it’s so

unimportant that it really doesn’t

matter but in this conversation they

don’t matter because maybe you’re just

having a quick conversation with a

friend and they ask you oh I didn’t know

you speak English how did you start to

speak English you could use that short

sentence well I started studying English

a couple years ago and the rest is

history

they don’t really want to know maybe the

rest of the details at that moment so

it’s possible that the details are

important if someone wanted to ask you I

want to be able to speak English like

you how can I do it you can give them

more details those details are important

to that person so it really depends on

the conversation but I found when I use

this idiom it’s in a conversation with a

couple people and you don’t want to talk

so much that everyone has to listen to

you for minutes and minutes on end you

want to be able

to say what you want to say and then

finish so this idiom will help you to be

concise and help you to have those kind

of conversations Esther says I met a

young man who’s handsome and intelligent

and the rest is history

oh oh so this means that you stayed

together he’s your husband or he’s your

boyfriend the rest is history I met this

man who is smart intelligent and funny

and handsome and the rest is history

Patricia says I used to go to English

classes but then I found your YouTube

channel and the rest is history

beautiful sentence it means that you

used to study one way and then you found

another method and you realized this is

a good fit for me I want to keep going

in this way excellent excellent

Betty says five years ago after I went

to a music festival I started learning

guitar and the rest is history I love it

beautiful sentence beautiful idea

because over five years there’s probably

a lot of details but you’re just writing

one sentence in a conversation you’re

just going to share one sentence or two

sentences so this is a good way to make

it short and use a beautiful idiom that

we definitely use a lot in daily

conversations

Eliana says I’ve been interested in

English since I was nine years old I

looked up words in the dictionary

watched videos in English and the rest

is history

thank you what a beautiful sentence yes

you’re talking about your journey

learning English since you were nine

years old keep up the good work so I

want to let you know before we go today

let’s practice pronunciation and

speaking out loud I want to help you use

this idiom we talked about it in a lot

of different contexts a lot of different

dances but it’s time to speak it’s

important to speak I recommend watching

this lesson again writing down some of

the sentences that I say and also trying

to imitate my voice speak out loud but

we are gonna say one sentence together

so that you can use those speaking

muscles and you can practice speaking

out loud let’s use a sentence with

English and with this idiom how about oh

let’s you make let’s make a sentence

similar to this similar to this sentence

but I’m going to say I started to study

English recently and the rest is history

I’m going to make it a little bit

shorter so let’s say together I’m gonna

say it slowly because I want you to

imitate my mouth have good pronunciation

and repetition repetition is important

let’s say I started to study recently

and the rest is history

let’s add English here I started to

study English recently and the rest is

history I started to study English

recently and the rest is history

I started started this is great American

pronunciation with Adi here started I

started to study English recently and

the rest is history

I’m sure there’s a lot of details I’m

sure you’ve done a lot of different

things to study English but we’re just

giving a concise clear answer with this

idiom so I hope for you you can repeat

this out loud together I started

studying English recently

and the rest is history

thank you now Jeff for repeating after

me you’ve got it yes I started studying

English recently and the rest is history

great thank you for saying this out loud

with me I hope that your pronunciation

muscles are working and I hope that you

had the chance even if it’s just one

sentence to speak out loud today it’s

great to hear me say it but it’s most

important if you can hear your own voice

using this expression I started studying

English recently and the rest is history

the rest is history there’s a lot of

details but we can cut them out so I

hope for you that this idiom will be

useful for your English conversations

for your use of English when you watch

TV shows I’m sure you’ll hear this when

you read a book or even read newspaper

articles I’m sure that you’ll see this

idiom it is everywhere in in English the

rest is history

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