Idiom Practice Do you have a sweet tooth

hello hello welcome to today’s live

lesson here on the speak English with

Vanessa YouTube channel today we’ve got

an exciting topic sweets dessert

chocolate candy any kind of sweet thing

we’re going to talk about it

so I hope that you are ready maybe I

hope you have some something to eat so

that you don’t get too hungry we’re

going to talk about an important idiom

and some ways that you can use this in

your conversations

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topic is about sweets and chocolate and

having a sweet tooth so we’re going to

be talking about this general idea

because today is January 31st and

tomorrow February 1st in my course The

Fearless fluency Club were going to be

having a new lesson set at the beginning

of every month there’s a new lesson set

and in February our lesson set is going

to be all about chocolate I’m

interviewing the owner of a local

chocolate shop we’re going to go into

the shop and order something from my

husband who works there and we’re going

to go into the factory we’re going to

see how the chocolate is made so the

month of February in The Fearless

fluency Club is all about chocolate so I

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Edvin from Brazil Yaya from Algeria

Ahmad from Jordan votre from Turkey

perfect this is an international

community so I have a question for you

I’m going to be using my clipboard to

write some expressions but I have a

question for you do you have a sweet

tooth do you have a sweet tooth hmm and

then we’ll see what people say and then

I’m going to explain this expression a

little bit and we’ll see does it mean

that your tooth tastes sweet hmm do you

have a sweet tooth this idiom we’re

talking about today hmm

I want to see how many of you here have

a sweet tooth well

kamesh says what’s a sweet tooth let’s

talk about it

Ehrmann says it’s the

desire to eat many sweet foods

especially candy and pastries yes you

got it this is someone who loves to eat

sweet foods it might be desserts

desserts are cakes and cookies and ice

cream or it could be anything else

sweet like fruit or a sweet bread or

something anything that’s sweet so my

first question is do you have a sweet

tooth do you like to eat sweet foods and

we often use this as an excuse so I’m

gonna right here on my clipboard Maxime

says oh yes I have a sweet tooth I love

sweets I always put sugar in my tea

excellent You certainly have a sweet

tooth so we might say if someone asks

you would you like to eat ice cream you

might say of course I want to eat ice

cream why I have a sweet tooth so this

is used kind of like an excuse kind of

like an excuse so for example Ehrmann

likes baklava maybe if his friends say

Oh Ehrmann do you want to go eat some

fresh baklava from the bakery down the

street and maybe Ehrmann is studying

he’s doing something else he’s kind of

busy he might say of course I want to

eat baklava I have a sweet tooth

I love baklava I love sweet food of

course so this means you are really

excited about eating sweet foods

Julianne says of course I want to eat

candy I have

sweet tooth Oh a Zilla says my husband

has a sweet tooth so maybe he has more

of a sweet tooth than you do mm-hmm

so let’s add let’s take this expression

and try to expand it a little bit

because I want to give you a couple

other ways that we can use this type of

idea to talk about sweet foods so I’m

going to use my my orange marker here

we’re going to talk about the word crave

crave so let’s add I have and we could

change this to my husband my friend

anyone else I have a sweet tooth so I

crave crave means I really want I really

want ice cream

I crave ice cream or I have a sweet

tooth so I crave cookies in the morning

when I wake up all I can think about is

cookies what about for you if you have a

sweet tooth

what do you crave what do you crave we

can use that expression crave this means

I really want you really want something

a lot

it is a strong desire navale you’re

correct that’s a great definition strong

desire Ehrmann has an interesting point

he says I have a salt tooth so can we

change sweet tooth to say something

different like salt tooth or sour tooth

and really this idiom is just sweet

tooth we don’t really use it to say salt

tooth or sour tooth or bit

tooth but in this situation if you’re

talking with a native speaker you can be

creative you could say I have a salt

tooth and maybe they’ll understand that

you’re trying to make a joke about this

expression but typically we just say

sweet tooth so unless you’re trying to

make a clever language joke with a

native speaker I’d say let’s stick with

sweet tooth

what do you crave she bin says I have a

sweet tooth so I crave chocolate milk

ah that’s interesting last week I was

craving chocolate milk too and I went to

the store and I bought some chocolate

milk and it’s satisfied my craving it

was great he says my friend yes Sierra

craves candy he must have a sweet tooth

beautiful sentence he must have a sweet

tooth I guess he probably has a sweet

tooth

yeah Shanta says I crave chocolate cake

oh I’ve never tried this before

Sara Condon says I have a sweet tooth I

have a sweet tooth so I crave sweet rose

milk every day sweet rose milk that

sounds really interesting I would love

to try that huh

in the u.s. our milk is kind of boring

just milk or chocolate milk you can also

try goat milk or maybe sheep’s milk but

nothing exciting like sweet rose milk oh

that sounds exciting

interesting Giselle says I crave I have

a sweet tooth so I crave acai ice cream

oh this is interesting kind of a sour

ice cream I’ve never tried that before

but I know that berry is a little sour

could be interesting maybe healthy maybe

not Gabriela says I have a sweet tooth

so I cry

give apple pie apple pie oh I hope you

can satisfy your craving keoki says one

of my friends has a sweet tooth because

she always eats some cakes great way to

change this so she said one of my

friends has making sure those go

together beautiful sentence one of my

friends has a sweet tooth so she always

craves some cakes lovely way so you’re

taking my sentence and changing it to

have a different subject making sure

that the verb goes with the subject I

love it keep it up Julian says I’ve

never seen my boyfriend eat chocolate so

I think he doesn’t have a sweet tooth Oh

interesting point then maybe he doesn’t

have a sweet tooth because he’s not

excited about sweets well for my husband

he works at a chocolate shop the same

chocolate shop that we’re going to visit

in February for The Fearless fluency

Club and he definitely has a sweet tooth

he loves sweet food and it’s difficult

because there’s always free chocolate or

pieces of cake that are a little bit

broken or something that wasn’t made

correctly for the customer so they can’t

give it to the customer and the

employees can eat it for free so it’s

feeding his craving so it’s really easy

for him to satisfy his sweet tooth it’s

easy for him to satisfy his sweet tooth

very interesting and maybe not too good

for his teeth not too good for the

dentist but that’s what happens

evander asks will we have a video so yes

in the February lesson set for The

Fearless fluency Club if you’re part of

the course tomorrow tomorrow is February

1st

so in the morning my time which is est I

will send you the whole new lesson set

including the video where we visit the

chocolate shop we talk with the owner we

go to the factory

it’s an exploration you’re going to

explore a lot of places so you’re going

to be able to see the video inside the

chocolate shop it’s gonna be awesome

Dora says I have a sweet tooth because

I’m always craving cakes cakes ah that’s

a hard one though I want to ask you is

there any kind of special sweet food in

your country

is there any specific sweet food that

can help my sweet tooth so for example

if you live in an Argentina I know an

Argentina don’t say the Lecce is a great

food that I would love to try in

Argentina so you might say I’m from

Argentina and alright my son is here you

can satisfy your sweet tooth by eating a

nice kind of sweet food from your

country a sum has a great one sweet rice

milk oh I don’t think I’ve had this

before

so we could say Vanessa come visit my

country because you can satisfy your

sweet tooth by eating or maybe drinking

sweet rice milk excellent it’s something

special from your country Gabriela says

in Brazil we have something special she

says Vanessa come to Brazil you can

satisfy your sweet tooth by eating briga

Dario briga Dario I hope I said that

correctly I’m sure I’ll like it I’ll

all sweet food Vanessa if you have a

sweet tooth I’d bring you a delicious

dessert thank you thanks so much

a lots of Brazilians are mentioning this

great dessert Brigid area Brigid area

Brigid area I would love to try it

Gehrig asks Vanessa have you tried black

forest cake I think so but it’s been a

long time this is something that I don’t

have a memory of maybe I tried a little

I would love to try it

is it a specialty in your country I’d

love to try this from the source from

the best place possible to try it

Musab says I adore dried dates from Iraq

I love dates too and I would love to

have them fresh and dried from your

country great idea Vanessa come to Iraq

because you can satisfy your sweet tooth

by eating dried dates I would love it

nah Mike says I live in Azerbaijan you

can satisfy your sweet tooth by eating

baklava baklava

I would love to some places sell baklava

in my city but you know what I feel like

it’s not traditional it’s probably

nothing like the real baklava from

Azerbaijan I’d love to have it from the

real place from a local place that would

be excellent Hiroyuki says I think you

can satisfy your sweet tooth by eating

dango which is around which is round and

coated with a sweet sauce around it it’s

from Japan dango I’ll have to research

that and look up maybe a picture it

sounds interesting round and coated with

sweet sauce sounds great sweet sauce

let’s do it one says you can satisfy

your sweet tooth by eating gofio always

local dessert from your area sounds

excellent

I also want to ask you is there a

similar expression in your country a

sweet tooth a sweet tooth do you have a

similar type of idiom that you might say

in your native language instead of a

sweet tooth in English what would you

say is there a translation of something

that’s similar or is it a different

concept in your language because people

all around the world love sweet foods we

a lot of people have a sweet tooth so

maybe you have a similar expression for

people who love sweet foods

Roberto asks does a sweet tooth mean it

has a good taste well if you have a

sweet tooth maybe other people don’t

have a sweet tooth but it means that you

love sweet food anything sweet you love

may be addicted to it but you really

love it

Oh divaldo says acai and coffee is my

life

oh maybe this is a sweet combination

great Louie says in Brazil we have a

suite called

oh I’m not sure how to say this see

pasta comm-pass oka past so come

something like this made of peanuts

excellent

Wow I would love this except like Nabeel

says we have to be careful of diabetes

yes so of course in moderation so if you

say I have a sweet tooth maybe someone

would tell you okay you can eat sweet

food but be careful eat it

it is sweet food eat it in moderation

maybe that’s what your mom says to you

eat it in moderation I’m gonna write

this oh I don’t have much room here

maybe I’ll write it at the very bottom

this will be

are a word of warning eat it in

moderation

someone might tell you eat it it is a

sweet food eat eat cakes in moderation

eat chocolate in moderation not everyday

not all day non-stop even if you work at

a chocolate shop and there’s always

availabilities for free chocolate eat it

in moderation your teeth will be happy

your body will be happier your dentist

will be happy eat it in moderation in

Algeria we say a sweet talk interesting

interesting so this is maybe a similar

translation to a sweet tooth a sweet

tooth

moderation means limited not endless

limited amount so eat sweet food in

moderation do it in moderation don’t do

it too much but it tastes so good

doesn’t it so hard to stop so let’s

before we finish today let’s say one of

these sentences all together out loud

because it’s great to listen to me speak

but I want you to have a chance to speak

out loud and feel free to go back in

this lesson and repeat the sentences

after me repeat what I’ve said try to

imitate my pronunciation imitate my

voice and my lips and my tongue when I’m

speaking so that you can sound as

natural as possible so let’s say one

sentence together

let’s say a simple sentence a great one

that uses sweet tooth I have a sweet

tooth so I crave dessert

I’m gonna write this right here desserts

are any kind of sweet food that’s made

like a cake or ice cream it’s not really

candy but it’s any kind of sweet food

then maybe sweet breads or ice cream or

cakes or cookies or chocolate so let’s

say this sentence all together I’m going

to say it slowly and I want you to

imitate my pronunciation and maybe after

this you’ll go try to find something

sweet to eat in your house let’s say I

have a sweet tooth

make sure your tongue is making this th

tooth I have a sweet tooth so I crave

desserts I have a sweet tooth so I crave

desserts we can make a little pause in

the middle as you can see by this comma

I have a sweet tooth so I crave desserts

do you have a sweet tooth do you crave

desserts I have a sweet tooth so I crave

desserts louise has a good point he says

people don’t forget to brush your teeth

after this lesson good idea I have a

sweet tooth so I crave desserts here you

okay thank you for repeating after me

you’ve got it I have a sweet tooth so I

crave desserts let’s change this a

little bit to say he he has a sweet

tooth so he craves desserts he has a

sweet tooth so he craves desserts he has

a sweet tooth so he craves desserts he

has a sweet tooth so he

Eve’s desserts this is a good way to

learn different verb conjugations and

verb agreement without really stressing

too much he craves I crave you can learn

this in a full sentence sweet tooth I

hope that this expression is useful to

you you can use the word the idiom I

have a sweet tooth you can use crave to

mean a strong desire a strong desire

typically for food but you could use

this in other ways as well and if you

have any questions about this expression

I answered a couple of them that are

already here previously in the lesson so

if you want to go back and watch the

beginning of the lesson feel free I

tried to answer some basic questions

about this idiom and we have practiced

it a lot so I hope it’s in your mind and

you don’t forget it

it will stick and you’ll be able to use

this maybe like an excuse if someone

asks you Vanessa why are you eating ice

cream it’s midnight I might say oh I

have a sweet tooth it’s an excuse it’s

not my fault I have a sweet tooth it

made me do it

so you can use this in a lot of ways

thank you so much for learning with me

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new topic February is chocolate because

of Valentine’s Day why not it’s a good

excuse because I have a sweet tooth so I

used it as an excuse to talk about

chocolate so I hope that for you you’ll

enjoy learning about chocolate with me

also learning about a lot of vocabulary

words we’re going to learn 15 to 20 new

expressions in the course this month

we’re going to be talking about a new

grammar concept hypothetical sentences

I’m gonna help you use them naturally

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thanks so much good luck with your sweet

tooth don’t forget to brush your teeth

and eat sweets in moderation thanks so

much I’ll talk to you later bye