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Day in and day out. I
try to come up with topics to talk

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about here on the Happy English Podcast. Most of my ideas come from questions

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or problems my students have. At
the end of the day, it's always

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best to keep trying new things.
In this day and age, I think

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most people are interested in learning something
that's as plain as day No. Welcome

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to another Happy English podcast, coming
to you from New York City. And

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here's your English teacher, Michael.
All right, thank you John, and

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thanks everyone. It's Michael here from
Happy English and I help people speak English

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better. And this is Happy English
Podcast Episode seven thirteen, Day to Day

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English. This past weekend in the
USA, we changed the claw back to

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daylight savings time. In other words, when it was one o'clock in the

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morning, it suddenly became two o'clock
in the morning. It's an old tradition

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from the last century, started,
I believe to save energy. We changed

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the clocks here twice a year,
and quite frankly, I personally find it

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annoying. But every cloud has a
silver lining, and changing the clocks gave

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me the idea for this lesson.
Today. Let's take a look at ten

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idioms and expressions that relate to time
and day. Now, listen to the

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conversation. Try to focus on the
idioms and expressions in this lesson. You

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know, Jen, day in and
day out, I get on that train

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and come to this office for what. You're not thinking about calling it a

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day, are you? It's as
plain as day No, I'm so tired

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of this job. One of these
days, I'm going to do what I

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really want to do. You know, in this day and a more and

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more people are giving up the corporate
life to pursue doing what they love to

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do. You know, I've always
wanted to be a stand up comic.

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They say, every dog has their
day, Maybe it's my turn. Now

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doing that would be like night and
day for you. You're a funny guy.

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You should go for it. Thanks, Jen, your support really made

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my day. Back in the day, most people worked in the same company

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their whole life. These days are
different. Yep. At the end of

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the day, you have to do
what makes you happy. You can say

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that again. Let's have a look
at this vocabulary. Jack said that day

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in and day out, he gets
on the train and goes to the office.

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When something happens, day in and
day out, it happens the same

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way every day without fail. Here
are some examples. Sam works out at

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the gym day in and day out
to stay fit day in and day outing.

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His commute to work, Alex listens
to his favorite podcast, Hmmm,

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I wonder which one is his favorite. Emily studies her English lessons day in

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and day out. It's no wonder
her language skills are improving. Then Jen

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asked Jack if he was thinking about
calling it a day. We use call

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it a day in two ways.
The first one is to stop what you're

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doing, and the second one is
to finish your work for the day.

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For example, we've been working hard
since lunchtime. Let's call it a day

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and finish up tomorrow. After several
hours of studying in library, Ken called

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it a day and went home.
Turning fifty had such an impact on Donnie

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that he decided to call it a
day and retire early next When something is

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plain as day or clear as day, that thing is very obvious or easy

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to understand. Here are some examples. Jack's frustration with working in the office

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was becoming plain as day to his
coworker Jenny. When you hear Alice play

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the guitar, it's clear as day
that she's talented. David's excitement about seeing

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a musical tomorrow is plain as day
in his voice. Later in the conversation,

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Jack said that one of these days
he's gonna do what he really wants

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to do. One of these days
means some unspecified time in the near future,

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like someday. For example, Rachel
hopes to travel to Europe one of

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these days when she saves enough money. Kevin plans to learn how to to

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cook one of these days so he
can impress his new girlfriend. Olivia wants

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to adopt a dog one of these
days when she finds the right one.

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Then, Jen said that in this
day and age, a lot of people

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are giving up their office job and
doing what they love to do. We

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use the phrase in this day and
age when we talk about what often happens

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these days in the society. Here
are some examples. In this day and

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age, it's really important to stay
updated with changes in technology. Lauren thinks

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that in this day and age,
you need to consider your work life balance.

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In this day and age, more
and more people are leaving TV networks

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and getting their entertainment from streaming services. Every dog has their day I'm not

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sure why we mentioned dogs in this
idiom, but it means that every one

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of us will have success or good
luck at some point in their life.

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For example, Jessica encouraged her friend
to keep trying to find a new boyfriend

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because well, every dog has their
day. Whenever Ryan is facing challenges in

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his career, he reminds himself that
every dog has their day. Emma believes

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that even during tough times, every
dog has their day, so she stays

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hopeful. When something or someone makes
your day, it makes you really happy

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or satisfied. Here are some examples. Nicole's friend is planning to surprise her

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with a gift which would totally make
her day. Jason's mom made his day

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when she cooked lasagia, which is
his favorite meal. Thanks for your encouragement,

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it really made my day. Next, Jen said that back in the

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day, most people worked in the
same company their whole life. Back in

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the day means at some point in
the past, usually when someone was younger.

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For example, at the party last
night, Kevin was talking about playing

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baseball with his friends back in the
day. Now, all of our information

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is programmed into our phones, but
back in the day, we just memorized

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everyone's phone numbers. Grandpa was talking
about his adventures back in the day when

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he worked on a ship. The
last one is at the end of the

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day. At the end of the
day means when you consider everything in a

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situation. Here are some examples.
Jack said that at the end of the

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day, you have to do what
Maan makes you happy. Rachel knows that

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at the end of the day,
her family's support is what matters most.

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Jessica believes that at the end of
the day, honesty is the best policy,

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so she decided to tell her boyfriend
she was moving out. Keep in

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mind, the best way to remember
this and any other word or phrase in

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English is to take that word or
phrase, write it in a sentence that's

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true for you or true in your
world, and then memorize your sentences.

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