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Last week I took the heat for
an English lesson with hot idioms. But

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trust me when I say that,
when the heat is on, I'm ready

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for it. I may even catch
heat for this lesson. Who knows.

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Welcome 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, Jan 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. This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven point thirty. Heat Idioms.

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You know, it was close to
the forty degree mark this past week

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in New York and all of that
heat inspired me to help you with these

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heat idioms. There are eight of
them altogether, So let's dive in heat

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up means to become warmer or to
increase in temperature. I'm going to heat

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up some leftovers for dinner. The
coffee will heat up quickly in the microwave.

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Let's heat up the soup before serving
it. When there's a heat wave,

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there are several consecutive days of unusually
hot weather. We're experiencing a heat

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wave this week, with temperatures around
forty degrees. You know, during a

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heat wave, it's important to stay
hydrated and heat waves can be dangerous for

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elderly people and those with health conditions. By the way, in the wintertime,

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several consecutive days of unusually cold weather
is cold a cold snap. When

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you try to beat the heat,
you try to find ways to stay cool

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or comfortable during hot weather. During
the summer, people often go to the

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beach to beat the heat. We
boil an air conditioner to beat the heat

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in our apartment. You know,
I like to eat ice cream to beat

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the heat on a hot day.
The rest of these heat idioms have less

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to do with hot weather and more
to do with tough situations. When someone

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catches heat, they receive criticism or
punishment for something that they did. Jack

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caught heat from his boss for missing
the project deadline. If you don't finish

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your homework, you'll catch heat from
your teacher. The company caught heat from

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customers for suddenly raising prices. When
someone feels the heat, they feel pressure

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or stress because of a challenging situation. When the final exam dates were announced,

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the students started to feel the heat. Politicians often feel the heat during

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election season. The sales team felt
the heat for management when they fell short

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of their sales targets. We also
use the phrase take the heat, which

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means to accept criticism or punishment,
or to handle pressure or blame. The

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goalkeeper took the heat for his team's
loss in the championship game. The CEO

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took the heat for the company's financial
losses and was eventually replaced. Jack decided

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to quit his high stress job on
Wall Street because, as the old saying

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goes, if you can't take the
heat, get out of the kick.

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By the way, we also use
heat up to say that a situation between

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people, sports, teams, and
so on intensifies. During the election season,

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the debate between both candidates started to
heat up. As the baseball season

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gets closer to the World Series,
the competition will start to heat up.

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The conversation in the office heated up
when the boss talked about using robots instead

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of hiring new employees. And finally, when someone says that the heat is

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on, it means that there is
pressure or urgency in a situation. In

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other words, the situation is becoming
intense or critical. With the deadline approaching,

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the heat is on to finish the
project. The heat was on because

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the score was tied during the second
half of the soccer game. According to

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a government spokesperson, the heat is
on to find a solution to the budget

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crisis. Keep in mind, the
best way to remember this and any other

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word or phrase in English is to
take that word or phrase, write it

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in a sentence that's true for you
or true in your world, and then

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memorize your sentences. By the way, can you imagine getting the chance to

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