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Speaker 1: Have you ever wondered about the difference between fall and autumn?

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Both of these words refer to that cool season, the

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time between summer and winter when the leaves change color,

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but there is a small difference in how these words

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are used. Fall is more commonly used in American English

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and has a less formal sound than autumn, which is

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probably more common in British English. Fall. Yeah, let's go

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with that one.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven sixty one.

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Save these idioms for a rainy day. Fall is here

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and that means rainy days in wind, apples and nuts

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and of course leaves. And we're diving into a whole

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bunch of idioms inspired by fall. Perfect timing, right, the

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leaves are changing, there's a chill in the air. Well,

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we're gonna leaf through a bunch of idioms that have

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those fall items and see how we can use them

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in everyday conversational English. Let's check him out. Listen to

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this story about Tommy and his brother. Last night, Jack

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and Tommy were having a drink after work. It seems

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like Tommy was under the weather, but actually the problem

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is his brother, who is driving him nuts. Jack was

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surprised to hear that because he thought Tommy's brother turned

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over a new leaf. Nope, it seems like Tommy's brother

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is just nuts and doesn't know how to save for

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a rainy day. It also seems like he has never

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gotten wind of something called planning. His father is the

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same and spends more than he saves. Seems like the

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apple never falls far from the tree. Okay, let's check

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out these idioms. So Tommy's feeling a little under the weather.

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Under the weather it's like saying you're not feeling well,

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but way more interesting than just saying sick, right, like

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you wouldn't say to your doctor, Oh, I'm feeling a

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bit under the weather. This idiom is more for casual conversations.

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I'm not going to go to work today because I'm

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under the weather. It's got that friendly everyday vibe. I

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was a little under the weather yesterday, so I just

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stayed home from school. Now it turns out there's a

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reason Tommy's feeling a little down. His brother is driving

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him nuts. In this case, nuts means crazy, and when

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someone drives you crazy, they annoy you. My neighbor always

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plays loud music at night. He really drives me nuts.

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I always take the train to work because being in

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traffic on the highway drives me nuts. Okay. Next, Tommy

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is hoping that maybe his brother's annoying habits are a

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thing of the past, that maybe he's turned over a

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new leaf. A leaf in this case refers to a

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page in a book, and when you turn over a

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new leaf in a book, you have something new to read.

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As an idiom, turning over a new leaf, it's like

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hitting the reset button, making a fresh start. My sister

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turned over a new leaf. She stopped smoking and started

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exercising at the gym. When you turn over a new leaf,

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you change your life by breaking old bad habits and

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starting fresh. And it's just like this new season of fall,

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like nature's giving us a chance to start fresh too.

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But unfortunately for Tommy, it seems like his brother hasn't

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made a fresh start yet, because, as Tommy said, he's

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still nuts. And here, nuts just means being a little crazy,

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or maybe a little foolish and to be nuts can

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be used in so many ways. Sometimes it's not so serious,

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like you're going to eat another slice of pizza your nuts.

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And sometimes it's more serious, like your nuts for going

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out with that girl again she broke your heart last year.

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So it all depends on the context. You knew that right. Okay,

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so far we've covered feeling under the weather, getting driven nuts,

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and the hope of new beginnings turning over a new leaf. Next,

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let's talk about saving for a rainy day. This idiom

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talks about being prepared for something you never know when.

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You might need a little extra cash set aside for

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those unexpected things that come up in life. So you

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say some money for a rainy day. You can also

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save something special, like I got a bottle of Japanese

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sake that's hard to get in the States. I am

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totally saving that for a rainy day. It's like doing

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something good for your future self. Okay, this next idiom.

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I love this one because it's so visual to squirrel

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something away. It's like, you know, picturing a squirrel burying

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its nuts for later. When you squirrel something away, it's

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like you are putting something away carefully keeping it safe

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and hidden for the future. My uncle used to squirrel

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away some special bottles of konnak ooh connak. This must

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have been some good rainy day savings. And my friend

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Jack squirrels away twenty percent of his salary for retirement.

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Smart guy. Next, let's switch gears a bit. Get wind

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of something. This one always makes me think of secrets

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and rumors. Oh yeah, like you're catching an idea of

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something interesting, but you don't have all the details yet,

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and maybe you're not supposed to know, like when you

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get wind of a surprise birthday party, or you get

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wind of some juicy gossip going around the office. You

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get wind of it. Okay, are you ready for our

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last idiom of the day. This one is a classic,

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especially when we're talking about fall and family. The apple

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doesn't fall far from the tree. This is an old

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proverb that we use to mean that children often behave

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just like their parents, Like you could inherit your mom's

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amazing singing voice, or you might inherit your dad's interesting

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dance moves. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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Chris is a smoker, and now his teenage son started

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smoking Yep, the apple never falls far from the tree,

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so you can use this idiom in positive or negative situations.

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Keep in mind, the best way to remember idioms like these,

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or any other word or phrase in English is to

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take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence

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

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then memorize your sentences. Hey, did you know that you

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