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Speaker 1: I'm glad you popped in today. Now, this lesson may

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not make your eyes pop out, but before you pop

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out or pop the question, you're gonna want to learn

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these phrases and idioms with pop.

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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 eight forty nine.

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Pop Phrases in American English. Hello and welcome. Thanks for

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popping in for another episode of the Happy English Podcast.

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You know, the word pop is such a fun little

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word in English. It's short, quick, kind of energetic, and

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actually that's kind of how we use it right to

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describe things that happen quickly or suddenly, like popcorn. Each

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kernel of popcorn bursts open quickly and suddenly. With that image,

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the word pop pops up in a lot of everyday phrases.

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So today we're going to check out some of the

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most common and useful pop expressions that native English speakers

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use all the time. Let's get right into it. So

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first up, we've got pop up. When something pops up

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it means it shows up or happens suddenly, usually when

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you're not expecting it. Like the other day, a staff

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meeting popped up in my office at nine o'clock, no warning,

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just boom meeting time. Or sometimes a song from way

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back in your past pops up in your head. That

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happened to me this morning. This old eighties pop song

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just popped up and I couldn't stop humming it all morning.

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And hey, here's a fun one. When I say the

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word cute, what's the first thing that pops up in

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your mind? Oh? By the way, in the computer world,

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we've got pop ups too, you know those little windows

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that just appear out of nowhere when you're online, usually

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when you least want them. Next up, Have you ever

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popped in somewhere? To pop in or pop into a

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place means to visit for a short time. It's just

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like say saying stop by or drop in, but it

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sounds more casual and friendly. Like this morning, I popped

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into the coffee shop on the way to work, and

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later on I popped into Jack's office to talk about

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his next business trip. You know what, I think I'm

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gonna pop into shake Shack for lunch, pop in short visits,

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no appointment, just pop in, get what you need, and

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pop out. And speaking of visits, you can also pop

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over or pop on over to someone's place. That means

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to go to someone's house or someone's location for a

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short time, like I've got nothing planned this weekend, so

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feel free to pop over anytime after work. I'm gonna

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pop over to Tommy's house and wish him a happy birthday.

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By the way, I know it's hot out there, but

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if you want to help me in the garden, pop

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on over. Pop over. It's super casual and friendly. Great

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for inviting someone without making it a big formal thing.

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Next up, let's get romantic. Have you ever heard the

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phrase pop the question. When someone pops the question, they're

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proposing marriage, usually in an unexpected way or at an

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unexpected time. By the way, the question in pop the

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question is will you marry me? Like I heard that

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last weekend. Mark popped the question to Lucy in Paris.

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That's like a movie moment. Or Tommy finally popped the

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question after five years of dating Randy, Oh yeah, and

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my dad heep pop the question to my mom at

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a little Italian place in New York's Little Italy classic.

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Right now, here's a fun one. When something is super

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shocking or surprising, we say that it makes your eyes

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pop out. Think Tom and Jerry or any other cartoon

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when the character is surprised their eyes pop out of

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their heads. With this image, we say that something makes

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your eyes pop out. The first time I walked into

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that department store on Fifth Avenue, the prices made my

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eyes pop out. Oh and in the office yesterday, Johnny's

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eyes popped out when his boss offered him a job

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in London. And when Nowko saw those kappy barres, she

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said it made her eyes pop out, especially when they

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were eating celery. Oh yeah, if something is shocking, good

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or bad, it's gonna make your eyes pop out. Let's

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shift gears a bit and talk about money. In casual

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American English, we use the phrase a pop to talk

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about the cost of one thing, like each ticket, each donut,

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each water bottle, and so on. For example, at Yankee Stadium,

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bottled water is eight bucks a pop. Eight bucks a pop,

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that means one bottle of water costs eight dollars. So

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when we use a pop to talk about a price,

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it means we're talking about the cost of one those

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donuts at Krispy Kreme. They're just a dollar a pop.

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And I recently got tickets to see Cheap Trick at

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the Buddhicon and the tickets were like two hundred bucks

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a pop. Wow, that's crazy. Now, let's say it's time

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to celebrate. What do you do well on a really

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special occasion, You probably open a bottle of champagne or

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sparkling wine, and when you do, you pop the cork. Literally,

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pop the cork means to open a bottle of champagne,

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and we use pop the cork to mean both open

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the bottle and to celebrate some event, like it's Jack's

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sixtieth birthday next month and we definitely need to pop

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the cork. And we always pop the cork at midnight

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on New Year's Eve. And finally, we have pop out,

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which means to leave for a short time, like to

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run an errand like, I'm just popping out to the store.

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Do you need anything? And I out to get some

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coffee this morning? Oh yeah, the boss said he needs

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to pop out to the bank after lunch. Simple and

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useful pop out. You can use it with friends or

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even at the workplace. That's a lot of pop. Which

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one of these made your eyes pop out the most today,

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Leave a comment and let me know, and as always,

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