Hi and welcome back to the American slang and idioms course how to understand Americans when they talk.
And in this lecture we're going to be looking at words and phrases that start with the letter e.
And our first word is epic.
Epic as in that movie was epic epic means amazing or awesome.
The original meaning of epic comes from a long poem about heroes and adventures.
These poems are actually called epics or epic poems and in slang we've taken that phrase and used it
to describe anything that is awesome or amazing.
So let's go ahead and look at some examples using the word epic.
Did you see the last Lord of the Rings movie.
It was epic.
Did you see the last Lord of the Rings movie.
It was epic.
Did you see the last Lord of the Rings movie.
It was epic.
That roller coaster ride was epic.
That roller coaster ride was epic that roller coaster ride was epic.
That fight in class between Marcus and Mr Howard's was epic.
That fight in class between Marcus and Mr Howard was epic.
Dude I studied so hard but I still got an F on my test.
Epic fail too dude I studied so hard but I still got an F on my test.
Epic fail and when they say they got an F on their test that means they got a bad grade a failing grade
on their test.
Dude I studied so hard but I got an F on my test.
Epic fail.
Our next phrase is easy as pie.
Easy as pie.
It means really easy really easy.
A similar slang phrases are cake walk or a piece of cake a piece of cake.
So if something is easy you can say it's easy as pie.
Or you can say it is a cake walk or you can say it is a piece of cake.
Let's look at some examples.
That test was easy as pie.
I got an A for sure.
And when we're talking about tests and grades and a is the best grade.
That test was easy as pie.
I got an A for sure that test was easy as pie.
I got it made for sure
no one ever said learning to speak English would be a cake walk.
It takes lots of hard work.
No one ever said learning to speak English would be a cakewalk.
It takes lots of hard work.
No one ever said learning to speak English would be a cakewalk.
It takes lots of hard work.
Learning to play soccer is a piece of cake.
You just kick the ball.
But being great soccer isn't nearly as easy.
Learning to play soccer is a piece of cake.
You just kick the ball.
But being great at soccer isn't nearly as easy.
Learning to play soccer is a piece of cake.
You just kick the ball.
But being great at soccer isn't nearly as easy creating a power point presentation is easy as pie.
If you use a template
PowerPoint presentation is this.
These pictures with words that I'm using and a template has the colors and the background and the titles
to make it easy or easy as pie.
Creating a PowerPoint presentation is easy as pie.
If you use a template creating a PowerPoint presentation is easy as pie.
If you use a template and our last word is elbow grease elbow grease elbow grease elbow grease means
hard physical work hard physical work or hard work physical means you're using your body.
So a construction worker a garbage man a plumber they do hard physical work and they use a lot of elbow
grease.
They use a lot of elbow grease.
Let's look at a conversation with the word elbow grease Joe.
I can't clean this stain off the counter.
Steve you just need more soap and more elbow grease.
You'll get it.
You just need more soap and more elbow grease.
You'll get it.
You just need more soap and more elbow grease.
You'll get it.
He's saying you just need more soap and more hard work.
Let's look at some more examples.
And this is true.
The two secrets of success are determination and elbow grease the two secrets of success are determination
and elbow grease the two secrets of success are determination and elbow grease.
Determination means you will never quit and elbow grease means hard work.
This job is for someone who isn't afraid to work hard.
It's 10 percent knowledge and 90 percent elbow grease.
This job is for someone who isn't afraid to work hard.
It's 10 percent knowledge and 90 percent elbow grease and that means this job is only a little bit about
knowledge.
You only have to use a little bit of your brain to do this job but it will require a lot of hard physical
work.
A lot of hard work a lot of elbow grease.
OK.
This job is for someone who isn't afraid to work hard.
It's 10 percent knowledge and 90 percent elbow grease and that's it for our words and phrases that start
with the letter e.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.