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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, what a steal. This is something we say when we buy something and the price was really, really low. Notice this word, steal, usually means to take something without paying, but when we buy something that's really, really cheap, when we buy something where it's on sale and where the price is really good, we sometimes say, "What a steal," or we say, "It was a steal." Let me tell you, I just bought this t-shirt today. Normally, it was $15, but I bought it for $8. What a steal. These sunglasses I bought the other day, normally $5. I bought them for just $1. What a steal. I know. I'm pretty cheap, aren't I? These are dollar store sunglasses. They're from the store where everything in the store is about $1, but I've told you before, I'm pretty cheap.

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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, nerves of steel. Notice this is the other word, steel. This one has two Es in it. It's different than this one. When we say steel, when we use this term, we are referring to the metal. And when you say that someone has nerves of steel, it means that when something is going wrong, they are very calm and they're able to handle the situation really, really well. My dad was like that. When something would go wrong on the farm, when there was an emergency, he had nerves of steel. He would just calmly do what needed to be done to fix the problem or the emergency. It was really awesome.

Anyways, to review, when you say, "What a steal," you're saying that something was a really, really good deal. These sunglasses were a real steal, and this t-shirt, I think, was a real steal. I'm really happy that I got some new clothes. And then when you say nerves of steel, you just mean that someone, they don't get angry, they don't get upset, they don't start crying in a bad situation. They just calmly do what needs to be done.

But hey, let's look at a comment. I have to check the time on the camera here. Let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Yaroslaw, and Yaroslaw says, "You know what? Recently, I realized that I understand almost all English jokes, especially when you're joking. It is a very new feeling to me. It's cool. Could you please make an English lesson someday about jokes slash telling jokes? By the way, Oscar laying on the table is adorable." Yeah, he's not around right now. Sorry about that. My response was this. "It's always cool to realize you've understood something in another language without working hard to understand what was said. When understanding starts to come freely, it's a great step.

So congratulations, that is an awesome step." When that happens when you're learning a language, it's just an awesome feeling. I think I've talked about this before where I've watched television in French, and then all of the sudden, at a certain point, I'll realize I just watched 15 or 20 minutes of the show and that I understood everything that was happening. Sorry, it's a little hard to walk without tripping. It is a very, very cool feeling to completely understand what someone is saying in another language. So, very awesome that you are able to do that when I'm joking and when you're hearing English jokes, very cool.

And yeah, Oscar laying on the table, yeah, that was very cool, but he's not around right now. I think it's too hot out here for him today, so he's just hanging out somewhere in the shade. Let me check my timer again. I have 30 seconds left.

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