Learn English: 7 FACE Expressions

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[Speaks Russian] Hi. James, from engVid. I'm not Russian. I'm just practicing it. I was thinking of traveling. Maybe Ecuador. Perhaps Russia. Beautiful ladies there. And when I thought about it -- I mean, let's face it. Nobody wants to be stuck in one place, right? For your whole life. You're an international person trying to learn an international language, which is English. And you know -- hey, you know what? Let's do idioms on the face. I said, "Let's face it." I'm going to talk to Mr. E, and we'll get the lesson started. Okay? Idioms of the face, face, face, face. Take that, Madonna. All right.

So what have we got, E? All right. Well, we talked about "let's face it", but we'll come back to that in case you're wondering what that is. Let's start with No. 1. And where's No. 1? The nose. Le nez. The nose. What about the nose? Well, the nose, you bring in air. You bring things to yourself. The stuff of life, right? So if you know something which is good, which is air -- I find air to be very, very good. In fact, necessary, you might say. I want this -- you're going to have a "nose for value". Why? Oxygen is necessary for life, or you die. When we say someone has a "nose for value", it means they know what the good stuff is. They know what is good, and they know what is valuable. So if you have a "nose for value", you know a good deal, a good bargain, or you know something good when you see it. Right? All right.

And here's the other thing. Remember? I said breathing. By the way, you like this? I look good today, yeah? Anyway. Back to work. "Pay through the nose". Oxygen is the stuff of life. If you don't breathe, you die. So sometimes, we talk about "paying through the nose" when something is too expensive. You pay too much for it. Yes, oxygen is important, but I also need my blood and my heart and my brain. So we say "to pay through the nose" is to pay too much for something or pay very -- you know, pay a lot of money for something. You don't really want to "pay through the nose". That's an expensive way to pay. Okay? So we did nose.

What's the next one we're going to do? He is a man of little brain. That's a brain, in case you don't know what that is. Or the brain is the physical part. That's the thing they can put their head in and take out of you. But we usually say, "I think in my mind. My mind. My mind is where my ideas come from." Okay? So when we say something like this, "a lot on her mind", it means you're thinking a lot about things. "I have a lot on mind." I'm going to give you a free idiom. Free. Okay? This one is "a lot on my plate", which is "a lot to do". But shhh! That's another one. So "a lot on my mind" means I have a lot of thoughts going on in my head. Okay? So -- and it's not quite the face or the head, but look. It's inside your head. Your face is here. Your brain is here. So if you have "a lot on your mind", it means you have a lot to think about. All right? You've got to make dinner; you've got to study at EngVid -- I mean you're a very busy person. And I'm impressed by you. All right. Next.

[kirill_englisher]

Thank you James! I think your Russian is quite good though. Put some more practice in it and a trip to Russia (or Ecuador) is in your pocket! If you are not too lippy there, you will be just fine. 

[Jona]

I'm from Ecuador!!! Your videos are fantastic!!!

[marciamachado]

Great lessons, learn a lot every day! Thanks!

[cheruxzgaofwteambahay]

Happy new year Mr james...love ur teaching...keep it up..thanks

[deslive]

I grew up speaking English with my Dad who is an American. As I shifted my focus on language to Japanese, my spoken English got worse and worse. Now I'm trying to practice speaking. These videos really help me out.

[SaVaGeMonk]

I am from Ecuador, you're videos have been very useful, thank you so much

[truthfulT]

Thanks for the lesson. Nice russian by the way))

[tomasdlmf]

Man, you're the best from engVid.

[ivankomeienko]

Hi James. frankly speaking it was very hard for me to understand your russian, actually it took me several minutes and repeatings. But now i realize how will native english speakers understand me if i don't practice enough ) So thank you James, your lessons are really interesting and brought many new information to me. Pls continue.

[hafsibouchra]

Thank'u James u're so amazing !! i love learning English with u !! 

[NenaKeruvim]

Hey Sir, you are so much fun and I enjoy learning by watching your videos!!
You are very welcome to come to Ecuador at anytime!!

[lilya]

Oooh James I adore u and your lessons. .. so energetic and funny. Thanks for being so positive))

[drn]

1st like, 2nd play. Haha
Awesome videos dude! Keep it up!
From Brazil

[BryanPorphirio]

You're the best teacher, dude! :) Thanks a lot! 

[MarcoGarcia-ydwy]

I really love your video!! I hope some day speak with good fluency, and these videos are pretty useful, I am thankful with your support Engvid

[tilekisrailov]

Really helpful. Thank you from Kyrgyzstan

[williansantosoliveira]

Hey pal !
This is one if your best videos so far !
Great job :-)
Cheers from Ireland

[bmoore]

I really love your videos, they're so helpful!

[MuhamedAlfaifi]

I like the way you teach lessons, so funny & informative>>
thanks James From KSA

[ritasereni]

I am from Italy .your lesson has been really useful