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Learn 10 common English expressions that use the word "tip". You can start using these expressions in your English conversations immediately. We'll go over the different meanings of "tip", and I'll teach you some common collocations with this word. By the end of this English lesson, you will improve your vocabulary, learn useful expressions, and understand how the expressions are most commonly used. I'll teach you the meaning of "tip of the iceberg", "generous tipper", "tip of my tongue", and many more!

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Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. What's the name of that director? It's just on the tip of my... Oh. Hi. James from engVid. Today I want to teach you about a word "tip". We use this word a lot in English, and I am going to teach you what it means, some collocations-and collocations are words that are found together generally, you know, a lot-and a few idioms. If you're ready, we'll go to the board, visit Mr. E and start our lesson. Let's go.

So, E has "tip", he's pointing to his tongue and he's pointing to these icebergs, and he's pointing to the tip. So I've got an idea that "tip" has something to do with the edge or the pointed part of something. Hmm? Well, here's our word: "tip". For pronunciation, you go: "t-ip". Right? "ip", "tip", like: "dip" or "sip". So that's pronunciation. I think it's very important that you not only know what the word means, but how to say it or how to recognize it when you hear it. So that's our lesson for the day.

The two basic meanings of "tip" are: A) a gift of money for service. Not everywhere in the world this happens, but in North America and in England, if you go to a restaurant, when you... Oh, sorry. Not England. [Laughs] In North America, which is Canada, the United States, not including Mexico, but in these two countries after you finish a meal you are kind of obligated to leave a little extra money if the service is good. So if you liked the waiter or waitress, they do a good service, you leave money and it's called a tip. It's a gift for good service, like: "Thank you. I really appreciate it. Here you go." We also do this for taxis. All right?

Now, the pointed end of something... Here's my tongue and the tip, the tip of my tongue. That's the tip of my tongue, ah. But also with this marker, that's the tip of the marker. It's pointed and it's the very end. And that should help you understand why E was pointing to the tip of the iceberg which is pointed and the tip of his tongue. With these two ideas we're going to now move into how we can use "tip" like a native speaker, and some idioms as well. Okay? To make English fun and understandable.

The first one we talked about, "tip" at a restaurant. Money. But do you know "tip" is also for information? Remember we said it's the tip or the pointed end? Well, it's the beginning of something. When someone gives you a tip, they might come to you close and go: "Hey. I've got a hot tip." So, "tip" here could also be hot, and that means like it's special information, important information. Something they want to tell you that's going to benefit you. "Hey, I got a hot tip about a car selling for a really cheap price and it's in really good condition." It's special and it's for you. It's pointed to you. All right?

This one's a funny one. If you... [Laughs] Another meaning for "tip" is to make something... If it tips it will fall over. So it means on an angle to fall. Right? It tipped over it went: "Wuh, boom". It tipped. "Tip" means to fall over, but in North America there's a little habit people have of cow tipping. I don't suggest that you do it, it's not funny because the poor cows, they sleep standing up. And some people will go to farms and they will push the cow, and the cow will fall over, wake up. "Moo. Who mooved me?" It's not nice. Don't do it. All right? That's number three. So, "tip" here also means to make fall over.

So these are three basic pieces of information about "tip". One is tip given for service; two is for information that you give to someone, especially a hot tip; and three if something's tipping over like a book or a glass, it's going to fall. All right? And we did talk about the pointed end of something, and that's where we lead to here. "Tip of the iceberg". See how big icebergs are? Okay? Well, they're very tall. If you look here you see this part here, yeah? Well, that's a smaller part of something larger. So if someone tells you something, like: "And then he did that, and that's just the tip of the iceberg", that means that small part is nothing compared to how much more is coming. There's an enormous or a great amount of information, or other things about to happen. Right? So: "We went to the party, and we got shrimp to eat. But that was the tip of the iceberg. Then there was lobster, there was a pasta dish. It just went on and on." And you're like: "Wow! That's a lot!"

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[Sings] By no means, binomial -- hi. James, from EngVid. Today's lesson is going to be on expressions. Well, I want to do something on expressions. And it's rather interesting that these expressions are different. You'll notice number one, all the expressions I have here are joined by a conjunction. A conjunction is usually "and", "but", or "or". And a conjunction puts two things together. You'll also notice that there are two different types of them. There are sound patterns, and synonyms. And the third thing that we have to do, too -- it's a lesson on "two" it seems, right? These patterns are sometimes called "binomials". And you're probably going "bi what?" I don't blame you. But to make it easy, remember I've been speaking about two? "Bi" means "two" in English. "Bicycle", right? "Bifocals". "Nomial" just means "name". "Name", right? So "name" or -- I should say, "word". So basically, a binomial is two words. And what we're going to work on today is, well, expressions with two words.

Now, in English, there are a couple of them. There are actually four, but I'm only going to do two today. We have -- the first one I'm going to work on is sound patterns. "Sound patterns" means when you say it, they kind of sound similar. "Odds and ends", "prim and proper", "wine and dine", "part and parcel". They kind of rhyme a little bit, or they have, you know, a similar type of sound. So a lot of our sound patterns and binomials, they do have a meaning, and I'm going to explain four for you today so you can make your vocabulary or your expression vocabulary larger. All right? So let's do the first one.

"Odds and ends". What are "odds and ends"? "Odd" means "strange". "End" means "finish". Not in this case. "Odds and ends" means small, unimportant things. So if I ask Mr. E, "Mr. E, can you move the big boxes, and I'll move the odds and ends later?" It means -- I mean, what is this stuff? Just stuff. Just move this stuff later. It's odds and ends. It's odd stuff. It doesn't have a pattern it fits into. Not important. Odds and ends, right?

Now, I like this one. You have to be -- I've got it here again. I'm going to do it if I can. In England, "prim and proper". "Prim and proper". It means "fancy and fussy". Fancy and fussy. Fancy as in, you know, the British like to speak like this. And "fussy" means being very particular about something. So when you say someone is "prim and proper", their shirts will be just -- their shirts will be proper; they will stand with a certain posture like they've got a stick up their bum bum; and they will walk like this and talk like this. "Prim and proper." They will not use contractions like "don't" and "can't". That's not proper. Okay? So if someone says you need to be "prim and proper", they mean you need to be somewhat serious, and you know, do not use those contractions, and act properly. All right? "Prim and proper". A little bit fussy, a little particular, a little snooty, snobby. All right? Yeah.

Okay, what about "wine and dine"? Well, you can wine and dine E and I anytime you wish. Just come to my house -- no. Take me to a fancy restaurant. "Wine and dine." Just think of it this way: "Wine" -- you know you go to a nice restaurant, and "dine" means to eat. When you "wine and dine" someone, it means to entertain. "Come to my place, I'll wine and dine you. I'll entertain you." Simple, right? But it's got that rhyming thing, and it's a little nicer. It rolls off the tongue. All right?

And how about this: "part and parcel". It means "belong to". What? Well, the word "parcel" means a "package". A "part" means -- well, you know what "part" means. There are four pieces; each is a "part". So it's part of a package. Let's do this, okay? So part of a package. So here's a parcel. I'm not exactly the best drawer, right? It's a box. You get a parcel in the mail, yeah? Well, this is a part of that. So when you say "part and parcel", it means it belongs to that. Cool enough, yeah?

Would you say, "Did you like THIS book" or "THAT book?" What about "THESE books" and "THOSE books?" How can you know which of these two words is correct and when? Learn to use "this" and "that" and their plural forms like a native speaker by watching this useful lesson on demonstratives. You will learn the difference between when the demonstrative is a pronoun and when it is an adjective and when to use them. Now, THAT is a great way to spend THESE next ten minutes! Don't forget to try my quiz afterwards so you can test your understanding: http://www.engvid.com/learn-english-d...

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You can go for this, or you can go for that. You can go for this, you can... Hi. James from engVid. Yeah, sorry, I was just singing a song by Fat Boy Slim; came out 2006. It's about demonstratives. I mean, you could go for this, or you could go for that. And you're going to say: "Why did I change it?" We're going to do demonstratives, and you're going to understand why I was singing and doing that little dance, and you're going to find out why I moved the book to me and away from me when I changed. You ready? Let's go to the board.

All right, so E is talking about "this" or "that". No difference here, but there is a difference over here. When we say "this" in English, we mean something is near or close. For instance: "Are you talking about this book?" Or maybe you're talking about that book. You go: "That book, yeah, that book. It was over there." So "this" is here. When we talk about "this", we're talking about here. When we talk about "that", we're talking about there. Okay? See? Near is close to you, and that is not close or far. Another way to remember it if you get a little confused, see the "a" in "that", it means away, away from you. Cool? All right, I thought you'd like that. It's considered relative distance. "Relative" meaning there's no real distance. I can say: "I like this marker", but it's not near to me, but it's closer than the marker that's over there. Okay? All right. Good.

Now, there are two types of demonstratives. We can talk about pronouns and adjectives, but before we get there, let's look at what a pronoun is. A pronoun is something that can stand by itself; it represents something. You know these already: "he", "she', "it", "we", "they", "us", they're pronouns. Right? Some are subjects, some are object. Right? They represent nouns. For instance, if I said: "Mr. E is happy", I can then afterwards say: "He is going... He is happy because he is going to a party." "He" represents E. All right? So it's a pronoun, but it can also stand by itself as in: "He is sitting in the room by himself." Right? We know "he" is a male of some type sitting in a room.

When we talk about an adjective, we use adjectives to describe nouns, so they help us with nouns. What kind of man? The tall man is sitting in the room by himself. Still talking about a man, but now we have more information, and that's what adjectives do. They describe nouns.

So as we move down here and we look at demonstrative... Demonstratives, we can have them either as pronouns and adjectives. What do we mean? When a demonstrative is a pronoun, it comes... Oops. It comes before a verb. Right? Or it could be a verb by itself. Okay? So we could say: "This is my car." Notice: "this" is the pronoun, "is my car", like: "it is my car". Same, except we're using "this". Right?

Now, where do you think that car is when you say: "This is my car"? Do you think it's way over there or maybe it's here? Probably here. I'm probably opening the door-ch, ch-"This is my car. That is his car over there." All right? And you can say... See how it stands by itself? "Do you like that?" Or: "Did you like that?" Something happened. Right? Maybe somebody, you know, said: "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you", and I say: "Hey, did you like that, the fact that they were singing?" Did you like that? It can stand on its own. All right? Here, as we said, is the verb, and our pronoun; and here it stands by itself.

Now, what happens when we want to actually use it to help...? Help us describe something? All right? We're going to go over here to the demonstrative adjective. All right? Now this is really easy. You just put "this" before a noun. "This cup", "This book", "This marker". You just learned demonstrative adjectives. What are you talking about? This marker or this marker? That's it. Put it in front. And here we go, right? "This car is mine." So you can imagine there's a car, and I'm saying: "This car" to describe which kind of car? This car. And: "Did you like that book? Did you like that book?"