Talk About Your Hobbies in English: Beyond "I Like Music"

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• 00:00Four seconds of silence
• 00:15The sentence is too small
• 00:26By the end of this video
• 00:40Here is the full sentence
• 00:49Welcome to Polyglot English
• 00:54Today: hobbies and free time
• 01:01Four moves
• 01:15Word Tour and Say It Better
• 01:29A hobby is a door
• 01:36Hear the difference now
• 01:55A wall or a door
• 02:02Not a test, an offer
• 02:16Nobody prepares for it
• 02:28Hobby questions ask for you
• 02:43They remember your story
• 02:53The work party last winter
• 03:04And you said?
• 03:06I like music. Silence.
• 03:19Leo has a wonderful hobby
• 03:31A closed door
• 03:42He paid for a lesson
• 03:50Move one: stronger than like
• 04:03Listen to the ladder
• 04:16Into is the magic word
• 04:32The ing coat
• 04:48Enjoy swimming, not to swim
• 04:58The honest no
• 05:13The no makes the yes shine
• 05:22Say the frames with us
• 05:35Good at, not good in
• 05:49Move two: often and long
• 06:04Every Sunday, twice a month
• 06:15For and since
• 06:27I have been playing for ten years
• 06:43Learn to ask it too
• 06:55Three small pieces
• 07:09Move three: one small story
• 07:20How did you start
• 07:33Maya, how did you start baking
• 07:38The grandmother kitchen story
• 07:50Ten questions from three sentences
• 08:02Your story can be small
• 08:15Leo's real small story
• 08:37A story you want to hear
• 08:48The photo trick
• 09:05Move four: ask back and invite
• 09:21The warmest move: the invite
• 09:34One invite is warm
• 09:47End it warm
• 09:58Watch the full game
• 10:06What do you do for fun
• 10:12I am really into dancing
• 10:20How did you start
• 10:23One class as a joke
• 10:30Guitar with friends every Friday
• 10:41Bring the guitar one day
• 10:45Try it once: the invite
• 10:50Deal: one dance for one song
• 10:53Did you hear it
• 11:08Count the gifts in that chat
• 11:26Life talk, not small talk
• 11:35The same work party, one month later
• 11:44The same question
• 11:47This time Leo is ready
• 11:47The full answer
• 12:00Writing songs. How did you start
• 12:04The grandfather guitar story
• 12:14Three questions, one conversation
• 12:27Quick questions: no hobby
• 12:34Everyone has a free time answer
• 12:48Is watching series a hobby
• 12:51Talk about it like a fan
• 13:03If my hobby is strange
• 13:06Strange is gold
• 13:17Two hobbies, which first
• 13:21The one with the story
• 13:29Can a hobby become a job
• 13:33Your English grows with it
• 13:45Word Tour with Nina: seven words
• 13:47Seven hobby words
• 13:58Hobby
• 14:04Free time
• 14:11Keen
• 14:20Collect
• 14:24Practise
• 14:36Outdoors
• 14:47Relax
• 14:56Seven words, say them again
• 15:08Use them in one story
• 15:23Say It Better: eight mistakes
• 15:30I am really into music
• 15:40My hobby is reading books
• 15:49Enjoy swimming
• 15:58I play football on Sundays
• 16:06Good at cooking
• 16:16For two years
• 16:24Some free time today
• 16:34What do you do for fun
• 16:43Eight upgrades
• 16:52Practice tonight
• 16:56Use the whole ladder
• 17:11The whole episode in one minute
• 17:25Move two, recap
• 17:34Move three, recap
• 17:38Move four, recap
• 17:46A hobby is a door
• 17:50The party, replayed
• 18:12That person is you
• 18:18Your turn: what is your hobby
• 18:32Practise this week
• 18:45One last drill
• 19:00Muscle memory makes you brave
• 19:03This was Polyglot English
• 19:08I am Leo
• 19:10See you in the next episode

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