Hi guys, welcome back to Let's Talk, you are
with me Meera. Well, all of you know that
the holiday season is upon us and all of us
are pretty excited to probably go on a trip
or meet our family members or just friends
or all these things are right here that you
are probably going to use while you’re holidaying.
Now I just thought that hmm why you just bring
new words where I can just mix up, like a
salad, I have words, I have other terms interesting
terms and few phrases that you can use. So
let's get started because I'm really excited
to tell you guys that there are so many smart
words that you can use this holiday season.
Okay let's get going the first word that I
have for you is ‘mittens’. Now you’d
ask what are mittens? So mittens are these
thick gloves, okay? So they have a separate
thumb and a separate section for your rest
of the fingers where you can use these mittens
to hold hot pans or plates or probably a cake
that you have baked which is in the oven and
you can use these mittens to use to touch
hot plates and pans. Now why is this word
over here? Because I'm sure you guys would
be really excited and thrilled to try on new
dishes or probably making new cakes or other
dishes and that is why you would probably
be using the word mittens since I'm sure that
you would be doing exciting things this holiday.
Now moving from mittens, let me just quickly
write when this is these are thick gloves.
Let me underline this, okay now the next word
is ‘tradition’. Now what are traditions?
Traditions are usually family practices that
are being followed for years and years, right?
So any such let me give you an example of
a tradition that my family has been following
during holiday season and that is that we
go on a short trip, somewhere close by or
somewhere far away and that is our family
tradition that we have been following for
many years. So probably you can ask your friends
or your family members and use this word by
asking questions like hey what are you doing
as a holiday tradition, right? So tradition
is nothing but practices followed, on a regular
basis and I think that is what makes holidays
really fun, right? Traditions and I love that
part about it.
The next word we have is serenity. Now what
does that mean it actually means the absence
of mental stress and it just purely means
being at peace, you know mental peace. So
you could find different places by the lakeside
or somewhere far away where you just go during
holidays for the serenity, where there are
a lot of trees around which help you lose
the stress, right? Serenity means being stress-free.
So you could say that we are going by the
lake because it's so serene, it is so beautiful
and it's so it has no sense or no presence
of stress, okay?
Now moving from serenity ‘off-the-beaten-track’.
Often you do ask questions such as what are
you doing this holiday? Or are you going somewhere
this holiday? Well if you're planning for
a nice get away which is far away from people
and tall buildings and concrete land then
you can say we are planning to go off the
beaten track, that means far away from people,
right? Where you get to spend time alone with
your family members or your loved ones or
your spouse's, right? So that means off the
beaten track, where not many people are around
you.
Now the next word is one of my favorites,
right? ‘Miracle’. What is a miracle? It's
actually an extraordinary event or an activity
that takes place that is really not supported
by any scientific or any particular logic
it is something, it is an event that puts,
that brings a smile on people's faces and
that is something that I really like about
holidays. Now for example, you're planning
a get-together and a friend of yours a dear
friend of yours has said that, “You know
what, I can't come.” But then she shows
up suddenly and it's a surprise and you're
thinking to yourself that, Oh my God, this
is definitely the holiday miracle right here.”
It's just a way of expressing when you, when
you have a smile on your face and you just
don't know how it has happened, right? So
miracle is nothing but an extra ordinary event.
Alright guys the next term is ‘kick back’.
Well guys what is kick back? It's just a phrase
that you can use to say if you're telling
your friends or your family what are you going
to do this holiday season well I'm planning
to just kick back and relax, right? So what-what-what
does it mean when I say kick back and relax?
It literally means to kick back all my tensions,
all my thoughts, all my to-do-list plans everything
is kick back for another day, another time
and just sit and relax, talk to my family
friends, watch movies or TV series and that
is what I mean when I say kick back. That
means to forget about anything, so I'm just
going to write stuff. So it just means to
just forget about stuff and relax, okay? The
important thing is relax.
Now following the same path the next term
is ‘laze around’. As you can see it's
right there what it means so but you can actually
use it in sentences by saying that this year
we have planned to laze around the house itself
and see what we can plan. We will decide later
again it just means to relax, right? To laze
around and eat good food and you know drink
hot stuff probably hot chocolate or hot milk
and just talk and play family games and laze
around not do much of any activity as such.
Now I'm literally going in a holiday mood
and a relaxation mode just by even talking
about all these things believe me,
Because the next one we have is ‘to put
our feet up’. Okay now physically you imagine
the situation to put your feet up it literally
means the same so again when people are asking
you what are your plans, you can say this
year we have decided to just put our feet
up and watch or binge on different TV series
say probably friends or Big Bang Theory or
Game of Thrones or whatever you feel like,
right? So put our feet up again, since we're
going in a holiday mood we're talking about
relaxing around.
Okay, well another thing that people usually
follow or do during holidays is ‘eat out’.
Okay so your plans could be to eat out or
dine out that means to eat at restaurants,
okay? Right so you're planning to dine outside
or eat outside and you can invite your friends
because you're planning to eat out and not
laze around at house around the house or in
the house, okay?
Then we have is, ‘to cut down on’. Well
I have a sister and when I asked her what
are you planning to do this holiday season,
you know what she said? She said, “I'm planning
to cut down on eating out and this holiday
I am just going to work on eating healthy
food instead of eating out.” So cut down
means to sort of like decrease or lessen something,
okay? To cut down on, that means to reduce
let me write this down as well.
Okay and the last word for the day ‘Feliz
Navidad’, that means Merry Christmas in
Spanish, right? Let me just not disturb this,
it just means Merry Christmas. Well why not
just, just be open to different languages
and different terms and just enjoy, right?
That is what holidays and that is what New
Year's and Christmas is all about. Miracles
and new things and new beginnings. So guys
Merry Christmas, Christmas to all of you I
will see you very soon with another interesting
lesson until then keep smiling, keep practicing,
spread a lot of love guys, this is me Meera
signing off, bye.
