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Between the courses to cleanse the palate. She didn't realize it was frozen. What should we do? Well, we should take that much too. Just do the same thing. Today we're learning English with The Princess Diaries. So, what Mia just experienced is called a brain freeze. That horrible experience when you eat something cold too fast. Now, this movie about a normal teenager suddenly finding out she's actually European royalty is great for learning formal, sophisticated English. We'll learn with the hilarious scene where Mia has her first royal dinner and just makes mistake after mistake. And we're saving all the advanced expressions like courses,
cleanse the palate, and brain freeze on the RealLife App. By studying these words with our flash cards just 10 to 15 minutes a day, you'll be able to remember them forever and confidently use them in conversation. Now, let's join the princess of Genovia at dinner. Shall we practice entering like a princess? Okay. Entering. At the grand ball, you enter with the queen. But at the state dinner, you enter unaccompanied. Shoulders back. Smile. They're all happy to see you. Ah, there she is. Well done. The worst is over. Our diligent Prime Minister, Sebastian Motaz.
Hello. And his lovely wife, Sheila. Hi, nice to meet you. Dinner is served. Someday we will own Zenovia again, and you will be queen, and your face will be on a postage stamp. So, Mr. Prime Minister, how would you say the pear market is doing in Genovia? The Genovian pear market is blossoming, if you'll pardon the pun. I hear there's some sort of civics fillet on the bone. And that's their princess. What did they say to you? Is everything all right? Um, yes. What was happening with the ice bucket? Oh, um, I just had a little clumsy moment.
The food's delicious, by the way. So, Joe, hopefully as always, helps Mia to understand what to expect at the dinner. At the grand ball, you enter with the queen. But at the state dinner, you enter unaccompanied. If you enter somewhere accompanied, someone is with you. The prefix un makes accompanied negative. So, if you're unaccompanied, you're alone. Mia has to walk into that grand room by herself with everyone watching her. And then, Joe tries to reassure Mia. Well done. The worst is over. You can use this to comfort someone who's been through something tough. Like here. Well, at least the worst is over. If you want to have good manners, you can pay someone a compliment when introducing them, like Joe did with the
Prime Minister and his wife. Our diligent Prime Minister, Sebastian Motaz. Diligent means hardworking and careful. Someone who takes their responsibilities seriously and puts in real effort. You might describe a diligent student as one who studies every night and never misses a deadline. Think about someone like Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. She's the definition of diligent. And then we hear the butler make an announcement. Dinner is served. This is simply a formal, sophisticated announcement that the meal is ready. If you hear this, you should go sit down at the table and get ready to eat. These two characters are members of the Genovian aristocratic family. They
believe they have a claim to the crown and are envious of Clarisse and Mia throughout the movie, like in this comment. Someday we will own Genovia again and you will be queen, and your face will be an apostate stamp. This is actually pretty funny. A postage stamp is the small printed sticker you put on a letter or envelope, so it can be mailed. In many countries, stamps feature the faces of royalty, national heroes, or important figures. So, it's as if he's saying, "This is the most exciting part of being a queen." Then, we hear some more political small talk. So, Mr. Prime Minister, how would you say the pear market is doing in Genovia?
The Genovian pear market is blossoming, if you'll pardon's the pun. This is pretty clever wordplay. The market is blossoming means that it's growing, thriving, and doing really well. To blossom literally means to produce flowers, like a tree in the spring. But here, it's used figuratively to describe something that is developing beautifully and reaching its full potential. You might say a young musician is blossoming, or that a new business is blossoming. The joke is because Genovia is known for its pears, and pears come from trees that literally blossom. Get it?
By the way, I want you to become the successful fluent English speaker you've always dreamed of becoming. But, I bet you feel pretty lost about how to do this. You feel too busy to be diligent and dedicate enough time to studying. Or, you feel like you've been stuck at the same level forever. So, let me share with you a method to go from being a lost, insecure English learner to become a confident, natural English speaker, even if you only have 10 to 15 minutes per day. Watch a short lesson like this one with Princess Diaries, practice the new words from that lesson with smart flash cards, which use science to help you remember new words forever, and speak the new words in a real
conversation so you feel confident using them in any situation, and practice pronunciation. And we make it super easy for you on the RealLife app. And in fact, you can use the new words you're learning today in a guided speaking conversation based on this exact lesson with Princess Diaries right now. Stop just recognizing and forgetting new words, and start being able to speak them naturally. So, try it for free. Just click the link down in the description. Now, it can be frustrating when natives speak fast and you can't understand what they said, right? But, oftentimes you don't understand because you're not used to connected speech.
That's how we natives cut, reduce, and link our words together when speaking fluently. Like in Mia's next question. Want to see me? Is it everything all right? First, when we have an N and T together, the T sound often drops. Like in international, 20, or here in wanted, which becomes wanted. The preposition to often reduces to "tuh". But here, because it was preceded by a word ending in D, we drop the T too. Wanted a Your speaking will only improve with lots of practice, so listen to Mia again and try to say that just like her. wanted to see me
What was happening with the ice bucket? Oh. Well, what Clarisse wanted to see me about is why one of her guest's arms was on fire. Um I just had a little clumsy moment. But I'm okay now. Clumsy means being awkward or uncoordinated. Throughout the movie, we see that Mia is very clumsy. Not exactly ideal for a princess who's supposed to be graceful. Another perfect example is Mr. Bean. Listen to this. Yeah, it's it's really cool. Oh, whoa there, buckaroo. I'm so clumsy sometimes. good. And Mia had another clumsy moment in that first clip we watched where she ate a frozen green food.
The Prime Minister explains what it is. This is really a course to cleanse the palate. Mhm. Yeah. So first, a course is one part of a meal that is served separately. Some fancy dinners might have three to six courses or even more. You can use this as an adjective, too. A six-course meal. Now, between those courses, the guests were served a small dish to cleanse the palate. Your palate is just another word for your sense of taste, and to cleanse it means to refresh it. To clear away the flavors from the previous course so you can fully enjoy the next one. It's basically a little reset for your mouth.
All right, let's see the dramatic end of Mia's first dinner as a princess. I'm really sorry. It happens all the time. I would like to propose a toast to the Baroness and Baron von Troken. May you always be barren. Thank you. Oh, I am so pink. Was that my fault? Shall we adjourn to the grand hall for coffee? It can be quite flattering when someone toasts you, but that's not exactly the case here. I would like to propose a toast to the Baroness and Baron Von Tooken.
May you always be barren. To propose a toast means to raise your glass and say something in honor of a person or occasion. You might have seen it at a wedding where someone stands up, raises their glass, and says something like, "To the happy couple." You can also say, "Make a toast." Hey guys, I want to make a toast. Um here's to those who wish us well and those who don't can go to hell. So, the toast is to the envious aristocrats we saw earlier. A baron is a member of the nobility just like lords, dukes, and counts. A baroness is the female version or the wife of a baron. And then we hear another play on words. May you always be barren.
This is hilarious if you catch it. May you always be barren sounds exactly like may you always be barren. And barren means unable to produce life, completely empty, like land that can't grow crops. So, the Prime Minister's telling the Baron that he hopes he remains a Baron, but it also sounds like he's wishing something terrible on them. And then we see a bit more chaos caused by Mia's clumsiness. What do you think sopping means? Completely wet? Extremely angry? Absolutely exhausted? Great. One of the guests got some liquid splashed on them. Sopping means absolutely soaking wet, like if you just jumped into a swimming pool
fully clothed. You might also hear sopping wet as the full expression. Listen to this. These shoes are sopping wet. Good thing you got these. Come on, Dad. We have to keep moving. But then, Queen Clarisse gracefully saved the evening. Shall we adjourn to the grand hall for coffee? Lovely word here. To adjourn means to officially end or pause a meeting or gathering, usually so that everyone can move to another place or continue at another time. It's quite formal. You'd hear it in a courtroom, court is
adjourned, in business meetings, or in formal events like this one. The Queen uses it brilliantly here to redirect everyone's attention away from the disaster and smoothly move the evening along. And now, it's time to adjourn to the most important part of the lesson, your test. You'll watch all the scenes again, this time without subtitles, and answer some quiz questions. I'm sure you'll do better on your test than Mia does at being a princess. Shall we practice entering like a princess? Okay. Entering At the grand ball, you enter the Queen. But at the state dinner, Fill in the blank. Mia had never been to a royal dinner before, so she was nervous about entering the room
without the Queen by her side. So she was nervous about entering the room unaccompanied without the Queen by her side. You enter unaccompanied. Shoulders back, smile. They're all happy to see you. Ah, there she is. Well done. The worst is over. Our diligent Prime Minister, Sebastian Motaz. Hello. And his lovely wife, Sheila. Hi, nice to meet you. Hello, dear. Dinner is served. Someday we will own Genovia again, and you will be Queen, and your face will be on a postage stamp. So, Mr. Prime Minister, how would you
say the pear market is doing in Genovia? The Genovian pear market is blossoming, if you'll pardon the pun. I hear True or false? The market is blossoming means business is doing badly and losing money. False. It means the market is growing and thriving. You're there serving lots of beef fillet on the bone.
And that's their princess. Why did you see me? Is it everything all right? Um, yes. What was happening with the ice bucket? Oh, um, I just had a little clumsy moment. The food's delicious, by the way. Between the courses to cleanse the palate. Yep. She didn't realize it was frozen. What should we do? Well, we should take that much, too. Just do the same thing. You're acting like monkeys.
[screaming] What does it mean to propose a toast? To suggest a new type of bread at dinner? To raise your glass and honor someone with kind words? To offer a drink to someone who is thirsty? [bell] I'm really sorry. Um It happens all the time. I would like to propose a toast to the Baroness and Baron Van Duken. May you always be barren. I'M SORRY. WAS THAT MY FAULT?
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free with that link down in the description below. And if you're sticking with us here on YouTube, you might want to check out this lesson next. Miranda, about last night I need the new Harry Potter book for the twins. Okay. Okay, I'll go down to Barnes & Noble right now. Did you fall down and smack your little head on the pavement? Not that I can recall. We have all the published Harry Potter books. Twins want to know what happens next.
You want the unpublished manuscript? Well, we know everyone in publishing, it shouldn't be a problem, should it? And you can do anything, right?
