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Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking. And welcome to this lesson on "Talking About
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Your Nose". So, we all have noses, and how do you talk about them in English? That's
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basically what this lesson is about.
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So, here, we'll start with the basic anatomy of the nose. So, here's a picture of a nose.
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And you see these arrows point at the two holes. So, the holes in your nose are called
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your "nostrils". Okay? So, let's do some pronunciation too. Repeat after me: nostrils.
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Okay. Good job.
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And this middle part is called "the bridge of your nose". So, if anyone ever breaks your
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nose, they can crack your bridge or break the bridge of your nose. And this area around
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your nose, when you're very sick and you feel like "uhhh", these are called your sinuses.
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Okay? So, repeat after me: sinuses. All right. Excellent.
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And let's look at this picture. Now, again, many of us, after a while, you have hair that
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grows in your nose, and these are called "nose hairs". Very simple. Right? Nose hairs. And
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if you want to remove your nose hairs, there are a couple of things you can do. The first
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thing you can do is if you just take, you know, your finger and just grab one, and pull
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it out. This is called "plucking" or "pulling out" your nose hairs. So it's possible to
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pluck your nose hairs with your finger or with a nose hair plucker, I guess. And it's
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also possible to "trim" your nose hairs. So, you can go to a barber and trim your hair,
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cut your hair, but just a little bit. You can also trim, give your nose hairs a little
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cut if you have long nose hairs. For some of us, it's not an issue; for some of us,
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it is an issue. So, you can either pluck, pull out, or trim your nose hairs. Okay?
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Now, let's look at some vocabulary when we're sick. So, if I say: "Oh, I'm sick. My nose
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is runny." So, if your nose is runny, think of run, like the liquid is running out of
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your nose. So, this is runny, like it's very liquidy inside your nose.
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You can also say: "My nose is stuffy." It's stuffy. So, this is the kind of feeling of
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stuffy. You can also say: "Stuffed up", like it's full. And "blocked" and "clogged", these
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are very similar to "stuffy" as well. So, these three: "stuffy", "blocked", "clogged".
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You can also say: "Blocked up" or: "Clogged up". "My nose is all blocked up. It's all
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clogged up." Or: "It's stuffy." Or: "It's stuffed up." It just means it's full, it's
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blocked, and you need to somehow get rid of what's inside your nose.
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So, let's look at things that can be inside your nose. So, if your nose is stuffy, or
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if your nose is blocked up, or it's clogged, there could be a couple of different reasons
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why. So, you will probably not use this sentence, but just to learn the vocabulary, let's look
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at this sentence. "My nose is full of boogers." Now, "boogers", they are the dry things inside
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your nose. So, if your nose is full of boogers, some of us might pick our noses. So your mom,
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or your dad, or someone in your family might tell you: "Don't pick your nose!" So put your
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finger in your nose and take out the boogers. Okay? Am I grossing you out? Is it disgusting?
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A little bit. Right?
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And the other thing that can be inside your nose when you're sick and you need to, you
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know, get rid of this thing, is called "snot". So, snot is like the liquid form, the green
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liquid, clear liquid, depends I guess what you have in your nose, but the liquid part.
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And when you... When your nose is full of snot, you need to blow your nose. So, to blow
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your nose, you might need one of these. Okay? So this is called "a tissue". "Do you have
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a tissue? I need to blow my nose." Okay? Now, again, instead of tissue, a lot of English
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speakers just say: "Kleenex". "Do you have a Kleenex? I need a Kleenex." And Kleenex
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is actually a brand name, but we use it as a common noun just to mean tissue. Okay?
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So, just to do a quick review, the holes in your nose are called your nostrils. This is
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your bridge, your sinuses. And if you have nose hairs, you can pluck out your nose hairs,
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pull out your nose hairs, or trim your nose hairs. You can say: "My nose is runny.",
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"My nose is stuffy, blocked, clogged. It's clogged up, stuffed up." And a number of things, one
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of these three. And: "My nose is full of boogers", the dry stuff that you can pick. So: "Don't
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pick your nose!" Or it's full of snot, and you need to blow your nose if it's full of snot.
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Okay, if you've made it this far and you're not disgusted, you can do the quiz on www.engvid.com.
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And don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. Bye.