Name: Learn English with BREAKING BAD — Walter White Meets SAUL GOODMAN
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The imperative

Should I call the FBI and tell him I found D.B. cooper?

So it's a shame that we have to meet under these circumstances.

So, Walter White's former student, Badger or Brandon, has been arrested for selling crystal meth.

And Walt is afraid that Brandon will snitch.

So he goes to meet with his lawyer, Saul Goodman, to make sure that Brandon stays quiet.

By the way, if you snitch on someone, it means that you inform on others to the police or the authorities, especially in criminal contexts.

And we're going to learn more than 16 other advanced expressions in today's lesson.

You don't want to get into a conversation, have a chance to use one of these and not remember it.

You want to be able to use every one of these confidently, just like a native.

The easiest way for you to do this is with the flashcards that we created for you on our app.

These use a scientific method called space repetition, which works like super glue to make new words stick in your head.

You can get the premium lesson with Breaking Bad for free using the link in the description below.

Fact is, your nephew is gonna get out in no time.

There's still a few details to be ironed out, but

now that the DEA is involved, I think he's looking at time served, then probation.

So leave your number with Francesca, and we'll be in touch.

Yeah, that's the Drug Enforcement Administration.

I hope that I'm not the breaker of bad news, but

your nephew got mixed up with some pretty nasty customers.

I understand that, but what does that have to do with the dea?

They're after some mystery man, some heavy hitter, goes by the name Heisenberg.

I mean, what if, God forbid, that they decide to take revenge?

If I talk, they'll kill me, blah, blah, blah.

You know, right now, he's the only thing holding up this deal.

Now, although Walt is pretending to be Brandon's uncle, he doesn't really care about helping Brandon to get out of prison.

Rather, he's afraid that Brandon is going to reveal that he is, in fact, Heisenberg.

By the way, did you catch Saul's opening joke?

D.B. cooper is one of the most famous unsolved mysteries American history.

In 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper later misreported as D.B.

cooper hijacked a plane, demanded $200,000 in ransom, and then parachuted out of the aircraft with the money.

Despite a massive FBI investigation, he was never found.

So we can see why Walt's outfit is a bit surprising, and

Now, let's dive into the expressions from that first clip.

Fact is, your nephew is going to get out in no time.

Here, Salt is basically telling Walt that Badger won't spend a lot of time in prison.

For example, imagine you're stuck in traffic, but then it suddenly clears up.

You might say, we'll get there in no time.

Or if someone is worried about a minor surgery, a doctor might reassure them, don't worry.

Next, Saul said an expression that I personally use a lot of.

now that the DEA is involved, I think he's looking at time served and probation.

This expression comes from ironing clothes.

Just like you iron out wrinkles in fabric, you iron out problems in a plan.

If you booked your flight and hotel already, then you just need to iron out the details, like tours you'll do and restaurants you'll eat at.

We could even say that you're a good English speaker, but you need to iron out some mistakes.

These are two sentences a judge could give as a punishment for a crime.

Time served refers to time spent in prison, and

probation is a period after release from prison where you have to follow certain rules, like checking in with a probation officer, not leaving the state, or passing drug tests.

If you break these rules, you can be sent back to jail.

I think he's looking at time served and probation.

I bet you feel like Saul speaks fast and is difficult to understand.

However, this is more about his use of connected speech than the actual velocity of his speaking.

That's how we natives cut, reduce, and link our words together influence speech.

Again, I think he's looking at time served than probation.

You might have noticed before that with words ending in ing, we often drop the g sound.

So here, instead of saying looking, he said look in lookin'.

This means that it's cut off at the back of the throat.

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