Learn English with Disney's THE PRINCESS DIARIES

today we're learning English with a princess diaries a shy awkward teenager who feels invisible at her High School in San Francisco oops I'm sorry I didn't see you um I was thinking suddenly finds out that her father is the next king of Genovia a small European Kingdom her life takes a dramatic turn and since needs to become a princess there are some certain rules she has to follow in the clip we brought for you today her grandmother the queen is helping Mia with a royal makeover and teaching her some princess manners Mia isn't used to

those fancy rules so things get funny and if you are new here or welcome aboard please subscribe to this Channel and hit the Bell down below because every week we create lessons just like this one to help you understand your favorite movies and TV series without getting lost without missing the jokes and without subtitles also every lesson comes with an exclusive deck of flashcards featuring all the vocabulary we've covered so expressions like take a turn or a makeover are already waiting for you as soon as you finish watching the lesson using your phone click on

the link in the description under this video and you will be redirected to our real life English app and start your vocabulary practice right away I will show you how it works later in the lesson and now let's watch the clip with the subtitles first then you will learn all of the most important vocabulary grammar and pronunciation and at the end of the lesson you'll take a short quiz by watching the clip one more time without subtitles and answering a few questions so please welcome princess Mia Amelia Circle slowly so I can evaluate the work

to be done Amelia does your bad posture affect your hearing well Carriage obviously hairstyle complexion stop eyes lovely but hidden beneath Bushman [Music] eyebrows the neck is seamly and you will wear stockings not tights not socks and I never want to see those shoes again again when walking in a crowd one is under scrutiny all the time so we don't slump like this we drop the shoulders we think tall we tuck under and we transfer the weight from one foot to why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully

on the knees as a mother to a daughter this scene worries me a little bit as it may be misleading for young girls so-called beauty standards and being judged by their looks can make girls doubt themselves and feel pressured to change to fit in instead I hope you take away a lesson in valuing individuality for instance when Clarice says Mia's eyes are lovely eyes lovely it's a reminder that certain qualities are worth celebrating everyone has a unique quality to carry with pride as we see later in the movie now before we dive into today's lesson

and learn some really great English Expressions I thought you might enjoy hearing an Hathaway's reflection on the film looking back over her acting career this was the film that changed my life like it's so weird to watch it I haven't seen this movie in maybe 20 years and [Music] I it's a it's a little I'm a little bit speechless with this one this is it's actually it's um it's very emotional to see it she says she's speechless because the movie proved to be so important in her career that she finds herself overwhelmed with emotion so

it's hard to find words to express yourself we will return to an Hathaway but now let's learn English with Mia and her grandmother the queen Amelia Circle slowly so I can evaluate the work to be done Amelia does your bad posture affect your hearing turn oh sorry no no no slowly turn slowly you I already used the word to judge earlier and evaluate would be a more formal word to say that you want to judge or assess someone's looks Behavior performance or a situation in general hold up you evaluating us think about it how a

baseball team get better they evaluate performance this is just an informal yet permanent record of who's contributing one yeah why don't we evaluate you evaluate me yeah yeah you know what I already did Amelia does your bad posture affect your hearing turn oh sorry no no no slowly turn slowly you well Carriage obviously posture is how you hold your body and like body language it can say a lot about a person whether you're confident shy or afraid of something in this scene the word carriage is used as a more formal somewhat old-fashioned word to refer

to me as posture Carriage is related to the word carry and the phrase to carry yourself is still in use in Modern English and it means how you present yourself in terms of confidence and elegance it's an attitude Greg it's a confidence it's the way you carry yourself that lets the world know that the buck stops with you hairstyle complexion stop when you want to talk about someone's skin tone or Texture you will use the word complexion the word complexion is often collocated with adjectives like clear Fair dark healthy or glowing when referring to skin

check out these examples any more information I should know yes but not about this we're doctors uh we like to give out health tips you should wear sunscreen even with your dark complexion nice save mhm more concealing cream your complexion is so fair now this has a touch of lavender in it has it happen to you that it got a chance to practice your English speaking by having a real conversation online or face to face and that expression that you know you've learned before just doesn't come to you at the moment when you need it

I know how frustrating that feels to be in a conversation and find yourself pausing frequently because you're forgetting all the useful words you know that sucks I've been there before this feeling when you know what you want to say and you just want to be able to express your thoughts as easily as you can do it in your native tongue this is exactly why we built real life up and that's exactly what it can help you with as I mentioned every lesson like this one comes with a deck of flashcards by practicing just 10 15

minutes daily with them on our app you'll be able to transfer these new words from your short term into your long-term memory plus with a space repetition software you'll retain vocabulary more effectively by reviewing new words at carefully timed intervals just when you're about to forget them I highly recommend you check it out the app is free to download just look for real life English in the app store or Google play or simply click the link in the description below it's free to get started so download it now eyes lovely but hidden beneath Bushman [Music]

eyebrows the neck is seamly is like her father her comment about Mia's eyebrows was not nice at all and not politically correct so I would suggest that you avoid any comments like that but let me explain what she means here this is the bush people also known as the S people the indigenous hunter gatherers traditionally living in southern Africa when the queen says Mia has Bushman eyebrows she means they are very thick in everyday English we usually describe thick eyebrows as Bush Bush which comes from the word Bush bushes are plants usually shorter than trees

and often have a rounded thick appearance bushie can also describe thick messy hair or beard what's that sir a great big bushy beard come on let's have a mosy around the neck is seamly is like her father seemly is an uncommon word meaning a appropriate or proper so she says Mia's neck is appropriate or presentable looking neat who has nails like these everybody well tomorrow I would like to see clean fingers and you will wear stockings not tights not socks and I never want to see those shoes again these are stockings tights and socks sometimes

it's really hard to differentiate between socks and stockings right so just look at them again and try to remember interesting fact stockings were first used in medieval times when leg coverings were essential for both warmth and modesty and they were worn by men and women and this is a Christmas stocking they can hold more candies and presents than socks so maybe it helps you remember the difference and I never want to see those shoes again let's break down the connected speech in this phrase and I I never want to see those shoes again what happens

here is we drop the D sound from and and Link three words together and I never and I never want to see has awah sound want to want to see and it can even be reduced to want to see want to see listen to this part again those shoes again those shoes again you can't hear the the sound from those because it merges into the Sho sound from shoes those shoes those shoes again the words shoes and again are linked together with a schw sound from again again shoes again shoes again now listen again and

repeat the whole phrase and I never want to see those shoes again and I never want to see those shoes again and I never want see those shoes [Music] again when walking in a crowd one is under scrutiny all the time so we don't schlump like this under scrutiny means that someone's actions are being watched very closely often to check if they're doing things right or if there are any mistakes it's like having a spotlight on you where people are paying extra attention to what you do it is a Wonder then that feet do not

Tire or heaven forbid trip under the scrutiny of all those attentive eyes keeping close watch indeed so we don't schlump like this the word schlump refers to a poor posture it originates from Yiddish and is used primarily in American English especially in casual or humorous settings a more common word would be slump it means to sit lean or fall heavily often due to tiredness laziness or discouragement so imagine you've had a very long day and you slump into your chair too tired to even take off your shoes you passed out over his arm and slumped

onto the floor to the Bone show we tuck under and we transfer the weight from one foot to no princesses never cross their legs in public why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully on the knees tuck under means to pull or position something close to the body often to create a neat compact shape it's straightening your posture she then teaches Mia not to cross her legs but to tuck one ankle behind the other here tuck suggests making a small movement to keep the legs together in a graceful

way you can often hear the phrase tuck in your shirt meaning to neatly place the bottom of your shirt inside your pants or skirt so it looks tidy and doesn't hang Loosely like here in this example oh thank you well I don't tuck in that much see golf makes me tuck in you could tuck I'm rarely tucked in no princesses never cross their legs in public why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully on the knees the word gracefully relates to Elegance it's commonly used with verbs that reflect

movement Behavior or response for example move gracefully speak gracefully and you can picture a pair of swans swimming gracefully on the lake and finally there's some gram structure I wanted to comment on the queen says why don't you tuck one ankle behind the other that sounds different from her more direct instructions like we don't schlump like this or princesses never cross their legs if you want to give instruction or advice while sounding friendly and polite start your sentence with this phrase why don't you and if it is a suggestion rather than a question we don't

always need a question mark at the end why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other you can also practice the connected speech with this phrase the combination of the letters t plus y gives us a CH sound why don't you why don't you listen and repeat why don't you just talk why don't you just [Music] talk in this next scene you'll see a humorous makeover session where Paulo The Stylist is helping Mia to get ready for State dinner let the work begin ah of course where is the beautiful girl my granddaughter Amilia she

is gorgeous let us take a closer look buzy busy dizzy in the best sense oh he's all right do you wear contact lens well I have them but I don't really like to wear them that much now you do I love your eyebrows we'll call them Freda and col you want to know a big secret tell me the Cucumber does nothing this is something we make up Majesty a princess [Music] she is gorgeous let us take a closer look Paulo we have a limited number of days before the state dinner Rizzy busy dizzy in the

best sense so Pao is Italian you can hear he uses the wrong pronunciation of the word gorgeous you may want to repeat after me gorgeous gorgeous means very beautiful and attractive free busy dizzy it may sound like gibberish a random set of words but actually it's a playful rhyming phrase used by Paulo to describe Mia's Untamed hair Untamed means wild uncontrolled or not managed it often describes something natural or rough that hasn't been shaped groomed or organized so let's break down these words one by one freezy when said about hair it means wild Cur or

Untamed I need you what should we do about my hair that lady called it frizzy your hair is Flawless byy normally means having a lot to do but here it likely refers to her hair being messy or full of texture as if there is a lot going on and finally DIY describes feeling a light-headed that sensation of spinning around and losing one's balance but here it humorously suggests her hair is chaotic or out of control do you wear contact lens well I have them but I don't really like to wear them that much now you

do you broke my glasses you broke my brush you see Mia wearing glasses when you have poor eyesight an alternative to wearing glasses could be wearing contact lenses transparent plastic lenses worn on the surface of the eye I love your eyebrows we'll call them Freda and Kal Paulo humorously names Mia's eyebrows Freda and Koo referencing Freda koo's iconic look Freda Koo was a Mexican painter known for her deeply personal and surreal self-portraits now I promised you to come back to an Hathaway here's how she commented on this part of the clip so he really had

to break the brush in this they pre- broke the brush and it was supposed to break kind of easily but it didn't quite happen so that's me and Larry I'm kind of improving trying to get it to go and I don't remember if the ow was real or if I was just buying him some time to buy some time means to create a delay to give some extra time somebody needs for something like in this case they had to improvise to save the scene and actually break the brush you want to know what biggest secret

tell me the Cucumber does nothing this is something we make up makeup means to create or invent something especially story or an idea that didn't happen or isn't true Majesty Paulo is exhausted because Majesty only Paulo can take this and this and give you a princess when you are exhausted you're extremely tired or worn out with no energy left do you remember the word you can used to describe collapsing onto the couch when you are completely exhausted let's find out because now it's time for a [Music] test Amelia Circle slowly so I can evaluate the

work to be done Amelia does your bad posture affect your hearing turn oh sorry no no no slowly turn slowly thank you what is a posture the way you hold your body how fast you move your tone of voice your energy [Music] level well Carriage obviously hairstyle complexion [Music] stop eyes lovely but hidden beneath Bushman eyebrows what would be the opposite of bushy eyebrows thin eyebrows sparse eyebrows thick eyebrows bushy eyebrows [Music] the neck is seamly is like her father really they are oh my who has nails like these everybody well tomorrow I would like

to see clean fingers and you will wear stockings not tights not socks and I never want to see those shoes again when walking in a crowd one is under scrutiny all the time what does it mean to be under [Music] scrutiny to be under scrutiny means being closely watched or examined often to check for mistakes or problems let the work begin ah of course where is the beautiful girl my granddaughter Amelia she is gorgeous let us take a closer look Paulo we have a limited number of days before the state dinner what does gorgeous mean

very beautiful or attractive graceful like a swan calm and peaceful very [Music] unattractive you want to know a biggest secret tell me the Cucumber does nothing this is something we make up in this context what does the phrasal verb makeup mean use Cosmetics use it for eating invent something [Music] that's it for today good job guys remember to practice new words and expressions you learned in the lesson with a flash cuts on our real life English app you'll find a special link right in the description below just use your smartphone to get started it's the

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this Caper may be the final straw I should hope so I suppose it would be nonsensical for you to have befriended her if you knew considering everything she's written