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Hey everyone, and welcome back 
to the Understandable English 

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Podcast. 
My name is Oliver, and today we 

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will be talking about one of my 
favorite times of the year, 

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Spring. 
Spring is coming quickly, it's 

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coming fast and winter here is 
almost over. 

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Actually, this week I was 
beginning to think, wow, it 

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already feels like spring. 
And to me this is such a nice 

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feeling, That feeling when the 
days are getting longer, it 

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stays brighter for longer. 
You hear the birds singing 

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outside and you start to notice 
Flyers blooming all around this 

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season. 
Spring, which is coming soon, is

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a season that is full of life. 
There is life all around, from 

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the newborn lambs, so baby 
sheep, to the birds and the 

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flowers and plants. 
There is so much new life in 

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spring and I think it's very 
beautiful. 

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So today we are going to talk 
about spring and we are also 

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going to learn some new words, 
phrases and sayings related to 

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spring. 
So let's discover spring 

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together. 
So to start with, spring is a 

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beautiful season that marks the 
transition. 

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So the change from winter to 
summer. 

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During spring the weather gets 
warmer and plants and also 

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flowers start to grow again. 
So we say Flyers bloom, so 

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Flyers bloom and this verb so 
blooming or to bloom is when 

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Flyers open up and they start to
show their colors and their 

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beautiful petals. 
That is blooming or blossoming. 

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We can say either. 
So flowers bloom, trees get new 

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leaves and animals come out of 
hibernation. 

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So all those animals that were 
sleeping during winter, they 

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start to wake up and come out to
gather food to enjoy their 

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lives. 
They aren't sleeping any more, 

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so it's a time of renewal. 
So things starting new and new 

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beginnings, a very exciting time
for nature. 

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So some other things you might 
notice in spring is that plants 

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may begin to sprout To sprout. 
So even vegetables for example, 

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can start to Sprite. 
What does sprouting mean? 

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What is to Sprite the verb? 
So this is when a plant starts 

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to grow from a seed. 
A seed is what you put in the 

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ground, and when that seed 
sprites, a plant comes from it, 

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so hopefully that makes sense. 
Another thing that happens in 

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spring is there is a start of 
pollen, particularly towards the

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end of spring and this is so 
Pollen is a fine powder like a 

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very fine dust, a small small 
dust that is made by plow by 

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flowers and this helps them to 
reproduce. 

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So to to make more flowers some 
people have allergies to pollen 

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and it can make them sneeze, A 
Choo or cough or rub their eyes.

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I have an allergy to pollen 
sometimes and usually at the end

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of spring and beginning of 
summer my eyes get very itchy so

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I want to rub my eyes with my 
hands. 

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One thing I love in spring is 
seeing the butterflies come out.

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So a butterfly is a colorful 
insect that has wings and they 

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like to fly around Flyers. 
So spring is a very popular time

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for traditions for springtime 
traditions. 

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Spring is a time for 
celebrations and traditions all 

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around the world. 
In some cultures people 

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celebrate Easter with egg hunts,
so maybe chocolate eggs and also

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decorating eggs. 
Others have festivals to welcome

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the arrival of spring and it's a
time to gather with friends and 

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family and enjoy the beauty of 
nature and of the season. 

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And what an amazing season to 
explore nature. 

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Spring is a noisy and vibrant, 
so very colourful and bright 

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season. 
Birds sing sweet songs and bees 

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buzz around collecting the 
pollen so that little small dust

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and the wind rustles through the
trees that now have their leaves

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again. 
Take a moment during spring to 

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just stop and have a listen to 
those beautiful sounds of spring

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and appreciate the beauty of 
nature coming back alive again 

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after its winter sleep. 
So outside of nature as well, 

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there are so many fun outdoor 
activities that we can start to 

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do again in spring. 
So let's have a look at some of 

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these. 
One of my favorite is to have a 

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picnic. 
So this is when you have a meal 

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outdoors, usually in a park or 
garden. 

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So popular picnic foods includes
making a sandwich or a wrap, 

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maybe springing some cheese, 
some wine or lemonade, putting 

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it in a basket and taking it 
with you to a park or an outdoor

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locations. 
Usually people bring a blanket 

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and they put it down on the 
grass and they sit and have a 

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lovely picnic. 
Another popular thing to do in 

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spring is to have a bike ride. 
So a bicycle ride, riding a 

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bicycle to explore nature and 
enjoy the lovely fresh air. 

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And of course very popular with 
my parents. 

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They love gardening. 
So getting into the garden, 

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planting flowers, vegetables in 
your garden or in pots in the 

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house. 
People love spending time 

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outdoors during spring, so if 
you have a garden it's a great 

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way to spend some time outside 
in the lovely new growing 

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nature. 
Hiking is also a fantastic thing

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to do in spring. 
You can go for a walk in nature,

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usually on in the woods for 
example, or by the sea. 

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Maybe climb some mountains if 
you're feeling very adventurous.

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And of course, if the day is a 
little bit windy, as it often 

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can be in spring, you can do 
some kite flying. 

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So to take a kite and fly it 
high up in the sky and watch it 

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fly in the wind. 
So finally, what I would like us

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to do today is to look at some 
spring idioms and sayings. 

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So the first one that we're 
going to look at is spring 

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cleaning. 
So what is spring cleaning? 

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So this is when we clean our 
homes very thoroughly, so quite 

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intensely after winter. 
And this is to freshen up and 

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declutter. 
So during the winter we spend a 

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lot of time inside. 
Maybe we have a lot more stuff 

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after Christmas and we don't 
have as much fresh air in the 

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house. 
So spring cleaning is to freshen

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up the house for this lovely 
season and into the summer. 

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Another phrase we can say is 
April showers bring May flowers,

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and this refers to the fact that
rainy days in April will lead to

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beautiful flowers blooming in 
May. 

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So it's a little bit of a rhyme 
and people can say it on a rainy

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day in April and they can say 
April Showers bring May flowers.

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It means don't worry about the 
rain, it will give us beautiful 

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flowers in May time. 
And the final phrase for this 

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week is in the springtime of 
life. 

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So this phrase refers to a 
youthful or early stage in 

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someone's life when they're full
of energy and enthusiasm. 

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You can say he had many exciting
projects in the springtime of 

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his life, so he had many 
exciting projects when he was 

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young. 
So there you have it, Spring. 

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I hope you have an amazing 
springtime and I hope that 

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spring comes very quickly for 
you. 

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I know here it feels like it is 
almost with us, so I hope that 

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you have many amazing memories 
from the springtime and lovely 

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activities. 
Thank you for listening. 

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I really, really appreciate you 
listening to this podcast and 

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supporting it. 
Whoever you are listening on 

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Spotify or on YouTube with 
subtitles, I really appreciate 

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it. 
I hope that this was useful for 

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you and have an amazing rest of 
your day and I will see you in 

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the next episode. 
Goodbye.