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English speaking practice with House of the Dragon - Part 2

Master English with House of the Dragon!  This English conversation scene will help you to learn some intermediate and advanced words and phrases. No need for dragons, just a desire to speak English with confidence! Hello everyone, and welcome back to our English lesson with House of the Dragon. We are now in Dragonstone, where Rhaenyra is in mourning her son Lucerys. Daemon seeks immediate revenge at King’s Landing, but Rhaenys hold him back. Let's watch the conversation. Now, we'll look closer at this conversation and learn new words and phrases. " command " means a clear order or instruction given by someone in charge. The queen Rhaenyra is supposed to give commands and tell Daemon what to do. " absent " means that someone is not where they are expected to be. The queen is supposed to be here, but she's not. She's absent. " bending knees " is an idiom that means showing respect and submitting to someone of higher authority, like a king o...

English speaking practice with House of the Dragon - Part 1

Hello everyone and welcome to your English lesson with House of the Dragon (season 2). Today, I have decided to change how the lesson goes. I don't pick a particular scene from the series. Instead, I made an overview of the whole first episode, and explained some difficult vocabulary in it. Perhaps, this lesson may contain a spoiler, but I tried to avoid this. I only want to help English learners start watching TV series in English confidently.  Let's watch and learn. The first episode begins with Jacaerys, Rhaenyra’s son, flies north of Winterfell to make an alliance with Cregan Stark at the Wall.  Let's watch this conversation. Now, we'll look closer at this clip and learn new words and phrases. ' sooner ' here means 'rather than', emphasizes that Torrhen Stark would rather die than bend his knee. Let's see how the words " would have " work in this sentence, 'Torrhen Stark would've sooner died than bent the knee'. ' would ...