Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 86

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• 00:10

  Hi there.

• 00:10

  This is Harry, and welcome back to our podcasts.

• 00:14

  Still have a little bit of a cold soap.

• 00:16

  Again, apologies if my voice is not the same as it usually is.

• 00:20

  So, what do we have for you this week?

• 00:22

  Well, the first podcast is going to be some english expressions, and I'll give you some examples of those.

• 00:29

  The second podcast is going to be something similar, and then we'll have two further podcasts with sentences that will go through the various grammar points for you.

• 00:39

  Okay, so let's start with the first one and the expressions.

• 00:43

  First expression is add up.

• 00:46

  Add up, or often used in the negative, it doesn't add up.

• 00:52

  Okay.

• 00:53

  So when we mean it doesn't add up, we usually mean it just doesn't make sense.

• 00:57

  Okay.

• 00:59

  To add something means one and one is two.

• 01:01

  That's an addition that children learn at school.

• 01:05

  So when something doesn't add up to us, it doesn't make sense.

• 01:09

  Like one and one equals three.

• 01:11

  That doesn't add up.

• 01:12

  It doesn't make sense.

• 01:14

  So we can use it in a business context, or we can use it in our personal life to explain when something does or doesn't add up.

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