[VOA 매일 영어] Please take a look. Have a heart. – Korean broadcast – VOA Korean

This is Eun-kyung Lee, host of Everyday English VOA, where you study conversation and grammar at the same time. Be generous today. Let’s look at how to say please take a look in English. Let’s listen to the conversation.

J: Can I borrow your car?

A: No way.

J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand.

A: Sorry John. I can’t lend it to you.

J: I promise I’ll be careful.

A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car.

J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today.

A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it.

J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want.

A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel.

J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours.

A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else.

John asked to borrow my car and I said no, so please take a look. It is said to have a generous heart.

Have a heart.

Show recognition to the other person. Use your mind. This is an expression asking you to take a look.

Have a heart.

Cut me some slack.

Slack means loosely. Cut Cut.

Please cut me some slack. Please cut me some slack. So please be lenient. Please take a look.

Give me some slack.

Give me some slack please.

Cut me some slack.

Have a heart. Please take a look. Have a heart. Let’s listen to today’s conversation at a slow pace, remembering the expressions.

J: Can I borrow your car?

A: No way.

J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand.

A: Sorry, I can’t lend it to you.

J: I promise I’ll be careful.

A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car.

J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today.

A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it.

J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want.

A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel.

J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours.

A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else.

Let’s interpret the conversation.

Can I borrow your car?

Can I borrow your car?

No way.

Absolutely not.

I just need it for a quick errand.

Errand means running errands.

I just need it for a quick errand.

I just need to run a quick errand.

I can’t lend it to you.

I can’t lend it to you.

Have a heart.

Please have mercy. Please take a look.

I’m in a tight spot.

I am in a difficult situation.

But it’s still a no.

But it still doesn’t work.

You’re being unreasonable.

You are being irrational.

It’s just for a few hours.

Just a few hours.

Nope, not happening.

It’s not possible. It doesn’t happen. This means that there is no need to lend a car.

Show recognition to the other person. Use your mind. This is an expression asking you to take a look. Have a heart. Let’s listen to today’s conversation one more time, remembering the expressions.

J: Can I borrow your car?

A: No way.

J: Come on, don’t be like that. I just need it for a quick errand.

A: Sorry, I can’t lend it to you.

J: I promise I’ll be careful.

A: I can’t risk anything happening to it. You know how much I love that car.

J: Have a heart. I’m in a tight spot, and it’s just for today.

A: But it’s still a no. I can’t have someone else driving it.

J: I’ll owe you big time. I’ll wash it, fill up the tank, whatever you want.

A: It’s not about that. I just don’t want anyone else behind the wheel.

J: Seriously, you’re being unreasonable. It’s just for a few hours.

A: Nope, not happening. Ask someone else.

Everyday English VOA Everyday English Have a heart today. When complaining about being kind to the other person, I learned the expression to ask them to take a look.