Expressions for Searching

Now let’s look at the last situation in this lesson the last one we’re going to talk about and it is quite a common one.

So we’ll dive into two different expressions for it.

OK.

Two people are in a car.

One is the driver.

The other is the passenger in the front seat.

They are looking for a certain restaurant but neither are sure where it is.

The driver needs to focus on driving so he tells the other person to carefully watch for the place.

They want to go.

So maybe the restaurant lets make a name let’s say the restaurant’s name is Cleo’s and it’s we know it’s going to be a blue a blue sign.

We know the sign on the restaurant is blue and we know it’s called Cleo’s gay.

But I need to drive.

I can’t be doing this right.

Maybe we’re not using G.P.S..

OK.

I can’t look back and forth all the time so I need your help.

That’s the situation I need you to help me.

So you need to be doing this while I’m driving.

So what can we say.

Well we can use an expression that we learned earlier in the lesson.

The second one that we learned was to keep an eye on something we can change it slightly and use the same expression almost to say to watch for something we can say it like this.

Hey hey keep an eye out for a blue sign that says Cleo’s OK.

So that means doesn’t have to be one eye.

Right.

But it just means to be aware of what’s going on around us so that you can spot it when we’re close.

We can use this expression.

Keep an eye out for lots of other things.

It just means to be aware of what’s going on around you so that you can catch something or spot something when it appears when it’s there doesn’t mean you actually look look look look look for it we’ll just do what you do normally but make sure you have your awareness.

Make sure you’re aware of what’s going on.

So can you please keep an eye out for any opportunities job opportunities that you think would be good for me if you hear about any opportunities please let me know.

So that doesn’t mean you need to look for a job for me.

But if you do talk to anybody who mentions that there’s a job opening or an availability.

Well maybe I would be a good fit.

You can tell me about that.

Keep an eye out for that.

OK.

Keep an eye out for articles about maybe this thing I’m trying to understand better maybe there’s a topic that I’m trying to learn more about maybe A.I.

for example keep an eye out for articles about A.I.

research and if you find any send them to me.

That doesn’t mean you need to go and look for a bunch of articles but you need to be aware of what’s going on around you so that if you do find any as you’re browsing on the internet then you can send them to me.

Keep an eye out for that.

So it’s really useful.

It’s really useful because it’s very versatile because it can be used in so many different ways.

OK but there’s another one that we use for the car situation which is not so flexible which can not be used in as General away.

And that is and that is keep your eyes peeled.

Keep your eyes peeled for a blue sign that says Cleo’s that one is generally only for things that we’re looking at with the articles with the job opportunities.

That’s not something that we necessarily see we could hear about it.

We could just know about it.

We can find out about it in any way.

So it’s not only about your eye seeing something but keep your eyes peeled for something usually is only your eyes.

Keep your eyes peeled for a sign that says Cleo’s it’s blue.

OK.

I will I will I will keep your eyes peeled for the shore.

We’re out on a boat OK.

And we’re trying to get back before the storm comes.

Keep your eyes peeled for the shoreline.

There it is.

There it is.

I see it.

So keeping your eyes peeled is actually looking out for something specific.

You know what you’re looking for.

You don’t know exactly where it is.

So that’s the difference between them.

Keep an eye out for is much more general and very useful.

The expressions that we talked about in this lesson are all really common and so are the situations that we learn them in.

I hope you found this lesson both useful and interesting.

So what I’d like you to do to practice is to try to write two examples for each of the expressions that we learned more generally.

I’d like you to try to use them when you find yourself in similar situations to the situations we talked about in this lesson.

One thing that it’s very important to keep in mind is that situations offer the context within which we can really understand what an Russian means if you just learn the expression it’s really hard to get the actual meaning and it’s very hard to actually use it naturally.

But when you learn it in a situation in context that becomes much easier you understand.

Oh this works here but not there.

And I hope I’ve made in this lesson I hope I’ve made those those distinctions clear.

So when you’re watching movies when you’re having conversations with others when you’re reading whatever pay very careful attention to not only the new expressions the new words pay very close attention to the context because context can give you the usage and that is actually really important.

Just because something means this doesn’t necessarily mean you should use it all the time.

You have to know when people usually use it.

OK.

So practice this and I’ll see you in the next lesson.