The video offers a detailed overview of a show about a young, talented chef named Carmy. The series revolves around Carmy's journey to save his small family restaurant in Chicago, highlighting the intense, fast-paced nature of working in a real kitchen. The episode showcases Carmy's emotional struggle and the impact his brother had on his life, particularly after his brother's untimely death. Carmy reflects on his complex relationship with his brother, noting how his brother's charismatic nature and secret life of drug use affected their bond and his self-esteem.

Carmy's monologue in the scene serves as a narrative device that ties together the emotional and personal elements of the series. Despite focusing on the challenges faced in the restaurant business, the series occasionally touches on Carmy's personal growth and reflections, as shown in this part of the video. The monologue reveals Carmy's regrets and realizations, providing insights into his motivations and the emotional burden he carries, aiming to rebuild his life by achieving professional success in elite kitchens around the world.

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. berserk [bərˈzərk] - (adj.) - To become angry, violent, and uncontrolled. - Synonyms: (wild, frenzied, furious)

Carmy, this young chef, went berserk on his sous chef.

2. monologue [ˈmɑːnəˌlɔːɡ] - (n.) - A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program. - Synonyms: (soliloquy, speech, address)

That's Exactly. This monologue, he is talking to people in a group.

3. magnetic [mægˈnɛtɪk] - (adj.) - Having an unusual power or ability to attract. - Synonyms: (attractive, charismatic, alluring)

He was that magnetic. And I didn't know my brother was using drugs.

4. tidbits [ˈtɪdbɪts] - (n.) - A small piece of news or interesting information. - Synonyms: (nuggets, morsels, snippets)

And during the show, we just get tidbits of what actually happened.

5. gerund [ˈdʒɛrʌnd] - (n.) - A form that is derived from a verb but functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing. - Synonyms: (verbal noun, -ing form)

So stop is one of those verbs that interestingly changes meaning depending on whether it is followed by a gerund or the infinitive

6. collocation [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən] - (n.) - A pair or group of words that are often used together in a language. - Synonyms: (phrase, expression, idiom)

It's usually a collocation that you'd hear with a bad habit.

7. rhetorical [rɪˈtɔːrɪkəl] - (adj.) - Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric, or effective speaking and writing. - Synonyms: (expressive, persuasive, oratorical)

So it's kind of a rhetorical question. What does that say?

8. abruptly [əˈbrʌptli] - (adv.) - Suddenly and unexpectedly. - Synonyms: (suddenly, quickly, without warning)

And to do it cold, to cut someone off cold, is to do it abruptly.

9. reflective [rɪˈflɛktɪv] - (adj.) - Relating to or characterized by deep thought; thoughtful. - Synonyms: (thoughtful, contemplative, introspective)

It's more like a reflection. He's just, like, thinking, talking out loud.

10. intuitive [ɪnˈtuːɪtɪv] - (adj.) - Having the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. - Synonyms: (instinctive, innate, spontaneous)

It's not that intuitive, right?

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Chef, I am. I'm doing them in five, basically. I'm gonna order them in five. Stop everything. Fire everything right fucking now. Okay, I'll fire everything now. I just was finishing Marcus and step out. Okay, I'm gonna talk to Marcus. Fuck off my expo, Chef. Now get the fuck off. Thank you. We're firing 76 beefs, 34 chickens. Okay, 12 French fries, 12 mash fucking now. Thank you.

So we just saw how Carmy, this young chef, went berserk on his sous chef. To go berserk is to become angry, violent, to lose control. Today we are learning English with the Bear. This is a series about a young, talented chef who's trying to save his small family restaurant in Chicago. The show is super fast paced, capturing the intense pace of real kitchens in the restaurants.

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In the scene we'll watch today, we'll see Carmy opening his heart about his difficult relationship with his brother, who recently passed away and who was the previous owner of the restaurant. Let's check it out.

I always thought my brother was my best friend. Like. Like, we just knew everything about each other, except everybody thought he was their best friend. You know, he was that. He was that magnetic. And I didn't know my brother was using drugs. What does that say?

As we got older, I realized I didn't know anything about him, really. He stopped letting me into the restaurant a couple years ago. He just cut me off cold. And that. That hurt, you know.

What's happening here in this scene? What's Carmi talking about? Yeah, the most interesting fact about this very clip is that it comes at the very end of the show. And during the show, we just get tidbits of what actually happened. What is the background story?

I really like it about the show that we see most of the time, just like the kitchen, you know, these obstacles he's facing and overcoming and trying to get by with, like, so many deaths and, like, financial problems and like, other problems as well. But occasionally he gets to this more personal, emotional storyline about his relationship with the brother who passed away. And at the very end of the season, that's Exactly. This monologue, he is talking to people in a group. He just came there because his brother used to visit this group being an addict, as we learned from this clip, and he just wanted to connect more to his brother through sharing these things, his feelings, with the people who knew his brother.

I always thought my brother was my best friend. Like. Like we just knew everything about each other, except everybody thought he was their best friend. You know, he was that he was that magnetic. So he says that he always thought that his brother or his best friend and that they knew everything about each other except everybody thought he was their best friend, too.

So what does that word mean there? Except in that sentence? That's a very interesting use of this word. It's almost the same as saying like, but in reality. Right. So he said, I thought this and that, but in reality there's something else. Yeah. That I didn't know about. Maybe it's just like adding an extra information that in some way either complements what you've said or contradicts it.

Except everybody thought he was their best friend. You know, he was that he was that magnetic. So he's saying that his brother was magnetic and it relates to what he said before. Everybody thought he was their friend. Yeah.

What does it mean, magnetic? A magnetic personality. So a magnet is this object that attracts other objects. Usually we're talking about metals. So it's that object that you put on the surface of your fridge, your refrigerator, but this is more figurative. So a person who is considered to be magnetic, they attract other people. Other people like them, love them. Right. So this is. He's talking about his broader being. Really magnetic. Yeah.

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I didn't know my brother was using drugs. What does that say? What does that Say it means, what conclusion can you draw from that? He just said that he thought they were best friend and he didn't know about his brother being an addict. So it's kind of a rhetorical question. What does that say?

Yeah. Yeah. Does it doesn't mean that I didn't know my brother so well. Just analyzing the things that he's saying, because it's revealing, like, oh, I didn't know that my brother was using drugs. What does that tell about me? What does that tell about our relationship? You know what that says? You know, we know what that means.

I just wanted also to add about the nature of these monologues. He's not like giving a speech. It's more like a reflection. He's just, like, thinking, talking out loud. Right now, he's just voicing his thoughts about his brother, about their relationship. So it's very, like, personal reflection.

And it's interesting the way he pronounces that entire phrase. What does that say? How did he say that sentence, actually? So the connective speech here. Yeah. What I hear about. What does that say? Is that T from what it actually morphs into the d sound of DAs. What does. What does. So he pronounces. Pronounces it together. What does. And then it's. It forms just again, one group of words. What does that say? Does that say. Yeah. The most important part is this first two words, they morph together.

What does that say? He stopped letting me into the restaurant a couple years ago. He just cut me off cold. And that. That hurt, you know.

Interesting use of the phrase let somebody into you or let somebody in. Is it he physically didn't want him in his restaurant. Didn't let him in. Like, didn't open the doors for him. Yeah. It could be literal. But also, just like, he was not invited there. He was not welcome at the restaurant, so he was just not letting him in or into it. Also sharing information. Yeah, sharing some secrets. Because this phrase also can be used in this sense, like, I want to let you in into something. Yeah. Meaning like, I want to share some secrets with you.

And there is this interesting grammar point. So stop is one of those verbs that interestingly changes meaning depending on whether it is followed by a gerund or the infinitive. So there is a difference in meaning between sentences like I stopped smoking or I stopped to smoke. Could you explain this difference here?

Easy. Yeah, I actually see a lot of people making this mistake. So if you stop to do something, that means you're stopping what you're Doing. And then you're starting to do that other thing. So I'm gonna stop to smoke. I'm gonna stop working to start smoking. But if you're stopping smoking, that means you're quitting smoking or you are just interrupting your action of smoking right there. Like I'm stopping smoking.

And I think the same thing happens with a few other verbs in English. Can you give us another example of another verb where you have the same formula? Another word I can think of is try. So when you try to do something, you're putting effort. So it's. Maybe it's difficult. Like I tried to open the door, right? But I couldn't. Maybe something stopped the door and tried doing something. It's like an experiment. I tried smoking and I didn't like it. So I never started smoking in my life. Yeah, there's no effort involved.

So much. It's just like something that you want to find out, and you can easily do it probably if you want to. He stopped letting me into the restaurant a couple years ago. He just cut me off cold. And that. That hurt, you know?

So judging from the context that we heard him saying that his brother stopped letting him into the restaurant, something went wrong. They stopped communicating. And here's this other phrase, cut somebody off cold. Please explain what it means here.

So if you're cutting someone off of your life, in this case, you are stopping communicating with that person. You're not communicating with them anymore. And to do it cold, to cut someone off cold, is to do it abruptly, without giving them a warning or anything, just immediately doing that. And it reminds me of an idiomatic expression that is to quit habit cold turkey. It's usually a collocation that you'd hear with a bad habit. So I'm gonna stop smoking cold turkey, for example.

Okay, guys, and now let's watch the second part of the clip. And I think that just that flipped this switch in me where I was like, okay, you watch this. And because we had this connection through food, and he had made me feel so rejected and. And lame and shitty and uncool, I made this plan where I was going to go work in all the best restaurants in the world, you know, like, I'm going to go work in real kitchens, like, fuck mom and dad's piece of shit, right? And it sounds ridiculous, you know, me saying that now, but that's what I did.

And I think that just that flipped this switch in me where I was like, okay, fuck you. Watch this. What does this phrase mean? Watch this. It's so rich in meaning there. Because you can imagine a whole situation if you say, like, watch this, you're probably challenging somebody to prove them wrong. So watch me do the thing that you're saying I can't do. It's usually in that context.

And he was saying that the whole thing that happened just flipped a switch in him. That's a very interesting expression. So to flip a switch is to completely change your behavior, right? Like have some drastic change in whatever you're doing. And because we had this connection through food and he had made me feel so rejected and lame and shitty and uncool, I made this plan where I was going to go work in all the best restaurants in the world.

No. Wow, so many words here, right? Many of them. They're like very close to each other, close to meaning. So while we will be explaining them, you may notice that there are like some common commonalities, like similarities between them. Yeah.

When you feel rejected, how do you feel, Izzy? Yeah, it's when you feel that you're not accepted somewhere, you're not wanted, you're unwanted, so you're rejected. And as you said, these are all negative. And this guy is such a good actor. He's just saying, like, made me feel so rejected and lame and shitty and uncool. So there are no commas there. It's just like. And this and that, you know, so it's just like, it's full of intensity.

So lame, shitty, uncool. Those are similar. What are those? Yeah, basically lame is something unpopular, maybe socially awkward. Uncool. Isn't that like. They're very similar, lame and uncool. Because uncool. It's the same way. Yeah. And shitty is just like a bad shitty, you may say, about the weather, shitty weather. About food, shitty food.

And because we had this connection through food and he had made me feel so rejected and lame and shitty and uncool, I made this plan where I was going to go work in all the best restaurants in the world. You know, like. Like I'm going to go work in real kitchens. Like, fuck mom and dad's piece of shit. Right?

There is some connected speech here. Yeah. First of all, I was going to go work. So he contracts going to just Ghana. And then he says again this whole phrase very quickly. I was going to go work. We have here a schwa sound in the word was. I was, I was. I was going to go work.

And the next pattern is piece of shit. You know that off is very often gets reduced to just schwa sound. A piece of piece of shit. Piece of shit. So we don't hear this F sound or F sound at the end.

And it sounds ridiculous. You know, me saying that now. But that's, that's. That's what I did.

And finally he says it's ridiculous. Could you define this word, please? Similar words could be absurd or even laughable, something that you'd laugh at because it's ridiculous, it doesn't deserve any respect, or is simply out of place somewhere.

And let me ask you, how would you collocate this adjective with other words I can think of, like ridiculous prices. Those are like items with unreasonably high prices. You could say like, ridiculously expensive. Unreasonably. Such a long word. What does that mean? Basically, there is this tip, a hint inside the word. So there is no reason for this item to be so expensive.

And there is an interesting pronunciation to this word. Yeah, ridiculous, Ridiculous. It's not that intuitive, right? So maybe you want to practice it.

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And now it's time for a test. Let's watch the clip one more time, this time without subtitles, and see how much of it you can understand now.

I always thought my brother was my best friend. Like, we just knew everything about each other, except everybody thought he was their best friend. You know, he was that. He was that magnetic.

What is the opposite of magnetic in terms of personality? Dull, charismatic, charming.

He stopped letting me into the restaurant a couple years ago. He just cut me off cold. And that. That hurt, you know?

Can you think of a synonym for cold in this phrase? He just cut me off cold. abruptly, calmly, strangely.

And because we had this connection through food, and he had made me feel so rejected and lame and shitty and uncool, I made this plan where I was going to go work in all the best rest restaurants in the world.

What's the opposite of rejected? Accepted, denied, ignored?

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