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I’m Canadian (from the west coast) and I’ve never heard “cold day is July” unless it was literally that; a cold day, in July (which is very rare). “A cold day is hell” or “when hell freezes over” is an extremely common expression in Canada.

"Actually , i've been studying Spanish" oh Lauren 😅 , the introduction was so cute with you saying this , very good , spanish is a great language

"A cold day in July" - here in Canada, that expression would make no sense. I've seen snow in July ❄ - "a cold day in hell" makes much more sense! 🔥

The "Cucumber🥒 " one got me , I also never heard about this one , I would say Cucumber , yes , english isn't my first language and Dia , Claudia and Alice are relatable for me in this one 😁

Lauren and Shannon are just having fun with the quiz , while the three ladies were struggling, but they are pretty good, I am also not a native speaker 😊😅

I can confirm that at least in the southern US, and I’m assuming everywhere else in the country, it’s definitely “a cold day in hell”😂

Finally Lauren from the UK

Northern Hemisphere: "A cold day in *July"* Southern Hemisphere: "A cold day in *January"* Between the tropics: "A cold day *all year long"*

"A cold day in July" used in this sense wouldn't work in Australia, because it's winter in July and therefore cold where most people live 🙂

why is Shannon's voice and accent combo so pleasing? I can't get enough, really.

Cold day in Hell is far more common in the US since some summers are cooler than others depending geographically where you live. Hell is thought to be extremely hot, hotter than any summer temperature. A cold day in Hell would be very unlikely if not impossible to happen.

Now this is unique. I love it, I've seen any youtuber doing a challenge like this before.

I will say - it makes me happy to se Busuu being sponsored here. I have been using this to learn French and passed my A1 certification after 2 months of learning, and I would highly recommend this as opposed to other language learning apps. Really explains why we use different sentence structure, explains punctuation, grammar, pronunciation.. I love it. :')

After watching this I am having a feeling that I need to push myself little bit harder. Thank You for the eye opener!!!

Midwesterner who's lived in the South for 20+ years now (U.S.), and I can confirm the phrase is "a cold day in hell!"

I decided to study English when I was 16 because of the songs, there were phrases or words that I thought were beautiful and I wanted to know what they meant. The thing is, I realized that when they were translated, those words and phrases lost their beauty. 🤡 Many times the lyrics didn't make the slightest sense, but I decided to continue studying and today I communicate very well in English and at that time I didn't even I imagined that English would be as essential as it is today.

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! Having the English natives try and explain our weird ways of colloquially talking, Felt SUPER informative AND fun

The first thing that came to mind for the idiom was June or July, then second thought, "Hello, have you heard of Australia?" I assume HELL makes so much sense lol

The English captioning has been bad in several videos, but it's especially bad in this video, perhaps because the audio quality isn't that great and there are a lot of small connective words, but also because it seems like whoever is doing the captions isn't fully paying attention to what's actually happening. 2:43 should be "I can't put *off making* this decision any longer", not "I can't put, I was making this decision any longer". She's straight up repeating the sentence from the question. 2:57 should be "can you use 'put off' another *way* ", not "another one" 3:03 "you are procrastinat*ing* ", not "procrastinat*ed* " 3:26 "It has to be like a negative thing *you are doing* towards the situation" 4:15 " *There's no* reason trying" again, repeating the question 4:18 again " *There's no* reason in trying" 4:23 "Like there is no reason to try *and get everything done* ", not "to try into everything that does" 5:20 This is not exactly a captioning error, more like a continuity error: The native speakers say that "getting at" was number 3, while it's listed on screen as the number 2 option. Seems like it was not copied correctly by whoever was copying the questions for the overlay on the video. 5:33 "Honestly *it's kind of* like an idiom" 6:26 "Get *better* on its own"

"A cold day in hell" is a pretty common phrase in the US.

En la tercera frase, el artículo puede querer apuntar a algo (aiming/pointing at) pero la clave es que tú no conseguías ver *hacia dónde iba* por eso la respuesta es "getting at". En la cuarta frase, dice que no quieres enfrentarte al problema esperando que se *resolviese solo* por eso la respuesta es "sort itself out".

Where is Christina???

This should be a regular program on World Friends. Love watching these! As an English learner, I always wonder what native speakers would do on an English test made for non-native speakers. Their perspectives are very interesting!

Dia's style of writing one is so unique. Never seen it 😂

Dia: Yea, pronunciation was hard Nobody... Literally Nobody... Claudia: Your eyelashes are so looong.

Q3 was a bit odd for me as someone from the US. "Aiming for" and "getting at" both work for that scenario, but probably wouldn't be the first phrases I'd go with. I'd probably say something more like "going for" or "trying to say". I'm not sure if that's a US vs UK thing though. Perhaps "getting at" would be the more popular choice in the UK. But I feel like "going for" would be more common in the US. Also, I've never heard someone say "cold day in july" in the US. But "cold day in hell" is extremely common.

Shannon is probably the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. Her smile. Her eyes. Her... everything else. She's the kind of girl that you can't even describe, you just have to see her to believe it.

Lauren is advertising queen! I can already hear 'em coming in hahahahaha

I laughed out loud at 8:22, knowing exactly what they're thinking!

i answered everything exactly the same as lauren did lmao i even made the same mistake with the cold day in june/july question

Clock don't mark the hours 'cuz I'm going nuts! 😂I liked this video. Highly enjoyable! The little nuances in English are always interesting.

I thought the awkward and clumsy transition into the 'Busuu' bit (from Lauren) was actually rather funny; clumsy, but funny!

It is 100% only said as “a cold day in hell” in the US and it’s a pretty common phrase. I get the feeling it’s a less common phrase in the UK

German has der, die, das, dem, and den. English used to have more article forms, like þone, but some became other words, like that, and others disappeared.

Your channel is so good. It has great vibe. Only improve the sound :-)

When I read the one with "chase ..." I also directly thought of this song hahaha

I think it's also common to say, "As cool as ice." At least, I've personally heard that quite often. And it seems to me from the comments that "a cold day in hell" is more common in the US (it was my guess too, and I'm also American). I actually didn't know what we were meant to be chasing though 😅 I feel like I've heard multiple versions of that idiom. Chasing rabbits, chasing fairy tales, chasing leprechauns, chasing dreams, etc. I didn't think of rainbows, but I guess that makes some sense and I think I have maybe heard that before too, now that I'm thinking about it 🤔 This was fun 😊

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I'm a non native English speaker. I might be wrong, I don't know. Correct me if I am, but shouldn't the title of the video be "who's better *AT* English" rather than *IN* English?🤔

Lorena, felicitaciones con tu español. :)

It will be fun to try it next time UK US Australia Canada South Africa New Zealand Nigeria

when I saw chase the first thing I thought of was chasing waterfalls! Chasing rainbows makes me think of skittles, lol.

You wrote "getting at" as #2, but in the studio they had it as #3.

You guys are amazing, I am enjoying it a lot while watching ❤❤❤

it’s more informative. Like it. guys, pairing shannon, Cristina (US team) Vs Lauren, Emily (UK) for Idiom battle that will be amazing 🤩

I missed four (getting at and idioms with July, rainbow and cucumber) and I’m quite happy, especially that I very rarely have an opportunity to speak English

Incredibly cute videos...I can't stop watching them!!

Don't think I've ever heard cold day in July (British).

Girl with the long plates on one side is naturally stunning

Lauren is Loorrrena in Spanish, I love her 🤗

@7:05 - Cold day in July... happens every year here in Australia 😉

As a Canadian... in my life time there has been at least 1 snowfall in every month of the year... so... nope A cold day can happen any time on the calendar. :) It would be extremely rare in July like once in 50 years type rare but not never.

The KZfaq ad I got was for duolingo. Then I was hit by a Busuu ad.

The girls start dancing on the couch. Yep, they’re going with WATERFALLS.

This was a great video Idea

thx for link

A cold day in July only works in the northern hemisphere! Couldn’t help but laugh the thought process of the last one, but seriously I thought the non English native speakers did very well❤

If they don't know "Put off", I don't think "procrastinate" is going to help :)

Well, actually here in Argentina a cold day in July is pretty common :P

"Cold day in hell" is absolutely the correct one. Whoever taught "cold day in July" was pulling your leg.

Now get the native speakers to agree on "different from" and "different to."

When I googled "cold day in" the first that came up was "cold day in Hell" so Shannon was also right.

I also agree with cold day in h3ll as an American.

I use Busuu, its great!

english has 3 articles, it used to have more but got lost through viking conquering

Nice challenge I learned new phrases

in Afrikaans our grammar is very similar to English, the only major difference is that we use a double-negative. It's used more to round-off the sentence as the negative article is placed before the verb and at the end of the sentence to emphasize the point you are making. for example: Jy kan nie dit doen nie. (You can(not) do that not).

8:21 LOL Right before this I was wondering whether they were old enough to know the song. "Yup! They know it!"

i joined in on the quiz actually fun

This is hard! Would have said "aiming at." USA.

"to be honest" (as i read this advert from a cue card..)

I wouldve said "as cool as a lettuce" because in Spanish we do say "fresco/a como un lechuga" haha. I actually think lettuce makes more sense than cucumber.

This was a fun little quiz 😊

the 5:04 literally me testing my theory in the multiple choice exam

These girls are sooo pretty

Picky English teacher here!!!! 1. Very well done for the learners, also for the natives on their explanations. 2. Very well done both sides, but the explanations for the other options was perhaps not fully understood. American girl was right "no reason to try" British girl too 'no reason in trying". 'However 'reason' trying is "wrong" in general English not just "awkward". But in my dialect you can indeed say "(ain't) no reason to be trying" the present participle in General English as in African American English (AAE) must be preceded by a for of "be", African American English just uses a much wider range of be + -ing than you will find in standard varieties. "rhyme" acutally would need to be a similar structure and does fit into standard varieties. "there is no rhyme of reason to try..." or "there is no rhyme or reason to be trying..." and AAE "ain't no rhyme or reason to be trying..." Of course spelling adjustments for pronunciation of AAE are not included because I am too tired and lazy to be changing things and adding diacritics I think a cold day in July is a polite version to avoid dropping an H bomb. 😁

This is a great game for English learners. Apart from difficulty of all the turns of phrase and similar-sounding choices, there were a lot of choices that non-native speakers actually use frequently, so putting this out there with average speakers' explanations is great for those playing and those watching.

i agreen shannon explain things better and more in depths than lauren , I really do think we should have this type of stuff as weekly thing with english as well as other languages and their native , it will be a good practice , even as native is interesting to see what option will work better , the other girl explain,

Chasing the dream would be correct, wouldnt it?

That number 1 is unique haha

please try language sunda

Aiming for and getting at were equivocal.

Ive only heard of chasing unicorns

i've heard cold day in hell before but not really cold day in summer. (from US)

Yeah, I definitely thought "..cold day in hell!" 😂

They're so beautiful, would be perfect as the casts for winx club

I never heard the "a cold day in July" or "chasing rainbows", other than that I got everything right. but the "I learned there were idioms in English" just threw me off. Why wouldn't there be? Never heard of "it's raining cats and dogs" before? Obviously there are idioms in English like in any other language I guess.

She's the only person in the UK that says "A cold day in june"

👉Como te iamas?? Oh, me iamo lorrrena👈 That was so cute

Stuart Scott (rip) coined the term "As cool as the other side of the pillow" on ESPN's Sports Center, and you will sometimes hear older sports fans use this instead of cucumber.

OMG Shannon is gorgeous

*5:54** One or three... but three??? "team native"* 😂

I think a lot of English speakers especially in my country use idioms a lot. I do. So if you don’t understand English idioms then you will be lost much of the time in conversations among native speakers. I say cold day in hell chasing rainbows cool as a cucumber

Lauren waw 🥶 😂

*5:27** Ok it was #2 actually...* 🤦🏼‍♂

To be fair, this was much more of a memorization test than a language test. Language is a memorized skill...it's not an inherent law like arithmetic nor a regurgitation of facts from the past like history. Every word inside every language exists because some caveman in the past randomly decided that a certain sound would represent an object or idea. Sure, languages became complex and systematic as time went on but the basis is the same...sounds and what those sounds represent were memorized. And so, if a non-native speaker has not heard a word or phrase before then (generally speaking) that person is not going to be able to "figure it out". There is nothing to figure. Language is a memorized skill.

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5:18. Number 1 or number 2 would work.

I say as cool as can be