![[VOA 매일 영어] Please take a look. Have a heart. – Korean broadcast – VOA Korean](https://i0.wp.com/cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/03/08/16/20/monkey-4042658_960_720.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1)
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.
