This is the All Ears English podcast. Draw a crowd with this high-level use of a verb. Welcome to the All Ears English podcast. Downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android. Start your 7-day free trial at allearsenglish.com. The word draw is not just limited to making pictures on a piece of paper. There are so many more interesting uses of this word. Listen in to get a few of them today. Who are you in your native language? Confident? Funny? Opinionated? Now, who are you in English? 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But, yeah, today we are going to talk about how to use the word draw that doesn't have anything to do with putting crayons or pencils to paper. We're going to talk about it in a different way. Yeah. I mean, it's very relevant to our language in so many different ways. Not just playing Pictionary. Thank goodness, right? Because my Pictionary drawings, if I'm trying to draw a horse, it ends up looking like an elephant or a giraffe or something. I don't know. It's just terrible, Michelle. It's so embarrassing. I'm the same. We would be a horrible team. But it'd be funny, so that's good. So yeah, guys, hit the follow button. But we're going to talk about two ways that we use the word draw, two main definitions. They're pretty similar. One is to extract. Yes. So think about you're pulling something out from something else. Okay. Okay. So these are some really common collocations, expressions that you might hear with this idea in mind. Lindsay, what's the first one? Yeah, so the first one, draw conclusions. Right? No, wait, no, the first one is right here. Welcome back to that one. We'll go back to it. Yeah, welcome back to it. That's okay. So let me give an example for draw conclusions. Before we draw any conclusions, let's take a look at the facts. Right? Yes. Oh, so common in English, that phrase. Right? Yes, exactly. So, you know, we're pull out any conclusions. Something has happened before we take anything from that. Let's look at the facts. So draw. And what else can you draw from something? Draw inspiration from something. So you can basically pull out and inspiration from something. So I drew inspiration from three of my favorite artists. Would you say, Michelle, for your music, you draw inspiration from any particular singer? I mean, I haven't been writing in a long time, but for singers that I like, that I'm inspired by, I mean, of course, Alana Smores. You know who I've been listening to now? I just in the car earlier, Rose. I don't know. Do you know how that is? No. She sang Apatah with Bruno Mars. And I just been listening to her solo stuff because I think she's from Black Pink and she and it's very good. So I was all excited about that. Yeah, that's funny. Yeah. I mean, I know Alana Smores said for sure. Her song, Ironic, is one that I've used in classrooms for ESL students to learn about irony. But I feel like when I try to teach that, it's always hard. Like I get to the end and I'm like, do I even understand irony? I'm not sure. I know. I know. I think we've talked about it on the show. It's one of those things that I remember and I had to make examples of irony. And it's like, so it's one of those things where it's so hard to make an example. You only know irony when it hits you in the face. It's true. It's true. That's right. Just like all those examples from the songs. So guys, check out Alana Smores and her song, Ironic, really fun song. Okay. Another thing we can draw is draw strength, right? So this is during her period of unemployment, she drew strength from her spouse and her kids. Some people draw strength from religion or spirituality, right? Yes. The community, all sorts of things we draw strength from. Right. Exactly. That's where you get strength from. You know, you could also say, I got strength from or I took strength from. So draw strength is just a different way of saying it. So then there's draw insights. So like basically things that you're learning. If you look at this chart, there are a few main insights we can draw that will help us make the next move or draw lessons. So very similar to the first one. I wish I could draw some lessons from this experience, but I don't think I can. You remember all the sitcoms from the nineties? There was always like a, you know, sit on dad's lap and learn the lesson. Of course. Full house. Yep. Yep. That moment, the music of the close up on the camera. Oh, the music. It's so funny how TV has changed so much, you know? Yeah. I don't get that so much anymore. Yeah, it's changed for sure. So Michelle, where do you draw inspiration from outside of music? Just in life in general. Outside of music. I mean, my friends, I mean, I, you know, just like the, like, I think I draw, like, well, or I'll say I'll draw, I draw strength from like my community. And then, yeah, I'm inspired. Oh, sometimes I draw inspiration from things I see online. Like I just revamped my kids lunch. So I'm making, I just, I bought these new lunch boxes and I'm trying to, cause the lunch was getting so boring for them. And so I, you know, I drew inspiration from the internet. So very cool. Very cool. Yeah. What about you? Well, for this show, I think I draw inspiration from my everyday conversations out in the world, whether it's friends, family, community members, whatever it is. I like to observe language and listen to what I'm saying and what other people are saying. And the question is, why did they say what they said? Right? I definitely have those moments too. For sure. Yeah. Great. So we all draw inspiration from somewhere. So this would be kind of a cool conversation connection moment to open up with someone guys to ask people, where do you draw inspiration from in your life? Yeah. Oh yeah. This is a great one. Really good. Another morning, another reminder, there's a gap to be careful of, but maybe it's time to bridge the one between your nine to five and your dream of living life on your own terms. At HSBC, we know ambition looks different to everyone. Whether it's retiring early or leaving more for your family, we can help because when it comes to unlocking your money's potential, we know wealth. Search HSBC wealth today. HSBC UK opening up a world of opportunity. HSBC UK current account holders only. Okay, Michelle. So let's talk about a similar way to use the word draw. So what do we need to know here? Okay. So this is similar, but it's not exactly the same. So you can use draw to mean attract or pull closer. So one was more about pulling out something, like to get something. And now we're doing more. You draw in. It's like you're pulling in to you. Interesting. So this is interesting. So the first one is draw a crowd. We're not extracting a crowd. We're getting a crowd to come closer. So we know when she walks in, she will draw a crowd. So we need to be prepared with extra security. So what are we saying here? She will try. It means the crowd will come, right? Will appear when she appears. So we should expect that. I mean, draw customers also. I think we'll really draw a lot of customers. If we have some free giveaways, that means more customers will enter the store, right? Draw attention to something. I'd like to draw your attention to the picture on the left. So I'm pulling you to this, you know, pulling your attention. Yeah. This makes me think of when I travel, you know, people always say, you know, don't wear your wedding rings when you travel. Don't draw attention to yourself. You know, I think when I was traveling in my 20s, it was always like this dirty back pack. And staying in hostels and, you know, but even now, like, I definitely dress very plainly jeans and a T-shirt, basic pack, nothing fancy whatsoever. And it's like, if you look like you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to lose. It's just so much easier. Yeah, no, I'm the same. Or you could also draw interest. So we drew a ton of interest by sending out gift bags. So you can see how these definitions are a little bit different. One, we're kind of taking something out and one, we're attracting something. We're pulling it closer. So, but the important thing is, you know, you don't, you know, it could get confusing, right? Because we do use draw a lot in ways that aren't about drawing. And so I could see that you have to pay attention to the context. You really do. Because like, if you hear draw customers, we're not actually drawing customers on paper, right? So we really have to use special ears for this one because it could get a little confusing. Yeah, special. It's a metaphorical way to talk about the word draw a little bit, right? So this is showing you guys how to use language in a much more interesting way than just playing Pictionary, right? Yeah. So we're going to let's go into a role play, Michelle. Here we are band mates, meaning we're both in the band. And we're planning a music festival. Okay. All right. So here we go. I think we can really draw interest if we use social media a couple of months before. Good idea. We can draw inspiration from that festival we saw in California. Yes, I think we're really going to draw a crowd. So we're not going to use draw like this all the time. But I mean, it's a little much. But it's probably in a normal conversation. But these are examples here, right? Yes. Exactly. You started off by saying, I think we can really draw interest if we use social media. So what are you saying again? Draw interest. We can attract interest. We can get interest, you know. Yeah. And then you said we can draw inspiration from that festival. So we're going to get inspiration. We're pulling out inspiration. It's kind of interesting because in each case, the draw stands for different verbs, right? Draw interest is to attract interest. Draw inspiration is to gain inspiration or to get inspiration. Right. So this would actually. It's a very versatile verb. It really would be. It really is. And guys, it would be a great activity for you to go through the episode again and see how many other verbs you can come up with in each scenario. I mean the same thing. That's essentially what is it saying, right? Yeah, I like that idea. That's a great exercise. What about the last one, Michelle? Yeah. And I said, yes, I think we are really going to draw a crowd. So we are going to attract a crowd. Right. People, a lot of people are going to come or there could be some phrasal phrasal verbs that our listeners might come up with that mean the same thing. Like pull in a crowd. I guess. Yes. Love that. So good. Yes. This is a great one today. We're talking about expanding our English, making it more interesting guys, which always leads to connection. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Very useful one for today. Also another really good one to check out is episode 2588. That was, we wish for you to master English. Nice. All right, guys, go ahead and do that activity that I mentioned and then go out in the world and use these phrases to build connection in your next conversation. All right. Really good stuff. Awesome. All right, Michelle. All right, Lindsay. Thanks for chatting about this with me today and I will talk to you soon. All right. Take care. Bye. Bye. 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