{"id":519,"date":"2015-03-05T17:41:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T23:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2022-01-25T01:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:47:17","slug":"inch-by-inch-pound-for-pound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/inch-by-inch-pound-for-pound\/","title":{"rendered":"inch by inch &#038; pound for pound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>this recent vid fromcontains three expressions based on two non-metric system measurements: the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>inch<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(distance) and the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>pound<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(weight).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"inches &amp; pounds\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQ33qfaqJhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>al pacino<\/strong>&#8216;s <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>pep talk<\/strong><\/em> (speech or conversation to motivate people)\u00a0<\/span>in the movie\u00a0<em><strong>any given sunday<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a great scene to watch to get <em><strong>pumped up<\/strong><\/em> (excited) and to practice\u00a0english. it contains various uses of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>inch\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(about 2.5 cm), including the expressions\u00a0<em>the six<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">inches<\/span>\u00a0in front of your face<\/em>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>inch\u00a0<\/em><em>by<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0inch<\/span><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-556\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Al_Pacino_Any_Given_Sunday_Quote-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"pacino's pep talk in 'any given sunday'. inch by inch.\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Al_Pacino_Any_Given_Sunday_Quote-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Al_Pacino_Any_Given_Sunday_Quote-638x249.jpg 638w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Al_Pacino_Any_Given_Sunday_Quote.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>an excerpt from pacino&#8217;s\u00a0pep talk<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>pacino uses the word\u00a0<strong><em>either<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to present the team with two possibilities:\u00a0<em>either\u00a0<strong>heal<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(get better) or\u00a0<strong><em>crumble<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(weakly fall apart) slowly,\u00a0on each play, <em>inch by inch<\/em> (one <em>inch<\/em> at a time).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>pound<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(.45 kilos) is the other measurement discussed\u00a0the video.\u00a0rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/bird-box-present-perfect-cool-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>snoop dogg<\/strong><\/a> posted a picture of himself with a pound of weed that he won\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0<em><strong>bet<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong><a title=\"more english practice courtesy of 'money' mayweather\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/knockdowns-knockouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floyd mayweather<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s fight with\u00a0<strong>saul &#8216;canelo&#8217; alvarez<\/strong>\u00a0and his post\u00a0with the photo made the connection between the <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><em>pound<\/em> <\/span>of marijuana and mayweather being recognized as the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>pound\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>for<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0pound<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>champion of the boxing world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mayweather-weigh-in-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2759\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mayweather-weigh-in-2-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>floyd mayweather<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>bet<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is usually <em>a quantity of money placed on a result (frequently a sporting event)<\/em>. if u correctly predict the\u00a0result, u win.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/snoop_lion_weed_jackpot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-551\" 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