egg. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone has or is saving a nest

egg, he or she is putting away a sum of money for the future. Yeah.

We always say that you're putting it away or building it up or saving up. So

we can often use verb phrases like that with a nest egg. All right. So let's

continue here. The origin of this term comes from the actual practice of

farmers putting fake or sometimes real eggs into the nest of hens to encourage

them to lay more eggs. Apparently it works. Farmers have been doing it since

at least the 14th century. Okay. The use related to money has been around since

the 1600s. So a little later. Of course, the idea is that if the hens could lay

more eggs, the farmers could make more money you know, and in turn if they make

more money they'll be able to save more money. They'll be able to build up their

savings. So they can build up a nest egg. That's the idea. That's where it came

from. All right. Good. And we just have two

examples here. Example number one. Jenny has been putting away a nest egg for

over a decade in preparation for her retirement. So she wants to save up the

all this money. So she has some extra money when she retires. Good. And number two . I

started to build up a nest egg for a college fund for my children. So some

people do this. If their children are very young , maybe they'll start putting

away money years ahead, because they in anticipation knowing that a you know

college is going to be expensive. Okay. Anyway. Now I hope you got it. I hope it

was clear. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.