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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 178.
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Today we have another quote by
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Shakespeare and it's a famous old saying,
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'much ado about nothing. ' All right.
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Let's take a look at the note here. This
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quote is the title of a famous play
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by Shakespeare between 1598 and 1599.
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It has now become a common phrase to mean
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that someone is making a big deal and
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and a lot of noise and complaints about something
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most people would consider insignificant,
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not that important. So if we hear
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that we hear everybody's making a big noise about it,
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but like well, what is this ? Who cares ?
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We say oh much ado about nothing. All right.
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So let's continue here . Here, ado,
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it means in this situation means a lot of fuss
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or commotion. So ado means fuss
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or commotion. People yelling, screaming
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about something. But again about nothing.
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Nothing of major importance. So let's
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look at example number one. There are
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many articles in the media that seem
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to go out of their way to make much ado about nothing.
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Often to get different groups of people
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engaged in controversy. All right.
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I know maybe they like to sensationalize things.
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Maybe they like to create stories.
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Maybe they like to create controversy.
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Just because it makes it seem more exciting
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or maybe they have other reasons as well.
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Let's look at number two.
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Seriously, he is making this big a deal
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over something that costs
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less than one u.s. dollar.
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Talk about much ado about nothing.
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Yes. So we all used to talk about to
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emphasize something like, you know, talk
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about cheap, talk about stupid, meaning
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that this is a perfect example of this situation.
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So much ado about nothing. Too much
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screaming, complaining and fuss about
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something that's not really that
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big a deal. You know, life is, why you know,
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life is too important.
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We shouldn't be fussing over about this small stuff.
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Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it.
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I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye bye
