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Daily English Pod
Daily English Pod is a space for learning English beyond grammar and textbooks.
During the week, you’ll learn practical vocabulary, expressions, idioms, and real-life English, the language people actually use in everyday conversations, emotions, and work.
On weekends, we slow down. Through ideas from psychology, philosophy, and real human experience, we explore language as a way to better understand life, emotions, identity, and growth.
This podcast is created by Jale, an English teacher with 13 years of teaching experience and a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Canada, who teaches with patience, clarity, and care, and believes learning works best when students feel seen, respected, and safe to think aloud.
The goal is simple but meaningful: to help you understand English deeply, use it confidently, and connect it to your real life. English here is not just a skill. It’s a gentle companion for clearer thinking, honest expression, and deeper human connection.
Daily English Pod
Take sth to heart
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Take sth to heart
To take something to heart means to be deeply affected by it — emotionally or personally. It can be positive, like taking encouragement seriously,
or painful, like feeling hurt by someone’s words.
Examples:
1- When her mentor said, “Believe in your voice,” she took it to heart — and began writing again.
2- Many people took the leader’s message to heart and began working together for peace.
Hello and welcome to Daily English — Today’s expression is about those moments when words go deeper than the ear —
when they reach the heart. “take something to heart.” one more time: take something to heart
Imagine a teacher telling a young artist, “Your work has real meaning — never stop creating.”
Or a doctor saying,
“You need to take better care of yourself.” Sometimes, we hear advice or criticism —
but only when we take it to heart does it stay with us. What do you think that means?
To take something to heart means to be deeply affected by it — emotionally or personally.
It can be positive, like taking encouragement seriously,
or painful, like feeling hurt by someone’s words.
Let’s check the examples:
When her mentor said, “Believe in your voice,” she took it to heart — and began writing again.
After seeing how poverty affected children, she took it to heart and began volunteering every weekend.
Many people took the leader’s message to heart and began working together for peace.
To take something to heart is to let it shape you. It’s a sign that you’re alive, sensitive, and open — but also that you care deeply about what matters.
What’s something someone once said — a truth, a warning, or a piece of advice —
that you took to heart and never forgot?