Meaning of RACK MY BRAIN and MY MIND WENT BLANK - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

READ ALONG TO PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH AND TO LEARN THE MEANING OF RACK MY BRAIN AND MY MIND WENT BLANK: So every once in a while, I’m in a situation where I need to rack my brain. In English, if I say that I needed to rack my brain, it means that I have to try really, really hard to remember something. Usually this happens when I’m trying to remember someone’s name, especially if I’m trying to remember a student’s name who I haven’t taught for a very, very long time. So sometimes I’m in a situation where a st