http://www.myfluentpodcast.comenLanguage LearningCopyright Daniel Goodsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e3b9915f61ef4845770c8c856860cd11.jpghttp://www.myfluentpodcast.comThu, 06 Jun 2024 11:10:37 +0000Daniel GoodsonDaniel Goodsonmyfluentpodcast@gmail.comJoin the English learning journey with the English learner Daniel Goodson. Learn more vocabulary and get (more) fluent in English by listening to The Vocab Man!trueepisodichttps://www.youtube.com/@thevocabmanOn the Vocab Man, we cover interesting idioms, expressions, phrases and sayings to make you a better English speaker.

Interview Links

• WORLD NEWS QUIZ on Luke's English Podcast
• Learning English WIth The News (also on Luke's English Podacst)
• What is the idea of Simple English News Daily Podacst? (short clip)
• My interview with Stephen (How to learn English with a news podcast)

Links

• Stephen Devincenzi on Linkedin
• Send7.org (where the learning with news happens)

Definition of Elbow Grease

The idiom "elbow grease" refers to physical effort or hard work, especially manual labor that requires physical exertion. When someone suggests using "elbow grease," they are typically emphasizing the need for diligent and strenuous effort to accomplish a task, often involving activities like cleaning, scrubbing, or any manual work that requires energy and perseverance.

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Some example phrases

1. "To get the stain out of the carpet, you'll need to apply some elbow grease and scrub it vigorously." 2. "Cleaning the garage will take some serious elbow grease, but it'll be worth it in the end."

1. "If you want those shoes to shine, put in some elbow grease while polishing them."
2. "The garden won't look its best unless you put some elbow grease into weeding and pruning."
3. "Fixing up an old bicycle requires more than just spare parts; it needs some elbow grease to make it ride smoothly again."

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58035445Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:33:00 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe idioms "Elbow Grease" explained. You'll also hear some exmapled from movies/series. On the Vocab Man, we cover interesting idioms, expressions, phrases and sayings to make you a better English speaker. Interview Links -...On the Vocab Man, we cover interesting idioms, expressions, phrases and sayings to make you a better English speaker.

Interview Links

• WORLD NEWS QUIZ on Luke's English Podcast
• Learning English WIth The News (also on Luke's English Podacst)
• What is the idea of Simple English News Daily Podacst? (short clip)
• My interview with Stephen (How to learn English with a news podcast)

Links

• Stephen Devincenzi on Linkedin
• Send7.org (where the learning with news happens)

Definition of Elbow Grease

The idiom "elbow grease" refers to physical effort or hard work, especially manual labor that requires physical exertion. When someone suggests using "elbow grease," they are typically emphasizing the need for diligent and strenuous effort to accomplish a task, often involving activities like cleaning, scrubbing, or any manual work that requires energy and perseverance.

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Some example phrases

1. "To get the stain out of the carpet, you'll need to apply some elbow grease and scrub it vigorously." 2. "Cleaning the garage will take some serious elbow grease, but it'll be worth it in the end."

1. "If you want those shoes to shine, put in some elbow grease while polishing them."
2. "The garden won't look its best unless you put some elbow grease into weeding and pruning."
3. "Fixing up an old bicycle requires more than just spare parts; it needs some elbow grease to make it ride smoothly again."

]]>286advancedenglish,elbowgrease,englishidioms,englishlearner,englishpodcasts,funnyexpressions,funnyidioms,idioms,idiomsexplained,send7,simpleenglish,simpleenglishnews,simpleenglishnewsdaily,strangeidioms,thenews,thevocabman,vocab,vocabulary,vocabularypodcast,wordsexplainedfalse1123fullhttps://youtu.be/31cDHLU-MHY?si=vRUxcr13xpIrtymbBob's interview about him learning Spanish. https://youtu.be/31cDHLU-MHY?si=vRUxcr13xpIrtymb

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https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB_MAN]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58046262Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:01:00 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this bonus episode, Bob explains some slang words that he is using when he is with his friends. https://youtu.be/31cDHLU-MHY?si=vRUxcr13xpIrtymb about him learning Spanish. https://youtu.be/31cDHLU-MHY?si=vRUxcr13xpIrtymb Bob's YouTube Channel....Bob's interview about him learning Spanish. https://youtu.be/31cDHLU-MHY?si=vRUxcr13xpIrtymb

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https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB_MAN]]>279danielgoodson,dialects,englishdialects,englishpodcasts,englishslang,englishvocab,esl,gnbob,informal,informalpodcast,informalwords,podcastinenglish,slang,slangenglish,slangwords,speakingpractice,transcripts,vernacular,vocab,vocbularyfalsebonushttps://www.youtube.com/@thevocabmanThe idiom Knock Yourself Out explained and with examples.

• Head over to Stephen's Podcast SEND 7 (News Podcast)
• Check out Stephen's first appearence where he covered the phrase Looking Forward To on The Vocab Man.
• Merriam Webster on Know Yourself Out

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If you want to learn English idioms, useful expressions, slang, then The Vocab Man podcast is something you might like.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58027445Sat, 16 Dec 2023 11:46:17 +0000Daniel GoodsonHello learners of English! The idiom Knock Yourself Out explained and with examples. - Head over to Stephen's https://www.send7.org/ (News Podcast) - Check out Stephen's first appearence where he covered the phrase...The idiom Knock Yourself Out explained and with examples.

• Head over to Stephen's Podcast SEND 7 (News Podcast)
• Check out Stephen's first appearence where he covered the phrase Looking Forward To on The Vocab Man.
• Merriam Webster on Know Yourself Out

📬🎤Send in a voice Message via Speakpipe and become part of The Vocab Man.
Thanks for listening, Daniel.

If you want to learn English idioms, useful expressions, slang, then The Vocab Man podcast is something you might like.]]>267becomefluent,english,englishidioms,englishpodcasts,fluentinamonth,idioms,knowyourselfout,learnenglish,learnvocabulary,send7,simpleenglish,simpleenglishnewsdaily,stephendevincenzi,thevocabman,usaexpressions,usenglish,usidioms,vocab,vocabulary,vocabularypodcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/121-can-t-be-bothered-uk-mainly--57930570
According to Vanessa, don't use this expression in the US! (https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxIvdnjYd-hRnKnCLcpTJLLVY673oo8-On?si=0_IEBKa4Z60jIJEO)

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(Tell us something about your favorite expression or ask questions)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57930570Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:55:01 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe Expression "I Can't Be Bothered" Explained According to Vanessa, don't use this expression in the US! (https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxIvdnjYd-hRnKnCLcpTJLLVY673oo8-On?si=0_IEBKa4Z60jIJEO) https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakEnglishWithVanessa...
According to Vanessa, don't use this expression in the US! (https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxIvdnjYd-hRnKnCLcpTJLLVY673oo8-On?si=0_IEBKa4Z60jIJEO)

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(Tell us something about your favorite expression or ask questions)]]>220botheridioms,cantbebothered,chillpill,dailyvocabulary,englishdaily,englishexpressions,englishidioms,esl,expandyourvocabulary,idioms,idiomswords,langtwt,lazylife,lexicon,lexiconpodcast,send7,voabularypodcast,vocabulary,vocabularytraining,wordnerdfalse1121fullhttps://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?si=3QtkVi5MZQvdReF2Grand Theft Auto Trailer
EmpBruh Baron Black]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57964240Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:40:30 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe meaning of Grand Theft Auto. https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?si=RfuSi5HHj0xvixIX https://youtube.com/shorts/tdRK_lEwdTQ?si=qTxMkAI0hPjOKW_ZGrand Theft Auto Trailer
EmpBruh Baron Black]]>206aggrevatedassault,crimeenglish,englishlearning,englishwithgames,esl,games,gamesenglish,gta,gta6,gtatrailer,importantvocabulary,learn,learnvocabulary,legalenglish,legalterms,release,thevocabman,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularyliststrue1120fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/119-don-t-hold-your-breath-idiom--57920446
Learn what the idiom “Don't hold your breath” means.
It is a humerous way of saying, this will never happen. Why humerous, because try to hold your breath, how long can you hold your breath? Well, if you hold your breath, you will certainly die. So don't hold your breath. It tends to be used sarcastically and the speaker is expressing skepticism

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Don't Hold Your Breath - Idioms (640) Origin - English Tutor Nick P
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Informal American idiom: Don’t hold your breath
https://youtube.com/shorts/LB_njG4sjTE?si=ayjLOxATaRV9WojX]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57920446Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:16:02 +0000Daniel GoodsonD'ont hold your breath explained, with examples. Learn what the idiom “Don't hold your breath” means. It is a humerous way of saying, this will never happen. Why humerous, because try to hold your breath, how long can you hold your breath? Well, if...
Learn what the idiom “Don't hold your breath” means.
It is a humerous way of saying, this will never happen. Why humerous, because try to hold your breath, how long can you hold your breath? Well, if you hold your breath, you will certainly die. So don't hold your breath. It tends to be used sarcastically and the speaker is expressing skepticism

EA Learning English - Video Lessons
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Tutor Nick P
Don't Hold Your Breath - Idioms (640) Origin - English Tutor Nick P
https://youtu.be/B6rtSSL2-BU?si=G0LOFC0D9tnZOBkm

@aaawesomeenglish
Informal American idiom: Don’t hold your breath
https://youtube.com/shorts/LB_njG4sjTE?si=ayjLOxATaRV9WojX]]>150colloquial,colloquialidiom,english,englishexpressions,expression,funnyexpressions,funnywords,idiom,idioms,informal,myfluentpodcast,sarcastic,sarcastixexpressions,thevocabman,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyword,vocabwordsfalse1118fullhttps://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB_MANVoice Message

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You might also say from where you are.

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Daniel]]>98contact,contactpodcast,english,englishlearning,guests,guesttalk,guestvoice,myfluentpodcast,recording,recordyourself,sendin,sendinvoicemessages,speakpipe,speakup,thevocabman,vernacular,vocabman,vocabulary,voicemessage,wordshowfalse1bonushttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0J1utMszHcv0rwqKRrLH8C?si=7037c5b029a9457eTo Pull Someone's Leg explained.
I'm pulling your leg!

Head over to the interview with Sarah. 133 Reading in Italian until fluent - Sarah Ifeoma

Different meanings of "To Pull Someone's Leg":

1. To Tease or Joke Playfully:
   • Example: "I was just pulling your leg when I said the boss was looking for you."
2. To Deceive or Mislead in a Light-Hearted Manner:
   • Example: "Don't believe him; he's just pulling your leg about the surprise party."
3. To Engage in Friendly Banter or Prank:
   • Example: "John loves pulling his sister's leg by pretending to be a ghost in the dark."
4. To Play a Light-Hearted Trick or Practical Joke:
   • Example: "The kids pulled their teacher's leg by hiding all the chalk before class."

Alternative Phrases:

1. To Jest with Someone:
   • Example: "I was jesting with you; there's no need to take it seriously."
2. To Tease Gently:
   • Example: "She was just teasing, don't let it bother you."
3. To Engage in Light Banter:
   • Example: "We were just engaging in some light banter; no harm meant."

Etymology Stories:The origin of "to pull someone's leg" is a bit unclear, but several theories exist:

1. Theatrical Origin:
   • One theory suggests it originated in the theatrical world. In early theater, actors would literally trip or pull each other's legs to create comedic effects. Over time, this physical action evolved into a metaphor for playing a joke.
2. Pickpocketing Connection:
   • Another theory links it to pickpocketing. Some say that thieves would trip their targets to distract them while stealing from their pockets, giving rise to the expression.
3. Old English Slang:
   • There's also a belief that it's rooted in Old English slang where "pull" meant to trick or deceive. "Pulling someone's leg" could have been a figurative expression evolving from this linguistic background.
4. Nautical Origins:
   • A less common theory ties it to nautical slang, where "leg" referred to a rope. Pulling someone's leg might have been akin to figuratively pulling a person with a rope, suggesting trickery.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57903196Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:07:35 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo Pull Someone's Leg explained. I'm pulling your leg! Head over to the interview with Sarah. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0J1utMszHcv0rwqKRrLH8C?si=7037c5b029a9457e Different meanings of "To Pull Someone's Leg": - To Tease or Joke Playfully:...To Pull Someone's Leg explained.
I'm pulling your leg!

Head over to the interview with Sarah. 133 Reading in Italian until fluent - Sarah Ifeoma

Different meanings of "To Pull Someone's Leg":

1. To Tease or Joke Playfully:
   • Example: "I was just pulling your leg when I said the boss was looking for you."
2. To Deceive or Mislead in a Light-Hearted Manner:
   • Example: "Don't believe him; he's just pulling your leg about the surprise party."
3. To Engage in Friendly Banter or Prank:
   • Example: "John loves pulling his sister's leg by pretending to be a ghost in the dark."
4. To Play a Light-Hearted Trick or Practical Joke:
   • Example: "The kids pulled their teacher's leg by hiding all the chalk before class."

Alternative Phrases:

1. To Jest with Someone:
   • Example: "I was jesting with you; there's no need to take it seriously."
2. To Tease Gently:
   • Example: "She was just teasing, don't let it bother you."
3. To Engage in Light Banter:
   • Example: "We were just engaging in some light banter; no harm meant."

Etymology Stories:The origin of "to pull someone's leg" is a bit unclear, but several theories exist:

1. Theatrical Origin:
   • One theory suggests it originated in the theatrical world. In early theater, actors would literally trip or pull each other's legs to create comedic effects. Over time, this physical action evolved into a metaphor for playing a joke.
2. Pickpocketing Connection:
   • Another theory links it to pickpocketing. Some say that thieves would trip their targets to distract them while stealing from their pockets, giving rise to the expression.
3. Old English Slang:
   • There's also a belief that it's rooted in Old English slang where "pull" meant to trick or deceive. "Pulling someone's leg" could have been a figurative expression evolving from this linguistic background.
4. Nautical Origins:
   • A less common theory ties it to nautical slang, where "leg" referred to a rope. Pulling someone's leg might have been akin to figuratively pulling a person with a rope, suggesting trickery.

]]>152bodyidioms,cae,colloquialism,english,englishidioms,englishpodcasts,englishstudents,expression,expressions,idiom,idioms,informalexpressions,myfluentpodcast,sarahifeoma,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,wordlists,wordsfalse1118fullhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5CGAXjNmkCheck out the article I wrote about Let Bygones Be Bygones: Let Bygones Be Bygones - The Vocab Man Podcast - Medium

#englishexpressions #englishidioms #englishlearning #englishvocabulary #videoclips #learnwithclips #videoshort]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57604998Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:47:39 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is the meaning of Let Bygones be Bygones? What is its etymology? Check out the article I wrote about Let Bygones Be Bygones: https://medium.com/@vocabpodcast/let-bygones-be-bygones-12ec0f5dbe3a #englishexpressions #englishidioms...Check out the article I wrote about Let Bygones Be Bygones: Let Bygones Be Bygones - The Vocab Man Podcast - Medium

#englishexpressions #englishidioms #englishlearning #englishvocabulary #videoclips #learnwithclips #videoshort]]>130bigon,bygone,bygones,english,englishexpressions,englishvideoclips,expressions,idioms,latin,learnenglish,myfluent,thevocabman,videoclips,vocabman,wordlistsfalse11117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/116-jack-o-lantern-halloween-special--57438621https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57438621Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:18:14 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is a Jack O'Lantern?282a1,a2,c1,english,esl,halloween,halloweenexpressions,halloweentraditions,jacko,jackolantern,learnersofenglish,pumpkin,pumpkinexpressions,pumpkinwords,us,ustraditions,vernacular,vocabman,vocabulary,wordlistsfalse1116fullhttps://www.youtube.com/@MyFluentPodcast
Learn English with the Vocab Man!

Full Interview wiht India
https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=x_AbRa2VJdJ0xW4j

The Vocab Man Podcast - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@thevocabman/featured

Irish Slang Words and Phrases: A Local’s Guide 2020 (tandem.net)
https://www.tandem.net/blog/irish-slang-words-phrases

List of other prases with alternative ways of saying "I interrupted you"

1. 'm so sorry for cutting you off. Please go ahead."
2. "My apologies for interrupting you. Please continue."
3. "I didn't mean to cut you off. Please finish what you were saying."
4. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Please go on."
5. "Forgive me for jumping in. What were you saying?"
6. "I apologize for speaking over you. Please continue your thought."
7. "Sorry for the interruption. Please carry on with your point."
8. "I realize I interrupted you. Please, take the floor."
9. "My apologies for breaking in. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts."
10. "I'm sorry for not letting you finish. Please, share your perspective."
11. "I feel bad for interrupting. Please go ahead and complete your statement."
12. "I'm aware I cut you off. Please accept my apologies and continue speaking."

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57232823Sat, 14 Oct 2023 10:54:55 +0000Daniel GoodsonWe discuss the meaning of "Grand" in the phrase "You Are Grand", which India from Ireland sayd to me when I was appologizing for having interrupted her. Learn English with the Vocab Man! https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=x_AbRa2VJdJ0xW4j...
Learn English with the Vocab Man!

Full Interview wiht India
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The Vocab Man Podcast - YouTube
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Irish Slang Words and Phrases: A Local’s Guide 2020 (tandem.net)
https://www.tandem.net/blog/irish-slang-words-phrases

List of other prases with alternative ways of saying "I interrupted you"

1. 'm so sorry for cutting you off. Please go ahead."
2. "My apologies for interrupting you. Please continue."
3. "I didn't mean to cut you off. Please finish what you were saying."
4. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Please go on."
5. "Forgive me for jumping in. What were you saying?"
6. "I apologize for speaking over you. Please continue your thought."
7. "Sorry for the interruption. Please carry on with your point."
8. "I realize I interrupted you. Please, take the floor."
9. "My apologies for breaking in. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts."
10. "I'm sorry for not letting you finish. Please, share your perspective."
11. "I feel bad for interrupting. Please go ahead and complete your statement."
12. "I'm aware I cut you off. Please accept my apologies and continue speaking."

]]>507course,english,englishcourse,englishpodcast,expressions,grand,howto,idiom,idioms,ireland,irelandslang,irishexpression,learnenglish,myfluentpodcast,slang,vcabman,vernacular,vocab,vocabulary,youtubefalse1115fullhttps://www.rocknrollenglish.com/Visit Martin's website rocknrollenglish.com and tune in into his great English learning Podcasts. Let's Rock N'Roll, baby!
Rock N'Roll Bible
Full interview here: Episode 128 of My Fluent Podcast]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56597342Sat, 26 Aug 2023 07:52:49 +0000Daniel GoodsonMartin Johnston's favorite word is "to smooch". It's a funny verb and I like it too. Visit Martin's website https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/ and tune in into his great English learning Podcasts. Let's Rock N'Roll, baby!...Visit Martin's website rocknrollenglish.com and tune in into his great English learning Podcasts. Let's Rock N'Roll, baby!
Rock N'Roll Bible
Full interview here: Episode 128 of My Fluent Podcast]]>184b2,c1,c2,danielgoodson,english,englishpodcast,esl,expressions,frequencylist,kiss,kisswords,learnvocabulary,martinjohnston,myfluentpodcast,proficient,rocknrollenglish,smooch,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/113-to-be-off-the-hook-ft-lingo-junkie--55698131
Full Interview with Eugeniu AKA Lingo Junkie:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JnvSgTkM4PNGR8rCyCwuQ?si=Yzcc2mjCTMeou8vOpZGj0A

Lingo Junkie - YouTube]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55698131Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:52:52 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo Be Off The Hook explained. Full Interview with Eugeniu AKA Lingo Junkie: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JnvSgTkM4PNGR8rCyCwuQ?si=Yzcc2mjCTMeou8vOpZGj0A https://www.youtube.com/@LingoJunkie
Full Interview with Eugeniu AKA Lingo Junkie:
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Lingo Junkie - YouTube]]>170englishbook,englishexamples,englishpodcasts,englishwithcontext,idiomexplained,idioms,in,incontext,learningmaterial,learnvocabulary,offthehook,practicalenglish,thevocabman,tobeoffthehook,vocabpodcast,vocabularyman,vocabularypodcastfalse1113fullhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopats-cultural-isolation-ends-here/id1609658417
STEPHANI'S Podcast: Geopats: cultural isolation ends here on Apple Podcasts
Music:
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Freesound - "Retro Funk 20.03.2022 1714.m4a" by sonically_sound
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54498191Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:15:42 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode, Stephanie Fuccio from the Geopats Podcast discusses the various meanings and uses of the word "chip." She highlights its different forms as a noun, a verb, and even as a name in some cases. Focusing on the verb form, she introduces...
STEPHANI'S Podcast: Geopats: cultural isolation ends here on Apple Podcasts
Music:
Scott Holmes Music - Stomps and Claps - Free Music Archive
Stomps and Claps by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Freesound - "Retro Funk 20.03.2022 1714.m4a" by sonically_sound
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License]]>517chip,chipaway,chips,geopats,grammar,idioms,languagelover,languages,languageskills,linguistics,listeningpractice,metaphor,phrasalverbs,speakingskkills,tochipaway,vocabulary,wordmeanings,wordplayfalsefullhttps://www.youtube.com/@thevocabmanYou have been living under a rock if you didn't know The Vocab Man. (I'm just kidding)

More examples:

JAMES, an enthusiastic pop culture fanatic, sits on the couch, surrounded by posters and action figures. EMILY, his friend, enters the room, holding a tablet.
EMILY
Hey, James! Have you heard about that new superhero movie?
JAMES
(looking perplexed)
What superhero movie?
EMILY
(confused)
Are you living under a rock? It's been all over the news and social media for weeks!
JAMES
(defensively)
Hey, I'm not living under a rock. I just haven't had time to catch up on the latest news.
EMILY
(raising an eyebrow)
Sure, James. Just like when you didn't know who won the World Cup last year?
JAMES
(smirking)
Okay, that time I might have been living under a rock. But not this time!
EMILY
(laughing)
Alright, I'll fill you in. It's about a group of superheroes saving the world from an alien invasion.
JAMES
(excited)
Wow! That sounds awesome! I need to get out from under this rock more often!
They both share a laugh as James grabs the tablet to catch up on the superhero movie buzz.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54283820Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:56:08 +0000Daniel GoodsonWe explain the idiom" living under a rock". You have been living under a rock if you didn't know The Vocab Man. (I'm just kidding) More examples: JAMES, an enthusiastic pop culture fanatic, sits on the couch, surrounded by posters and action...You have been living under a rock if you didn't know The Vocab Man. (I'm just kidding)

More examples:

JAMES, an enthusiastic pop culture fanatic, sits on the couch, surrounded by posters and action figures. EMILY, his friend, enters the room, holding a tablet.
EMILY
Hey, James! Have you heard about that new superhero movie?
JAMES
(looking perplexed)
What superhero movie?
EMILY
(confused)
Are you living under a rock? It's been all over the news and social media for weeks!
JAMES
(defensively)
Hey, I'm not living under a rock. I just haven't had time to catch up on the latest news.
EMILY
(raising an eyebrow)
Sure, James. Just like when you didn't know who won the World Cup last year?
JAMES
(smirking)
Okay, that time I might have been living under a rock. But not this time!
EMILY
(laughing)
Alright, I'll fill you in. It's about a group of superheroes saving the world from an alien invasion.
JAMES
(excited)
Wow! That sounds awesome! I need to get out from under this rock more often!
They both share a laugh as James grabs the tablet to catch up on the superhero movie buzz.]]>275english,englishexpressions,englishidioms,englishpodcasts,funnyexpressions,idioms,idiomsexplained,intermediateidioms,learnegnlish,myfluendpodcast,rockexpressions,studyenglish,thevocabman,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1111fullhttps://www.youtube.com/@thevocabman
"What's it to you?" is an idiom often used in spoken English to express annoyance or to question why someone is interested or concerned about a particular matter. It can have different nuances depending on the context and tone of the speaker. Here's a breakdown of the phrase:

1. "What's": This is a contraction of "What is." It introduces a question or inquiry.
2. "it": Refers to the subject or topic under discussion or consideration. In this case, it represents the matter the speaker is referring to.
3. "to you": Indicates that the speaker is questioning the other person's involvement or interest in the matter. It suggests that the person being addressed doesn't have a legitimate reason to be concerned about it or that their concern is unwanted.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54159672Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:16:18 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe phrase/quesion "What's it to you" explained with examples. "What's it to you?" is an idiom often used in spoken English to express annoyance or to question why someone is interested or concerned about a particular matter. It can have different...
"What's it to you?" is an idiom often used in spoken English to express annoyance or to question why someone is interested or concerned about a particular matter. It can have different nuances depending on the context and tone of the speaker. Here's a breakdown of the phrase:

1. "What's": This is a contraction of "What is." It introduces a question or inquiry.
2. "it": Refers to the subject or topic under discussion or consideration. In this case, it represents the matter the speaker is referring to.
3. "to you": Indicates that the speaker is questioning the other person's involvement or interest in the matter. It suggests that the person being addressed doesn't have a legitimate reason to be concerned about it or that their concern is unwanted.

]]>299beeswax,english,englishidioms,englishpodcasts,esl,idioms,idiomsphrases,practicalenglish,pragmaticexpressions,thevocabman,vocabpodcast,vocabularypodcast,vocoabulary,whatsittoyou,wordlistfalse1110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/109-to-have-a-thick-skin--54099382https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54099382Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:27:33 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo Have A Thick Skin explained with Examples.286advancedenglish,buildingresilience,els,englishacquisition,englishfluency,englishpodcast,englishtext,englishwords,positiveenglishwords,textpodcast,thepowerofwords,thevocabman,thickskin,upperintermediateenglish,voabulary,vocab,vocabbuilder,vocabbuilding,wordlist,wordpowerfalse1109fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/108-to-be-game--54055495Pioneers of The Continuum (Podcast for English Learners)
https://open.spotify.com/show/5THJiTVCQO1ICPtPoBvs3r?si=3e13715d6d1f46da]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54055495Wed, 31 May 2023 17:23:11 +0000Daniel GoodsonToday, we discuss the phrase "I am game" and give a few examples and synonyms. https://open.spotify.com/show/5THJiTVCQO1ICPtPoBvs3r?si=3e13715d6d1f46da https://open.spotify.com/show/5THJiTVCQO1ICPtPoBvs3r?si=3e13715d6d1f46daPioneers of The Continuum (Podcast for English Learners)
https://open.spotify.com/show/5THJiTVCQO1ICPtPoBvs3r?si=3e13715d6d1f46da]]>278english,englishexamples,englishphrases,englishpodcast,englishvocabulary,esl,examples,iamgame,iamuptoit,idiom,idioms,practicalenglish,thevocabman,tobegame,uptoit,vernacular,vocabpodcast,vocabulary,vocabularylist,vocabularypodcastfalse1108fullhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thevocabmanpodcasContact Daniel:

myfluentpodcast@gmail.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52815790Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:53:05 +0000Daniel GoodsonDo you want to participate on The Vocab Man Podcast? Contact Daniel: myfluentpodcast@gmail.comContact Daniel:

myfluentpodcast@gmail.com]]>239englishclips,englishincontext,englishmovies,englishpodcast,englishspotifypodcast,englishtiktok,idioms,learnenglishwithpodcasts,learnwithclips,learnwithmovies,pieinthesky,pipedream,podcastsinenglish,shortclipsinegnlish,synonyms,thevocabman,tiktokpodcast,vocab,vocabularyman,wordlistsfalse1107fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/106-without-any-further-ado--52703762
Check out the fantastic English learning podcast: Luke's English Podcast.


Shakespeare's Comedy is called "Much Ado About Nothing"

Why we shouldn't say without any further ado?

Stop saying ‘without further ado’ (and do this instead) (franticallyspeaking.com)
https://franticallyspeaking.com/stop-saying-without-further-ado-and-do-this-instead/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52703762Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:55:01 +0000Daniel GoodsonWithout Any Futher Ado explained. Check out the fantastic English learning podcast: Luke's English Podcast. Shakespeare's Comedy is called "Much Ado About Nothing" Why we shouldn't say without any further ado?...
Check out the fantastic English learning podcast: Luke's English Podcast.


Shakespeare's Comedy is called "Much Ado About Nothing"

Why we shouldn't say without any further ado?

Stop saying ‘without further ado’ (and do this instead) (franticallyspeaking.com)
https://franticallyspeaking.com/stop-saying-without-further-ado-and-do-this-instead/]]>301ado,englishexpressions,englishlearning,englishphrases,englishpodcast,englishspeaking,expressions,ilovelanguagages,language,learnenglish,podcastinenglish,shakespear,thevocabman,transition,transitionexpressions,transitionwords,vocabman,vocabulary,withoutanyfurtherado,withoutfurtheradofalse1106fullhttps://open.spotify.com/show/12gs0nBUFRuToixLKoAZiD?si=ef96df1d6caf4372
If you want to be part of the Vocab Man, send me an E-Mail to MyFluentPodcast@gmail.com
Cheers and happy learning, your Daniel.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52702920Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:56:26 +0000Daniel GoodsonThank you Intan for being the guest host today and explaining the expression "To Jog Someone's Memory"! If you want to be part of the Vocab Man, send me an E-Mail to MyFluentPodcast@gmail.com Cheers and happy learning, your Daniel.
If you want to be part of the Vocab Man, send me an E-Mail to MyFluentPodcast@gmail.com
Cheers and happy learning, your Daniel.]]>131english,englishexpressions,englishpodcasts,englishwords,expression,foreverenglish,jogmemory,jogmymemory,jogsomeonesmemory,languageidiom,learnenglish,learnenglishtogether,learntogether,learnwithpodcasts,memory,memorywords,myfluentpodcast,thevocabman,voabulary,vocabularypodcastfalse2105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/104-to-sweep-something-under-the-rug--52649579Send a voice message to myfluentpodcast (myfluentpodcast_VOCAB) (speakpipe.com)

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Or send in an E-Mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

Don't forget to tune in on Tchale's Podcast: Stories of Language Learners https://open.spotify.com/show/5W34xk1Zo2ev9y9ayZbmNg?si=e3ee8bc98f8d4065


Youtube Video: How Often Are Oil Spills Covered Up? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHI42Nie7E&t=30s]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52649579Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:32:21 +0000Daniel GoodsonLeave an audio message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB Or send in an E-Mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Don't forget to tune in on Tchale's Podcast: Stories of Language Learners...Send a voice message to myfluentpodcast (myfluentpodcast_VOCAB) (speakpipe.com)

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Or send in an E-Mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

Don't forget to tune in on Tchale's Podcast: Stories of Language Learners https://open.spotify.com/show/5W34xk1Zo2ev9y9ayZbmNg?si=e3ee8bc98f8d4065


Youtube Video: How Often Are Oil Spills Covered Up? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHI42Nie7E&t=30s]]>220englishpodcast,expressions,fluentlfy,getfluent,hide,idioms,keepsecret,listeningpractice,mrvocabman,myfluent,negativeexpressions,podcastsinenglish,secretidioms,spanglish,sweepundertherug,thevocabman,vernacular,vocab,vocabulary,wordlistfalse2104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/103-it-slipped-my-mind--52581396
Check out Maki's podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6H82RRO8q6LT28DBTecmeb?si=3efcb0275c0043aa

Writer's Carvings Atelier]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52581396Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:01:25 +0000Daniel GoodsonIt slipped my mind explained and with examples. Check out https://open.spotify.com/show/6H82RRO8q6LT28DBTecmeb?si=3efcb0275c0043aa: https://open.spotify.com/show/6H82RRO8q6LT28DBTecmeb?si=3efcb0275c0043aa Writer's Carvings Atelier
Check out Maki's podcast:
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Writer's Carvings Atelier]]>141atelier,carvings,englishpodcasts,expressions,learnwithtexts,podcast,podcasting,slip,slippedmymind,slipsomeone'smind,texts,thevocabman,vacab,vernacular,vocabman,vocabulary,word,wordlist,words,writer'sfalse1103fullhttp://www.myfluentpodcast.comOn The Vocab Man we explore the English language in a practical and fun way. On this episode, we dive into the rarely-used word "bamboozle" and discover its meaning and usage. Join us as we explore how this word can come in handy in certain situations and learn how to use it correctly. Don't be caught off guard, tune in now and expand your vocabulary with us!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52502147Sat, 21 Jan 2023 11:58:41 +0000Daniel GoodsonBamboozle explained. On The Vocab Man we explore the English language in a practical and fun way. On this episode, we dive into the rarely-used word "bamboozle" and discover its meaning and usage. Join us as we explore how this word can come in handy...On The Vocab Man we explore the English language in a practical and fun way. On this episode, we dive into the rarely-used word "bamboozle" and discover its meaning and usage. Join us as we explore how this word can come in handy in certain situations and learn how to use it correctly. Don't be caught off guard, tune in now and expand your vocabulary with us!]]>255bamboole,bamboozled,confusingwords,englishfluency.,englishlanguagelearning,englishlearning,englishlesson,englishpodcast,englishvocab,languagetips,learnenglish,learningpodcast,podcastforlearners,podcastlearning,tricked,tricksterwords,voabularylesson,wordlist,wordoftheday,wordplayfalse1102fullhttps://www.myfluentpodcast.com/https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52414698Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:10:42 +0000Daniel GoodsonLet's learn the idiom to take something/someone by storm with a few real life examples.409englishlearning,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,expressionidiom,expressions,getfluent,idioms,learnenglish,myfluent,myfluentpodcast,stormexpression,stormidiom,stormidioms,takenbystorm,takesomethingbystorm,voabulary,vocab,vocabman,weatheridioms,wordlistsfalse21fullhttps://www.youtube.com/myfluentpodcastTune in to learn more abut this common English expression!

myfluentpodcast@gmail.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52290404Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:37:44 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode, we explore the meaning and usage of the idiom "to pick one's brain". The expression refers to asking someone for information or advice, often with the intention of learning or gaining insights form their expertise or experience. Tune...Tune in to learn more abut this common English expression!

myfluentpodcast@gmail.com]]>206askquestions,brain,brainpicking,collaboration,colloquial,expertadvice,expresion,idiom,informal,information,insight,knowledgesharing,language,learning,mentorship,podcast,podcasting,radio,topickonesbrain,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.stephfuccio.com/geopats
Geopats Podcast:
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Meet your podcast editor:
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Vocabulary:

Tickled pink= very happy or amused
To detail things= to obstruct the progress of
frown on/upon phrasal verb= to disapprove of (something)

Musci/sounds

Laughter
https://freesound.org/people/OBXJohn/sounds/242933/
This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Level up
https://freesound.org/people/rhodesmas/sounds/320657/
This work is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 License.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xeLMP38KKY&t=1389s

Intro music:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52085498Sat, 03 Dec 2022 10:57:11 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat does tickled pink mean? Should we use it? Today with special guest Stephanie Fuccio. Geopats Podcast: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopats Meet your podcast editor: https://www.stephfuccio.com/meetyourpodcasteditor Vocabulary:...
Geopats Podcast:
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Meet your podcast editor:
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Vocabulary:

Tickled pink= very happy or amused
To detail things= to obstruct the progress of
frown on/upon phrasal verb= to disapprove of (something)

Musci/sounds

Laughter
https://freesound.org/people/OBXJohn/sounds/242933/
This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Level up
https://freesound.org/people/rhodesmas/sounds/320657/
This work is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 License.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xeLMP38KKY&t=1389s

Intro music:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/]]>422archaicexpression,english,englishwords,etymology,expressions,funnyexpressions,geopats,learnwithpodcasts,myfluentpodcast,oldfashion,oldfashionenglish,tickle,tickledpink,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularymanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-will-extended-version-with-craig-wealand-from-the-inglespodcast--51669676https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51669676Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:50:01 +0000Daniel GoodsonExtended version.744englishpodcasts,ifyouwill,ingles,inglespodcast,mansioningles,practicalenglish,slang,vocablist,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularylist,vocabularymanfalse1bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/98-your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine-idiom-with-craig-from-la-mansion-del-ingles--51669211
To Wrap up

Here is the link to the live stream (16 Useful English Expression with Daniel Goodson):
https://youtu.be/xJnmVgCrCK0
from La Mansion del Ingles]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51669211Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:44:40 +0000Daniel GoodsonYour guess is as good as mine explained. To Wrap up Here is the link to the live stream (16 Useful English Expression with Daniel Goodson): https://youtu.be/xJnmVgCrCK0 from La Mansion del Ingles
To Wrap up

Here is the link to the live stream (16 Useful English Expression with Daniel Goodson):
https://youtu.be/xJnmVgCrCK0
from La Mansion del Ingles]]>267becomefluent,englishexpressions,englishlive,expressions,fluency,idioms,inglespodcast,lamansioningles,liveenglish,livestream,myfluent,podcast,sayings,thevocabman,usefulexpressions,vababularyguy,vernacular,vocabman,vocabularyman,yourguessisasgoodasminefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/97-to-have-a-hunch--51652665https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51652665Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:59:10 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo have a hunch.93els,english,glossika,gutfeeling,haveahunch,idiom,idioms,myfluentpdocast,thevocabman,tohaveahunch,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularylearningfalse197fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/96-you-are-such-a-wimp-coward--51588841
Word list:

CGI: computer-generated imagery (special visual effects created using computer software):
To branshid: wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

British English Listening Practice - English Go! Podcast -

Gyudon
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZTEyYjM1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/N2U0OTQyNWEtNjliNy00NzZhLThiM2QtMjMwMWFkY2M2M2Nh?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj4j8rG6-T6AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg&hl=en-CH

My other podcast:
My Fluent Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6APdy3hzv43flMEqLMceDY?si=4a5748a8ca3d4cbc]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51588841Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:17:49 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is a wimp?` Word list: CGI: computer-generated imagery (special visual effects created using computer software): To branshid: wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement. British English...
Word list:

CGI: computer-generated imagery (special visual effects created using computer software):
To branshid: wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

British English Listening Practice - English Go! Podcast -

Gyudon
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZTEyYjM1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/N2U0OTQyNWEtNjliNy00NzZhLThiM2QtMjMwMWFkY2M2M2Nh?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj4j8rG6-T6AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg&hl=en-CH

My other podcast:
My Fluent Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6APdy3hzv43flMEqLMceDY?si=4a5748a8ca3d4cbc]]>364awimp,coward,english,englishpodcasts,expressions,leanwithspeech,learnenglish,learnwithpodcasts,myfluentpodcast,pdocastspeech,podcasts,speech,swearwords,teasingevocabulary,thevocabman,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,wimpfalse194fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/95-i-can-t-put-my-finger-on-it--51374444
Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast.

https://t.me/+Sw53jG-sQa41NGI8]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51374444Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:29:23 +0000Daniel GoodsonIdiom "I can't put my finger on it" explained with a few examples from TV series. Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast....
Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast.

https://t.me/+Sw53jG-sQa41NGI8]]>235advanced,advancedenglish,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,fce,fluency,fluentpodcast,gre,idioms,idiomsexplained,jargon,practicalenglish,tvseriesvocab,vernacular,vocab,vocabs,vocabulary,vocabularymovie,wordlistfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/94-to-be-out-of-one-s-mind--51297615Crazy

Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast.

https://t.me/+Sw53jG-sQa41NGI8]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51297615Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:13:44 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo be out of one's mind Crazy Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast. https://t.me/+Sw53jG-sQa41NGI8Crazy

Join the Vocab Man Telegram group and discuss different English expressions. The recordings might even be used for the Vocab Man podcast.

https://t.me/+Sw53jG-sQa41NGI8]]>300batshitcrazy,bonkers,crazy,english,ênglishpodcast,engtok,idioms,synonyms,vernacular,voabpodcast,voabpractice,vocab,vocabman,vocabpractise,vocabulary,vocabularypodcast,wordpodcasttrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/93-heebie-jeebies-stephanie-fuccio--51257142
Geopats Podcast:
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Spectacular Vernacular Podcast episode:

https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/cc90ac67-a677-4792-bca9-6a8ee1c185d8/episodes/3cfa3cd2-b918-4676-93f6-3e541dc18a14/spectacular-vernacular-linguafile-xiv-heebie-jeebies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_DeBeck

https://youtu.be/HfoU_Z1uVfc]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51257142Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:22:07 +0000Daniel GoodsonSteph explaines the expression heebie-jeebies /hiːbɪˈdʒiːbɪz/ Geopats Podcast: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopats.html Spectacular Vernacular Podcast episode:...
Geopats Podcast:
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Spectacular Vernacular Podcast episode:

https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/cc90ac67-a677-4792-bca9-6a8ee1c185d8/episodes/3cfa3cd2-b918-4676-93f6-3e541dc18a14/spectacular-vernacular-linguafile-xiv-heebie-jeebies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_DeBeck

https://youtu.be/HfoU_Z1uVfc]]>537american,comicvocab,creep,creepout,debeck,english,englishpodcast,expressions,geopat,geopats,heebie,heebiejeebies,horrorvocab,practical,spectacular,vernacular,vocabman,vocabpodcast,vocabulary,vocabularypodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/92-yuck--50877083
Transcript:
https://share.descript.com/view/aP39aK5XBx0

YouTube video link:
https://youtu.be/BcKUTI7FQAg

Vocab:

Yuck = used to express rejection or disgust
To gross out = a person or thing that arouses disgust or shock:
disgust = marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful
Onomatopoeia = onomatopoeia means 'the imitation of a sound'

Listen to a great interview with Gabriel (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/PxSYfY7Mupc


Visit Gabriel's website
https://www.clarkandmiller.com/blog/

Listen to Gabriel's podcast:
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Become a guest on The Vocab Man:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50877083Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:26:09 +0000Daniel GoodsonGabriel explains the English expression Yuck. Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/aP39aK5XBx0 YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/BcKUTI7FQAg Vocab: Yuck = used to express rejection or disgust To gross out = a person or...
Transcript:
https://share.descript.com/view/aP39aK5XBx0

YouTube video link:
https://youtu.be/BcKUTI7FQAg

Vocab:

Yuck = used to express rejection or disgust
To gross out = a person or thing that arouses disgust or shock:
disgust = marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful
Onomatopoeia = onomatopoeia means 'the imitation of a sound'

Listen to a great interview with Gabriel (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/PxSYfY7Mupc


Visit Gabriel's website
https://www.clarkandmiller.com/blog/

Listen to Gabriel's podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2KBWlPtprrmKVrdToXRUmQ?si=94978ff4e1d04d37

Become a guest on The Vocab Man:
Myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia]]>201antonyms,childlanguage,clarkandmiller,disgust,english,englishexpressions,englishpodcasts,express,expressions,gabrielclark,gross,grossout,language,learnenglish,onomatopoeia,synonyms,vocabman,vocabulary,yuck,yuckyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-brainer-explained-republishing-ep-28--50756960Tune in and listen to some real live examples from different audio snippets.

This is a republished episode.

Music: Scott_Holmes_-_Hotshot
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50756960Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:45:32 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat does No Brainer mean? When is it used? Tune in and listen to some real live examples from different audio snippets. This is a republished episode. Music: Scott_Holmes_-_Hotshot https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Tune in and listen to some real live examples from different audio snippets.

This is a republished episode.

Music: Scott_Holmes_-_Hotshot
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/]]>144advanced,bestpodcasts2022,brainexpressions,brainidioms,english,englishexpressions,englishyoutube,esl,languagepodcasts,learnwithyoutube,myfluentpodcast,nobrain,nobrainer,nobrainerexplained,synonyms,upperintermediate,vocab,vocabpodcast,vocabulary,wordpodcastfalse1bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/91-old-soul-special-guest-tchales-from-brazil-stories-of-language-learners-podcast--50716389Do you know someone who is an old soul?
Feel free to reach out to Tchales and let him know in his Telegram group for language learners: https://t.me/+LQ8dmjGIEn5jZjYx

Tchales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soll_podcast/
Tchales Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-language-learners/id1493210719
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StoriesOfLanguageLearners

Urban Dictionary:
Someone who has a greater appreciation and understanding of things that might be dismissed by others their age. An old soul would have a different taste in things than the mainstream media. They are often wise beyond their age or appearance.
You could tell by talking to her that she was an old soul.

Music:
Reflections by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/indie-pop-acoustic-background-music/reflections-1/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50716389Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:17:53 +0000Daniel GoodsonDo you consider yourself a old soul? Do you know someone who is an old soul? Feel free to reach out to Tchales and let him know in his Telegram group for language learners: https://t.me/+LQ8dmjGIEn5jZjYx Tchales Instagram:...Do you know someone who is an old soul?
Feel free to reach out to Tchales and let him know in his Telegram group for language learners: https://t.me/+LQ8dmjGIEn5jZjYx

Tchales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soll_podcast/
Tchales Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-language-learners/id1493210719
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StoriesOfLanguageLearners

Urban Dictionary:
Someone who has a greater appreciation and understanding of things that might be dismissed by others their age. An old soul would have a different taste in things than the mainstream media. They are often wise beyond their age or appearance.
You could tell by talking to her that she was an old soul.

Music:
Reflections by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/indie-pop-acoustic-background-music/reflections-1/]]>139advanced,becomefluent,english,englishlearning,englishpdocast,esl,fluent,instavocab,intermediate,learnexpressions,old,oldsoul,podcastenglish,practicalexpressions,soul,soulexpressions,storiesoflanguagelearners,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/90-to-clear-the-air--50679664
Check out Ahmed's English Pdocast Speak Up Anyway!:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1AToXjaJ0zNaxb8Vjv8xD8?si=c70565a6c37c4bfe


https://anchor.fm/ahmed-diago

https://anchor.fm/ahmed-diago/episodes/Some-ways-of-describing-a-person--samba-e1k3qs2]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50679664Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:39:12 +0000Daniel GoodsonClear the air explained Check out Ahmed's English Pdocast Speak Up Anyway!: https://open.spotify.com/show/1AToXjaJ0zNaxb8Vjv8xD8?si=c70565a6c37c4bfe https://anchor.fm/ahmed-diago...
Check out Ahmed's English Pdocast Speak Up Anyway!:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1AToXjaJ0zNaxb8Vjv8xD8?si=c70565a6c37c4bfe


https://anchor.fm/ahmed-diago

https://anchor.fm/ahmed-diago/episodes/Some-ways-of-describing-a-person--samba-e1k3qs2]]>250aidexpressions,airidioms,clear,english,englishpdocasts,englishspotify,enlgishexpression,selfenglish,speaking,speakingpractice,speakupanyway,spotify,testyourself,thevocabman,tocleartheair,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularyman,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/89-dead-heat-hottest-day-ever-different-expressions--50647529We talk about the expression Dead Heat, it is heating up and the heat is on.
In this warm days we need to tackle expressions that has something to do with the heat. That way, it will stick better in our brains.

Cheers
Your Daniel alias The Vocab Man.

Audiogram Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/d0ZzayNxon1
Youtube: https://youtu.be/5wFZgO77loQ


Transcript:

Dead Heat

Today is gonna be a record breaking day of temperatures across the UK
All the record temperatures that have ever been recorded in the UK...

it's heating up here in Switzerland. And of course, it is incredible they have record breaking temperatures for the UK. For the very first time on record temperatures in the UK have exceeded 40 degrees.

This is crazy and strangely enough, today's expression dead heat or a dead heat because it's a noun has nothing to do with the warm weather.

A dead heat is when there is no single winner. Two or more participants tie for first place.

So, for example, the horse race finished in a dead heat.

Meaning both horses were in the finishing line at the same time?

Colorado is in a dead heat. That's where Donald trump is campaigning today. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is in a fight for Ohio where Trump has a slight lead she's there having gotten an assist from LeBron James who endorsed her over the weekend.

Is that clear to you? So by the way I am Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And welcome back to this episode.

If it is too difficult for you to understand every single word.

Oh, don't worry, man.

You can just take a look at the transcript which i provide on The Vocab Man.

I am sweating so this is helping just a little bit.


And if you noticed, I have published several episodes recently. This might be stressful for you. So the heat is on. The situation has become more difficult because you need to learn more expressions. But, yeah, as I said, the heat is on, this is another excellent expression. The heat is on means when the heat is on a situation is becoming more difficult and busy.

And of course, guys, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Another great idiom. Which means that if you can't stand the pressure, if it is too much for you to listen to the Vocab Man and learn all the expression. So you just stop. So it is used. Um, someone is not good at dealing with a stressful situation.

After all said and done, I would say that all in all, I predict they're going to remain mostly in a dead heat.

Thank you for listening guys. I am the Vocab Man. Have a good one and keep it cool.

After all said and done, I would say that all in all, I predict they're going to remain mostly in a dead heat as they've been. And that's why I would call it a tie because I think we're gonna see maybe a bump in the polls for Trump. And then, you know, it might just level off again and be returned back to kind of a dead heat because it just, I don't know, man, maybe, maybe Trump will rise and, and like maintain a lead, but.

I don't think it's gonna be as much as I had initially thought it, it would've been. And if it does, it'll be because mostly of Bravado points, as I said, and not so much because he did such a fantastic job because I don't really think either of them did a fantastic job. They kinda sucked. It was, it was sort of a boring debate.

Daniel. I brought you a cool beer. That way you can cool off a bit.

Oh, thank you, Peter. This is awesome!



Photo by Karthik Swarnkar on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/i7N4eXJ2MFY]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50647529Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:48:51 +0000Daniel GoodsonHello English learners We talk about the expression Dead Heat, it is heating up and the heat is on. In this warm days we need to tackle expressions that has something to do with the heat. That way, it will stick better in our brains. Cheers...We talk about the expression Dead Heat, it is heating up and the heat is on.
In this warm days we need to tackle expressions that has something to do with the heat. That way, it will stick better in our brains.

Cheers
Your Daniel alias The Vocab Man.

Audiogram Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/d0ZzayNxon1
Youtube: https://youtu.be/5wFZgO77loQ


Transcript:

Dead Heat

Today is gonna be a record breaking day of temperatures across the UK
All the record temperatures that have ever been recorded in the UK...

it's heating up here in Switzerland. And of course, it is incredible they have record breaking temperatures for the UK. For the very first time on record temperatures in the UK have exceeded 40 degrees.

This is crazy and strangely enough, today's expression dead heat or a dead heat because it's a noun has nothing to do with the warm weather.

A dead heat is when there is no single winner. Two or more participants tie for first place.

So, for example, the horse race finished in a dead heat.

Meaning both horses were in the finishing line at the same time?

Colorado is in a dead heat. That's where Donald trump is campaigning today. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is in a fight for Ohio where Trump has a slight lead she's there having gotten an assist from LeBron James who endorsed her over the weekend.

Is that clear to you? So by the way I am Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And welcome back to this episode.

If it is too difficult for you to understand every single word.

Oh, don't worry, man.

You can just take a look at the transcript which i provide on The Vocab Man.

I am sweating so this is helping just a little bit.


And if you noticed, I have published several episodes recently. This might be stressful for you. So the heat is on. The situation has become more difficult because you need to learn more expressions. But, yeah, as I said, the heat is on, this is another excellent expression. The heat is on means when the heat is on a situation is becoming more difficult and busy.

And of course, guys, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Another great idiom. Which means that if you can't stand the pressure, if it is too much for you to listen to the Vocab Man and learn all the expression. So you just stop. So it is used. Um, someone is not good at dealing with a stressful situation.

After all said and done, I would say that all in all, I predict they're going to remain mostly in a dead heat.

Thank you for listening guys. I am the Vocab Man. Have a good one and keep it cool.

After all said and done, I would say that all in all, I predict they're going to remain mostly in a dead heat as they've been. And that's why I would call it a tie because I think we're gonna see maybe a bump in the polls for Trump. And then, you know, it might just level off again and be returned back to kind of a dead heat because it just, I don't know, man, maybe, maybe Trump will rise and, and like maintain a lead, but.

I don't think it's gonna be as much as I had initially thought it, it would've been. And if it does, it'll be because mostly of Bravado points, as I said, and not so much because he did such a fantastic job because I don't really think either of them did a fantastic job. They kinda sucked. It was, it was sort of a boring debate.

Daniel. I brought you a cool beer. That way you can cool off a bit.

Oh, thank you, Peter. This is awesome!



Photo by Karthik Swarnkar on Unsplash
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What is your go to podcast to improve your English?
Video version: https://youtu.be/yCk6gxsGVAc


Today's expression is go-to. So in my case, my go-to podcast to improve my English. Is 📍 called.

The relatable voice podcast by Lucia Matuonto from Brazil. She is an excellent interviewer who interviews mainly authors. And they talk in a very friendly way as if they knew each other. And it's really great because lucia covers different topics from everyday life. And also we get to know the author better and also a little bit.

About the book that the author is writing.

And the reason why I find this an excellent podcast to learn English is because. The expressions that are used are very.

Formal and indeed you find them when you converse in a natural way. And what is your go-to podcast to improve your English. Tell me. And send me an email to My Fluent Podcast at gmail.com.


And what is your go-to healthy snack? Oh, ed, I always reach for Greek yogurt. Not only is there calcium for my bones, but there's twice as much protein for my muscles. Ah, cool. Hey guys. Be sure to catch Rebecca and chef Rob in action.

What is your go podcast to learn Spanish? Daniel,

So my go-to podcast to learn spanish Is Espanol con juan

hola, chicos, qué tal? Qué tal? Bienvenidos a español con Juan. Ya sabéis que este es un podcast en español para aprender español, eh? Yo soy Juan. Soy el creador de español con Juan

what is your go to language learning method? Daniel

what I really like is I interview other learners. I record it. Of course with the consent of the interviewee. And after that i pick up some expressions that i didn't know before and i learn them

Are you serious?

Yeah, of course man, Peter. For example. My go-to. This expression came from an interview that I conducted with Vince from the Philippines. And I published it on episode 111. On my other show called My Fluent Podcast

But see for yourself and take 📍 a listen



One thing that I was dabbling on before was SRS space, repetition software, but, um, I kind

of dropped it. Do you use Anki?

Yeah. Yeah. I used to use Anki. That was my go to, but then, its been years since I've I've been doing it, so, uh, I just gave up on it and I probably should go back to it because I know that it helped me when I was a student, after a while I just, why I lost love, I had too many cards to to, to review because it was I I think I, and I also did not want to restart it cuz restarting it just lose every single one. But yeah I really should get back to it because that's how I learned.

He at one point and Kaji was man as you may know, Kanji characters, you have to learn more close to like more than 2,500 characters in order for you to be literate in Japanese, in written Japanese. Help, but then, but yeah, SRS would be something, but then I can't recommend it because I'm no longer doing it.

That was Vincent from the Philippines, which I interviewed on episode 111. So you won't believe me, but actually one of my go-to apps to remember vocabulary is actually anki which was mentioned in the audio clip. With vincent it's an excellent way because you can revise your words daily and you can store all your words there and yeah it's just an excellent way.

What is your go to cure for writers block? Um, write it as an email to a friend.


Now I am curious, Daniel, what is your go to cure for podcasters block?

Thank you Peter, for this question, this is actually a good way to wrap things up to end this episode. So when I am having a podcast block, what I do is I just stop. And then I listened to various podcasts. So did I. get inspired by others. And then I try to find some new ideas and implement them into my show. Right So thanks for listening guys this was The Vocab Man. Bye

Okay, Daniel. Thank you, Daniel. But I have to say that this was a strange episode of the Vocab man, Peter out.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50601977Sun, 17 Jul 2022 10:29:25 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: What is your go to podcast to improve your English? Video version: https://youtu.be/yCk6gxsGVAc Today's expression is go-to. So in my case, my go-to podcast to improve my English. Is 📍 called. The relatable voice podcast by...
What is your go to podcast to improve your English?
Video version: https://youtu.be/yCk6gxsGVAc


Today's expression is go-to. So in my case, my go-to podcast to improve my English. Is 📍 called.

The relatable voice podcast by Lucia Matuonto from Brazil. She is an excellent interviewer who interviews mainly authors. And they talk in a very friendly way as if they knew each other. And it's really great because lucia covers different topics from everyday life. And also we get to know the author better and also a little bit.

About the book that the author is writing.

And the reason why I find this an excellent podcast to learn English is because. The expressions that are used are very.

Formal and indeed you find them when you converse in a natural way. And what is your go-to podcast to improve your English. Tell me. And send me an email to My Fluent Podcast at gmail.com.


And what is your go-to healthy snack? Oh, ed, I always reach for Greek yogurt. Not only is there calcium for my bones, but there's twice as much protein for my muscles. Ah, cool. Hey guys. Be sure to catch Rebecca and chef Rob in action.

What is your go podcast to learn Spanish? Daniel,

So my go-to podcast to learn spanish Is Espanol con juan

hola, chicos, qué tal? Qué tal? Bienvenidos a español con Juan. Ya sabéis que este es un podcast en español para aprender español, eh? Yo soy Juan. Soy el creador de español con Juan

what is your go to language learning method? Daniel

what I really like is I interview other learners. I record it. Of course with the consent of the interviewee. And after that i pick up some expressions that i didn't know before and i learn them

Are you serious?

Yeah, of course man, Peter. For example. My go-to. This expression came from an interview that I conducted with Vince from the Philippines. And I published it on episode 111. On my other show called My Fluent Podcast

But see for yourself and take 📍 a listen



One thing that I was dabbling on before was SRS space, repetition software, but, um, I kind

of dropped it. Do you use Anki?

Yeah. Yeah. I used to use Anki. That was my go to, but then, its been years since I've I've been doing it, so, uh, I just gave up on it and I probably should go back to it because I know that it helped me when I was a student, after a while I just, why I lost love, I had too many cards to to, to review because it was I I think I, and I also did not want to restart it cuz restarting it just lose every single one. But yeah I really should get back to it because that's how I learned.

He at one point and Kaji was man as you may know, Kanji characters, you have to learn more close to like more than 2,500 characters in order for you to be literate in Japanese, in written Japanese. Help, but then, but yeah, SRS would be something, but then I can't recommend it because I'm no longer doing it.

That was Vincent from the Philippines, which I interviewed on episode 111. So you won't believe me, but actually one of my go-to apps to remember vocabulary is actually anki which was mentioned in the audio clip. With vincent it's an excellent way because you can revise your words daily and you can store all your words there and yeah it's just an excellent way.

What is your go to cure for writers block? Um, write it as an email to a friend.


Now I am curious, Daniel, what is your go to cure for podcasters block?

Thank you Peter, for this question, this is actually a good way to wrap things up to end this episode. So when I am having a podcast block, what I do is I just stop. And then I listened to various podcasts. So did I. get inspired by others. And then I...]]>314easyvocab,englishexpressions,englishlearning,englishpdocasts,englishpodcasts,esl,espanolconjuan,expressions,goto,go-to,informalexpressions,intermediatevocabulary,learnenglish,preferable,relatablevoice,synonyms,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabularypodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bat-shit-crazy-republishing--50584127https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50584127Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:54:46 +0000Daniel GoodsonBat shit crazy explained with examples.251advanced,bat,batshit,batshitcrazy,collocial,colloquial,englishlearner,englishpodcast,englishwords,esl,funnyexpressions,idioms,informalexpression,intermediate,languageslang,repetition,slang,slanglang,strangeexpressions,vocabmanfalse1bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/87-don-t-quote-me-on-that--50531901I came across that expression on Ep. 111 of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqE


Transcript:

I think I ordered it from Highland. Don't quote me on that. I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think I got it from Highland.

Today's expression is.

Don't quote me on that.

Welcome back to the Vocab, Man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and my goal is to become a better English speaker. And at the same time, I want to help you out because Yeah learning together is a lot of fun. Thanks for tuning in.

But the people, the inventors, the entrepreneurs who really changed the way not just America, but globally. We see the world. Um, I think it's, I don't quote me, but somewhere around 80 to 85% of the New York city land skyscrapers are made with Bethlehem steel. So it's really had it not only a local, but a national, a global impact.

So there are different ways on how to use this expression. In the very beginning you could hear don't quote me on that. And in the second example The speaker just said don't quote me.

So this expression is just a way of indicating or explaining to your listener that maybe what you're saying is not 100% true. And you also have to know what. To quote means. To quote something or someone is to repeat the exact words they said, or to recite the exact words written in a book.

So again, When you are saying, don't quote me on that.

You're just being open about the fact that what you are about to say is probably not a hundred percent true



Don't quote me on that. I might be mixing up my ears. Um but anyway, now it's this beautiful lush park.

And where did I come across that expression? I'm going to tell you. So I was interviewing Vince from the Philippines for my other podcast called my Fluent Podcast. And we were talking about the topic speed listening. Speed listening to level up your target language. So basically it's like speed reading. But instead of the method of using books You just speed listen to podcasts. And that way you can learn a lot of stuff. What I mean by that is. You know, these days you can easily speed up. The audio clip in your podcast apps so that you can listen to your resources at a two times speed or three times speed etc.

But now let's take a closer look at an audio snippet of episode, 111.

It wasn't really that special to me when I first did it and it was because. I just thought that after a while, once you are really fluent in a given language, you should be able to just speed through. And I've heard of visually impaired individuals, , could do this because audio somehow can be sped up. Don't quote me on this because I don't have the, the specific paper, but what you can quote me on though, is that one of my co members in the Influency community said that if you speed up something, your brain is not given the time to translate. And so it really forces your brain to think in the given language that is being spoken in that tape or audio. So that is the philosophy behind it. That if you just speed it up, you're forcing your brain to comprehend the language that is being spoken.

And of course it also goes the other way round. So you could just say. Can I quote you on that? So there is also the idiom. To quote someone on. Meaning to tell other people that someone said something. But i think it is more common the other way around So in the negative sense.

Thank you guys for listening. Let's wrap up this episode. Don't quote me on that is a phrase said after a statement a person is not sure is correct.

If you want to become part of the Vocab Man, you can send me an email. At MyFluentPodcast@gmail.com. And maybe you want to explain your favorite expression. And The Vocab Man is going to publish it. Bye]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50531901Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:24:01 +0000Daniel GoodsonWe tackle the idiom "Don't quote me on that" and give some real life examples. I came across that expression on Ep. 111 of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqE Transcript: I think I ordered it from Highland....I came across that expression on Ep. 111 of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqE


Transcript:

I think I ordered it from Highland. Don't quote me on that. I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think I got it from Highland.

Today's expression is.

Don't quote me on that.

Welcome back to the Vocab, Man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and my goal is to become a better English speaker. And at the same time, I want to help you out because Yeah learning together is a lot of fun. Thanks for tuning in.

But the people, the inventors, the entrepreneurs who really changed the way not just America, but globally. We see the world. Um, I think it's, I don't quote me, but somewhere around 80 to 85% of the New York city land skyscrapers are made with Bethlehem steel. So it's really had it not only a local, but a national, a global impact.

So there are different ways on how to use this expression. In the very beginning you could hear don't quote me on that. And in the second example The speaker just said don't quote me.

So this expression is just a way of indicating or explaining to your listener that maybe what you're saying is not 100% true. And you also have to know what. To quote means. To quote something or someone is to repeat the exact words they said, or to recite the exact words written in a book.

So again, When you are saying, don't quote me on that.

You're just being open about the fact that what you are about to say is probably not a hundred percent true



Don't quote me on that. I might be mixing up my ears. Um but anyway, now it's this beautiful lush park.

And where did I come across that expression? I'm going to tell you. So I was interviewing Vince from the Philippines for my other podcast called my Fluent Podcast. And we were talking about the topic speed listening. Speed listening to level up your target language. So basically it's like speed reading. But instead of the method of using books You just speed listen to podcasts. And that way you can learn a lot of stuff. What I mean by that is. You know, these days you can easily speed up. The audio clip in your podcast apps so that you can listen to your resources at a two times speed or three times speed etc.

But now let's take a closer look at an audio snippet of episode, 111.

It wasn't really that special to me when I first did it and it was because. I just thought that after a while, once you are really fluent in a given language, you should be able to just speed through. And I've heard of visually impaired individuals, , could do this because audio somehow can be sped up. Don't quote me on this because I don't have the, the specific paper, but what you can quote me on though, is that one of my co members in the Influency community said that if you speed up something, your brain is not given the time to translate. And so it really forces your brain to think in the given language that is being spoken in that tape or audio. So that is the philosophy behind it. That if you just speed it up, you're forcing your brain to comprehend the language that is being spoken.

And of course it also goes the other way round. So you could just say. Can I quote you on that? So there is also the idiom. To quote someone on. Meaning to tell other people that someone said something. But i think it is more common the other way around So in the negative sense.

Thank you guys for listening. Let's wrap up this episode. Don't quote me on that is a phrase said after a statement a person is not sure is correct.

If you want to become part of the Vocab Man, you can send me an email. At 299cet,citation,englishexpressions,englishpodcasts,esl,idiom,myfluentpodcast,proverb,quotation,quote,quoteexpressions,recite,refer,reference,referexpressions,speech,vernacular,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/86-i-lost-my-train-of-thought--50508325
Audiogram version (with transcript) : https://share.descript.com/view/hyhQ7Par9LO
Aliya's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/literary_writing_/
Aliya's Telegram account: https://t.me/WSHUG


Transcript:

Hey guys, today's expression is a train of thought. A train of thought is a series of ideas. You know, when you are talking and you get distracted and forget what you are talking. So you can say, I lost my train of thought

Welcome back to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel and yeah.

The introduction was made by Aliya. Thank you so much Aliya. And Aliyah has an Instagram account which is called literary writing. I will put the link in the show notes. So today's expression is awesome because it is very practical and it is to lose one's train of thought and it happens to the best of us. Right.

So if you are in a discussion or if you are trying to explain something, maybe all of a sudden, you completely lose it. So you don't remember where you were. So it's really a very practical expression.

You could also just say or ask. Where were we or where was I? Just it pays you some time in which you can reflect or rethink what you have been talking about Right So i lost my train of Awesome

And Aliya has written a cool comment in her Instagram account, which I'm gonna read out loud for you. So. I felt a sudden impulse to spill the beans on something with you. My lovely friends. I surely suck at winding scarf around my head. I am not good at it to the core. Anyway, let's talk about today's phrase: at train of thought. Wow. It's an endearing metaphorical expression.

Believe it or not from time to time, I lose my train of thought while having negotiations with someone. Especially when I get carried away along on a tide of enthusiasm and feel like getting a kick out of the ambience. That probably leads me to get into two minds and thoughts. In the middle of nowhere I find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place about talking a step ahead or staying there. Last but absolutely not least, it's clear sailing for many of us to fill our minds to the brim with a train of thought but clinging to them is like a hard nut to crack.


We don't need instant gratification because you sent a quote from Gandhi on your Facebook and you got 60 quotes and you feel good about yourself. That doesn't mean shit

back. Okay. Alright. Alright. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. Completely lost my train of thought.


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Transcript:

Hey guys, today's expression is a train of thought. A train of thought is a series of ideas. You know, when you are talking and you get distracted and forget what you are talking. So you can say, I lost my train of thought

Welcome back to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel and yeah.

The introduction was made by Aliya. Thank you so much Aliya. And Aliyah has an Instagram account which is called literary writing. I will put the link in the show notes. So today's expression is awesome because it is very practical and it is to lose one's train of thought and it happens to the best of us. Right.

So if you are in a discussion or if you are trying to explain something, maybe all of a sudden, you completely lose it. So you don't remember where you were. So it's really a very practical expression.

You could also just say or ask. Where were we or where was I? Just it pays you some time in which you can reflect or rethink what you have been talking about Right So i lost my train of Awesome

And Aliya has written a cool comment in her Instagram account, which I'm gonna read out loud for you. So. I felt a sudden impulse to spill the beans on something with you. My lovely friends. I surely suck at winding scarf around my head. I am not good at it to the core. Anyway, let's talk about today's phrase: at train of thought. Wow. It's an endearing metaphorical expression.

Believe it or not from time to time, I lose my train of thought while having negotiations with someone. Especially when I get carried away along on a tide of enthusiasm and feel like getting a kick out of the ambience. That probably leads me to get into two minds and thoughts. In the middle of nowhere I find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place about talking a step ahead or staying there. Last but absolutely not least, it's clear sailing for many of us to fill our minds to the brim with a train of thought but clinging to them is like a hard nut to crack.


We don't need instant gratification because you sent a quote from Gandhi on your Facebook and you got 60 quotes and you feel good about yourself. That doesn't mean shit

back. Okay. Alright. Alright. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. Completely lost my train of thought.


Music:

Action Drums by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20and%20large

Transcript:
By and large

Welcome to the Vocab Man.

And today again

we are going to listen to Ahmed from Senegal. Thank you so much For your contribution

By and large by and large

this expression means on the whole or in general or mostly.

For example, the supply chain, uh, by and large private, that means the supply chain is mostly generally private.

Another example, by and large, most of the students at my school come from extremely conservative families, but there are few very liberal minded like me.

So it means, kids in my school, the pupils, most of them are conservative, but that I feel ones who are liberal minded like me.

Other example, the weather is by and large pleasant for the most of the year with one or two cooler month in the winter. That means the weather is mostly or generally pleasant throughout the year.

By and large, you'll find it very quiet here in August because most people close up their's shops and go on holiday. So it means mostly in the month of August in this area people escape their jobs and travel for holidays. That is the reason why you find this place very quiet.

Louisiana state penitentiary is by and large a unremarkable place to serve time. It's violence has the chair runs. The history is brutal. However, it also manages to Chuck something the inmate's way that most prisons would never dream of. That's a golf course. No joke. LSP is probably the only maximum security on prison to have a custom built golf course.

And that's not all the inmates get the building has its own radio station printing, press TV, studio, and airs strip.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50449832Sun, 03 Jul 2022 11:03:24 +0000Daniel GoodsonToday's word is the adverb By and large. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20and%20large Transcript: By and large Welcome to the Vocab Man. And today again we are going to listen to Ahmed from Senegal. Thank you so...
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Transcript:
By and large

Welcome to the Vocab Man.

And today again

we are going to listen to Ahmed from Senegal. Thank you so much For your contribution

By and large by and large

this expression means on the whole or in general or mostly.

For example, the supply chain, uh, by and large private, that means the supply chain is mostly generally private.

Another example, by and large, most of the students at my school come from extremely conservative families, but there are few very liberal minded like me.

So it means, kids in my school, the pupils, most of them are conservative, but that I feel ones who are liberal minded like me.

Other example, the weather is by and large pleasant for the most of the year with one or two cooler month in the winter. That means the weather is mostly or generally pleasant throughout the year.

By and large, you'll find it very quiet here in August because most people close up their's shops and go on holiday. So it means mostly in the month of August in this area people escape their jobs and travel for holidays. That is the reason why you find this place very quiet.

Louisiana state penitentiary is by and large a unremarkable place to serve time. It's violence has the chair runs. The history is brutal. However, it also manages to Chuck something the inmate's way that most prisons would never dream of. That's a golf course. No joke. LSP is probably the only maximum security on prison to have a custom built golf course.

And that's not all the inmates get the building has its own radio station printing, press TV, studio, and airs strip.]]>113byandlarge,close-hauled,english,englishpodcast,etymology,expression,meaning,merriam,nautica,originally,sailing,sailingterm,transcript,vocab,wordlist,wordlookup,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/84-to-pull-something-off--50123558Informal expression.
With examples.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wyrd-transmissions/id1503832435]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50123558Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:41:54 +0000Daniel GoodsonTo Pull Something Off Informal expression. With examples. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wyrd-transmissions/id1503832435Informal expression.
With examples.

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YouTube version: https://youtu.be/HFt28zApHhY
Audiogram Version: https://share.descript.com/view/3AppeNy2rrQ

Interview with Ahmed on My Fluent Podcast:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3

The Relatable Voice Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3A2yW5OQToGoPIrIaSY14t?si=Sa89olUoRGuR_47fP7Gqjg

Music: Scott_Holmes - 03 - Stomps_and_Claps
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Transcript:

Bang for one's buck

this expression means value in return for the money.

Bang for one's buck.

Welcome back to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel, and I'm really glad that you made it back on my channel or on my podcast. This time this is gonna be great, because again, we have special guest Ahmad from Senegal, who you may know from episode 32, for example. In which Ahmad explained the expression to come to terms with.

And on episode 36, he was explaining to put someone on the spot.

Bang for the buck, bang for the buck, bang for the buck.

This expression means value in return for the money.

If you get a bang for the buck, you get a better result for the amount of effort or money that you have put into something.

Mind you. The word buck is an English slang for a dollar. Here we go.

This is an example of this express. Which of these brands will give me the best bang for the buck. Imagine you went to the market ready to buy a mobile phone. You saw, or you see a Samsung and an Apple mobile phone. And you're asking your friend that is actually accompanying you, which of these brands will actually give me the best bang for the buck. Means if I have to put money into one of these brands, which one would I get the better deal for.


Another example I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this unbiased on student reviews in the website. You want to buy a course or you want to sign up for an English course online, but you are not sure enough of the course that you're about to sign up for. You don't know whether it's worth it or is it effective enough or not? And a friend of you is advising you. Trying to persuade you into believing that this is actually the right one for you. And he said to you, "I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this on these unbiased student reviews in the website".

So the positive student reviews who have already experienced the course and know how effective it is will persuade you to sign up for the course too.

And here comes another example which I came across when listening to the fantastic podcast called The Relatable Voice.

And the brewery makes not only a, uh, like a wood-fired pizza where the Eucharist used to be, but on the alter, they worship the, the God of beer and they make six local microbrews.

Uh they're uh, some of which are. Pretty European in their tastes. And also I would say, in their alcohol content. But if you like beer and pizza and you like old churches and architecture, it's one heck of a place to go and you can get a bang for your buck

there.

And I loved it. So it's really excellent.

The first time I went there, I said, Is it a sin that I'm here?.

Yeah, I think, I think they play on that a lot. I mean, the fact that the is filled with beer is kind of a, it's kind of funny, but, uh, you know, it works and it's a staple of the region. I would recommend both of those.

Another example, if you can't afford to travel abroad, I'll recommend to check online. You'll get the best bang for the buck. Imagine you wanted to go to an English speaking country staying down for a little while for a while to practice your English, but you don't have enough money to do so. So I advise you and tell you, if you can't afford to travel abroad, I'd recommend to check online. You'll get the best bang for the buck means you go online instead of paying the travel fees.

You can pay a teacher or a tutor, somebody who talked to you with daily in order to practice your language. So you get a better deal compared to the traveling fees.

Thank you very much guys for sticking by on the Vocab Man Podcast.

Contact me: Myfluentpodcast@gmail.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49886450Sat, 21 May 2022 11:41:00 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode, Ahmed explains the meaning of Band For Your Buck. Full transcript is further below. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/HFt28zApHhY Audiogram Version: https://share.descript.com/view/3AppeNy2rrQ Interview with Ahmed on My...Full transcript is further below.


YouTube version: https://youtu.be/HFt28zApHhY
Audiogram Version: https://share.descript.com/view/3AppeNy2rrQ

Interview with Ahmed on My Fluent Podcast:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3

The Relatable Voice Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3A2yW5OQToGoPIrIaSY14t?si=Sa89olUoRGuR_47fP7Gqjg

Music: Scott_Holmes - 03 - Stomps_and_Claps
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Transcript:

Bang for one's buck

this expression means value in return for the money.

Bang for one's buck.

Welcome back to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel, and I'm really glad that you made it back on my channel or on my podcast. This time this is gonna be great, because again, we have special guest Ahmad from Senegal, who you may know from episode 32, for example. In which Ahmad explained the expression to come to terms with.

And on episode 36, he was explaining to put someone on the spot.

Bang for the buck, bang for the buck, bang for the buck.

This expression means value in return for the money.

If you get a bang for the buck, you get a better result for the amount of effort or money that you have put into something.

Mind you. The word buck is an English slang for a dollar. Here we go.

This is an example of this express. Which of these brands will give me the best bang for the buck. Imagine you went to the market ready to buy a mobile phone. You saw, or you see a Samsung and an Apple mobile phone. And you're asking your friend that is actually accompanying you, which of these brands will actually give me the best bang for the buck. Means if I have to put money into one of these brands, which one would I get the better deal for.


Another example I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this unbiased on student reviews in the website. You want to buy a course or you want to sign up for an English course online, but you are not sure enough of the course that you're about to sign up for. You don't know whether it's worth it or is it effective enough or not? And a friend of you is advising you. Trying to persuade you into believing that this is actually the right one for you. And he said to you, "I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this on these unbiased student reviews in the website".

So the positive student reviews who have already experienced the course and know how effective it is will persuade you to sign up for the course too.

And here comes another example which I came across when listening to the fantastic podcast called The Relatable Voice.

And the brewery makes not only a, uh, like a wood-fired pizza where the Eucharist used to be, but on the alter, they worship the, the God of beer and they make six local microbrews.

Uh they're uh, some of which are. Pretty European in their tastes. And also I would say, in their alcohol content. But if you like beer and pizza and you like old churches and architecture, it's one heck of a place to go and you can get a bang for your buck

there.

And I loved it. So it's really excellent.

The first time I went there, I said, Is it a sin that I'm...]]>264advancedenglish,bangforyourbuck,easyenglish,english,englishexpressions,englishjourney,englishword,englishwordlist,learnthroughpodcasts,learnwithpodcasts,podcasts,practicalenglish,slang,speakup,usefulenglish,vocab,vocablist,vocabulary,wordlist,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/81-what-does-aphasia-mean--49314061
Aphasia aphasia.

On March 30th. 2022.

Bruce Willis' family announced that he had been diagnosed with aphasia. A disorder that damages the area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension.

I want to dedicate this episode to Bruce Willis. A great actor. And we are gonna take a closer look at the word. Aphasia



So actually they wanted to award Bruce Willis with a golden raspberry award. Which is kind of a parody award. That wants to honoring actors with the worst cinematic under achievements.

Because apparently Bruce Willis acted in several really bad movies and 2021, I think. And that's why they wanted to award him. But then they got away with the idea to giving him this award because they said it was in appropriate to award a golden raspberry to someone whose performance. Was affected by a medical condition.



They knew what they wanted to say, but the words wouldn't come out that scientifically, we call that an expressive aphasia.



So originally the word aphasia was put together of two words using the Greek word part. A. Meaning not or without. And then the second word part was phasis. Meaning utterance or statement. So actually, so it came from the Greek verb, meaning to say, or to speak. aphasia

And at that point I knew that she was still in there and there were certain words too. Didn't she surprise you with words, what chicken, chicken. Chicken. Yeah, that was it for the first like month. That was the extent of Gabby's vocabulary. For some reason, she, she has aphasia, which is is a difficulty with communication.

She latched onto the word chicken. Which isn't the best, but certainly is not the worst. And we were actually worried. It could have been, it could have been a lot worse than that. Yeah. But what's been the toughest challenge for you during this recovery? Um, talking really hard really? Yeah. With, with aphasia. Gabby knows what she wants to say.

Just can't get it, get it out, understands everything. But the communication is just very difficult. You know, when you look at the picture, the part of your brain, uh, where those communication centers are, are on the left side of your head, which is where the bullet passed through. So you have to do a very dangerous thing, speak for wife.

I do. That might be some of the most dangerous things I've ever done. Yeah, they are. You optimistic about your continuing recovery, walking, talking, being able to move your arm and then I'm optimistic. It will be a long, hard haul, but I'm optimistic.





And at this point, I kind of feel like I want to make remember everyone that we should really be thankful. that we are able to learn English or other languages. Um, we shouldn't take it for granted. That we can do so.

So one definition of aphasia is loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words. Usually resulting from brain damage. As from a stroke, head injury or infection.

So the first part of aphasia.

Is actually a prefix. And as I mentioned before, a comes from the Greek and means not or without. So with the help of the prefix a. We can guess a lot of other words, which will support us in our language journey. So I will give you some examples.

asocial.

Yeah, there are so many, I mean, really, probably the biggest or maybe the most fundamental is the idea that introverts are somehow asocial or anti-social, you know, that these are people who don't really like people and there's not it at all. It's such a misunderstanding. Asoscial describes a person who is not social. So the person is not really interested in hanging out with other people.

Or an apolitical person is not interested in political issues at all. And therefore is not going to vote. I guess. An atheist is someone who is not believing.

In. A Supreme power or something like that. So.

Another word is atom and when that word was coined, It was considered to be the smallest possible particle of matter.

And therefore could not be cut.

So with the prefix a you can guess a lot of other words.

And this may help you in your journey as I mentioned before.

And this works really well with other prefixes as well. So the Vocab Man recommends learning prefixes. It's really valuable and powerful.

So this episode was a bit different than usually. I hope you liked it a lot and if you want to help the Vocab Man, please share, subscribe and tell your friends about the podcast. This will help the podcast grow and therefore I will be able to produce more episodes. Bye]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49314061Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:20:02 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Aphasia aphasia. On March 30th. 2022. Bruce Willis' family announced that he had been diagnosed with aphasia. A disorder that damages the area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension. I want to dedicate this...
Aphasia aphasia.

On March 30th. 2022.

Bruce Willis' family announced that he had been diagnosed with aphasia. A disorder that damages the area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension.

I want to dedicate this episode to Bruce Willis. A great actor. And we are gonna take a closer look at the word. Aphasia



So actually they wanted to award Bruce Willis with a golden raspberry award. Which is kind of a parody award. That wants to honoring actors with the worst cinematic under achievements.

Because apparently Bruce Willis acted in several really bad movies and 2021, I think. And that's why they wanted to award him. But then they got away with the idea to giving him this award because they said it was in appropriate to award a golden raspberry to someone whose performance. Was affected by a medical condition.



They knew what they wanted to say, but the words wouldn't come out that scientifically, we call that an expressive aphasia.



So originally the word aphasia was put together of two words using the Greek word part. A. Meaning not or without. And then the second word part was phasis. Meaning utterance or statement. So actually, so it came from the Greek verb, meaning to say, or to speak. aphasia

And at that point I knew that she was still in there and there were certain words too. Didn't she surprise you with words, what chicken, chicken. Chicken. Yeah, that was it for the first like month. That was the extent of Gabby's vocabulary. For some reason, she, she has aphasia, which is is a difficulty with communication.

She latched onto the word chicken. Which isn't the best, but certainly is not the worst. And we were actually worried. It could have been, it could have been a lot worse than that. Yeah. But what's been the toughest challenge for you during this recovery? Um, talking really hard really? Yeah. With, with aphasia. Gabby knows what she wants to say.

Just can't get it, get it out, understands everything. But the communication is just very difficult. You know, when you look at the picture, the part of your brain, uh, where those communication centers are, are on the left side of your head, which is where the bullet passed through. So you have to do a very dangerous thing, speak for wife.

I do. That might be some of the most dangerous things I've ever done. Yeah, they are. You optimistic about your continuing recovery, walking, talking, being able to move your arm and then I'm optimistic. It will be a long, hard haul, but I'm optimistic.





And at this point, I kind of feel like I want to make remember everyone that we should really be thankful. that we are able to learn English or other languages. Um, we shouldn't take it for granted. That we can do so.

So one definition of aphasia is loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words. Usually resulting from brain damage. As from a stroke, head injury or infection.

So the first part of aphasia.

Is actually a prefix. And as I mentioned before, a comes from the Greek and means not or without. So with the help of the prefix a. We can guess a lot of other words, which will support us in our language journey. So I will give you some examples.

asocial.

Yeah, there are so many, I mean, really, probably the biggest or maybe the most fundamental is the idea that introverts are somehow asocial or anti-social, you know, that these are people who don't really like people and there's not it at all. It's such a misunderstanding. Asoscial describes a person who is not social. So the person is not really interested in hanging out with other people.

Or an apolitical person is not interested in political issues at all. And therefore is not going to vote. I guess. An atheist...]]>400aphasia,apolitical,atheist,atom,brucewillis,english,englishexpressions,englishvocabulary,explained,greekroots,greekwords,language,learning,prefix,roots,vocabularylearningfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/80-hodgepodge-with-gabriel-from-clark-and-miller--49293245https://youtu.be/hPLDP_f_E60

Special Guest Gabriel from Clark and Miller:
https://www.clarkandmiller.com/describing-trends-in-english/

Transcript:

Hey, Daniel, thank you for reaching out to me and asking me to talk about one of my favorite English phrases. Okay.

So, first of all, who the hell am I? I'm Gabriel Clark from Clark and Miller.

What about my favorite phrase? Okay. So, one of my favorite phrases is hodgepodge, which you Daniel pointed out that I used in a recent podcast episode. Hodgepodge,

Hello guys. Welcome back to the Vocab Man. Usually whenever I come across an English expression, I try to figure out the meaning and then I make a podcast episode out of it so that the other learners can learn with me. And this time I tried to do something different. I reached out directly to the podcaster and then.

I asked about the meaning of a specific word. So in this case it was hodgepodge. And so I listened to an interview between two teachers and one teacher is Stanek and the other is Gabriel, but let's take a closer look at the sentence in which hodgepodge was used. And which made me ask Gabriel about the meaning.

I mean, I personally, I really like your accent because it's the kind of interesting hodgepodge a to use awesome phrase that you used earlier. It's kind of a hodgepodge of your background and your experience, you know, where you're from, but also your experience working and living in England, because there are elements of sort of British, like London, English in there.

And I like it because it, it, it, it's kind of you, it's yours. And I think that's great. And I think people, anyone who's learning English should not strive necessarily to sound British but to sound like who they are. I know this sounds very obvious.

hodgepodge.

It's fun to say, isn't it hodgepodge? What does it mean? Well, I had a quick look at various dictionaries online just to check it out. And we've got things like a heterogeneous mixture and a jumble and a confused mixture and an untidy mixture. So obviously it means some sort of mixture, a hodgepodge of something as a mixture of something, but I'm not sure I agree with all these terms. Um, I like some of these, like a jumble, um, confused mixture. Yeah. Maybe it can be a bit confused, sometimes an untidy mixture. I'm not sure that it has a bit of a negative feeling to it, but maybe not some non tidy things are quite nice, aren't they? Yeah.

Anyway, so let's, let's look at some examples of this because I think I generally use it quite positively. You know, like your favorite band can draw on a hodgepodge of different influences or, um, your current TV show can have a real hodgepodge of different characters, you know, lots of different people with different sort of vibes.

Thank you very much, Gabriel. I really appreciated your examples. And for me, it will be easier to remember the word hodgepodge and let's take a look at the Merriam Webster website. There are some recent examples from the web. For instance, San Diego union Tribune wrote an article on the 18th of March.

And it says the original artwork seemed a hodgepodge of images, including a skateboard and arm, a flame insect, a hummingbird and an alpinists or extreme mountain climber. And there are others, which I don't want to mention here instead. I want to talk about my own dialect in my mother tongue, which is Swiss German.

And I have to say that my own dialect has also become some sort of a hodgepodge because these days I am not living in the same place where I grew up. And I am surrounded by a lot of different people. I mean, these are people who come from different regions of Switzerland. So that means that I am surrounded by different types of dialects, which over the years had an impact on my own speech.

So in my opinion, my dialect tests become some sort of a hodgepodge. Yeah. And again, Gabriel. Thank you so much. It was really, really appreciate it. I hope that you are in for a future episode. I mean, this was a lot of fun for me and yeah. See you around. This was the Vocab Man. I am Daniel and thank you for tuning in bye.

hodgepodge.

It's fun to say, isn't it hodgepodge?

who the hell am I? I'm Gabriel from Clark. I'm the Clark in Clark Miller I'm Gabriel Clark from Clark and Miller. What the hell is Clark and Miller? Clark and Miller is a, we have a Clark Miller English YouTube channel, the Clark and English Miller Clark in English, Clark and Miller

english podcast and the Clark and Miller English blog, which you can find as clarkandmiller.com Clark like Clark Kent. And that's me and Miller, like, you know, the beer anyway, that's me.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49293245Sat, 02 Apr 2022 11:38:12 +0000Daniel GoodsonVideo version of this episode: https://youtu.be/hPLDP_f_E60 Special Guest Gabriel from Clark and Miller: https://www.clarkandmiller.com/describing-trends-in-english/ Transcript: Hey, Daniel, thank you for reaching out to me and asking me...https://youtu.be/hPLDP_f_E60

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Hey, Daniel, thank you for reaching out to me and asking me to talk about one of my favorite English phrases. Okay.

So, first of all, who the hell am I? I'm Gabriel Clark from Clark and Miller.

What about my favorite phrase? Okay. So, one of my favorite phrases is hodgepodge, which you Daniel pointed out that I used in a recent podcast episode. Hodgepodge,

Hello guys. Welcome back to the Vocab Man. Usually whenever I come across an English expression, I try to figure out the meaning and then I make a podcast episode out of it so that the other learners can learn with me. And this time I tried to do something different. I reached out directly to the podcaster and then.

I asked about the meaning of a specific word. So in this case it was hodgepodge. And so I listened to an interview between two teachers and one teacher is Stanek and the other is Gabriel, but let's take a closer look at the sentence in which hodgepodge was used. And which made me ask Gabriel about the meaning.

I mean, I personally, I really like your accent because it's the kind of interesting hodgepodge a to use awesome phrase that you used earlier. It's kind of a hodgepodge of your background and your experience, you know, where you're from, but also your experience working and living in England, because there are elements of sort of British, like London, English in there.

And I like it because it, it, it, it's kind of you, it's yours. And I think that's great. And I think people, anyone who's learning English should not strive necessarily to sound British but to sound like who they are. I know this sounds very obvious.

hodgepodge.

It's fun to say, isn't it hodgepodge? What does it mean? Well, I had a quick look at various dictionaries online just to check it out. And we've got things like a heterogeneous mixture and a jumble and a confused mixture and an untidy mixture. So obviously it means some sort of mixture, a hodgepodge of something as a mixture of something, but I'm not sure I agree with all these terms. Um, I like some of these, like a jumble, um, confused mixture. Yeah. Maybe it can be a bit confused, sometimes an untidy mixture. I'm not sure that it has a bit of a negative feeling to it, but maybe not some non tidy things are quite nice, aren't they? Yeah.

Anyway, so let's, let's look at some examples of this because I think I generally use it quite positively. You know, like your favorite band can draw on a hodgepodge of different influences or, um, your current TV show can have a real hodgepodge of different characters, you know, lots of different people with different sort of vibes.

Thank you very much, Gabriel. I really appreciated your examples. And for me, it will be easier to remember the word hodgepodge and let's take a look at the Merriam Webster website. There are some recent examples from the web. For instance, San Diego union Tribune wrote an article on the 18th of March.

And it says the original artwork seemed a hodgepodge of images, including a skateboard and arm, a flame insect, a hummingbird and an alpinists or extreme mountain climber. And there are others, which I don't want to mention here instead. I want to talk about my own dialect in my mother tongue, which is Swiss German.

And I have to say that my own dialect has also become some sort of a hodgepodge because these days I am not living in the same place where I grew up. And I am surrounded by a lot of different people. I mean, these are people who come from different...]]>468cladkandmillerpodcast,clark,clarkandmiller,dialects,difficultwords,english,englishpodcasts,esl,foreignlanguage,hodgepodge,languagelover,languages,learnwithpodcasts,podcast,podcastlover,podcastswithtranscripts,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,zdenekfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/79-if-you-will--49117877
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If you will, if you will.

Hello guys. This is the Vocab Man. Welcome back.

So today we are gonna talk about the expression "if you will". And this is going to be a very interesting one. And unfortunately Stephanie is not going to give us some great examples as she did on the previous episode, I must say this was so brilliant. And the expression she was explaining was "up in the air".

Picture the coin at the top before it starts to come down. So you flicked for the coin, it's up in the air just before it comes down.

That!
That moment. That's what this phrase is focusing on. When something, when an idea or an experience or a decision or a situation is up in the air, it's that uncomfortable, uncertain moment in time. That snapshot in time before we know what's happening, the discomfort in the uncertainty is absolutely the heart of this phrase.



And she explained it with examples from her real life. So that, well, at least in my case, it will just stick and I will remember. "Up in the air" forever. The Vocab Man. It's about learning expressions together. So that we can get more fluent in English. Thanks for tuning in



So the expression "if you will" apparently is a short form for if you will allow this analogy. At least I could read it on a website called English stack Exchange. So this was a difficult one for me to figure out what it means. But I must say that it is very common. It is used a lot. And

I could see it on YouTube that people are speaking all the time by using this, if you will.

is it simply your last connection to that vanished world, his world, if you will.

According to the Cambridge dictionary if your will is used to say that the particular expression is one way of saying something especially to suggest that some people might not choose to say it that way.

So I figured that oftentimes when you are explaining something, it is appropriate to give some examples. So you could just mention one or two things.

And then by saying if you will, you indicate your conversation partner that maybe another person would use other examples so it's not something very fixed.

I mean, the examples that you were mentioning. Are not per se sacrosanct. I mean, Other people would

Probably use order examples. And so, as I mentioned it at the very beginning,

You are using like an analogy. To explain something. But it's just for the sake of explaining something to make it clear.

So what government gives you is not your rights. It provides a wall, if you will, a security so that you can exercise that, which you already possess simply by being human. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is what you have simply by virtue of being a human.

So maybe this example that you just listened to showcases the expression if you will. Because it said. "So what government gives you is not your rights it provides a wall, if you will." So this is. Again, Like an analogy because government doesn't give you. Literally a wall. It's just a way of the speaker to explain to you what he means. So. What the government is giving you.

So, instead of saying, if you will. You could also just say, if you like. So i'm going to give you another example here:

What, even though that's the scariest thing that people think of when they're going on stage, it's what the audience actually wants most. The fourth Secret to being on stage is to remember that you're really building a tribe. You're really building a community. Anytime you appear on stage, you're inviting those people that are in front of you to enroll in your ideas.

You're really building this kind of different empire, if you will. And anytime you appear on stage, every word that comes outta your mouth matters. All right.

And here again. The empire is just an analogy. So. I don't know. Maybe you could grasp the meaning of if you will. But I know this was a heavy one. And I will try to focus on that specific expression when I come across it the next time, and I will think of the meaning in the specific context.

By doing so I'm sure that we will remember it and we will be able to use it in our own speech. So. I quickly want to mention that this episode is also available on YouTube. Just type in the Vocab Man. And it will help you because you can read along while you are listening. This will help you to become a better English speaker. And of course, if you want me to cover an expression. You can drop me an email at: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. I am the Vocab Man. I'm Daniel from Switzerland. Thanks for tuning in. And. Bye.

So what government gives you is not your rights. It provides a wall, if you will, a security so that you can exercise that which you already possess simply by being human]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49117877Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:00:22 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode, I explain the meaning of "If you will" and show you a few real life examples. Youtube Version: https://youtu.be/HvqAHRns6o0 Transcript with Audio version: https://youtu.be/HvqAHRns6o0 Transcript: If you will, if you will. Hello...
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If you will, if you will.

Hello guys. This is the Vocab Man. Welcome back.

So today we are gonna talk about the expression "if you will". And this is going to be a very interesting one. And unfortunately Stephanie is not going to give us some great examples as she did on the previous episode, I must say this was so brilliant. And the expression she was explaining was "up in the air".

Picture the coin at the top before it starts to come down. So you flicked for the coin, it's up in the air just before it comes down.

That!
That moment. That's what this phrase is focusing on. When something, when an idea or an experience or a decision or a situation is up in the air, it's that uncomfortable, uncertain moment in time. That snapshot in time before we know what's happening, the discomfort in the uncertainty is absolutely the heart of this phrase.



And she explained it with examples from her real life. So that, well, at least in my case, it will just stick and I will remember. "Up in the air" forever. The Vocab Man. It's about learning expressions together. So that we can get more fluent in English. Thanks for tuning in



So the expression "if you will" apparently is a short form for if you will allow this analogy. At least I could read it on a website called English stack Exchange. So this was a difficult one for me to figure out what it means. But I must say that it is very common. It is used a lot. And

I could see it on YouTube that people are speaking all the time by using this, if you will.

is it simply your last connection to that vanished world, his world, if you will.

According to the Cambridge dictionary if your will is used to say that the particular expression is one way of saying something especially to suggest that some people might not choose to say it that way.

So I figured that oftentimes when you are explaining something, it is appropriate to give some examples. So you could just mention one or two things.

And then by saying if you will, you indicate your conversation partner that maybe another person would use other examples so it's not something very fixed.

I mean, the examples that you were mentioning. Are not per se sacrosanct. I mean, Other people would

Probably use order examples. And so, as I mentioned it at the very beginning,

You are using like an analogy. To explain something. But it's just for the sake of explaining something to make it clear.

So what government gives you is not your rights. It provides a wall, if you will, a security so that you can exercise that, which you already possess simply by being human. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is what you have simply by virtue of being a human.

So maybe this example that you just listened to showcases the expression if you will. Because it said. "So what government gives you is not your rights it provides a wall, if you will." So this is. Again, Like an analogy because government doesn't give you. Literally a wall. It's just a way of the speaker to explain to you what he means. So. What the government is giving you.

So, instead of saying, if you will. You could also just say, if you like. So i'm going to give you another example here:

What, even though that's the scariest thing that people think of when they're going on stage, it's what the audience actually wants most. The fourth Secret to being on stage is...]]>438advanced,englishexamples,englishexplaining,englishlistening,englishpodcasts,englishwords,examples,ifyouwill,intermediate,listeningenglish,listeningpractice,myfluentpdocast,pdocasts,reallife,sayings,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,vocabulatytraining,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/00-bonus-episode-the-word-set-has-430-meanings-excerpt-of-my-fluent-podcast--49045163https://share.descript.com/view/OW7tejYoHYY

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0:00 Start
Hello guys, this is the Vocab Man. I am Daniel, and this is meant to be a bonus episode.

I hope you're going to like it. It is actually an excerpt of an interview I conducted with Alastair and I think that there are many gems in it and I thought that it would be a great idea to share it here.

And of course, if you like it, you can also listen to the whole interview on my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast, but now let's get started.


0:40 Start Interview
Do you have any favorite expression in English?



I know you mentioned before that this might be a question that would come up. Instead of saying a favorite expression, I wanted to add a favorite word with numerous, kind of, varieties of it. So perhaps some of your listeners know this already, but

The word "set" has 430 meanings!
the word "set" in English according to the Guinness world records has 430 different meanings, depending on what you add before or after it. And also the context. So things like all set set up set go set it right, kind of set up that kind of stuff I think is I think it, it can seem so confusing. And this sort of a mixture of phrasal verbs and idioms. It's tough but I think it's sort of one of the nice things, one of the sort of weirdly beautiful things about the English language that you have these sort of different building blocks of words.

And when you are going to add a different blocks together in different permutations, then it completely changes of the meaning.


1:54 Alastair's least favorite words
In addition to this kind of favorite word I did have 2 kind of least favorite words that that I wanted to add.

And one is something that native speakers, are often terrible at. They use this word far too much and that's literally and , it's very common to see people use that in a wrong sense really saying like he, he was literally dying of laughter, all those kinds of things, which I think is just, it makes me feel, it makes me cringe if you know that expression.

It's very strange use of language. And then my other thing, my other little personal battle was with, you know, people on YouTube or Instagram or or things like that, telling non-native speakers that they should stop saying words like very or don't say good, say marvelous or fantastic, or don't say very, say it incredibly, or, you know, magnificently or things like that.

I think not a non-native speaker speakers should continue saying very and good and they should be very happy to say very good, because that is how people speak. And I know that some slightly artificial language exams like IELTS or things like that perhaps punish you for using these kinds of words or phrases, but ultimately you will sound a lot more natural if you start saying things like very, very good rather than say like incredibly fantastic.

Just sounds very, very strange. And I don't know how many times every day I say very or I say good, and, and that is not due to not knowing these other words or not kind of not having them in my vocabulary. It's that very and good and words like that are in many cases, the most appropriate words for what you're trying to communicate.

And ultimately the role of language is to communicate an idea from one person to another. And these simple words are often the most effective way of doing that So So, my last passing thoughts it is my favorite expression not very good of course, but is saying to people that that you can mainly ignore anyone who tells you to stop saying very

Yeah,

I love that I loved it very much because we shouldn't over-complicate it. Right. As you said communication is important and thank you very much. It was really great chatting to you

4:43 Outro Daniel Goodson
I hope you liked it, guys guys. I loved it to be honest, and I could learn a lot of things and I promise you that there will be normal episodes again in the future, but I just thought, it would be a great idea to integrate this excerpt. And as I mentioned in the beginning on My Fluent Podcast, I published the whole interview. And if you want to learn how to learn languages with podcasts

This will be A great way for you to watch the. the Youtube video as well because I always do a video your version And a podcast version So my. My Fluent Podcast Thanks and. Bye


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-permutations
-IELTS


0:00 Start
Hello guys, this is the Vocab Man. I am Daniel, and this is meant to be a bonus episode.

I hope you're going to like it. It is actually an excerpt of an interview I conducted with Alastair and I think that there are many gems in it and I thought that it would be a great idea to share it here.

And of course, if you like it, you can also listen to the whole interview on my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast, but now let's get started.


0:40 Start Interview
Do you have any favorite expression in English?



I know you mentioned before that this might be a question that would come up. Instead of saying a favorite expression, I wanted to add a favorite word with numerous, kind of, varieties of it. So perhaps some of your listeners know this already, but

The word "set" has 430 meanings!
the word "set" in English according to the Guinness world records has 430 different meanings, depending on what you add before or after it. And also the context. So things like all set set up set go set it right, kind of set up that kind of stuff I think is I think it, it can seem so confusing. And this sort of a mixture of phrasal verbs and idioms. It's tough but I think it's sort of one of the nice things, one of the sort of weirdly beautiful things about the English language that you have these sort of different building blocks of words.

And when you are going to add a different blocks together in different permutations, then it completely changes of the meaning.


1:54 Alastair's least favorite words
In addition to this kind of favorite word I did have 2 kind of least favorite words that that I wanted to add.

And one is something that native speakers, are often terrible at. They use this word far too much and that's literally and , it's very common to see people use that in a wrong sense really saying like he, he was literally dying of laughter, all those kinds of things, which I think is just, it makes me feel, it makes me cringe if you know that expression.

It's very strange use of language. And then my other thing, my other little personal battle was with, you know, people on YouTube or Instagram or or things like that, telling non-native speakers that they should stop saying words like very or don't say good, say marvelous or fantastic, or don't say very, say it incredibly, or, you know, magnificently or things like that.

I think not a non-native speaker speakers should continue saying very and good and they should be very happy to say very good, because that is how people speak. And I know that some slightly artificial language exams like IELTS or things like that perhaps punish you for using these kinds of words or phrases, but ultimately you will sound a lot more natural if you start saying things like very, very good rather than say like incredibly fantastic.

Just sounds very, very strange. And I don't know how many times every day I say very or I say good, and, and that is not due to not knowing these other words or not kind of not having them in my vocabulary. It's that very and good and words like that are in many cases, the most appropriate words for what you're trying to communicate.

And ultimately the role of language is to communicate an idea from one person to another. And these simple words are often the most effective way of doing that So So, my last passing thoughts it is my favorite expression not very good of course, but is saying to people that that you can mainly ignore anyone who tells you to stop saying very

Yeah,

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Up in the air

Hey Daniel and Hey Vocab Man listeners. This is Steph from the Geopats Podcast coming to you from Rome, Italy. I'm an American expat, who has turned into a digital nomad. And so my current location is where I'm living right now. And that will change at the end of my three months in Italy. All right.

So forget location. I have a really juicy phrase to dig into that. Daniel gave me for this episode and that is up in the air. I love this one! Thank you Daniel, for giving me a phrase that is so connected to my current expat life from my current digital nomad life, my current crazy geographical life. Okay. So up in the air, let's do this


Up in the air.

Is a phrase that you really can't translate directly. I have to give you a visual.

So are you ready? Can you close your eyes, please?

Both of them. Okay, great. Thanks. So your eyes are closed.

Can you picture a coin in whatever currency? It doesn't matter, a picture of a coin going up into the air and coming down.

Now picture a person flicking the coin up into the air and it coming down in their hand and them looking to see which side of the coin is facing up.

Now in a few different cultures. English, isn't just one culture. It's about language that bridges a lot of cultures, but in a lot of cultures that use English tossing a coin like that, flipping a coin like that is a way to make a decision.

So for example, in the United States, a lot of our coins have. a symbol on one side and the head of a president of the United States on the other side. And so when we flip a coin, if there's two people in this decision, which there usually is, someone will say, Hey, heads or tail. And that means you're picking which side you want to be facing up.

And if you pick heads and the person flicks the coin into the air and it comes down and it's heads and some people, they just take it when it comes down, some people take it when it comes down, then they flip it over. There's different ways to read the coin. The important part is, however it's read in that case, if it's head you, quote unquote, win.

Your decision is the decision that happens. So the thing is, this is connected to up in the air because if something is up in the air, it's the coin - and again, this is where your eyes are closed - Don't open them! Picture the coin at the top of where before it starts to come down. So you flicked for the coin, it's up in the air just before it comes down.

That!

That moment. That's what this phrase is focusing on. When something, when an idea or an experience or a decision or a situation is up in the air, it's that uncomfortable, uncertain moment in time. That snapshot in time before we know what's happening, the discomfort. In the uncertainty is absolutely the heart of this phrase.

If something is up in the air, it's usually there's usually an impatience. It doesn't always have to be, but usually there's an impatience with not knowing what's going to happen. Whether it's your decision, somebody else's decision, whether it's a job interview or are you going to get the apartment that you want?

Does the girl you like, like you back there? It's up in the air. Like you just don't know.

You're close to knowing. Cause the coin has been flipped, but you don't know. So it's that uncertain moment in time. So let me give you some examples and these are going to get personal really fast because this is my life right now.

My geographic existence is up in the air right now. So there's an example right there, but let me give you. A more specific example right now. I know where I'm going to live in March. April may and most of June, but where I'm going to live in June, July, and August is up in the air again on.

Discomfort with the uncertainty and the unknown, but it's close. I wouldn't really say where I'm going to live in 2030 is up in the air. It's too far away. Do you know what I mean? Like it has to be something that's about to be clear. Now about to be clear, could be days, weeks, or months, but it's at least in the planning stages or almost about to happen. Do you know what I mean? Like, it can't be so far away in the future, but it also can't really be in the past. How can you have an uncertainty about the past, about a decision or something that's going to happen? Let's try an example and I'll show you why, where I was going to live in.

2020 was up in the air. So that's past tense, right? It's in 2020 the year 2020. Can it still be up in the air if that year already happened? No, because there's no uncertainty, the year's over and it all happened. So it's not really something that could be in the past, in that way. Now, as I'm saying that I'm thinking, oh wait, what if it was uncertain for a period of time?

Can we talk about that in the past? The job offer was up in the air for most of 2020. That one's okay. Cause you're stressing how long it was uncertain and uncomfortable for. The job offer was up in the air. But honestly, even though that makes sense. And I wouldn't question anything if somebody said that it's probably more common to say they didn't make their decision for a long time.

So I probably wouldn't even use up in the air for that. The vast majority of usage for up in the air is for things that are about to be known in the present and very near future.

Let me give you one more example. Uh, what I'm going to have for dinner tonight is up in the air. I love food by the way, the food in Italy is amazing, but I'm sure you already know that.

Okay. So, yeah, but. Now that one's not as uncomfortable, except for me right now, I've got three weeks left in the country. So the pressure of having all of my favorites in those three weeks, without gaining tons of weight, by eating them all at once is a little bit uncomfortable. Cause I'm coming to the end of my time here.

So that does fit. It's a little jokey fit, but it fits because getting all of that food in is a pressure for me .

Anyway. I hope this makes sense, and I hope you feel more comfortable and less uncertain with using the term up in the air. Thank you so much, Daniel. This was really fun to dig into and it was nice to be able to bring in my crazy daily life as a digital nomad in Europe right now.

Uh, again, GEOPATS, G O P A T S is one of my podcasts and probably the one that you'll find the most interesting. And my handle is Steph Fuccio, S T E P H F U C C I O. Everywhere online on the social medias. It's also my.com website address. So if any of this resonated with you and you'd like to hear more of what I'm doing with language and other things in the podcasting space, then please do reach out or check out all of the things that I'm doing or any of the things that I'm doing.

Again. Thank you, Daniel. And thank you, Vocab Man listeners. I hope you have a wonderful day and that you don't have too much up in the air yourself right now. Bye bye.

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Up in the air

Hey Daniel and Hey Vocab Man listeners. This is Steph from the Geopats Podcast coming to you from Rome, Italy. I'm an American expat, who has turned into a digital nomad. And so my current location is where I'm living right now. And that will change at the end of my three months in Italy. All right.

So forget location. I have a really juicy phrase to dig into that. Daniel gave me for this episode and that is up in the air. I love this one! Thank you Daniel, for giving me a phrase that is so connected to my current expat life from my current digital nomad life, my current crazy geographical life. Okay. So up in the air, let's do this


Up in the air.

Is a phrase that you really can't translate directly. I have to give you a visual.

So are you ready? Can you close your eyes, please?

Both of them. Okay, great. Thanks. So your eyes are closed.

Can you picture a coin in whatever currency? It doesn't matter, a picture of a coin going up into the air and coming down.

Now picture a person flicking the coin up into the air and it coming down in their hand and them looking to see which side of the coin is facing up.

Now in a few different cultures. English, isn't just one culture. It's about language that bridges a lot of cultures, but in a lot of cultures that use English tossing a coin like that, flipping a coin like that is a way to make a decision.

So for example, in the United States, a lot of our coins have. a symbol on one side and the head of a president of the United States on the other side. And so when we flip a coin, if there's two people in this decision, which there usually is, someone will say, Hey, heads or tail. And that means you're picking which side you want to be facing up.

And if you pick heads and the person flicks the coin into the air and it comes down and it's heads and some people, they just take it when it comes down, some people take it when it comes down, then they flip it over. There's different ways to read the coin. The important part is, however it's read in that case, if it's head you, quote unquote, win.

Your decision is the decision that happens. So the thing is, this is connected to up in the air because if something is up in the air, it's the coin - and again, this is where your eyes are closed - Don't open them! Picture the coin at the top of where before it starts to come down. So you flicked for the coin, it's up in the air just before it comes down.

That!

That moment. That's what this phrase is focusing on. When something, when an idea or an experience or a decision or a situation is up in the air, it's that uncomfortable, uncertain moment in time. That snapshot in time before we know what's happening, the discomfort. In the uncertainty is absolutely the heart of this phrase.

If something is up in the air, it's usually there's usually an impatience. It doesn't always have to be, but usually there's an impatience with not knowing what's going to happen. Whether it's your decision, somebody else's decision, whether it's a job interview or are you going to get the apartment that you want?

Does the girl you like, like you back there? It's up in the air. Like you just don't know.

You're close to knowing. Cause the coin has been flipped, but you don't know. So it's that uncertain moment in time. So let me give you some examples and these are going to get personal really fast because this is my life right now.

My geographic existence is up in the air right now. So there's an example right there, but let me give you. A more specific example right now. I know where I'm going to live in...]]>506englishexpressions,englishleanguage,englishlearning,flickacoin,fluency,geopats,idioms,language,learnthroughpodcasts,mylfuentpodcast,podcastvocab,practicalenglish,rome,stephaniefuccio,upintheair,usefulexpressions,vocab,vocabman,vocabpodcast,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/77-to-lean-into-something-or-someone--48786362https://share.descript.com/view/H4H4oBGx8Uo

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Today's expression is to lean into someone or something.

Hello guys. This is Daniel Goodson. It's good to have you back here on the Vocab Man, where the listeners and me as well are trying to get better in English by listening very closely to different clips or expressions from daily life.

Now, all I have to do is lean on him. -Check- until he falls over.

Did you understand the text or the clip that you heard right before? .Don't worry about that if you didn't. Because. There's a transcript in the show notes.

And I'm going to do an audiogram with a video version of this episode as well. So that you can read along while you are listening to the Vocab Man.

So the speaker of the first clip said " now, all I have to do is lean on him" and then we could hear a second voice saying "check" that means someone

kind of approved what the other speaker said.

And then the other one continued and said until he falls over.

Now, all I have to do is lean on him. -Check- until he falls over.

So this is the first meaning of the expression to lean into something. So actually it means to push into or to press against someone or something. So imagine you pushing against a wall for whatever reason. Or a better example would be, let's say there are

zombies out there and they try to enter the room or enter your house. And then you are going to try with all the effort to leaning into the door. Right.

So that nobody will enter the room.

So this was the first explanation and the first meaning. And this is easier to imagine, right? Because you can always have some sort of a picture in your mind. And the second meaning will be different. And we want to focus on that. So listen closely to the next clip.

Why did you start podcasting?

I actually, I started podcasting because I was in software sales and it was a way for me to make more sales through my podcasting. And I quickly learned that I liked the podcasting part of it more than I liked the software sales part of it. So I kind of leaned into that. My first ever podcast was just interviewing local businesses about, you know, what they do for their business.

So I kind of leaned into that.

So I kind of leaned into that.

Here is the link to the full interview: https://1day1hack.libsyn.com/098-top-3-strategies-to-monetize-your-podcast-even-if-you-have-no-listeners-jase-kraft

So the second meaning is slightly different. It means to pursue some task or activity with great effort, determination and perseverance. For example, She's really been leaning into her English books lately.

At this rate, she could have a shot at a professional carreer as a translator . Or for example,

Let's imagine this scenario. I quit my job . So I gave up my job so I could lean into my podcasting career for The Vocab Man. This would be hilarious. Right.

Yes, you can lean into greatness. You were born to do something special.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you think there's no way I'm coming back from this, I urge you to lean into these strategies and think again,

And if you are really serious about learning English, than I urge you to lean into it and give your best. You can make it!

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Your Daniel Goodson



Bill Withers - Lean on me (not the same as lean into sth.)
https://youtu.be/fOZ-MySzAac]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48786362Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:12:18 +0000Daniel GoodsonFor the video version with the subtitles in it: https://share.descript.com/view/H4H4oBGx8Uo Full transcript: Today's expression is to lean into someone or something. Hello guys. This is Daniel Goodson. It's good to have you back here on the...https://share.descript.com/view/H4H4oBGx8Uo

Full transcript:

Today's expression is to lean into someone or something.

Hello guys. This is Daniel Goodson. It's good to have you back here on the Vocab Man, where the listeners and me as well are trying to get better in English by listening very closely to different clips or expressions from daily life.

Now, all I have to do is lean on him. -Check- until he falls over.

Did you understand the text or the clip that you heard right before? .Don't worry about that if you didn't. Because. There's a transcript in the show notes.

And I'm going to do an audiogram with a video version of this episode as well. So that you can read along while you are listening to the Vocab Man.

So the speaker of the first clip said " now, all I have to do is lean on him" and then we could hear a second voice saying "check" that means someone

kind of approved what the other speaker said.

And then the other one continued and said until he falls over.

Now, all I have to do is lean on him. -Check- until he falls over.

So this is the first meaning of the expression to lean into something. So actually it means to push into or to press against someone or something. So imagine you pushing against a wall for whatever reason. Or a better example would be, let's say there are

zombies out there and they try to enter the room or enter your house. And then you are going to try with all the effort to leaning into the door. Right.

So that nobody will enter the room.

So this was the first explanation and the first meaning. And this is easier to imagine, right? Because you can always have some sort of a picture in your mind. And the second meaning will be different. And we want to focus on that. So listen closely to the next clip.

Why did you start podcasting?

I actually, I started podcasting because I was in software sales and it was a way for me to make more sales through my podcasting. And I quickly learned that I liked the podcasting part of it more than I liked the software sales part of it. So I kind of leaned into that. My first ever podcast was just interviewing local businesses about, you know, what they do for their business.

So I kind of leaned into that.

So I kind of leaned into that.

Here is the link to the full interview: https://1day1hack.libsyn.com/098-top-3-strategies-to-monetize-your-podcast-even-if-you-have-no-listeners-jase-kraft

So the second meaning is slightly different. It means to pursue some task or activity with great effort, determination and perseverance. For example, She's really been leaning into her English books lately.

At this rate, she could have a shot at a professional carreer as a translator . Or for example,

Let's imagine this scenario. I quit my job . So I gave up my job so I could lean into my podcasting career for The Vocab Man. This would be hilarious. Right.

Yes, you can lean into greatness. You were born to do something special.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you think there's no way I'm coming back from this, I urge you to lean into these strategies and think again,

And if you are really serious about learning English, than I urge you to lean into it and give your best. You can make it!

THIS PODCAST WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY my fluent podcast

245audiogram,englishpodcasts,englishsubtitles,englishtexts,englishtranscript,englishwithtext,fluently,fluentnow,fluentspeaking,learningwithtranscirpts,learntiwthtext,learnwithsubtitles,myfluentpodcast,podcastwithtranscripts,subtitles,subtitlestolearn,texts,transcript,transcripts,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/76-video-version-of-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys--48700225If you still want to watch the video you need to click on this link: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/76-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys/

If you want to listen to the audio-only verison use this link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700037


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"not my circus, not my monkeys"

Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression.

https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/

Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.

So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself from

it's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.

And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. And

kind of that being passed over. Yeah.

So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.

Isn't it?

Yes.

It's very useful. I use it all the time.

Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie.

Thank you so much.

So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion

Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand.

What it means. Because of the context.

Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to .

Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

So that's it for today. I am the Vocab Man and I just wanted to say that if this was too fast for you, of course, you can head over to the show notes because there, there will be the full transcript for you. So thanks for tuning in. And have a good one

---------

If you want to listen to the whole episode with Sadie Ryan you can head over to my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast

https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/104-accentricity-podcast-with-sadie-ryan/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZSpC6NaOOJhttlgpxQsDV?si=a55608aece1e4ce4

In the interview with Sadie we cover topics such as:

- How people react when they hear of Sadie's profession as a linguist/sociolinguist
- The term "Linguist" has more than one meaning
- How Sadie got involved into linguistics
- Speaking with a posh accent
- Remember: Everyone has an accent!
- Schools should teach more the listening skill!
- The best thing Sadie learned about language (Ep. mentioned)
- Sadie's PhD research
- Podcast recommendations (Linguistics)
- Language documentation (a specific branch in linguistics)
- The Podcast Accentricity - Every voice is valid
- Sadie's language journey (Polish/Gaelic)
- Is it easier to learn a language as a linguist?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48700225Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:24:39 +0000Daniel GoodsonThis is the video version of episode 76. Unfortunately, it didn't work the way I wanted. If you still want to watch the video you need to click on this link: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/76-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys/ If you want to listen to...If you still want to watch the video you need to click on this link: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/76-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys/

If you want to listen to the audio-only verison use this link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700037


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Full Transcript:

"not my circus, not my monkeys"

Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression.

https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/

Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.

So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself from

it's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.

And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. And

kind of that being passed over. Yeah.

So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.

Isn't it?

Yes.

It's very useful. I use it all the time.

Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie.

Thank you so much.

So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion

Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand.

What it means. Because of the context.

Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to .

Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at 255audiogrampodcast,cheekymonkey,english,englishexpressions,favriteexpression,languages,monkeyaround,monkeybusiness,monkeyexpressions,notmycircus,sayings,transcriptpodcast,transcripts,videopodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/76-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys-guest-sadie-ryan-accentricity-podcast--48700037https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700225 or select the second file with the number 76.

What is YOUR favorite expression? Use the link below and send in your message (audio-only, video or text-only)
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Full Transcript:

"not my circus, not my monkeys"

Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression.

https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/

Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.

So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself from

it's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.

And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. And

kind of that being passed over. Yeah.

So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.

Isn't it?

Yes.

It's very useful. I use it all the time.

Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie.

Thank you so much.

So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion

Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand.

What it means. Because of the context.

Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to .

Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

So that's it for today. I am the Vocab Man and I just wanted to say that if this was too fast for you, of course, you can head over to the show notes because there, there will be the full transcript for you. So thanks for tuning in. And have a good one

---------

If you want to listen to the whole episode with Sadie Ryan you can head over to my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast

https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/104-accentricity-podcast-with-sadie-ryan/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZSpC6NaOOJhttlgpxQsDV?si=a55608aece1e4ce4

In the interview with Sadie we cover topics such as:

- How people react when they hear of Sadie's profession as a linguist/sociolinguist
- The term "Linguist" has more than one meaning
- How Sadie got involved into linguistics
- Speaking with a posh accent
- Remember: Everyone has an accent!
- Schools should teach more the listening skill!
- The best thing Sadie learned about language (Ep. mentioned)
- Sadie's PhD research
- Podcast recommendations (Linguistics)
- Language documentation (a specific branch in linguistics)
- The Podcast Accentricity - Every voice is valid
- Sadie's language journey (Polish/Gaelic)
- Is it easier to learn a language as a linguist?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48700037Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:50:23 +0000Daniel GoodsonThis is the audio-only version of the episode. For the video version use this link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700225 or select the second file with the number 76. What is YOUR favorite expression? Use the link below and send in your...https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700225 or select the second file with the number 76.

What is YOUR favorite expression? Use the link below and send in your message (audio-only, video or text-only)
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Full Transcript:

"not my circus, not my monkeys"

Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression.

https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/

Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.

So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself from

it's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.

And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. And

kind of that being passed over. Yeah.

So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.

Isn't it?

Yes.

It's very useful. I use it all the time.

Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie.

Thank you so much.

So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion

Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand.

What it means. Because of the context.

Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to .

Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

So that's it for today. I am the Vocab Man and I just wanted to say that if this was too fast for you, of course, you can head over to the show notes because there, there will be the full transcript for you. So thanks for tuning in. And have a...]]>250english,englishexpressions,expression,idioms,languagelearning,languages,monkeyexpressions,notmycircusnotmymonkeys,podcastwithtranscript,poland,polish,polishproverb,practicemakesking,proverb,proverbs,recordyourself,speakingpractice,spotify,transcripts,videopodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/75-to-get-one-s-head-around-to-understand-sth--48589251
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Transcript:

Get one's head around.

Hello guys, this is the Vocab Man. Let's try to understand the spoken words from different clips.

And at the same time learn the expression to get one's head around.

0:20 Clip 1

That in 1999 I got incredibly angry-- pissed off, actually--at what goes on with foster kids in America. I just couldn't get my head around it. How can we know best practice but we don't do it in 3/4 of the country?


The speaker in this video clip. Peter Samuelson doesn't understand how the system works concerning foster kids in America. So he can't come to terms with the system, how it works.

According to the Collins dictionary, it means to succeed in understanding or accepting something such as a new idea. yeah, at first I found this quite a difficult thing to get my head round, but one way helped me to think about it is I can see I've got over by my seat there a bottle of water, right. I'm looking at lots of you and lots of you have bottles of water with you, right?

Instead of to get one's head around something, you could also just say to wrap one's head around something. And remember this. It's very colloquial. So be careful when you're using these expression. And to be honest. The first thing that springs to mind when I'm hearing to wrap one's head around is a McWrap. Right from McDonald's. But of course this won't help you that much. It only shows. How hungry the Vocab man is. At the time when recording this episode. But I have another tip for you. There is a cool band. a band called the offspring. And there is a song called can't get my head around you. So you could just go. Look up for can't get my head around you youTube. And there we are. By listening to this song you will remember these expression easily.
But be aware that it's a punk rock song.

2:19 Clip 2
And then, when it comes to moralizing, are you moralizing or are you just trying to teach
your kids consequences? I'm not sure I can get my head around it.
Yeah.I mean, it's a tough question.I mean, you know, the data is the data, right?

What I find also super difficult is to get the right intonation. When speaking in English. So make sure that you can repeat some phrases so that it gets into your head.

I'm not sure I can get my head around it.

I'm not sure I can get my head around it.

So obviously the speaker's speaking very fast here. So that's why I'm having some difficulties to repeat the phrase or the expression. But what's the time. It will get better. Well, I hope so. And in my opinion, it's a very useful phrase. And I'm going to relisten to this episode of the vocal man. And by reading the text over and over again. It will finally stick in my memory
But do you have to know it's one thing to know that expression. Another to being able to use it in a day to day conversation. And that's the reason why I also try to shadow the text. What I mean by that is I listen to a very small portion of it and say it out loud afterwards. And that's why I will get used to it. And I will get my head around it.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48589251Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:06:11 +0000Daniel GoodsonToday, we are going to learn the expression "to get one's head around" Here is the Audiogram version of the podcast: https://share.descript.com/view/cMpj06yu2TG Transcript: Get one's head around. Hello guys, this is the Vocab Man. Let's...
Here is the Audiogram version of the podcast: https://share.descript.com/view/cMpj06yu2TG

Transcript:

Get one's head around.

Hello guys, this is the Vocab Man. Let's try to understand the spoken words from different clips.

And at the same time learn the expression to get one's head around.

0:20 Clip 1

That in 1999 I got incredibly angry-- pissed off, actually--at what goes on with foster kids in America. I just couldn't get my head around it. How can we know best practice but we don't do it in 3/4 of the country?


The speaker in this video clip. Peter Samuelson doesn't understand how the system works concerning foster kids in America. So he can't come to terms with the system, how it works.

According to the Collins dictionary, it means to succeed in understanding or accepting something such as a new idea. yeah, at first I found this quite a difficult thing to get my head round, but one way helped me to think about it is I can see I've got over by my seat there a bottle of water, right. I'm looking at lots of you and lots of you have bottles of water with you, right?

Instead of to get one's head around something, you could also just say to wrap one's head around something. And remember this. It's very colloquial. So be careful when you're using these expression. And to be honest. The first thing that springs to mind when I'm hearing to wrap one's head around is a McWrap. Right from McDonald's. But of course this won't help you that much. It only shows. How hungry the Vocab man is. At the time when recording this episode. But I have another tip for you. There is a cool band. a band called the offspring. And there is a song called can't get my head around you. So you could just go. Look up for can't get my head around you youTube. And there we are. By listening to this song you will remember these expression easily.
But be aware that it's a punk rock song.

2:19 Clip 2
And then, when it comes to moralizing, are you moralizing or are you just trying to teach
your kids consequences? I'm not sure I can get my head around it.
Yeah.I mean, it's a tough question.I mean, you know, the data is the data, right?

What I find also super difficult is to get the right intonation. When speaking in English. So make sure that you can repeat some phrases so that it gets into your head.

I'm not sure I can get my head around it.

I'm not sure I can get my head around it.

So obviously the speaker's speaking very fast here. So that's why I'm having some difficulties to repeat the phrase or the expression. But what's the time. It will get better. Well, I hope so. And in my opinion, it's a very useful phrase. And I'm going to relisten to this episode of the vocal man. And by reading the text over and over again. It will finally stick in my memory
But do you have to know it's one thing to know that expression. Another to being able to use it in a day to day conversation. And that's the reason why I also try to shadow the text. What I mean by that is I listen to a very small portion of it and say it out loud afterwards. And that's why I will get used to it. And I will get my head around it.]]>234collocial,english,englishvocabulary,expressions,head,idiomatic,learnwith,learnwithpodcasts,learnwithsongs,offspring,vocab,vocabman,vocabulary,with,wordlisttrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/74-let-s-take-a-rain-check-english-learners-learn-together--47975284
= You can't accept an invitation now but you would like to do it later.

British English might say something like 'I'll give it a miss' or 'I'll catch you/it next time'.

Other weather related expressions:

- a storm in a teacup: unnecessary anger or worry about an unimportant thing
- it never rains but it pours: bad luck and bad things tend to happen at the same time
- to be/feel under the weather: to feel unwell or ill


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= You can't accept an invitation now but you would like to do it later.

British English might say something like 'I'll give it a miss' or 'I'll catch you/it next time'.

Other weather related expressions:

- a storm in a teacup: unnecessary anger or worry about an unimportant thing
- it never rains but it pours: bad luck and bad things tend to happen at the same time
- to be/feel under the weather: to feel unwell or ill


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Full transcript:


Next time you're making chocolate cake. I hope you'll consider some of these sweet tips so you can have your cake and eat it too.

I was wondering, do you have a favorite expression in English?

I do. I think my favorite expression is the phrase. "You can have your cake and eat it too", meaning that you can enjoy whatever it is that you're enjoying and you don't have to feel guilty for it. You don't have to feel bad about enjoying it. You can simply have essentially the best of both worlds.

Yeah, I love that one. That is cool.

The question was, um, if you take industry out of research, there'll be less research done. What do we do about that? So the money blinds proposal that I put up on the slide is intended to preserve the industry funding, right? And to just separate off the negative effects. So that's trying to have your cake and eat it.

My argument about the, trying to have your cake and eat it is even if you can get that to work. All right. Even if you can get that to work, even if you want to preserve industry funding in that way, we are deluding ourselves, right? Just as you would accuse me of deluding myself to say, government money will appear magically to replace industry money.

We are also deluding ourselves. We are engaged in mass delusion that we are looking fully and broadly at the solutions to important social problems. Right. With a system we currently have. So there are different kinds of delusion. And what I would say is I take your point. If you take our industry money, where's the rest going to come from?

What I would say is you could initiate the money blind solution, but you shouldn't pretend that's a solution completely .

Let's say I started a mutual fund for my neighborhood and all the neighbors had stock. Okay. And, and so they heal the environment and their stock went up in value. So instead of getting drained financially, they're making money, they're making money from things that make their kids safer and, and prevent the planet from dying.

So you kind of have your cake and eat it too, instead of working all way to make money and then coming home and trying to save the planet on the weekends, you can spend Monday through Friday making money, saving the planet and then, you know, go to the beach.

02:28 Outro
So actually with this podcast, you can have a lot of fun and along the way, you can learn English. So stick with me, the vocab man, and by doing so you can have your cake and eat it too. And if the podcast is too fast for you, then the transcript might help you out. Right? So because sometimes I make these audiogram.

I mean, you'll see the subtitles. And at the same time you can listen to the podcast. So I have also a YouTube channel, just search for my fluent podcast or the VOCAB man. Then you will find it. So the vocab man is sponsored by my fluent podcast. And just so you know, This idiom suggested Doug , who I interviewed on episode 99 of my fluent podcast.

So if you are into language learning with the help of hypnosis. This might be of interest, check it out. And here's the trailer.

03:29 Trailer of episode 99 of My Fluent Podcast (Learn languages with hypnosis)

Well, my name is Doug Sands and I am a hypnotist. I help people primarily with weights and anxiety, but I also see it, some clients for things like confidence and, language learning and language retention, both things that can really help us to practice that language and really help to, cement that in our neural networks hypnosis and language learning, they go hand in hand hypnosis works with that part of our brain that really stores the ability to speak a new language and to speak it fluently. And so hypnosis is, is kind of a way to fast track language learning.


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Full transcript:


Next time you're making chocolate cake. I hope you'll consider some of these sweet tips so you can have your cake and eat it too.

I was wondering, do you have a favorite expression in English?

I do. I think my favorite expression is the phrase. "You can have your cake and eat it too", meaning that you can enjoy whatever it is that you're enjoying and you don't have to feel guilty for it. You don't have to feel bad about enjoying it. You can simply have essentially the best of both worlds.

Yeah, I love that one. That is cool.

The question was, um, if you take industry out of research, there'll be less research done. What do we do about that? So the money blinds proposal that I put up on the slide is intended to preserve the industry funding, right? And to just separate off the negative effects. So that's trying to have your cake and eat it.

My argument about the, trying to have your cake and eat it is even if you can get that to work. All right. Even if you can get that to work, even if you want to preserve industry funding in that way, we are deluding ourselves, right? Just as you would accuse me of deluding myself to say, government money will appear magically to replace industry money.

We are also deluding ourselves. We are engaged in mass delusion that we are looking fully and broadly at the solutions to important social problems. Right. With a system we currently have. So there are different kinds of delusion. And what I would say is I take your point. If you take our industry money, where's the rest going to come from?

What I would say is you could initiate the money blind solution, but you shouldn't pretend that's a solution completely .

Let's say I started a mutual fund for my neighborhood and all the neighbors had stock. Okay. And, and so they heal the environment and their stock went up in value. So instead of getting drained financially, they're making money, they're making money from things that make their kids safer and, and prevent the planet from dying.

So you kind of have your cake and eat it too, instead of working all way to make money and then coming home and trying to save the planet on the weekends, you can spend Monday through Friday making money, saving the planet and then, you know, go to the beach.

02:28 Outro
So actually with this podcast, you can have a lot of fun and along the way, you can learn English. So stick with me, the vocab man, and by doing so you can have your cake and eat it too. And if the podcast is too fast for you, then the transcript might help you out. Right? So because sometimes I make these audiogram.

I mean, you'll see the subtitles. And at the same time you can listen to the podcast. So I have also a YouTube channel, just search for my fluent podcast or the VOCAB man. Then you will find it. So the vocab man is sponsored by my fluent podcast. And just so you know, This idiom suggested Doug , who I interviewed on episode 99 of my fluent podcast.

So if you are into language learning with the help of hypnosis. This might be of interest, check it out. And here's the trailer.

03:29 Trailer of episode 99 of My Fluent Podcast (Learn languages with hypnosis)

Well, my name is Doug Sands and I am a hypnotist. I help people primarily with weights and anxiety, but I...]]>259audiogram,cake,dougsands,englishpodcast,englishslang,haveyourcakeandititdoo,hypnosis,idioms,informal,informalenglish,learnenglish,learnwithpodcasts,myfluentpodcast,practicalenglish,sayings,transcripts,usefulexpressions,vocab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/72-raining-cats-and-dogs--47584956https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


Transcript:
Link to the video version with transcripts in it: https://youtu.be/VhtlJCmLBBQ


Forget raining cats and dogs in Guam. It's raining mice.

Omar. Do you have a favorite expression or an idiom in English? That is good question. idiom idiom like that. I could say for example I live in Ecuador and it's close to the mountains. The place that I live in and unusually it is raining. And when the people asking me, Hello Omar, what is the weather in your country?

I usually say here it is raining cats and dogs, cats and dogs. It's like a, it is a bad day it is only raining. So this was a very short clip from an interview that I conducted with Omar, a very motivated English learner. You can listen to the whole interview on my other show called my fluent podcast. And it's episode 97.

You can say it's raining cats and dogs. Although in reality, we don't actually use that idiom that much, but it seems to be the first idiom that anyone ever learns. You can also say to bucket down, if it's bucketing down with rain, it's raining really hard.

01:18

To be honest, I am also an English learner who learned that idiom on a very early stage.

Right. But apparently these (that!) Idiom is not used that much by native speakers. Well, at least I stumbled upon various videos in which native speaker told us so. Would you ever say it's raining cats and dogs? Have you ever said that in real life? I have said that, but only as a joke. Yeah, because when I was a kid, this is kind of like one of the first idioms that English learners learn, but I feel like native speakers

never or hardly ever used that to describe weather like that. You might get a smile. If you said it's raining cats and dogs outside, people might like a little joke maybe(they might laught a little bit). That's the only context when you'll actually hear people use that in real life is just as a little joke. Well I think that the idiom might be just a little bit old fashioned, but at least I could find it in a film in a movie.

From 1999 with the name Magnolia, which is an amazing movie, by the way. And Tom cruise is playing as well as an actor there. Is that all right? Just raining cats and dogs.

Yeah. And in this scene, by the way, it was not raining cats and dogs but in fact, frogs. So I'd rather say it's raining like hell or something like that. So I hope you liked this episode and I hope that you could learn something.

Bye.

Sometimes we don't feel confident with our level. Sometimes we don't have time. Sometimes we think that we don't have money for learning English, but more of them are only excuses. Like was my case, say, okay, Omar, you don't have time. You don't have money. Your English is not good. But when you really want to do something in your life, not only learn English, you could do it.

Only put a deadline and start doing. Of course at the beginning it will be difficult, but you need to do a step by step. So that is the most important.


Link to the full interview with Omar:
Youtube
https://youtu.be/q_weV6Z5jzM

Podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/Omar_from_Masters_Of_English_-_Zoom_Meetings.mp3]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47584956Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:01:37 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is your favorite expression? For more info see the link below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Transcript: Link to the video version with transcripts in it: https://youtu.be/VhtlJCmLBBQ Forget raining cats and dogs in Guam. It's...https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


Transcript:
Link to the video version with transcripts in it: https://youtu.be/VhtlJCmLBBQ


Forget raining cats and dogs in Guam. It's raining mice.

Omar. Do you have a favorite expression or an idiom in English? That is good question. idiom idiom like that. I could say for example I live in Ecuador and it's close to the mountains. The place that I live in and unusually it is raining. And when the people asking me, Hello Omar, what is the weather in your country?

I usually say here it is raining cats and dogs, cats and dogs. It's like a, it is a bad day it is only raining. So this was a very short clip from an interview that I conducted with Omar, a very motivated English learner. You can listen to the whole interview on my other show called my fluent podcast. And it's episode 97.

You can say it's raining cats and dogs. Although in reality, we don't actually use that idiom that much, but it seems to be the first idiom that anyone ever learns. You can also say to bucket down, if it's bucketing down with rain, it's raining really hard.

01:18

To be honest, I am also an English learner who learned that idiom on a very early stage.

Right. But apparently these (that!) Idiom is not used that much by native speakers. Well, at least I stumbled upon various videos in which native speaker told us so. Would you ever say it's raining cats and dogs? Have you ever said that in real life? I have said that, but only as a joke. Yeah, because when I was a kid, this is kind of like one of the first idioms that English learners learn, but I feel like native speakers

never or hardly ever used that to describe weather like that. You might get a smile. If you said it's raining cats and dogs outside, people might like a little joke maybe(they might laught a little bit). That's the only context when you'll actually hear people use that in real life is just as a little joke. Well I think that the idiom might be just a little bit old fashioned, but at least I could find it in a film in a movie.

From 1999 with the name Magnolia, which is an amazing movie, by the way. And Tom cruise is playing as well as an actor there. Is that all right? Just raining cats and dogs.

Yeah. And in this scene, by the way, it was not raining cats and dogs but in fact, frogs. So I'd rather say it's raining like hell or something like that. So I hope you liked this episode and I hope that you could learn something.

Bye.

Sometimes we don't feel confident with our level. Sometimes we don't have time. Sometimes we think that we don't have money for learning English, but more of them are only excuses. Like was my case, say, okay, Omar, you don't have time. You don't have money. Your English is not good. But when you really want to do something in your life, not only learn English, you could do it.

Only put a deadline and start doing. Of course at the beginning it will be difficult, but you need to do a step by step. So that is the most important.


Link to the full interview with Omar:
Youtube
https://youtu.be/q_weV6Z5jzM

Podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/Omar_from_Masters_Of_English_-_Zoom_Meetings.mp3]]>215catsanddogs,english,englishpodcast,englishsubtitles,englishwithlucy,expressions,idiomatic,idioms,learnenglish,learnidioms,learnwithpodcasts,podcasttranscripts,rain,rainidioms,rainingcatsanddogs,subtitles,transcripts,weather,weatheridioms,youtubefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/71-to-make-it-up-to-someone-phrasal-verb-explained-with-examples--47295979
In this episode we are going to cover the phrasal verb to make up to someone.

I am Daniel. and you are listening to the Vocab Man.

0:14
What does to make up to someone mean?
It means to do something to show that you are sorry about the problems you have caused someone.

Let's listen to an example from a woman who forgot about their marriage anniversary.

0:26 example 1:
You're always forgetting what we have to do is your family coming to our anniversary? I am so, so, so sorry. I swear to God, I will make it up to you. I will take you to that place that you wanted to go to last week, the, um, which place, which restaurant you don't, you don't remember anything? Not one thing .There is too much in my head.


Let's listen to another one. Because in my opinion it sticks better when it comes from a real example.

0:56 Example 2:

The policies of a country do not necessarily always affect the tribal and rural communities. It was devastating like, oh, we can't actually do something about this. We found out there's a huge gap when it comes to official policies and the real truth on the ground. So this time we were like, we are going to do something different.

We are going to use strategy and we are going to go back and apologize. Yes apologize. We went back to the communities and we said, we are very ashamed of what we did we are here to apologize. And in fact, we are here to make it up to you. How do you do that? We are going to promote three of your main cultures.

We know that it's music, language and embroidery. Nobody believed us. Nobody wanted to work with us. It took a lot of convincing and discussions with these communities until they agreed that we are going to promote their language by making a booklet of their stories, fables and all tells in the tribe.


1:57 Outro
I must apologize. I have to be frank here. In this episode I did not use my own voice. Maybe you did notice it. Maybe not.


I'll make it up to you one day.
Your Daniel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47295979Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:16:49 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: In this episode we are going to cover the phrasal verb to make up to someone. I am Daniel. and you are listening to the Vocab Man. 0:14 What does to make up to someone mean? It means to do something to show that you are sorry about...
In this episode we are going to cover the phrasal verb to make up to someone.

I am Daniel. and you are listening to the Vocab Man.

0:14
What does to make up to someone mean?
It means to do something to show that you are sorry about the problems you have caused someone.

Let's listen to an example from a woman who forgot about their marriage anniversary.

0:26 example 1:
You're always forgetting what we have to do is your family coming to our anniversary? I am so, so, so sorry. I swear to God, I will make it up to you. I will take you to that place that you wanted to go to last week, the, um, which place, which restaurant you don't, you don't remember anything? Not one thing .There is too much in my head.


Let's listen to another one. Because in my opinion it sticks better when it comes from a real example.

0:56 Example 2:

The policies of a country do not necessarily always affect the tribal and rural communities. It was devastating like, oh, we can't actually do something about this. We found out there's a huge gap when it comes to official policies and the real truth on the ground. So this time we were like, we are going to do something different.

We are going to use strategy and we are going to go back and apologize. Yes apologize. We went back to the communities and we said, we are very ashamed of what we did we are here to apologize. And in fact, we are here to make it up to you. How do you do that? We are going to promote three of your main cultures.

We know that it's music, language and embroidery. Nobody believed us. Nobody wanted to work with us. It took a lot of convincing and discussions with these communities until they agreed that we are going to promote their language by making a booklet of their stories, fables and all tells in the tribe.


1:57 Outro
I must apologize. I have to be frank here. In this episode I did not use my own voice. Maybe you did notice it. Maybe not.


I'll make it up to you one day.
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This is a bonus episode of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast


Link to the original full video

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This is a bonus episode of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast


Link to the original full video

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Hello, Daniel and hello vocab man listeners. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast coming to you with another guest episode. And this time we're going to be talking about "cut me some slack"

cut me some slack Taylor. Cut me some slack.

I used to be a cop.

First I want to tell you where I am. I'm not in the park today as in my previous episodes, I am in an outdoor cafe in the in the capital of Albania, which is Toronto, where I'm living right now. I am an American ex-pat, who is currently living in Albania by currently for how long, who knows, but that's not the point of today. Today. The phrase is "cut me some slack".

Oh, this one really hurt my head. Trying to figure out why it was so hard to come up with something to say about this. And I finally figured out this is sort of a dated phrase. You know, there are phrases that are popular for just a short period of time. That's pretty much what this one is. The period of time that it was popular, seems to be in a lot of movies and TV shows for that time period.

So I think this is a really clever one for Daniel for ask me to do. And I think it's one that I hope I can clear up for you. So let's get to it.

Cut me some slack. So again, I feel like it's a dated expression. I haven't looked it up, but I have a feeling that Daniel might look it up and let you know what time period this was popular in my gut says it was probably the eighties or early nineties.

1980s, early 1990s. Uh, more recently, I think we use things like give me a break or come on or something like that, but cut me some slack was definitely very, very popular and very used during probably the 1980s. Now some examples, it's usually in response to something. So I'm going to try to do two voices here to give you an example.

So I can't believe he said that to his boss. Uh, cut him some slack. He just had a baby and hasn't slept in weeks. I'm not so sure that came across as two different voices, but let me try again. I can't believe he said that to his boss. Come on, cut him some slack. He just had a baby and hasn't slept in weeks.

So basically slack is to loosen a tight restraint. So in this case, the tight restraint is your judgment on someone. So most likely it's your being most likely it's judging someone for some really not so great behavior. And the person in response is trying to say, Hey, be kind to them. They're having a hard time.

Basically. So it's cut them some slack. So, you know, when you're holding a rope with another person or a few other people, and it's very tense and you're both pulling, pulling, pulling, sort of like a tug of war, a cut type of game situation. And if someone lets go too soon, you fall to the ground because there's no tension.

That's not this. This is more of, if someone lets go of the rope a little bit, then you have a little bit more room to move back and forth. So the tension in this rope scenario is the judgment that someone is making on someone else. So if you cut them some slack, cut them some slack, you're giving them a little more flexibility on your judgment of their bad behavior.

Whereas if you didn't cut them any slack, which is something that would be said also, um, then your, your, your judgment is very strong there by the tension in the rope would be very, very strong. So you'd be pulling really hard on that. Um, yeah, so, so cut them some slack. Started as a boating phrase, if I understand it correctly.

And, um, with the slack, the rope from the slap being something that was used, I'm not a huge birding person. So I can't explain that too much, but I'm sure Daniel will fill in the blanks there for you. Again, it is a dated phrase, so it's not necessarily something that you would say nowadays. But it's definitely something that you would want to know so that when you come across it in, like I said, movies and TV shows, or if you were to talk to an older person who might use it, you would know what they said.

So generally speaking, you would probably hear it, not use it. I hope this clarified somewhat the phrase. Cut me some slack. Thank you so much, Stephanie, for clarifying to us the meaning of cut me some slack. So. Actually, this is a really good example to show that it is not always easy to find practical phrases, which we can use in our daily basis because here on the Vocab Man, we try to learn phrases.

Which we actually use in the real world out there. Right. So as Stephanie said, this is a rather dated phrase, so I didn't know that. Right. And I think she's right when she says that it was used in the nineties or eighties, because I came across this expression a lot when I was watching detective stories.

Right? So for example, Harry Bosch, which takes place, I think in the nineties or something like that, I'm going to show you an excerpt from the series. This came from season three, episode six of Harry Bosch. I'd like not to hear the name Bosch in my morning briefing anymore. How can we make that happen? You can always fire me. Sure of that.

Sorry. I have no control over what people do or say about me. If you're expecting me to cut you slack for your crime misadventures, you're mistaken, I do not expect anything. Well, I think you do. And I think if you're not careful, I eat you alive. And they even used this expression a second time. In the same episode:

we don't want to lose these guys.

If you and Bosch can find time in your eight hour day to sit and watch them and knock yourselves out. But I can't justify the extra manpower and overtime until you get something more concrete,

same as it ever was ... cut her some slack Harry. So before we wrap this up, guys, let's give me another definition which comes from Marie and Webster. So it is informal. It means. To treat someone in a less harsh or critical way. Thank you for listening guys. Thank you again, Stephanie.

I always appreciate when you are on the Vocab Man here. It's really great. Thank you so much.

Finally cut me some slack.

Again, this is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast , G E O P A T S. You can find us anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Thank you so much for listening to this. And I hope that you can recognize this phrase.

Cut me some slack when you hear it in the future. Do let us know if this has helped you with that phrase. Thanks so much. And thank you, Daniel for this opportunity and keep up the good work. Bye.

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Hello, Daniel and hello vocab man listeners. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast coming to you with another guest episode. And this time we're going to be talking about "cut me some slack"

cut me some slack Taylor. Cut me some slack.

I used to be a cop.

First I want to tell you where I am. I'm not in the park today as in my previous episodes, I am in an outdoor cafe in the in the capital of Albania, which is Toronto, where I'm living right now. I am an American ex-pat, who is currently living in Albania by currently for how long, who knows, but that's not the point of today. Today. The phrase is "cut me some slack".

Oh, this one really hurt my head. Trying to figure out why it was so hard to come up with something to say about this. And I finally figured out this is sort of a dated phrase. You know, there are phrases that are popular for just a short period of time. That's pretty much what this one is. The period of time that it was popular, seems to be in a lot of movies and TV shows for that time period.

So I think this is a really clever one for Daniel for ask me to do. And I think it's one that I hope I can clear up for you. So let's get to it.

Cut me some slack. So again, I feel like it's a dated expression. I haven't looked it up, but I have a feeling that Daniel might look it up and let you know what time period this was popular in my gut says it was probably the eighties or early nineties.

1980s, early 1990s. Uh, more recently, I think we use things like give me a break or come on or something like that, but cut me some slack was definitely very, very popular and very used during probably the 1980s. Now some examples, it's usually in response to something. So I'm going to try to do two voices here to give you an example.

So I can't believe he said that to his boss. Uh, cut him some slack. He just had a baby and hasn't slept in weeks. I'm not so sure that came across as two different voices, but let me try again. I can't believe he said that to his boss. Come on, cut him some slack. He just had a baby and hasn't slept in weeks.

So basically slack is to loosen a tight restraint. So in this case, the tight restraint is your judgment on someone. So most likely it's your being most likely it's judging someone for some really not so great behavior. And the person in response is trying to say, Hey, be kind to them. They're having a hard time.

Basically. So it's cut them some slack. So, you know, when you're holding a rope with another person or a few other people, and it's very tense and you're both pulling, pulling, pulling, sort of like a tug of war, a cut type of game situation. And if someone lets go too soon, you fall to the ground because there's no tension.

That's not this. This is more of, if someone lets go of the rope a little bit, then you have a little bit more room to move back and forth. So the tension in this rope scenario is the judgment that someone is making on someone else. So if you cut them some slack, cut them some slack, you're giving them a little more flexibility on your judgment of their bad behavior.

Whereas if you didn't cut them any slack, which is something that would be said also, um, then your, your, your judgment is very strong there by the tension in the rope would be very, very strong. So you'd be pulling really hard on that. Um, yeah, so, so cut them some slack. Started as a boating phrase, if I understand it correctly.

And, um, with the slack, the rope from the slap being something that was used, I'm not a huge birding person. So I can't explain that too much, but I'm sure Daniel will fill in the blanks there for you. Again, it is a dated phrase, so it's not necessarily something that you would say nowadays. But it's definitely something that you would want to know so that when you come across it in,...]]>480bosch,cutmesomeslack,english,expressions,geopats,geopatslanguage,geopatspodcast,givemeabreak,harrybosch,informal,slack,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/67-on-the-off-chance--45281518https://youtu.be/h0EUMOLwTz0


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So on the off chance that you are hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like that accent, this is a fantastic TV show.

Hello guys today, we are going to cover the expression "on the off chance", which basically means in the unlikely event have fun.



So right at the beginning, you could hear the voice of Lucy from English with Lucy and she was recommending a series called Katie Morag , I think.

Hello. My name is Katie Morag I can call and I live in island Tour of Struay . I know it's not the biggest place to live. In fact, it's really quite ?xxx?, but that's just the way I like it. I know everyone and everyone knows me.

Katie Morag YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6oyVgUDbc


But if you take a closer look, she says, so on the off chance that you're hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like the accent. This is a fantastic TV show, but since on the off chance means in the unlikely event, or even in the very slight remote or unlikely possibility that something may happen or be the case, I think she's a little bit rude, right?

English with Lucie YouTube: https://youtu.be/_L_zlG2X2tE

Because she assumes that it is an unlikely event that you want to visit Scotland, but maybe I'm just too harsh. Because people usually don't want to go to Scotland. I don't know, but in my case, I really would love to go to Scotland one day. So let's listen to it once again.


So on the off chance that you are hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like that accent, this is a fantastic TV show. And as I've said many times before, it's really important to understand, and to listen to a variety of accents, the Scottish accent is considered to be fairly difficult.


If you're in a situation where you want to say no and be firm and yell at the dog, I wouldn't really recommend that. Loud voices can actually get the dogs even angrier and make them want to go at each other more. Think about like a boxer inside a boxing ring. They don't hear people chanting. They're just in the zone.

But on the off chance, if you have like something. Like an air horn that makes a really loud high-pitched noise. It can be loud enough to disperse the fight. Now the most effective way to separate two dogs that are fighting requires two people.

Nice on the off chance that I win a million dollars. I will pay a whole team to work for the Vocab Man here so that I can produce in a more professional way.

I would also recommend having a personal reference to keyboard shortcuts that you use most often. And on the off chance that keyboard shortcuts are actually interesting to you that you can go even further down the rabbit hole and start learning about the wide world of macros.

So, instead of saying on the off chance, you could also use expressions such like by any chance or in the event that, or in the case that.

Oh, very proud moment of mine. This was my slick hair, dark, dark red lip, big hoops, lots of crop tops. I really can't show this to my daughter then. I won't be able to tell her she can't wear them. Those are the premier of death becomes her. I was a huge fan of Meryl Streep's. This was in the off chance I was going to get to meet her.

I thought she'd like this outfit.

Thank you very much. And thanks for listening guys. This is Daniel from Switzerland. Bye.

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If this video helped you learn just a little bit more English]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45281518Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:25:02 +0000Daniel GoodsonCheck out the YouTube version! https://youtu.be/h0EUMOLwTz0 What is your favorite expression? For more info see the link below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Transcript: So on the off chance that you are hoping to visit Scotland,...https://youtu.be/h0EUMOLwTz0


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Transcript:

So on the off chance that you are hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like that accent, this is a fantastic TV show.

Hello guys today, we are going to cover the expression "on the off chance", which basically means in the unlikely event have fun.



So right at the beginning, you could hear the voice of Lucy from English with Lucy and she was recommending a series called Katie Morag , I think.

Hello. My name is Katie Morag I can call and I live in island Tour of Struay . I know it's not the biggest place to live. In fact, it's really quite ?xxx?, but that's just the way I like it. I know everyone and everyone knows me.

Katie Morag YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6oyVgUDbc


But if you take a closer look, she says, so on the off chance that you're hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like the accent. This is a fantastic TV show, but since on the off chance means in the unlikely event, or even in the very slight remote or unlikely possibility that something may happen or be the case, I think she's a little bit rude, right?

English with Lucie YouTube: https://youtu.be/_L_zlG2X2tE

Because she assumes that it is an unlikely event that you want to visit Scotland, but maybe I'm just too harsh. Because people usually don't want to go to Scotland. I don't know, but in my case, I really would love to go to Scotland one day. So let's listen to it once again.


So on the off chance that you are hoping to visit Scotland, or you just particularly like that accent, this is a fantastic TV show. And as I've said many times before, it's really important to understand, and to listen to a variety of accents, the Scottish accent is considered to be fairly difficult.


If you're in a situation where you want to say no and be firm and yell at the dog, I wouldn't really recommend that. Loud voices can actually get the dogs even angrier and make them want to go at each other more. Think about like a boxer inside a boxing ring. They don't hear people chanting. They're just in the zone.

But on the off chance, if you have like something. Like an air horn that makes a really loud high-pitched noise. It can be loud enough to disperse the fight. Now the most effective way to separate two dogs that are fighting requires two people.

Nice on the off chance that I win a million dollars. I will pay a whole team to work for the Vocab Man here so that I can produce in a more professional way.

I would also recommend having a personal reference to keyboard shortcuts that you use most often. And on the off chance that keyboard shortcuts are actually interesting to you that you can go even further down the rabbit hole and start learning about the wide world of macros.

So, instead of saying on the off chance, you could also use expressions such like by any chance or in the event that, or in the case that.

Oh, very proud moment of mine. This was my slick hair, dark, dark red lip, big hoops, lots of crop tops. I really can't show this to my daughter then. I won't be able to tell her she can't wear them. Those are the premier of death becomes her. I was a huge fan of Meryl Streep's. This was in the off chance I was going to get to meet her.

I thought she'd like this outfit.

Thank you very much. And thanks for listening guys. This is Daniel from...]]>257dailyenglish,england,english,englishexpressions,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,fce,informal,learnenglish,learnthourghmovies,learnwords,myfluentpodcast,offchance,practicalenglish,scotland,vocab,vocabman,vocabuary,wales,wordlistsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/66-to-slag-off-to-criticize-harshly-informal--45274564


Slag off.





Welcome back, dear English, enthusiasts. This is Daniel. I'm the Vocab Man. And I was wondering, I mean, Don't get me wrong. I strongly believe that I have been learning a lot in the last four years here producing the Vocab Man for you, but let's take a closer look at it. Today is episode 66 and yeah, I have been producing over five hours in total.

So. Let's imagine if I produced double the amount or triple the amount, I mean, five hours in over four years, it's nothing. And let's say if I produced three episodes a week, I'd probably learn even more expressions. And as a result, of course, I would have become even more fluent in English, which is my goal, of course.

And I suppose it's your goal too, so I was just thinking, so now let's get started with an expression, which is a rather weird to me. It's called to slag off.

Because you must never, ever slag off the speaker because everyone, when you hear yourself, everyone always just gives, oh my God, I can't believe I sound like that company developed like that key thing is you focus entirely on you as the listener and you ask yourself just the following three questions.

Number one, how much does the speaker value? What he's saying to how much does the speaker value me as the listener? And then finally. Does the speaker make me care on that?

So to slag of means to criticize strongly, to say very bad things about other people, but it could also be a performance, etc. So it's rather a slang. So be careful when using it.

Some people are sort of saying, well, John Lennon know, he used to really slack off Paul McCartney. Um, and, and Paul says, no, no, no. He, we, we got on very well. It was just the way he was. He would be fast and loose and say crazy. Um, no Gallagher style things or Liam Gallagher style things. And actually he sentence overrated.

Anyway, he couldn't, uh, record an album like pipes of peace. If he tried.

So I repeat to slag someone off means to criticize them in an unpleasant way. So I think it's, it's rather British, right. And informal as, as I said before. So I really, I hope that you don't slack me off producing this episode, please, but if you have any suggestions for future episodes just drop me an email at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks.

Now I can tell you positive. I could slack off the professions and the juppies and how lots of them get paid for achieving very little goals . Um, I could question and challenge, but now I actually think, I think good things about people and places. Um, I rang a friend the other day. And I said to him, look, if I pay for your airfares, will you come to Northern New South Wales with me to the rainforest.

I just want to hang out in the peace and quiet. And, um, I can't do it on my own. And he said, yeah, I'll clear it with my wife. And I reckon that's alright]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45274564Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:05:18 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Slag off. Welcome back, dear English, enthusiasts. This is Daniel. I'm the Vocab Man. And I was wondering, I mean, Don't get me wrong. I strongly believe that I have been learning a lot in the last four years here producing the...


Slag off.





Welcome back, dear English, enthusiasts. This is Daniel. I'm the Vocab Man. And I was wondering, I mean, Don't get me wrong. I strongly believe that I have been learning a lot in the last four years here producing the Vocab Man for you, but let's take a closer look at it. Today is episode 66 and yeah, I have been producing over five hours in total.

So. Let's imagine if I produced double the amount or triple the amount, I mean, five hours in over four years, it's nothing. And let's say if I produced three episodes a week, I'd probably learn even more expressions. And as a result, of course, I would have become even more fluent in English, which is my goal, of course.

And I suppose it's your goal too, so I was just thinking, so now let's get started with an expression, which is a rather weird to me. It's called to slag off.

Because you must never, ever slag off the speaker because everyone, when you hear yourself, everyone always just gives, oh my God, I can't believe I sound like that company developed like that key thing is you focus entirely on you as the listener and you ask yourself just the following three questions.

Number one, how much does the speaker value? What he's saying to how much does the speaker value me as the listener? And then finally. Does the speaker make me care on that?

So to slag of means to criticize strongly, to say very bad things about other people, but it could also be a performance, etc. So it's rather a slang. So be careful when using it.

Some people are sort of saying, well, John Lennon know, he used to really slack off Paul McCartney. Um, and, and Paul says, no, no, no. He, we, we got on very well. It was just the way he was. He would be fast and loose and say crazy. Um, no Gallagher style things or Liam Gallagher style things. And actually he sentence overrated.

Anyway, he couldn't, uh, record an album like pipes of peace. If he tried.

So I repeat to slag someone off means to criticize them in an unpleasant way. So I think it's, it's rather British, right. And informal as, as I said before. So I really, I hope that you don't slack me off producing this episode, please, but if you have any suggestions for future episodes just drop me an email at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks.

Now I can tell you positive. I could slack off the professions and the juppies and how lots of them get paid for achieving very little goals . Um, I could question and challenge, but now I actually think, I think good things about people and places. Um, I rang a friend the other day. And I said to him, look, if I pay for your airfares, will you come to Northern New South Wales with me to the rainforest.

I just want to hang out in the peace and quiet. And, um, I can't do it on my own. And he said, yeah, I'll clear it with my wife. And I reckon that's alright]]>221english,englishpodcast,expressions,fluent,fluentenglish,fluentpodcast,harsh,informal,learnenglish,meaning,phrasalverbs,podcastenglish,podcasting,slag,slagoff,speakenglish,spokenenglishfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/65-don-t-get-me-wrong-idiom--45263820
Don't get me wrong. I love it! Don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to get you or anything.


In this episode, you will get familiar with the expression "don't get me wrong". And as usual here on the Vocab Man you'll listen to several examples of the expression that we are going to cover so that you can memorize it in a very easy way.

0:32 Example 1

Surely recycling can fix the plastic problem. Don't get me wrong. Recycling is vital for dealing with waste. I'm not saying you should just start checking everything in the bin for landfill, but unfortunately our recycling systems just can't cope with the amount of plastic we currently produce.

Plastics can only be recycled a certain number of times, so we can't keep recycling the same thing forever and making new recycled goods out of the plastic we recycle also uses up a lot of energy and resources. Doesn't plastic packaging, prevent food waste. This might seem like a question with a simple answer, but the links between food waste and plastic packaging are complex.

Don't forget to follow and to read the transcript. Of course.

Don't get me wrong. It's a very practical and useful expression. I think it's only used in speech. So you probably won't find it in written form and you might use it to avoid a misunderstanding. What I want to say is. Maybe you believe that the things you are going to say is a bit delicate or could be easily misunderstood by someone else.

So then you just begin with "don't get me wrong"

But it also works the other way around because according to the Wiktionary "don't get me wrong" is used to clarify that something previously said did not have a meaning that could be misinterpreted.

2:09 example 2

Now don't get me wrong. I do think it's important to know what's going on in the world, but I just don't think following the day to day developments of the news cycle is the way to do that.

So instead, I'm going to get one newspaper delivered to my house every week. And that is how I am going to stay informed.

2:29 Outro with Daniel Goodson

Don't get me wrong. What the man said just before. I mean, he made a good point, right? But on the other hand, one cool idea is to keep informed on a daily basis, maybe on the internet, but in English or in your target language, then it's a win-win situation. You keep informed. And at the same time you will learn a new language.

Thank you for listening. Daniel Goodson

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45263820Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:11:42 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Don't get me wrong. I love it! Don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to get you or anything. In this episode, you will get familiar with the expression "don't get me wrong". And as usual here on the Vocab Man you'll...
Don't get me wrong. I love it! Don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to get you or anything.


In this episode, you will get familiar with the expression "don't get me wrong". And as usual here on the Vocab Man you'll listen to several examples of the expression that we are going to cover so that you can memorize it in a very easy way.

0:32 Example 1

Surely recycling can fix the plastic problem. Don't get me wrong. Recycling is vital for dealing with waste. I'm not saying you should just start checking everything in the bin for landfill, but unfortunately our recycling systems just can't cope with the amount of plastic we currently produce.

Plastics can only be recycled a certain number of times, so we can't keep recycling the same thing forever and making new recycled goods out of the plastic we recycle also uses up a lot of energy and resources. Doesn't plastic packaging, prevent food waste. This might seem like a question with a simple answer, but the links between food waste and plastic packaging are complex.

Don't forget to follow and to read the transcript. Of course.

Don't get me wrong. It's a very practical and useful expression. I think it's only used in speech. So you probably won't find it in written form and you might use it to avoid a misunderstanding. What I want to say is. Maybe you believe that the things you are going to say is a bit delicate or could be easily misunderstood by someone else.

So then you just begin with "don't get me wrong"

But it also works the other way around because according to the Wiktionary "don't get me wrong" is used to clarify that something previously said did not have a meaning that could be misinterpreted.

2:09 example 2

Now don't get me wrong. I do think it's important to know what's going on in the world, but I just don't think following the day to day developments of the news cycle is the way to do that.

So instead, I'm going to get one newspaper delivered to my house every week. And that is how I am going to stay informed.

2:29 Outro with Daniel Goodson

Don't get me wrong. What the man said just before. I mean, he made a good point, right? But on the other hand, one cool idea is to keep informed on a daily basis, maybe on the internet, but in English or in your target language, then it's a win-win situation. You keep informed. And at the same time you will learn a new language.

Thank you for listening. Daniel Goodson

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>184danielgoodson,dontgetmewrong,english,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,engvid,esl,expression,idiom,informal,lists,myfluentpodcast,podcastinenglish,practicalenglish,pretenders,speech,vocabman,wordlist,wrongfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/64-to-dither--45196656https://youtu.be/FPxQ2H_ZEy0

Transcript:

Dither - dither - dither

The world doesn't have that much time to dither!

Hello. I am the Vocab Man. After producing over 63 episodes consisting of five hours of audio materials in total, after more than 21,000 downloads. Thank you for that guys. The time has come to make a decision. Yeah, well actually, I've been dithering about what to do next. The thing is that my free plan on spreaker .

Spreaker is the Vocab Man's podcast hoster. So the free plan on spreaker, which consists of exactly five hours of content has come to an end. Yeah. Unfortunately, but there is no time to dither because spreaker offers a reduced price, which is available only for a few days. In other words, the VOCA man is going to exist in the future. for free.

If prince Charming walked up to you with a handful of diamonds, would you dither? Would you say, oh, I don't know. Let me think about it. Of course. He wouldn't.

To dither means to act nervously or indecisively. And according to the free dictionary, it also means to make a fuss or to be agitated. And dither as a noun means a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state.

So be committed to a national referendum. So the British people can again have their say and to hold it in the first half of the next parliament. This is one of the key choices that the election labor have spent 10 years making up their minds about whether they want a referendum on Europe. And after 10 years of dither, uncertainty, confusion, and contradiction, they've ended up making the wrong choice. And are still seeking to deny the democratic will of the people of this country.

So now let's take a look at the etymologist side. So according to the website etymonline.com the word actually came 1640s, and it means to quake, tremble and is a phonetic variant of middle English didderen from the late 14th century, which is of uncertain origin.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now yet we dither taking no action to divert the asteroid, even though the longer we wait, the more difficult and expensive it becomes.

This was the Vocab Man . Thank you for listening, dear listeners. And thank you all people who contributed to the Vocab Man, and also thank you to all the guys who are actually reading the transcript of the episodes because it's a hell of a lot of, uh, work to do so. I'm I'm really happy if there are even some people who are using it and reading it.

And of course, remember there is a YouTube version of this podcast, which enables you to learn even better English and faster! Bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45196656Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:58:07 +0000Daniel GoodsonYouTube Version: https://youtu.be/FPxQ2H_ZEy0 Transcript: Dither - dither - dither The world doesn't have that much time to dither! Hello. I am the Vocab Man. After producing over 63 episodes consisting of five hours of audio materials in...https://youtu.be/FPxQ2H_ZEy0

Transcript:

Dither - dither - dither

The world doesn't have that much time to dither!

Hello. I am the Vocab Man. After producing over 63 episodes consisting of five hours of audio materials in total, after more than 21,000 downloads. Thank you for that guys. The time has come to make a decision. Yeah, well actually, I've been dithering about what to do next. The thing is that my free plan on spreaker .

Spreaker is the Vocab Man's podcast hoster. So the free plan on spreaker, which consists of exactly five hours of content has come to an end. Yeah. Unfortunately, but there is no time to dither because spreaker offers a reduced price, which is available only for a few days. In other words, the VOCA man is going to exist in the future. for free.

If prince Charming walked up to you with a handful of diamonds, would you dither? Would you say, oh, I don't know. Let me think about it. Of course. He wouldn't.

To dither means to act nervously or indecisively. And according to the free dictionary, it also means to make a fuss or to be agitated. And dither as a noun means a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state.

So be committed to a national referendum. So the British people can again have their say and to hold it in the first half of the next parliament. This is one of the key choices that the election labor have spent 10 years making up their minds about whether they want a referendum on Europe. And after 10 years of dither, uncertainty, confusion, and contradiction, they've ended up making the wrong choice. And are still seeking to deny the democratic will of the people of this country.

So now let's take a look at the etymologist side. So according to the website etymonline.com the word actually came 1640s, and it means to quake, tremble and is a phonetic variant of middle English didderen from the late 14th century, which is of uncertain origin.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now yet we dither taking no action to divert the asteroid, even though the longer we wait, the more difficult and expensive it becomes.

This was the Vocab Man . Thank you for listening, dear listeners. And thank you all people who contributed to the Vocab Man, and also thank you to all the guys who are actually reading the transcript of the episodes because it's a hell of a lot of, uh, work to do so. I'm I'm really happy if there are even some people who are using it and reading it.

And of course, remember there is a YouTube version of this podcast, which enables you to learn even better English and faster! Bye.]]>222dither,dithering,english,englishpodcasts,etymology,explained,grammar,learnenglish,myfluentpodcast,studyenglish,voab,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/63-gotcha-i-got-you-with-guest-host-stephanie-from-the-geopats-language-podcast--45089637https://youtu.be/DLlUsVPj53A

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Gotcha.

Hi, Daniel and hello Vocab Man listeners. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language podcast here with another commonly used phrase "gotcha" (I got you).


This is a tricky one. There's a lot of different informal situations where you can use this, but there's also a lot of ways you can misuse it or you can use it incorrectly.

First of all, it is important to know that this is an informal phrase, this is not something that you will hear, for example, from the BBC news

It's all of the virus. China has warned against politicizing and the attempt to find out how the virus first emerged. Mr. Biden's order highlights just how little we really do know about where the virus came from.

or any formal setting and probably not in a business English setting.

Also, it's usually in response to someone asking you a question and here's the trick. It's usually after something went wrong, when there was a question and answer and the answer was wrong, then there's a question again.

And the answer would be gotcha.

Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. That sounds confusing. Let me give you an example.

Okay. For example, if somebody says, so we're meeting at the train station at 7:00 PM. And you say, no, actually it's 8:00 PM.

Remember we changed it and you say, oh, okay. So it's 7:00 PM. Gotcha. So it means, yes, I understand. I've literally, I've got it. I've got the information in my head. It will not leave. Yeah. So. Gotcha. And so gotcha is G O T C H A is how it's spelled informally. And if you were to break it out into its different bits, it would be got you.

I got you. We are the same. Yeah.

But it changes, it changes spelling, obviously when it's put all together and it's informal form, G O T C H A

Okay, so it can be used with all pronouns. I can say I gotcha. I can just say gotcha. You could say, okay. He got ya. Like, if you're saying something repeatedly to a waiter and you're being a little bit rude, your friend can leave him over and say, Hey, he got ya. Stop. It's okay. It's understood

Another situation that I have personally been in is in a group, in a formal group meeting, like a college club group or something like that, where somebody is going on and on about something and they're not stopping and you want them to stop and you say, okay, we gotcha. Meaning, we understand it's literally in our heads, please stop talking about it.

So that's another way you can use it. The one way we usually don't use. Gotcha. Is in a question we wouldn't say you gotcha. Cause that makes no sense. Cause again, it's about telling the person that you understand. And even though we can say, do you understand? We usually don't say, I'd say 99% of the time we do not say gotcha.

No, I just, it just doesn't make sense. It's just not how we use it anyway. I hope that makes sense. And again, this is Stephanie from Geopats Language Podcast. You can find us on any podcast app it's GEOPATS , G E O P A T S. Thanks so much, Daniel. And bye everybody.

Hey, Stephanie, thank you so much for all of your explanation. It was really great. And we could have a listen to her at episode 58, where she explained the expression to bitch about. So check it out now and by the way, gotcha. Was covered by the Vocab Man on episode 2. Yes, it was the second episode that was published and I've thought it would be a great idea too, to make a newer episode about.

Gotcha. Because sometimes it is really important to revise the expressions that you want to learn too. Right. So at least that's my opinion. So thanks a lot for listening. I am Daniel . The Vocab Man . See you around. Bye.

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Gotcha.

Hi, Daniel and hello Vocab Man listeners. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language podcast here with another commonly used phrase "gotcha" (I got you).


This is a tricky one. There's a lot of different informal situations where you can use this, but there's also a lot of ways you can misuse it or you can use it incorrectly.

First of all, it is important to know that this is an informal phrase, this is not something that you will hear, for example, from the BBC news

It's all of the virus. China has warned against politicizing and the attempt to find out how the virus first emerged. Mr. Biden's order highlights just how little we really do know about where the virus came from.

or any formal setting and probably not in a business English setting.

Also, it's usually in response to someone asking you a question and here's the trick. It's usually after something went wrong, when there was a question and answer and the answer was wrong, then there's a question again.

And the answer would be gotcha.

Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. That sounds confusing. Let me give you an example.

Okay. For example, if somebody says, so we're meeting at the train station at 7:00 PM. And you say, no, actually it's 8:00 PM.

Remember we changed it and you say, oh, okay. So it's 7:00 PM. Gotcha. So it means, yes, I understand. I've literally, I've got it. I've got the information in my head. It will not leave. Yeah. So. Gotcha. And so gotcha is G O T C H A is how it's spelled informally. And if you were to break it out into its different bits, it would be got you.

I got you. We are the same. Yeah.

But it changes, it changes spelling, obviously when it's put all together and it's informal form, G O T C H A

Okay, so it can be used with all pronouns. I can say I gotcha. I can just say gotcha. You could say, okay. He got ya. Like, if you're saying something repeatedly to a waiter and you're being a little bit rude, your friend can leave him over and say, Hey, he got ya. Stop. It's okay. It's understood

Another situation that I have personally been in is in a group, in a formal group meeting, like a college club group or something like that, where somebody is going on and on about something and they're not stopping and you want them to stop and you say, okay, we gotcha. Meaning, we understand it's literally in our heads, please stop talking about it.

So that's another way you can use it. The one way we usually don't use. Gotcha. Is in a question we wouldn't say you gotcha. Cause that makes no sense. Cause again, it's about telling the person that you understand. And even though we can say, do you understand? We usually don't say, I'd say 99% of the time we do not say gotcha.

No, I just, it just doesn't make sense. It's just not how we use it anyway. I hope that makes sense. And again, this is Stephanie from Geopats Language Podcast. You can find us on any podcast app it's GEOPATS , G E O P A T S. Thanks so much, Daniel. And bye everybody.

Hey, Stephanie, thank you so much for all of your explanation. It was really great. And we could have a listen to her at episode 58, where she explained the expression to bitch about. So check it out now and by the way, gotcha. Was covered by the Vocab Man on episode 2. Yes, it was the second episode that was published and I've thought it would be a great idea too, to make a newer episode about.

Gotcha. Because sometimes it is really important to revise the expressions that you want to learn too. Right. So at least that's my opinion. So thanks a lot for listening. I am Daniel . The Vocab Man . See you around. Bye.

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No sweat.

There is a little chore I have for you, which is the Phoenix palm fronds More have fallen onto the lawn. Oh! Those! Those..., no sweat. I'll deal with them.

No sweat. I'll deal with them. Welcome to the Vocab Man, this is Daniel. And as you may already know on this podcast and YouTube channel, we try to become fluent in English. So that's why we cover different expressions so that they stick for good with us. Today's expression is rather informal. So no sweat is used to convey that something is not difficult or problematic.

So it's similar to when you are saying no problem. It means figuratively helping you was not hard work for me. And it did not cause me to sweat. Right. And sweat is the liquid, which comes, which pores of the skin. Right. So for example, if you're run and then you begin to sweat, right.

Well, that's that's great.

Congratulations. This means I won't be hanging around the Ocean Lodge anymore, and I just came to say, thank you for being nice and giving me a place to stay. You're a good guy. Sure. No sweat!My pleasure! Unless you want to go double or nothing on the roulette table. Don't don't go down that road. You don't want to do that.

Just keep that and get back on your feet. Okay. So actually I came across this expression while watching Goliath. And you could just listen to an excerpt of this great series, which I highly recommend to learn English as well. So if you are into law crime series, this might be right up your alley. So, and the next expression comes from a YouTube video from speak English with Vanessa.

You got this, you got this.

It doesn't mean you received some kind of package. It just means you can do this. You got this, you got this. Or you can say. Don't sweat it, don't sweat it. Sweat is the liquid that comes from your face when you're hot or when you're nervous. And this often happens when you have a big situation. So you need to say, don't sweat it.

You can do it. You got this. We often combine these together. So for today, let's learn the expression. Don't sweat it and no sweat. And that's it for today, guys. And let's relisten to one or two audio bits. There is a little chore I have for you, which is the, um, the Phoenix palm fronds. More fallen onto the lawn.

Oh, those those!, no sweat. I'll deal with them. This means I won't be hanging around the ocean lodge anymore. And I just came to say, thank you for being nice and giving me a place to stay. You're a good guy. My pleasure.


#englishpodcasts #nosweat #expresions #informal #informalenglish #slang #slangenglish #myfluentpodcast #fluent #fluentpodcast #englishwithvanessa #vanessaenglish #ESL]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44391384Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:50:04 +0000Daniel GoodsonYouTube version: https://youtu.be/xpPy7W8KbqA Transcript: No sweat. There is a little chore I have for you, which is the Phoenix palm fronds More have fallen onto the lawn. Oh! Those! Those..., no sweat. I'll deal with them. No sweat. I'll deal...https://youtu.be/xpPy7W8KbqA

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No sweat.

There is a little chore I have for you, which is the Phoenix palm fronds More have fallen onto the lawn. Oh! Those! Those..., no sweat. I'll deal with them.

No sweat. I'll deal with them. Welcome to the Vocab Man, this is Daniel. And as you may already know on this podcast and YouTube channel, we try to become fluent in English. So that's why we cover different expressions so that they stick for good with us. Today's expression is rather informal. So no sweat is used to convey that something is not difficult or problematic.

So it's similar to when you are saying no problem. It means figuratively helping you was not hard work for me. And it did not cause me to sweat. Right. And sweat is the liquid, which comes, which pores of the skin. Right. So for example, if you're run and then you begin to sweat, right.

Well, that's that's great.

Congratulations. This means I won't be hanging around the Ocean Lodge anymore, and I just came to say, thank you for being nice and giving me a place to stay. You're a good guy. Sure. No sweat!My pleasure! Unless you want to go double or nothing on the roulette table. Don't don't go down that road. You don't want to do that.

Just keep that and get back on your feet. Okay. So actually I came across this expression while watching Goliath. And you could just listen to an excerpt of this great series, which I highly recommend to learn English as well. So if you are into law crime series, this might be right up your alley. So, and the next expression comes from a YouTube video from speak English with Vanessa.

You got this, you got this.

It doesn't mean you received some kind of package. It just means you can do this. You got this, you got this. Or you can say. Don't sweat it, don't sweat it. Sweat is the liquid that comes from your face when you're hot or when you're nervous. And this often happens when you have a big situation. So you need to say, don't sweat it.

You can do it. You got this. We often combine these together. So for today, let's learn the expression. Don't sweat it and no sweat. And that's it for today, guys. And let's relisten to one or two audio bits. There is a little chore I have for you, which is the, um, the Phoenix palm fronds. More fallen onto the lawn.

Oh, those those!, no sweat. I'll deal with them. This means I won't be hanging around the ocean lodge anymore. And I just came to say, thank you for being nice and giving me a place to stay. You're a good guy. My pleasure.


#englishpodcasts #nosweat #expresions #informal #informalenglish #slang #slangenglish #myfluentpodcast #fluent #fluentpodcast #englishwithvanessa #vanessaenglish #ESL]]>203englishpodcasts,englishwithvanessa,esl,expresions,fluent,fluentpodcast,informal,informalenglish,myfluentpodcast,nosweat,podcastsinenglish,slang,slangenglish,vanessaenglishfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/61-i-kid-you-not--44301576
And I kid you not. Okay. I kid you not. It comes back with 2,500 corrections and I am just fricking astounded. Now, how can this be now? Obviously the way she counts, if a comma is in the wrong place where she cuts it, it's one. She puts it back. It's two. So let's be conservative. Let's say it's 1,250 problems. I'm still, my mind is boggled. So anyway

And I kid you not. Okay. I kid you not.



I kid you not guys, by listening to the Vocab Man , little by little, you will definitely improve your English skills while come back to this vocabulary podcast.

You need a very good password whenever you're doing anything kind of digital and Snowden came up with a suggestion, which was, and I kid you not, Margaret Thatcher is 100% sexy. I dunno if Greece can remember Margaret Thatcher, but I assure you that it's not true.

The expression I kid you not is just another way of saying I'm being completely serious right now. I am not kidding you. So it is rather colloquial and it is used to insist that one is telling the truth. And the funny thing is that these expression was popularized by Jack Paar .

And he was the host of the Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Jack used this as his signature phrase, but I'm not quite sure if he invented it. So yeah.

He was already drunk. I kid you not. And this isn't me just ripping on my ex. This was one of the best trial lawyers ever.

So, this was actually a quote from the series called Goliath. So the woman said he was already drunk. I kid you not. And she was referring to her ex-husband and he is actually the main character of the series. And if you are into crime series or law series, Goliath is highly recommended by me. The Vocab man.

And I also came across another expression when I was watching this episode and the expression was "just so you know":

Just so you know, I got a case and I think it's pretty damn good. One

night.

This was the main character of the series. And why did I mention it? So it's quite simple because whenever I come across an expression, I try to remember it. And I produce a new episode of the VOCA MAN . And just so you know, was actually on episode number three, I think. And I explained these expression over there.

the magic happens when you try to focus on only a few expressions. And then all of a sudden you noticed them when you watch a series or a movie, and then by doing so it will stick for good. It will stick with you forever. Right? You, you have learned it.

Tony Blair says in his autobiography, I kid you not. He says the freedom of information act was his biggest regret in government.

But I was rambling here a bit. So let's go back to the expression. So McMillan dictionary gives the following explanation. I kid you not is used for saying that you are telling the truth. Yeah. And there is, by the way, an alternative form of I kid you not. But this one is quite vulgar . So be careful when using it, it goes like this I shit

you not. Yeah.

They called their board and which I think it was more of a lunchroom. And we were literally, I shit, you not having the meeting at a ping pong table. And they were talking about what the game plan was for this thing.

and I shit, you not, I'm not making this up. I dare you even try to make this up last night. I I'm on the phone. Cause if you look at my car right now, you're going to see a suitcase because I flew in last night and then yeah. All that. Okay. So I'm on the phone with my son, Hey, I'm on my travels home. And he says, he's, he's about to go to bed.

What are you doing, son? And he said, I'm asking Google if Han solo and the millennium Falcon and stormtroopers and princess Leia can all be friends. And I said, you're asking who, and he said that, then he quotes Bush. He says the Google.

And I kid you not guys, the Vocab Man is over for now, but it will continue. Thanks a lot for tuning in. Thanks for listening. And bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44301576Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:50:03 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: And I kid you not. Okay. I kid you not. It comes back with 2,500 corrections and I am just fricking astounded. Now, how can this be now? Obviously the way she counts, if a comma is in the wrong place where she cuts it, it's one. She puts...
And I kid you not. Okay. I kid you not. It comes back with 2,500 corrections and I am just fricking astounded. Now, how can this be now? Obviously the way she counts, if a comma is in the wrong place where she cuts it, it's one. She puts it back. It's two. So let's be conservative. Let's say it's 1,250 problems. I'm still, my mind is boggled. So anyway

And I kid you not. Okay. I kid you not.



I kid you not guys, by listening to the Vocab Man , little by little, you will definitely improve your English skills while come back to this vocabulary podcast.

You need a very good password whenever you're doing anything kind of digital and Snowden came up with a suggestion, which was, and I kid you not, Margaret Thatcher is 100% sexy. I dunno if Greece can remember Margaret Thatcher, but I assure you that it's not true.

The expression I kid you not is just another way of saying I'm being completely serious right now. I am not kidding you. So it is rather colloquial and it is used to insist that one is telling the truth. And the funny thing is that these expression was popularized by Jack Paar .

And he was the host of the Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Jack used this as his signature phrase, but I'm not quite sure if he invented it. So yeah.

He was already drunk. I kid you not. And this isn't me just ripping on my ex. This was one of the best trial lawyers ever.

So, this was actually a quote from the series called Goliath. So the woman said he was already drunk. I kid you not. And she was referring to her ex-husband and he is actually the main character of the series. And if you are into crime series or law series, Goliath is highly recommended by me. The Vocab man.

And I also came across another expression when I was watching this episode and the expression was "just so you know":

Just so you know, I got a case and I think it's pretty damn good. One

night.

This was the main character of the series. And why did I mention it? So it's quite simple because whenever I come across an expression, I try to remember it. And I produce a new episode of the VOCA MAN . And just so you know, was actually on episode number three, I think. And I explained these expression over there.

the magic happens when you try to focus on only a few expressions. And then all of a sudden you noticed them when you watch a series or a movie, and then by doing so it will stick for good. It will stick with you forever. Right? You, you have learned it.

Tony Blair says in his autobiography, I kid you not. He says the freedom of information act was his biggest regret in government.

But I was rambling here a bit. So let's go back to the expression. So McMillan dictionary gives the following explanation. I kid you not is used for saying that you are telling the truth. Yeah. And there is, by the way, an alternative form of I kid you not. But this one is quite vulgar . So be careful when using it, it goes like this I shit

you not. Yeah.

They called their board and which I think it was more of a lunchroom. And we were literally, I shit, you not having the meeting at a ping pong table. And they were talking about what the game plan was for this thing.

and I shit, you not, I'm not making this up. I dare you even try to make this up last night. I I'm on the phone. Cause if you look at my car right now, you're going to see a suitcase because I flew in last night and then yeah. All that. Okay. So I'm on the phone with my son, Hey, I'm on my travels home. And he says, he's, he's about to go to bed.

What are you doing, son? And he said, I'm asking Google if Han solo and the millennium Falcon and stormtroopers and princess Leia can all be friends. And I said, you're asking who, and he said that, then he quotes Bush. He says the...]]>328english,englishexpressions,englishlist,englishpdocasts,englishwords,etymology,ikidyounot,ishityounot,kidding,kidyounot,list,meaning,myfluentpodcast,practicalenglish,saying,talkshow,vocabman,vulgar,vulgarenglish,vulgarexpressionstrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/60-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-cant-make-it-drink-meaning--44282996https://youtu.be/ZAWTalBW4cg

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Welcome back. My dear English enthusiasts . I am the Vocab Man. And this time you're going to learn the proverb. You can lead a horse to water. But you can't make it drink. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can influence people in circumstances, but you can't force things to go your way.

Why did we pick this idiom or proverb? Well, it's pretty simple because this is actually Ricardo's favorite idiom and he explained it in one of the Vocab Man's bonus episodes between number 59 and 58. And as I promised there, I, I want to cover various idioms that Ricardo mentioned because his guest post or guest episode was hilarious.

It was a really great, it was amazing because it was packed with different idioms and expressions. So actually, Back then I asked him which his favorite idiom was and he gave just an amazing answer. So without further ado, those are the winners. Number one, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Number two, the grass is greener on the other side. Why did I decide for them? Well, the first one is a match made in heaven for reaching my target of learning English.

I have the best material and the best teachers, but I need to do my best as a middle of the road guy. I must work hard to play hard. This is only way to accomplish my goals.

I will keep my fingers crossed that the second one portrays perfectly our society nowadays. It's a pain in the neck. In my humble opinion, white people are. So envy, all that glitters isn't gold, I would tell them . If I was asked for, I also would recommend to them to have their head screwed on, to be happy as the days long and carry on with their lives.

To conclude Daniel, I hope you like my answer and find it useful. However, don't forget to never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Publishing it will be the icing on the cake using it or not is up to you now, the jury is out thank you very much, Ricardo. And yes, now it's up to us to decide if we want to use these idioms in our daily life.

And I, I heard some great examples there. The icing on the cake of course is great, which means an additional positive aspect to something that is already positive or really good. So as always, you'll find the transcript in the show notes. And of course the show is now available on YouTube as well. So check it out.

The Vocal Man on YouTube, it's definitely worthwhile. I find because we all want to become better English speakers. Right? So let's learn together guys. And thanks for tuning in. Bye. Bye. You have to also accept the fact that old saying you can lead a horse to water, but can't make them drink. Sometimes you can't lead the horse to water even.

Do you want to be part of the show? Drop us an E-Mail: vocabpodcast@gmail.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44282996Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:05:59 +0000Daniel GoodsonYouTube link: https://youtu.be/ZAWTalBW4cg Transcript: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Welcome back. My dear English enthusiasts . I am the Vocab Man. And this time you're going to learn the proverb. You can lead a...https://youtu.be/ZAWTalBW4cg

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Welcome back. My dear English enthusiasts . I am the Vocab Man. And this time you're going to learn the proverb. You can lead a horse to water. But you can't make it drink. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can influence people in circumstances, but you can't force things to go your way.

Why did we pick this idiom or proverb? Well, it's pretty simple because this is actually Ricardo's favorite idiom and he explained it in one of the Vocab Man's bonus episodes between number 59 and 58. And as I promised there, I, I want to cover various idioms that Ricardo mentioned because his guest post or guest episode was hilarious.

It was a really great, it was amazing because it was packed with different idioms and expressions. So actually, Back then I asked him which his favorite idiom was and he gave just an amazing answer. So without further ado, those are the winners. Number one, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Number two, the grass is greener on the other side. Why did I decide for them? Well, the first one is a match made in heaven for reaching my target of learning English.

I have the best material and the best teachers, but I need to do my best as a middle of the road guy. I must work hard to play hard. This is only way to accomplish my goals.

I will keep my fingers crossed that the second one portrays perfectly our society nowadays. It's a pain in the neck. In my humble opinion, white people are. So envy, all that glitters isn't gold, I would tell them . If I was asked for, I also would recommend to them to have their head screwed on, to be happy as the days long and carry on with their lives.

To conclude Daniel, I hope you like my answer and find it useful. However, don't forget to never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Publishing it will be the icing on the cake using it or not is up to you now, the jury is out thank you very much, Ricardo. And yes, now it's up to us to decide if we want to use these idioms in our daily life.

And I, I heard some great examples there. The icing on the cake of course is great, which means an additional positive aspect to something that is already positive or really good. So as always, you'll find the transcript in the show notes. And of course the show is now available on YouTube as well. So check it out.

The Vocal Man on YouTube, it's definitely worthwhile. I find because we all want to become better English speakers. Right? So let's learn together guys. And thanks for tuning in. Bye. Bye. You have to also accept the fact that old saying you can lead a horse to water, but can't make them drink. Sometimes you can't lead the horse to water even.

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I'll take my chances. All right. Hello guys. This is the Vocab Man. Recording on the go. So I'll take my chances and record while on the go.

Usually I am recording in my studio at home, but today we are going to experiment!

Candace. I'll take my chances on that. Okay. It's not politically correct.

Today's idiom is to take someone's chances. So I'll take my chances. What does it mean? So it means basically to do something even though it might fail

I'll take my chances

...and it also means to accept the risks. I'll take my chances. I'll take my chances with him. For example, that plane ticket is really cheap.

I'm going to buy it. I know the flight is often cancelled , but I'll take my chances. This comes from English Idioms and great Twitter account, which I am following because by doing so I get my daily idioms and I can learn more idioms . Okay. So what could we say instead of I'll take my chances. We could also just say, I will take the risk or I will take the chance.

I'll take my chances. I'll take my chances with you guys. Thanks. Also say it's worth the risk. It's worth the risk. I want to take the risk. I want to venture. I will take that risk. I'll take my chances in court.



#transcript #english]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44205056Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:12:18 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is your favorite expression? For more info see the link below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Dont' forget to watch this episode on YouTube (with an audiogram) Full English Transcript: I'll take my chances. All right. Hello guys....https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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Full English Transcript:

I'll take my chances. All right. Hello guys. This is the Vocab Man. Recording on the go. So I'll take my chances and record while on the go.

Usually I am recording in my studio at home, but today we are going to experiment!

Candace. I'll take my chances on that. Okay. It's not politically correct.

Today's idiom is to take someone's chances. So I'll take my chances. What does it mean? So it means basically to do something even though it might fail

I'll take my chances

...and it also means to accept the risks. I'll take my chances. I'll take my chances with him. For example, that plane ticket is really cheap.

I'm going to buy it. I know the flight is often cancelled , but I'll take my chances. This comes from English Idioms and great Twitter account, which I am following because by doing so I get my daily idioms and I can learn more idioms . Okay. So what could we say instead of I'll take my chances. We could also just say, I will take the risk or I will take the chance.

I'll take my chances. I'll take my chances with you guys. Thanks. Also say it's worth the risk. It's worth the risk. I want to take the risk. I want to venture. I will take that risk. I'll take my chances in court.



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Transcript of Ricardo's speech

When you asked me what was my favourite idiom, my first sensation was I “was scared out of my wits” and I “was shaking in my shoes” because I knew you “had high expectations” on that. I didn’t wish to “take a dislike to you” because you “have a heart in the right place”. I was “at a crossroads”. So I finally “came to terms with” and thought:

-I’ll do that! “I’ll bite the bullet”. Idioms "are my cup of tea". I must reckon, I “was on top of the world” that instant!

Choosing a single idiom among all idioms available was like "find a needle in a haystack" or "a drop in the ocean". Undoubtedly, the moment required “keeping a cool head”.

As "I have a brain like a sieve", I’ll need to look for my notes.

Should I sail through my notebook or navigate through the internet? - "There are different ways to skin a cat". I “was in two minds about that”

I also considered asking for a reliable friend whom “I am all ears”. However, I realised “Too many cooks spoil the broth” and I abandoned the idea to not “fly off the handle”.

-Definitely, I am going to grab my notebook, "it is just around the corner". I said. A “miles better idea than” search on the web.

So, “I got down to business”. “I burnt the midnight oil”. My desk became “a dog’s breakfast” full of papers, notes and clutter everywhere.

After poring over the list and having filtered results, I must admit I couldn’t choose only one idiom. Consequently, I am going to reveal my 2 favourites ones. I know “you can’t have your cake and eat it”, but “this is the life”.

In advance, the outcomes “aren’t out of this world”, and doesn’t make me feel in “seventh heaven” or “on cloud nine”. So, “without further ado, those are the winners:

1-“You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink”.

2- “The grass is greener on the other side”.

Why did I decide for them?

Well, the first one is “a match made in heaven” for reaching my target of learning English. I have the best material and the best teachers, but I need to “do my best”. As a “middle of the road” guy, I must “work hard to play hard”. This is the only way to accomplish my goals- “I’ll keep my fingers crossed”.

The second one portrays perfectly our society nowadays. It “is a pain in the neck” in my humble opinion. Why people are so envy? “All that glitters isn’t gold”. I would tell them if I was asked for. I also would recommend to them to “have their head screwed on” to “be happy as the day is long” and carry on their lives.

To conclude Daniel, I hope you like my answer and find it useful. However, don’t forget to “never look a gift horse in the mouth”. Publishing it would be “the icing on the cake”.

Using it or not, “it is up to you now”, "the jury is out".

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Thank you Ricardo! You did really well!!!!
Daniel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43984336Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:09:34 +0000Daniel GoodsonBONUS EPISODE! Transcript of Ricardo's speech When you asked me what was my favourite idiom, my first sensation was I “was scared out of my wits” and I “was shaking in my shoes” because I knew you “had high expectations” on that. I didn’t wish to...
Transcript of Ricardo's speech

When you asked me what was my favourite idiom, my first sensation was I “was scared out of my wits” and I “was shaking in my shoes” because I knew you “had high expectations” on that. I didn’t wish to “take a dislike to you” because you “have a heart in the right place”. I was “at a crossroads”. So I finally “came to terms with” and thought:

-I’ll do that! “I’ll bite the bullet”. Idioms "are my cup of tea". I must reckon, I “was on top of the world” that instant!

Choosing a single idiom among all idioms available was like "find a needle in a haystack" or "a drop in the ocean". Undoubtedly, the moment required “keeping a cool head”.

As "I have a brain like a sieve", I’ll need to look for my notes.

Should I sail through my notebook or navigate through the internet? - "There are different ways to skin a cat". I “was in two minds about that”

I also considered asking for a reliable friend whom “I am all ears”. However, I realised “Too many cooks spoil the broth” and I abandoned the idea to not “fly off the handle”.

-Definitely, I am going to grab my notebook, "it is just around the corner". I said. A “miles better idea than” search on the web.

So, “I got down to business”. “I burnt the midnight oil”. My desk became “a dog’s breakfast” full of papers, notes and clutter everywhere.

After poring over the list and having filtered results, I must admit I couldn’t choose only one idiom. Consequently, I am going to reveal my 2 favourites ones. I know “you can’t have your cake and eat it”, but “this is the life”.

In advance, the outcomes “aren’t out of this world”, and doesn’t make me feel in “seventh heaven” or “on cloud nine”. So, “without further ado, those are the winners:

1-“You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink”.

2- “The grass is greener on the other side”.

Why did I decide for them?

Well, the first one is “a match made in heaven” for reaching my target of learning English. I have the best material and the best teachers, but I need to “do my best”. As a “middle of the road” guy, I must “work hard to play hard”. This is the only way to accomplish my goals- “I’ll keep my fingers crossed”.

The second one portrays perfectly our society nowadays. It “is a pain in the neck” in my humble opinion. Why people are so envy? “All that glitters isn’t gold”. I would tell them if I was asked for. I also would recommend to them to “have their head screwed on” to “be happy as the day is long” and carry on their lives.

To conclude Daniel, I hope you like my answer and find it useful. However, don’t forget to “never look a gift horse in the mouth”. Publishing it would be “the icing on the cake”.

Using it or not, “it is up to you now”, "the jury is out".

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Thank you Ricardo! You did really well!!!!
Daniel]]>264brazil,english,englishidioms,englishlearn,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,englishrecordings,englishspain,favoriteexpressions,favoriteidioms,idiomlist,idioms,idiomstolearn,learninggroup,lifelonglearning,spanglish,topexpressions,topidioms,toplist,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/58-to-bitch-about-special-guest-stephanie-from-the-geopats-language-podcast--43893905https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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Transcript:

The following program contains explicit language. Today, on the Vocab Man, I am talking to you about the phrase (to) bitch about
Hi everyone. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast. I am coming to you from the Grand Park of Tirana, which is in the capital of Albania. A lesser known country, unfortunately, but a beautiful one that is just East of Italy and just North of Greece. I am from the U S but am living here for a few months, because - well COVID anyway, today, on the Vocab Man, I am talking to you about the phrase "bitch about", so let's get started.

0:57

So the phrase bitch about, is quite interesting now that I think about it, it usually introduces something that you're complaining about.

1:05

We need more people out there voting because if we do not get more voters than those same politicians that everybody likes to bitch about all the time on both the right and the left, they're going to stay in power because it's just going to be the same people voting every single time.

1:21

It basically means the same thing as complaining about. So, if I were to say, I don't want to bitch about my homework but it's basically the same thing as I don't want to complain about my homework but, but homework is boring. So let's think of a different example. I don't want to bitch about my husband but....

1:39

Shh...don't tell him, I don't want to complain about my husband but... now I lied a little bit there. When I said that it's the same. It's not the same. Otherwise, we wouldn't have different ways to say it. Can you hear the birds in the background?


2:01
Wow. They're really loud today. Anyway. it's not the same when you say bitch about, you're definitely talking to someone you're very friendly with someone you're very informal with and someone that you know that you can trust, because you're about to tell them a lot about the thing that you're going to complain about.



2:27
So for example, if I say, I don't want to bitch about my husband but he does blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Those things that I'm telling that person are very private.
I will leave the comments open if you guys want to bitch about it, whatever you're feeling. Go ahead!


2:46
Well, they're just things I wouldn't say in public.
So when you're using bitch about versus complain about it's more casual, more private and more informal. So you would never say this, for example, you would never say this in a job interview. You would never say this to an older conservative relative. You would probably not say this to your parents unless you were like an older adult or you had very free loving kind of anything goes kind of parents.

3:22

This is my channel. Okay. I'm doing what I think is best and that's what it is. So that's what it is. And if you guys go in the comments of this video and go bitch about it, delete delete, delete, delete. Like I'm going to delete everyone who complains about it because I'm done with this. Okay.


3:38

Generally speaking "bitch" is not the worst curse word you can use, but it's definitely not one that's as soft as say "shit" or "damn", it's definitely not the F-word, which I don't even feel comfortable saying on a recording, to be honest with you, but it's definitely a strong one. Now in it's strict sense, bitch. B I T C H actually is just the name of, I believe it's a female dog and I actually don't know why it has come to mean what it means now in this sentence in this example, bitch about it is the verb.

4:16

(to) Bitch is the verb. It's the action, like complain as an action, but bitch can also be a person, but that's an entirely different episode. So I'll let Daniel explain that to you later. Thank you so much for listening to this breakdown of how to use the word bitch about or the phrase bitch about, again, this is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast, which can be found wherever you listen to audio.
It's G E O. P A T S Geopats Language. Thank you so much. Bye bye.


4:52

The be careful with how much you bitch about other people.
Thank you so much, Stephanie, for your contribution. I really had a blast when I was listening to your audio message with your great explanations. And just so you know, here comes the audio bit, which comes from Stephanie's podcast and actually.


5:14

I came across "to bitch about" and I just asked Stephanie, if she could give us an explanation. Thank you for listening to the Vocab Man. Bye.
Why are we talking today? Because you had a podcast frustration that I found really relevant under talked about, and that I wanted to hear more about. So you ready to bitch up a storm?

5:37

I am extremely ready to bitch up a storm and I'm mostly, mostly bitching about myself. So... that's cool.Well. You're bitching about an element of podcasting that I think is still tenable. So first of all, we have to mention the name of your podcast because that's where. Part of the bitching started. So can you introduce your podcast, please?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43893905Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:17:09 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is your favorite expression? For more info see the link below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Links: The Vocab Man YouTube channel with transcripts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGeFQ81EnxPmfmCi3RlFMxw...https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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Transcript:

The following program contains explicit language. Today, on the Vocab Man, I am talking to you about the phrase (to) bitch about
Hi everyone. This is Stephanie from the Geopats Language Podcast. I am coming to you from the Grand Park of Tirana, which is in the capital of Albania. A lesser known country, unfortunately, but a beautiful one that is just East of Italy and just North of Greece. I am from the U S but am living here for a few months, because - well COVID anyway, today, on the Vocab Man, I am talking to you about the phrase "bitch about", so let's get started.

0:57

So the phrase bitch about, is quite interesting now that I think about it, it usually introduces something that you're complaining about.

1:05

We need more people out there voting because if we do not get more voters than those same politicians that everybody likes to bitch about all the time on both the right and the left, they're going to stay in power because it's just going to be the same people voting every single time.

1:21

It basically means the same thing as complaining about. So, if I were to say, I don't want to bitch about my homework but it's basically the same thing as I don't want to complain about my homework but, but homework is boring. So let's think of a different example. I don't want to bitch about my husband but....

1:39

Shh...don't tell him, I don't want to complain about my husband but... now I lied a little bit there. When I said that it's the same. It's not the same. Otherwise, we wouldn't have different ways to say it. Can you hear the birds in the background?


2:01
Wow. They're really loud today. Anyway. it's not the same when you say bitch about, you're definitely talking to someone you're very friendly with someone you're very informal with and someone that you know that you can trust, because you're about to tell them a lot about the thing that you're going to complain about.



2:27
So for example, if I say, I don't want to bitch about my husband but he does blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Those things that I'm telling that person are very private.
I will leave the comments open if you guys want to bitch about it, whatever you're feeling. Go ahead!


2:46
Well, they're just things I wouldn't say in public.
So when you're using bitch about versus complain about it's more casual, more private and more informal. So you would never say this, for example, you would never say this in a job interview. You would never say this to an older conservative relative. You would probably not say this to your parents unless you were like an older adult or you had very free loving kind of anything goes kind of parents.

3:22

This is my channel. Okay. I'm doing what I think is best and that's what it is. So that's what it is. And if you guys go in the comments of this video and go bitch about it, delete delete, delete, delete. Like I'm going to delete everyone who complains about it because I'm done with this. Okay.


3:38

Generally speaking "bitch" is not the worst curse word you can use, but it's definitely not one that's as...]]>361bitchabout,bitchup,breakthrough,challenge,englishnow,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,expressions,fluency,learnenglish,meaning,myfluentpodcast,practicalexpressions,swear,terms,tobitchabout,vernacular,vocabman,vocabulary,vulgarfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/57-to-look-forward-to-special-guest-stephen-devincenzi-from-the-send-7-podcast--43736753https://www.send7.org

Full English Transcript:

Look forward to.

Do you have any favorite idiom or expression in English?


Yeah. Probably my favorite idiom expression is something which is quite common actually. It's not so difficult. But I just love it because it's something we use all the time and it's not very translatable. Well, it's not translatable into Spanish and French in a very good way. And it is just "ooking forward to" I look forward to, so, you know, I look forward to seeing you next week.


0:41 I look forward to that big talk.

Me too. Me too. I really look forward what Stephen is going to tell us about his favorite English expression. Thank you for tuning in guys. You are listening to the Vocab Man, as always, you may take advantage of the transcript, which is available in our show notes for free. In case you didn't recognize Stephen .

01:05 Special Guest Stephen Devincenzi from the SEND 7 Podcast

Stephen is actually the creator and speaker of the podcast called Simple English News Daily (SEND 7)

Good morning. This is SEND 7 world news in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devincenzi it's Wednesday, the 24th of February, 2021,

Starting in Africa today. In Niger Mohamoud Bazoum has been declared the winner of the presidential election...


1:42 So usually,we listento him in a more formal context because he is reading out the news.

I'm looking forward to the summer. And of course, during pandemic times, I'm looking forward to hugging my mum again, this expression I think is just really, really nice.


And from trying to translate it into Spanish with some of my Spanish speaking friends, there's nothing, which is quite the same.

It just doesn't quite exist. And it in French as well, the same, it just, there's nothing, you know, there's some things which are similar, but not the same.


2:17 Could you give us an explanation in English or could you paraphrase this chunk of

Yeah, I'm looking forward to: so. Looking forward to is something that you will only say if you know that something is going to happen. So, you can't say I'm looking forward to winning the lottery because you don't know if you're going to win the lottery. Well, actually you probably aren't. So, I'm looking forward to would be for something that you know is going to happen.

2:49

So, you know, that Christmas is going to come again. So you can say I'm looking forward to Christmas. And you know, that's it can be a very nice thing to say, even in an email or something like that, it can be used in informal situations. As I said before, you're talking to your mum who you haven't seen in person for many months.

And you say, mum, I'm looking forward to hugging you soon or just, I'm looking forward to seeing you soon. But also you can even use it in a more formal situation. So if you are, for example, I don't know you having a business meeting or an interview with someone, even then, you can always say, I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Or, I'm looking forward to talking to you. so it can be both informal and formal. And I think it's just got a really nice feeling behind it, which is why I like it. And I use it a lot.

3:48
And is it something that students don't use correctly, maybe?

Do you see it?

Yes I do. I sometimes would see people, using it in ways probably because in Spanish and French, There is no good translation that it can be just quite difficult to use. For example, you wouldn't say I'm looking forward to eating a pizza, you know, you might say I'm looking forward to when that pizza arrives at my door, which I've already ordered on the phone maybe.

But yeah, I think it's just because it's quite a difficult phrase to translate that. Yeah, I think people just don't use it that much, but English speakers do use it a lot.

Ruby. I look forward to this. We all do I look forward to getting to know you Bianca?

There's nothing. I look forward to with a greater pleasure.


4:50 Thank you Stephen!

Okay. Yeah. Thank you very much, Stephen, for that, I really liked that. Stephen where can we find you to wrap this interview up?

Thank you very much. Wrap up the interview. That's a great expression as well. No. Well thank you for having me Daniel people can listen to Simple English News Daily in their podcast app. They just, all of them, Spotify, Apple, Stitcher, all of them. I think, you can look for simple English news daily.

Podcasts and the websites where you can find the transcripts and all old episodes is send7.org, S E N D 7.org. But yeah, I think I think that's pretty much it, Daniel.

So that's actually pretty much it for today, guys, as Stephen said it before. And as a matter of fact, this was only a small part of the whole interview, which I conducted with Stephen, which lasts about 45 minutes in which he talked about his language journey and his great podcast. I personally find it a great way to learn and improve English by listening to a news podcast, which is specifically tailored for English learners.

Have a good one.

You can listen to my interview with Daniel about my language journey and my podcast journey. On episode 92 of my fluent podcast, have a great day.

There's nothing I look forward to with great pleasure.


The full interview with Stephen is here: www.myfluentpodcast episode 92


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Full English Transcript:

Look forward to.

Do you have any favorite idiom or expression in English?


Yeah. Probably my favorite idiom expression is something which is quite common actually. It's not so difficult. But I just love it because it's something we use all the time and it's not very translatable. Well, it's not translatable into Spanish and French in a very good way. And it is just "ooking forward to" I look forward to, so, you know, I look forward to seeing you next week.


0:41 I look forward to that big talk.

Me too. Me too. I really look forward what Stephen is going to tell us about his favorite English expression. Thank you for tuning in guys. You are listening to the Vocab Man, as always, you may take advantage of the transcript, which is available in our show notes for free. In case you didn't recognize Stephen .

01:05 Special Guest Stephen Devincenzi from the SEND 7 Podcast

Stephen is actually the creator and speaker of the podcast called Simple English News Daily (SEND 7)

Good morning. This is SEND 7 world news in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devincenzi it's Wednesday, the 24th of February, 2021,

Starting in Africa today. In Niger Mohamoud Bazoum has been declared the winner of the presidential election...


1:42 So usually,we listento him in a more formal context because he is reading out the news.

I'm looking forward to the summer. And of course, during pandemic times, I'm looking forward to hugging my mum again, this expression I think is just really, really nice.


And from trying to translate it into Spanish with some of my Spanish speaking friends, there's nothing, which is quite the same.

It just doesn't quite exist. And it in French as well, the same, it just, there's nothing, you know, there's some things which are similar, but not the same.


2:17 Could you give us an explanation in English or could you paraphrase this chunk of

Yeah, I'm looking forward to: so. Looking forward to is something that you will only say if you know that something is going to happen. So, you can't say I'm looking forward to winning the lottery because you don't know if you're going to win the lottery. Well, actually you probably aren't. So, I'm looking forward to would be for something that you know is going to happen.

2:49

So, you know, that Christmas is going to come again. So you can say I'm looking forward to Christmas. And you know, that's it can be a very nice thing to say, even in an email or something like that, it can be used in informal situations. As I said before, you're talking to your mum who you haven't seen in person for many months.

And you say, mum, I'm looking forward to hugging you soon or just, I'm looking forward to seeing you soon. But also you can even use it in a more formal situation. So if you are, for example, I don't know you having a business meeting or an interview with someone, even then, you can always say, I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Or, I'm looking forward to talking to you. so it can be both informal and formal. And I think it's just got a really nice feeling behind it, which is why I like it. And I use it a lot.

3:48
And is it something that students don't use correctly, maybe?

Do you see it?

Yes I do. I sometimes would see people, using it in ways probably because in Spanish and French, There is no good translation that it can be just quite difficult to use. For example, you wouldn't say I'm looking forward to eating a pizza, you know, you might say I'm looking forward to when that pizza arrives at my door, which I've already ordered on the phone maybe.

But yeah, I think it's just because it's quite a...]]>387dailynews,english,englishlearning,englishnews,englishpodcasts,expression,learnfromnews,learnwithnews,lookforward,lookforwardto,meanings,myfluentpodcast,news,newsenglish,send7,simpleenglishnewsdaily,thevocabman,vocabulary,wordlistsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/56-a-hundo-meaning--43472573https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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Hundo
Open up your wallet and you'd expect to find ones, tens, twenties, maybe even a Hundo. The last thing you'd ever expect is a Tom also known as a $2 bill.


0:21 Introduction of "Hundo"

Hello guys today on the Vocab Man, we cover a very short word
and actually it is a hundo. And what do I mean by that? Well, it's basically
another way of saying hundred

you know, 50 people, a hundred people, a couple hundred people I'm going to be honest with you. When I came across a hundo, it just cracked me up. I mean, I just had to laugh. I mean, this in a positive way, I just had so much fun and I really liked that word.

0:56 You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year, being this executive, Gary V fucking told you that you can garage sale and make a Hundo like they're scared. Rightfully so. Cause it's hard to get to 78 K in garage sale and Amazon, you got to get good.
So usually on the Vocab Man, we cover very practical expressions so that you can use them in daily life. Well, with this word, it's a little bit different, I guess, because this is rather American slang and you probably won't use it in daily life because it's not common in other countries. I guess, people might not understand, I guess, but even so I thought this might be interesting for you. Well, it's just that I am having a lot of fun to hear that slangy word.
What I want to say is the focus today lies rather on understanding the expression "hundo" than on using the word for yourself. .

Just so, you know, there will be a transcript available. You can find them in my show notes. So let's have a closer look at the audio clip.

0:56 You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year

2:12 What does K stand for?

So what does the K stand for? 78 K So actually it stands for the K is $1,000 or alternatively a kilo dollar. It's a shorthand way of writing large numbers by using metric prefixes, just like a kilogram or kilometer similarly, but strictly speaking , it's not actually a proper use of the system since a dollar isn't a scientific unit of measure.
So a shorter explanation would be the K stands for an informal English expression, which is used to represent the number 1000.

0:56

You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year, being this executive, Gary V fucking told you that you can garage sale and make a Hundo like they're scared. Rightfully so. Cause it's hard to get to 78 K in garage sale and Amazon, you got to get good.


3:11 Outro
You are listening to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel from Switzerland. I am an English learner and hopefully you will stick with me and learn with me because learning together is more fun. And who knows, maybe we will make it to episode hundo one day. Bye.
Open up your wall and you'd expect to find ones, tens, twenties, maybe even a Hundo. The last thing you'd ever expect is a Tom also known as a $2 bill.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43472573Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:30:10 +0000Daniel GoodsonWhat is your favorite expression? For more info see the link below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Drop in your audio message and tell us about your favorte expression: https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB Hundo Open up...https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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Open up your wallet and you'd expect to find ones, tens, twenties, maybe even a Hundo. The last thing you'd ever expect is a Tom also known as a $2 bill.


0:21 Introduction of "Hundo"

Hello guys today on the Vocab Man, we cover a very short word
and actually it is a hundo. And what do I mean by that? Well, it's basically
another way of saying hundred

you know, 50 people, a hundred people, a couple hundred people I'm going to be honest with you. When I came across a hundo, it just cracked me up. I mean, I just had to laugh. I mean, this in a positive way, I just had so much fun and I really liked that word.

0:56 You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year, being this executive, Gary V fucking told you that you can garage sale and make a Hundo like they're scared. Rightfully so. Cause it's hard to get to 78 K in garage sale and Amazon, you got to get good.
So usually on the Vocab Man, we cover very practical expressions so that you can use them in daily life. Well, with this word, it's a little bit different, I guess, because this is rather American slang and you probably won't use it in daily life because it's not common in other countries. I guess, people might not understand, I guess, but even so I thought this might be interesting for you. Well, it's just that I am having a lot of fun to hear that slangy word.
What I want to say is the focus today lies rather on understanding the expression "hundo" than on using the word for yourself. .

Just so, you know, there will be a transcript available. You can find them in my show notes. So let's have a closer look at the audio clip.

0:56 You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year

2:12 What does K stand for?

So what does the K stand for? 78 K So actually it stands for the K is $1,000 or alternatively a kilo dollar. It's a shorthand way of writing large numbers by using metric prefixes, just like a kilogram or kilometer similarly, but strictly speaking , it's not actually a proper use of the system since a dollar isn't a scientific unit of measure.
So a shorter explanation would be the K stands for an informal English expression, which is used to represent the number 1000.

0:56

You just told your spouse instead of making 78 K a year, being this executive, Gary V fucking told you that you can garage sale and make a Hundo like they're scared. Rightfully so. Cause it's hard to get to 78 K in garage sale and Amazon, you got to get good.


3:11 Outro
You are listening to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel from Switzerland. I am an English learner and hopefully you will stick with me and learn with me because learning together is more fun. And who knows, maybe we will make it to episode hundo one day. Bye.
Open up your wall and you'd expect to find ones, tens, twenties, maybe even a Hundo. The last thing you'd ever expect is a Tom also known as a $2 bill.]]>222c1,c2,dollar,english,englishpodcasts,funnyenglish,hundo,learnenglish,learnvocab,money,moneynames,myfluentpodcast,newyorkenglish,slang,tom,vocab,vocabulary,wordlistsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/55-to-paper-over-the-cracks-idiom-one-of-alvaro-s-favorite-idioms--43472260https://www.instagram.com/mc_courtain/

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Transcript:

0:00 Alvaro's introduction to the idiom "To paper over the cracks"

...and an Idiom that I like is to paper over the cracks. I like it.
I've never heard that.

0:53 this is good. It's good to paper over the cracks

0:20

Hello guys, this is Daniel. You're listening to the Vocab Man and you are about to listen to Alvaro from Spain, with whom I had an interview on episode 84 on my other show called My Fluent Podcast. And I asked him, which is one of his favorite idioms and that's basically the reason why we will cover the idiom "to paper over the cracks". It's a great idiom. Just a reminder. There is a transcript available.

0:53 What does the idiom "To paper over the cracks" mean?

This is good. It's good to paper over the cracks means like imagine a crack okay. On a wall. Right. And then you're trying to fix it. A crack is a crack. A crack is a problem in your life.
Something big, a big issue in your life. I mean, I mean, you put papers, you try to cover it.
You try to solve it just by putting some papers
But it's still...the crack is still there. Yeah. The crack is a still there. So apparently, apparently the problem is solved a problem and she apparently you overcame the problem but it's not, behind the paper behind the bill, the poster, the crack is still there.
So I don't know. So you could say sometimes, uh, this is just a paper , over the crack or I dunno, there was some combinations, with this, but I liked that one.

1:40
So even though other already gave a great explanation, I want to repeat from my point of view. So to paper over the cracks could mean to repair or to conceal or cover up something on a superficial level without addressing underlying problems.

2:05 Example from Daniel Goodson

So imagine your wall at your home and all of a sudden you discover some sort of a blemish or a crack on the wall. So it's something unpleasant. You don't want it to see for others. And that's why you decide to just cover it because yeah. To cover the unpleasant thing and you will put some paper hour, the crack. but of course it will show again. It's just a matter of time until it gets discovered again.

2:45 another audio clip:

Um, it's like a short term solution, you know? Cause you think, you know, you like paper over it crack, but that crack is still there, that needs to be addressed or it's going to get worse potentially. It's okay to ask someone for help.

3:00 Obama using the idiom:

We can't paper over problems and we're not going to solve this if we're always just trying to be politically correct.

And as you can see in the example of Obama, you can also just use to paper over problems instead of "cracks". So it's absolutely fine that way. And just so you know, well,

3:20 Why do I interview people for my podcast?

Why did I interview our row on my phone podcast? It's just to come out of my comfort zone and I try to. Express myself as clear as possible.
I also asked him for some expressions and idioms, because that way, if he is giving me some explanations, it will stick better in my mind. And at the same time I can cover it here on the Vocab Man , which hopefully will help you as well, which will support you in your English learning journey. So thank you very much for tuning in.
And have a good one.

4:09 last clip

And this is really is a revolusionary impulse, I think to think that things are so rotten in society, the only thing we can do is to burn down the sides and start all over again. But that does seem to me to be maybe not the first thought we should have when we're thinking about a structural problem with a house.
What's very interesting to me though. And this is when you start thinking about a structural problem in a house, what do you do about it? Well, one thing you try, one thing you could do temporarily is paper over the cracks. A crack appears in the house. You can put paper over it, and we use that as a metaphor of course, of papering over the cracks.
What happens if you pay for over the cracks, the crack reappears. So all you've done is made a cosmetic difference. You haven't got to the structural problem. You need to do something much more substantial in order to overcome that difficulty. It might not be burning down the house. Probably not many structures can be improved, but something much more thoroughgoing needs to be done in order to bring about some sort of repair.


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0:00 Alvaro's introduction to the idiom "To paper over the cracks"

...and an Idiom that I like is to paper over the cracks. I like it.
I've never heard that.

0:53 this is good. It's good to paper over the cracks

0:20

Hello guys, this is Daniel. You're listening to the Vocab Man and you are about to listen to Alvaro from Spain, with whom I had an interview on episode 84 on my other show called My Fluent Podcast. And I asked him, which is one of his favorite idioms and that's basically the reason why we will cover the idiom "to paper over the cracks". It's a great idiom. Just a reminder. There is a transcript available.

0:53 What does the idiom "To paper over the cracks" mean?

This is good. It's good to paper over the cracks means like imagine a crack okay. On a wall. Right. And then you're trying to fix it. A crack is a crack. A crack is a problem in your life.
Something big, a big issue in your life. I mean, I mean, you put papers, you try to cover it.
You try to solve it just by putting some papers
But it's still...the crack is still there. Yeah. The crack is a still there. So apparently, apparently the problem is solved a problem and she apparently you overcame the problem but it's not, behind the paper behind the bill, the poster, the crack is still there.
So I don't know. So you could say sometimes, uh, this is just a paper , over the crack or I dunno, there was some combinations, with this, but I liked that one.

1:40
So even though other already gave a great explanation, I want to repeat from my point of view. So to paper over the cracks could mean to repair or to conceal or cover up something on a superficial level without addressing underlying problems.

2:05 Example from Daniel Goodson

So imagine your wall at your home and all of a sudden you discover some sort of a blemish or a crack on the wall. So it's something unpleasant. You don't want it to see for others. And that's why you decide to just cover it because yeah. To cover the unpleasant thing and you will put some paper hour, the crack. but of course it will show again. It's just a matter of time until it gets discovered again.

2:45 another audio clip:

Um, it's like a short term solution, you know? Cause you think, you know, you like paper over it crack, but that crack is still there, that needs to be addressed or it's going to get worse potentially. It's okay to ask someone for help.

3:00 Obama using the idiom:

We can't paper over problems and we're not going to solve this if we're always just trying to be politically correct.

And as you can see in the example of Obama, you can also just use to paper over problems instead of "cracks". So it's absolutely fine that way. And just so you know, well,

3:20 Why do I interview people for my podcast?

Why did I interview our row on my phone podcast? It's just to come out of my comfort zone and I try to. Express myself as clear as possible.
I also asked him for some expressions and idioms, because that way, if he is giving me some explanations, it will stick better in my mind. And at the same time I can cover it here on the Vocab Man , which hopefully will help you as well, which will support you in your English learning journey. So thank you very much for tuning in.
And have a good one.

4:09 last clip

And this is really is a revolusionary impulse, I think to think that things are so rotten in society, the only thing we can do is to burn down the sides and start all over again. But that does seem to me to be...]]>322breakthroughchallenge,crack,englishlistening,englishnow,englishpodcasts,esl,fluency,idiom,idiomswithproblem,interview,learnenglish,listening,listenpractice,overcomeproblems,paperoverproblems,paperoverthecrack,paperoverthecracks,practicelistening,problemidioms,recordyourselffalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/54-to-tell-someone-off-to-reprimand--43404057
Even though he was a hero Tom's primary concern after the accident was his mum finding out that he had driven the tracktor. He says, please don't tell my mom she'll tell me off the driving, the tractor, his mom's response he's might as well hit. Right? I can't tell you. How proud I am of him.

0:14

She'll tell me off the driving the tracktor.

0:24 Introduction

Hello guys. Today here on the vocab, man, we tackle a phrasal verb "to tell someone off". So basically if you tell someone off you speak to them, angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong. For example, "my parents told me off for not doing the homework" or "they told me all for watching the Netflix series called Fargo".

0:54

So now let's have a closer look at a very short audio clip. In which you are going to be able to find the phrasal verb. So be prepared. Um, the most endearing thing of Paolo was his love of field hockey. Um, and he would have talked about as a child in Punjab, his mum having to ground him or tell him off because she found him practicing his field hockey strokes late at night in his bedroom.

1:21

I will play it a second time. And this time I'm going to stop after a few seconds. And give you more information.
Um, the most endearing thing of Paolo was his love of feeld hokey. The most embarrassing thing means something like the thing that you love the most or that you fancy the most Paolo is the name of the guy the speaker is referring to, loves the most hockeyand it's not ice hockey, but it's field hockey. Um, and he would have talked about as a child in Punjab, his mum having to ground him or tell him is a state of India located in the Northwestern part of the sub continent. And there was another expression here to ground him

2:09 Informal use

So this is a difficult one. I guess it's very informal. It's very informal. And it is used. For example, when your parents prohibit you from taking part in some usual activities. So maybe you didn't do your homework and then you could be grounded for a week. For example, his mum having to ground him or tell him off because she found him practicing his field hockey strokes late at night in his bedroom.

2:45

And I have to admit that it is not that easy to follow and to catch the meaning. So don't give up, go back and relisten to it, or have a look at the transcript, which will help you to support you in the process of learning to understand more, to understand the speaking words of a native speaker,

3:13 Some synonyms

To reprimand or to scold. So that's almost it for today, guys, to be honest, I got the idea covering this specific phrasal verb from the book called practical everyday English. And you might already know that teacher Zdenek recommended it on episode 47 here on the Vocab Man.

3:45

I have to say it really, it really helped me personally as well, because I've learned a lot of expressions from that series of books.

And I can only recommend it.

3:55

I will say that I am very happy about my purchase so far. I could learn a lot of things.

4:05

Kind of all over the place. So it's a bit of phrasal verb, some idiot, just a bit of slang as well. So it's, it seems like the author of the book tried to go for expressions that are used a lot, you know, that's why it's called practical everyday English.
So these are expressions that perhaps you wouldn't find, sometimes you wouldn't find them necessarily in a classic cause book. Yeah. Like some of those slang expressions, perhaps some of the idioms,

3:45

This book focuses on practical expressions, which we use in our daily life. That's also what we are trying to do here on this podcast.
The Vocab Man is meant to help you learn relevant expressions, idioms, phrasal, alerts, and stuff. So I hope you like it. I am Daniel. Thanks for listening. And I hope that you will tune in for the next episode, which is coming soon.

Have a good one.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43404057Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:15:20 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Even though he was a hero Tom's primary concern after the accident was his mum finding out that he had driven the tracktor. He says, please don't tell my mom she'll tell me off the driving, the tractor, his mom's response he's might as...
Even though he was a hero Tom's primary concern after the accident was his mum finding out that he had driven the tracktor. He says, please don't tell my mom she'll tell me off the driving, the tractor, his mom's response he's might as well hit. Right? I can't tell you. How proud I am of him.

0:14

She'll tell me off the driving the tracktor.

0:24 Introduction

Hello guys. Today here on the vocab, man, we tackle a phrasal verb "to tell someone off". So basically if you tell someone off you speak to them, angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong. For example, "my parents told me off for not doing the homework" or "they told me all for watching the Netflix series called Fargo".

0:54

So now let's have a closer look at a very short audio clip. In which you are going to be able to find the phrasal verb. So be prepared. Um, the most endearing thing of Paolo was his love of field hockey. Um, and he would have talked about as a child in Punjab, his mum having to ground him or tell him off because she found him practicing his field hockey strokes late at night in his bedroom.

1:21

I will play it a second time. And this time I'm going to stop after a few seconds. And give you more information.
Um, the most endearing thing of Paolo was his love of feeld hokey. The most embarrassing thing means something like the thing that you love the most or that you fancy the most Paolo is the name of the guy the speaker is referring to, loves the most hockeyand it's not ice hockey, but it's field hockey. Um, and he would have talked about as a child in Punjab, his mum having to ground him or tell him is a state of India located in the Northwestern part of the sub continent. And there was another expression here to ground him

2:09 Informal use

So this is a difficult one. I guess it's very informal. It's very informal. And it is used. For example, when your parents prohibit you from taking part in some usual activities. So maybe you didn't do your homework and then you could be grounded for a week. For example, his mum having to ground him or tell him off because she found him practicing his field hockey strokes late at night in his bedroom.

2:45

And I have to admit that it is not that easy to follow and to catch the meaning. So don't give up, go back and relisten to it, or have a look at the transcript, which will help you to support you in the process of learning to understand more, to understand the speaking words of a native speaker,

3:13 Some synonyms

To reprimand or to scold. So that's almost it for today, guys, to be honest, I got the idea covering this specific phrasal verb from the book called practical everyday English. And you might already know that teacher Zdenek recommended it on episode 47 here on the Vocab Man.

3:45

I have to say it really, it really helped me personally as well, because I've learned a lot of expressions from that series of books.

And I can only recommend it.

3:55

I will say that I am very happy about my purchase so far. I could learn a lot of things.

4:05

Kind of all over the place. So it's a bit of phrasal verb, some idiot, just a bit of slang as well. So it's, it seems like the author of the book tried to go for expressions that are used a lot, you know, that's why it's called practical everyday English.
So these are expressions that perhaps you wouldn't find, sometimes you wouldn't find them necessarily in a classic cause book. Yeah. Like some of those slang expressions, perhaps some of the idioms,

3:45

This book focuses on practical expressions, which we use in our daily life. That's also what we are trying to do here on this podcast.
The Vocab Man is meant to help you learn relevant expressions,...]]>312becomefluent,breakthroughchallenge,englishlearning,englishtranscript,fluencynow,fulltranscript,getfluent,grammarbook,myfluentpodcast,pdocasttranscript,phrasalverb,practicaleverydayenglish,telloff,transcript,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/53-to-be-on-the-ball-idiom--43347199
Word list/difficult expressions explained with time stamps

If you snooze you'll lose

2:53 To reassure = put/set someone's mind at rest / to raise someone's spirits
To put someone at ease

3:40 "Vice versa" basically means the other way round

3:50 "terminology" is another way of saying expressions or words or the language that is being used,


Full transript:

On the ball, but when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp on this episode of the Vocab Man, we are going to focus on the idiom on the ball, which means to be up to date with modern developments. And of all others quick to catch on to know what is happening.

0:31

I find this a bit strange because on the, where we as dictionaries, it says that the idiom to be on the ball is meant to be slang. It occurred to me that I came across a lot of ways in which, for example, politicians used this expression. So I don't know if it is still slang, but it is often used in business context as well.

1:00 first clip

But when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp and on the ball. And it, a lot of it is sensibility. Like I say, where you have a good team of guys and girls in the kitchen and there's that look, it's that sensibility. It's a, it's a nod. It's an, you know, if this course adjustments it's services like going to war you plan.

1:25

I think this is a great picture to explain the expression, to be on the ball, because if you are working in the kitchen, you always need to be yeah. Up to date with modern developments ahead of others. If you snooze, then you lose. I mean, it is a very competitive bronch, I suppose.


1:48

And, and the speaker really spoke very fast. So maybe. I'm going to show it again, but this time at a slower pace,

1:57 first clip at a slower pace

but when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp and on the ball and you, it, a lot of it is sensibility. Like I say, where you have a good team of guys and girls in the kitchen and there's that look, it's that sensibility.

2:16

It's a, it's a nod it. And you know, if this. Cost adjustments with services like going to war you plan. But as soon as you go into it, things change, you have to adapt. So yeah, to be on the ball really means to be aware of what is happening and being able to react or deal with it quickly. In other words, to be attentive, knowledgeable and quick to take action.

2:47

And actually, I would like to stick to this interview because this is going to reassure (put/set someone's mind at rest) you as an English learner. Not understanding every single word from a native English speaker, because the guy you were listening to right before is a chef in the kitchen. And actually he. He moved to New York and the interviewer asked him what about when he came to New York and what was one of his biggest surprise or biggest challenges that he faced as a non American in a New York kitchen, but listen for yourself.

3:35

What I mean by that? Well, we'll aim my accent. Vice versa basically means the other way. Round me understanding the American terminology. Um, terminology is another way of saying expressions or words or the language that is being used, especially working with people from California, who. Would have this very sort of bro speak kind of way, which I had no idea what they were saying.

4:08

I kind of laughed the expression he used there, bro. Speak. So meaning how brothers speak. With each other. So in a rather slang way. Okay. Remember, there was a gentleman that I worked with at Boulay and, um, he would, he, he was working on this other stove. I was working on the side of the stove and he would look at me and say, Hey guy, can I, can I take my guy and write it in your guy?

4:37

I'm like, what that translated into? Can I take this piece of lamb and braise it in the shoe that you're making? I didn't know that because everyone else seemed to, but I didn't true. True story. Wow. Yeah. Um, okay, so that is meant to reassure you because I think that we as English learner should not beat ourselves up that often because even the native speakers don't understand each other sometimes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43347199Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:20:18 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe full transcript is further below... Word list/difficult expressions explained with time stamps If you snooze you'll lose 2:53 To reassure = put/set someone's mind at rest / to raise someone's spirits To put someone at ease 3:40 "Vice versa"...
Word list/difficult expressions explained with time stamps

If you snooze you'll lose

2:53 To reassure = put/set someone's mind at rest / to raise someone's spirits
To put someone at ease

3:40 "Vice versa" basically means the other way round

3:50 "terminology" is another way of saying expressions or words or the language that is being used,


Full transript:

On the ball, but when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp on this episode of the Vocab Man, we are going to focus on the idiom on the ball, which means to be up to date with modern developments. And of all others quick to catch on to know what is happening.

0:31

I find this a bit strange because on the, where we as dictionaries, it says that the idiom to be on the ball is meant to be slang. It occurred to me that I came across a lot of ways in which, for example, politicians used this expression. So I don't know if it is still slang, but it is often used in business context as well.

1:00 first clip

But when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp and on the ball. And it, a lot of it is sensibility. Like I say, where you have a good team of guys and girls in the kitchen and there's that look, it's that sensibility. It's a, it's a nod. It's an, you know, if this course adjustments it's services like going to war you plan.

1:25

I think this is a great picture to explain the expression, to be on the ball, because if you are working in the kitchen, you always need to be yeah. Up to date with modern developments ahead of others. If you snooze, then you lose. I mean, it is a very competitive bronch, I suppose.


1:48

And, and the speaker really spoke very fast. So maybe. I'm going to show it again, but this time at a slower pace,

1:57 first clip at a slower pace

but when you're in a kitchen, it's quick like this all the time, and you've got to be very sharp and on the ball and you, it, a lot of it is sensibility. Like I say, where you have a good team of guys and girls in the kitchen and there's that look, it's that sensibility.

2:16

It's a, it's a nod it. And you know, if this. Cost adjustments with services like going to war you plan. But as soon as you go into it, things change, you have to adapt. So yeah, to be on the ball really means to be aware of what is happening and being able to react or deal with it quickly. In other words, to be attentive, knowledgeable and quick to take action.

2:47

And actually, I would like to stick to this interview because this is going to reassure (put/set someone's mind at rest) you as an English learner. Not understanding every single word from a native English speaker, because the guy you were listening to right before is a chef in the kitchen. And actually he. He moved to New York and the interviewer asked him what about when he came to New York and what was one of his biggest surprise or biggest challenges that he faced as a non American in a New York kitchen, but listen for yourself.

3:35

What I mean by that? Well, we'll aim my accent. Vice versa basically means the other way. Round me understanding the American terminology. Um, terminology is another way of saying expressions or words or the language that is being used, especially working with people from California, who. Would have this very sort of bro speak kind of way, which I had no idea what they were saying.

4:08

I kind of laughed the expression he used there, bro. Speak. So meaning how brothers speak. With each other. So in a rather slang way. Okay. Remember, there was a gentleman that I worked with at Boulay and, um, he would, he, he was working on this...]]>333advancedenglish,b1,b2,beontheball,businessenglish,c1,c2,easyenglish,englishlearning,englishpodcasts,expressions,idioms,nonnative,ontheball,podcasting,slang,slangidioms,slowenglish,usefulexpressions,youtubeenglishfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/52-indeed-does-listening-to-the-vocab-man-help-indeed-it-does--43344293
Full transcript:

You've been drinking. I have indeed!
Do you have ice? No., How many years has it been? What? eh.
Five years.

0:19
So this is an excerpt from this series called "the Fall", which is available on Netflix and Stella asks, have you been drinking? And then the man answers I have indeed. You've been drinking. I have indeed.

0:44
Does listening to the vocab man. help you to become a better English speaker. Indeed. It does help. But of course you need to put some effort in it. So my advice to you would be, so the next time you come across the expression "indeed", remember this episode. The thing is actually, well, at least in my case, when I am learning some new expressions, oftentimes all of a sudden I come across this expression again and again.

1:25
So as I said, the next time you come across the word, indeed, be more mindful. And by doing so this will enable you to remember the expression even better. I promise.

1:42
That's lebowsky on the left there? Indeed. That is Mr. Lebowsky with the first lady. What indeed could one do!

So I want to give you three different meanings of indeed.

1:56 The different meanings of "indeed"
Number one, indeed is used to emphasize a statement or response confirming something already suggested an example would be, it will not expect it to last long, and indeed it took less than three weeks. Number two used to introduce a further and stronger or more surprising point as in the idea is attractive to many men and indeed to many women.
And the third meaning is used in a response to express interest sort of price or contempt. And here comes the example sentence, a ghost. Indeed. I've never heard anything so silly.

2:54 3th clip

Uh, and on the question that you asked about Hinkley point, um, I will be doing exactly, as you said indeed, in your question, Jason, which is, as you know, I've been looking at all the evidence around the, this issue.

3:05 Synonyms

So let's have a look at the synonyms of indeed, but please be aware that indeed comes with different meanings depending on the situation. So here are some examples instead of using the word, indeed, you might just say actually, in fact, really, as a matter of fact, And that's actually it for today, guys.

3:39 Outro

Thanks for tuning in. I hope you could learn something. And of course this episode comes with a transcript, which you are going to find in the show notes. Bye.

Oh, and before you go, I just want to show you an excerpt of Luke's English podcast, in which he promotes my other show called my fluent podcast. So if you really like to listen to Interviews, my other show might be something for you.

4:12 Luke from Luke's English podcasts promotes My Fluent Podcast

If you want to am more than just the handful of people I'm talking to, uh, over the next few months on this podcast, then why not listen to Daniel Goodson, his podcast, which is called my fluent podcast. Daniel is an English learner from Switzerland, and he's also a podcaster documenting his journey with English and also interviewing various interesting people.
You have a lot to say on the subject, including various members of what we are calling the BRAVE 85, uh, those LEPsters who didn't make it into the final 16 of the competition, Daniel has been speaking to some of them and the interviews are really great. You really should listen to them. Tons of advice, insights, and motivation for your learning of English and just some really great people to listen to.

4:58 Who has Daniel spoken to?

Who is he spoken to? Which lips does, has he spoken to, and let me just check. I think the first one that Daniel spoke to was Hamad from Pakistan. Who's got some really cool things to say. You got to check out handmade. He's brilliant. Also listen to episode 84 of my fluent podcasts, or should I call, should I call it Daniel's fluent podcasts, um, which was with Alvara hu from Spain, from Madrid.

5:25 Alvaro overcame his stuttering

Who was a fascinating person to listen to all about how he overcame his stuttering. Stuttering is a kind of a, how do I describe it? It's a, it's something that affects the way you speak and it can cause people to sort of, sort of repeat certain syllables and causes them problems in getting the words out, um, a stutter.

So Alvara. Has a stutter, but he overcame it and also has learned English to a good degree and lived in, in, I think in Scotland or Ireland.

5:56 The Ricky Sendy Show

Uh, but anyway, very interesting conversation also, you must listen to episode 86, which is the Ricky Sandy show. And that's Ricardo from Spain. Do you remember the funny recording that Ricardo sent to me on that point, actually listeners, another thing I must say, Ricardo recorded a full length Ricky Sandy show.
And it's it's up on YouTube. I put it on a listener's page on my website. Um, teacherluke.co.uk.

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43344293Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:22:46 +0000Daniel GoodsonIf you like... don't forget so subscribe... So you don't miss any new expression to learn.... Full transcript: You've been drinking. I have indeed! Do you have ice? No., How many years has it been? What? eh. Five years. 0:19 So this is an excerpt...
Full transcript:

You've been drinking. I have indeed!
Do you have ice? No., How many years has it been? What? eh.
Five years.

0:19
So this is an excerpt from this series called "the Fall", which is available on Netflix and Stella asks, have you been drinking? And then the man answers I have indeed. You've been drinking. I have indeed.

0:44
Does listening to the vocab man. help you to become a better English speaker. Indeed. It does help. But of course you need to put some effort in it. So my advice to you would be, so the next time you come across the expression "indeed", remember this episode. The thing is actually, well, at least in my case, when I am learning some new expressions, oftentimes all of a sudden I come across this expression again and again.

1:25
So as I said, the next time you come across the word, indeed, be more mindful. And by doing so this will enable you to remember the expression even better. I promise.

1:42
That's lebowsky on the left there? Indeed. That is Mr. Lebowsky with the first lady. What indeed could one do!

So I want to give you three different meanings of indeed.

1:56 The different meanings of "indeed"
Number one, indeed is used to emphasize a statement or response confirming something already suggested an example would be, it will not expect it to last long, and indeed it took less than three weeks. Number two used to introduce a further and stronger or more surprising point as in the idea is attractive to many men and indeed to many women.
And the third meaning is used in a response to express interest sort of price or contempt. And here comes the example sentence, a ghost. Indeed. I've never heard anything so silly.

2:54 3th clip

Uh, and on the question that you asked about Hinkley point, um, I will be doing exactly, as you said indeed, in your question, Jason, which is, as you know, I've been looking at all the evidence around the, this issue.

3:05 Synonyms

So let's have a look at the synonyms of indeed, but please be aware that indeed comes with different meanings depending on the situation. So here are some examples instead of using the word, indeed, you might just say actually, in fact, really, as a matter of fact, And that's actually it for today, guys.

3:39 Outro

Thanks for tuning in. I hope you could learn something. And of course this episode comes with a transcript, which you are going to find in the show notes. Bye.

Oh, and before you go, I just want to show you an excerpt of Luke's English podcast, in which he promotes my other show called my fluent podcast. So if you really like to listen to Interviews, my other show might be something for you.

4:12 Luke from Luke's English podcasts promotes My Fluent Podcast

If you want to am more than just the handful of people I'm talking to, uh, over the next few months on this podcast, then why not listen to Daniel Goodson, his podcast, which is called my fluent podcast. Daniel is an English learner from Switzerland, and he's also a podcaster documenting his journey with English and also interviewing various interesting people.
You have a lot to say on the subject, including various members of what we are calling the BRAVE 85, uh, those LEPsters who didn't make it into the final 16 of the competition, Daniel has been speaking to some of them and the interviews are really great. You really should listen to them. Tons of advice, insights, and motivation for your learning of English and just some really great people to listen to.

4:58 Who has Daniel spoken to?

Who is he spoken to? Which lips does, has he spoken to, and let me just check. I think the first one that Daniel spoke to was Hamad...]]>385creativelearning,english,englishpodcasts,esl,explanations,iels,indeed,indeedpodcast,learnenglishwithseries,learnwithmovies,listeningpractice,myfluentpodcast,non.native,non-native-english,podcasts,stella,thefall,wordlistsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/51-mayor-tells-trump-to-put-his-big-boy-pants-on-and-admit-defeat-to-put-sb-big-boy-pants-on--43211141
Yes...NO, I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner just as Jimmy Carter did just as George H. W. Bush did. And frankly, just as Al Gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country.

0:22
And that's my feeling. I doubt he'll listen to me, but. That's it.

And in this excerpt, you could listen to the mayor of Philadelphia telling Donald Trump to put his big boy pants on and admit to defeat. And this is also the expression we want to cover in this episode of the Vocab Man.

No. I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on and this expression basically means to act like a grownup.

0:46
So according to Peter Scherrer who was born in 1957, back in the day, it was normal for boys to wear shorts until they were tought to be old enough to wear long trousers or the so-called "big boy trousers" or pants. And in the case of using it with a female, the expression putting on your big girl panties would be the equivalent version.

1:30
And it goes without saying that it comes with a rather negative connotation. So be aware or careful while using these expression. So in the past, most boys wore short pants as children, until reaching a certain age and wearing long pants showed they were expected to act in a more major adult manner. So.

1:57
Another way of expressing the same idea could be you're not a baby anymore or something like that. But as I said before, be careful, it is a figure of speech by the way. So I hope you liked this episode and if you can't catch every word, you can head over to the show notes in which you'll find the transcript.

2:25
And if you liked this episode, don't forget to follow or recommend it to your friends.

No, I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner just as Jimmy Carter did just as George H w Bush did.

And frankly, just as Al Gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country. And that's my feeling. I doubt he'll listen to me, but. That's it.


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Yes...NO, I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner just as Jimmy Carter did just as George H. W. Bush did. And frankly, just as Al Gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country.

0:22
And that's my feeling. I doubt he'll listen to me, but. That's it.

And in this excerpt, you could listen to the mayor of Philadelphia telling Donald Trump to put his big boy pants on and admit to defeat. And this is also the expression we want to cover in this episode of the Vocab Man.

No. I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on and this expression basically means to act like a grownup.

0:46
So according to Peter Scherrer who was born in 1957, back in the day, it was normal for boys to wear shorts until they were tought to be old enough to wear long trousers or the so-called "big boy trousers" or pants. And in the case of using it with a female, the expression putting on your big girl panties would be the equivalent version.

1:30
And it goes without saying that it comes with a rather negative connotation. So be aware or careful while using these expression. So in the past, most boys wore short pants as children, until reaching a certain age and wearing long pants showed they were expected to act in a more major adult manner. So.

1:57
Another way of expressing the same idea could be you're not a baby anymore or something like that. But as I said before, be careful, it is a figure of speech by the way. So I hope you liked this episode and if you can't catch every word, you can head over to the show notes in which you'll find the transcript.

2:25
And if you liked this episode, don't forget to follow or recommend it to your friends.

No, I think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner just as Jimmy Carter did just as George H w Bush did.

And frankly, just as Al Gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country. And that's my feeling. I doubt he'll listen to me, but. That's it.


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Shenanigans shenanigans.

Hi, Mr. Vocab man, I really love your podcast and I'd like if you could make an episode of my favorite word, the word is shenanigans. I'm looking forward to hear this episode on my favorite podcast and wish you all the best. And I hope you keep going with the good work. Thank you very much.
Bye.

0:21 Clip 1

Because when we looked at the national DNA. You could see that it didn't look actually totally different from human DNA. So as you know, you got half your DNA from your mom and half from your dad, right? So 50 50. And then you've got about 25% of your DNA from each of your grandparents and then different amounts from other ancestors.
And when we look at people today, we find we have chunks of DNA that are from a Neandertal ancestor.

0:46
I've got a bit in my DNA, Yeah me too. Yeah. We only one way to get a chunk of DNA from somebody else. Yeah, shenanigans. There was some serious interaction between modern humans and Neanderthals. You are shocking the parents!

1:00

Shenanigans is an informal noun and usually used in the plural form "shenanigans".
So in short it means mischief or prankishness. As in Halloween shenanigans, or it could also mean deceit or trickery as in a mischievous or deceitful trick practice, et cetera.

1:22 clip 2

And after remembered this reverberated after the real estate crash, after the dot com crash and there, and there really was this feeling, can we, can the United States create a real economy?
Not based on shenanigans not based on a price bubble on an exotic mortgage instrument. And, there were, there were really some doubts.

1:52

Is shenanigans a bad word. What do you think guys? Well, though many might think of shenanigans as harmless pranks or behavior, most dictionary definitions, give them a slightly evil cast.
And what about shenanigans used as an interjection? Well shenanigans denotes a person or event suspect of unscrupulous or dishonest conduct? If one believes they bear witness to such an occurrence, they should immediately call shenanigans to draw attention to it.


2:27 clip 3

In the film, he toyed with the defense department and eventually scared the pants off
everyone making it seem like a Russian nuclear launch was imminent. You would think that the systems in place to make nuclear winds possible would be secure enough to not be susceptible to computer shenanigans.

2:41 clip 4 with Obama

The accounting statements that they put out there and they've got to sign a bottom line and they're going to be directly liable.
If, uh, if for some reason it turns out that there were some shenanigans going on there. So, you know, this is, this raises a broader question about regulation

2: 57 Outro

I must admit that this episode was quite hard to follow, even for the Vocab man. So, but don't worry. We have a transcript available. So the vocab man is also going to have to take a closer look to the transcript of the various audio clips integrated in this episode because there are many useful but difficult vocabularies inside a special thank goes to my all time favorite listener, Nicole, thank you so much.

Thank you for listening. And before you go, I just want to show you the teaser of the newest episode of my other podcast called my fluent podcast.

3:43 teaser/trailer for newest episode of my fluent podcast:

I interviewed English teacher Hamid from Pakistan and he shared with us how we should learn a language. Here's the teaser. And bye.

You know what I tell my students, I tell them that the child has no ego issues. We have ego issues, but I have some motion for that. So what I do. I write the word ego on the board. E G O and I convert the letter O into G. So the ego becomes egg. Then I tell them convert this ego into an egg and break it. In a learning situation. Forget about your ego. We're all language learners. There is no good or bad learner. We're all learners. We are all the same. We all make mistakes. Leave your ego outside your class and enjoy it. And some learners do that. They managed to break or convert ego into an egg and break it !The way you did!

Here ist he link to the episode:

https://myfluentpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-83
www.myfluentpodcast.com
myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

What expressions do you want us to cover? Tell us!!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42769955Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:13:40 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull Transcript: Shenanigans shenanigans. Hi, Mr. Vocab man, I really love your podcast and I'd like if you could make an episode of my favorite word, the word is shenanigans. I'm looking forward to hear this episode on my favorite podcast and wish...
Shenanigans shenanigans.

Hi, Mr. Vocab man, I really love your podcast and I'd like if you could make an episode of my favorite word, the word is shenanigans. I'm looking forward to hear this episode on my favorite podcast and wish you all the best. And I hope you keep going with the good work. Thank you very much.
Bye.

0:21 Clip 1

Because when we looked at the national DNA. You could see that it didn't look actually totally different from human DNA. So as you know, you got half your DNA from your mom and half from your dad, right? So 50 50. And then you've got about 25% of your DNA from each of your grandparents and then different amounts from other ancestors.
And when we look at people today, we find we have chunks of DNA that are from a Neandertal ancestor.

0:46
I've got a bit in my DNA, Yeah me too. Yeah. We only one way to get a chunk of DNA from somebody else. Yeah, shenanigans. There was some serious interaction between modern humans and Neanderthals. You are shocking the parents!

1:00

Shenanigans is an informal noun and usually used in the plural form "shenanigans".
So in short it means mischief or prankishness. As in Halloween shenanigans, or it could also mean deceit or trickery as in a mischievous or deceitful trick practice, et cetera.

1:22 clip 2

And after remembered this reverberated after the real estate crash, after the dot com crash and there, and there really was this feeling, can we, can the United States create a real economy?
Not based on shenanigans not based on a price bubble on an exotic mortgage instrument. And, there were, there were really some doubts.

1:52

Is shenanigans a bad word. What do you think guys? Well, though many might think of shenanigans as harmless pranks or behavior, most dictionary definitions, give them a slightly evil cast.
And what about shenanigans used as an interjection? Well shenanigans denotes a person or event suspect of unscrupulous or dishonest conduct? If one believes they bear witness to such an occurrence, they should immediately call shenanigans to draw attention to it.


2:27 clip 3

In the film, he toyed with the defense department and eventually scared the pants off
everyone making it seem like a Russian nuclear launch was imminent. You would think that the systems in place to make nuclear winds possible would be secure enough to not be susceptible to computer shenanigans.

2:41 clip 4 with Obama

The accounting statements that they put out there and they've got to sign a bottom line and they're going to be directly liable.
If, uh, if for some reason it turns out that there were some shenanigans going on there. So, you know, this is, this raises a broader question about regulation

2: 57 Outro

I must admit that this episode was quite hard to follow, even for the Vocab man. So, but don't worry. We have a transcript available. So the vocab man is also going to have to take a closer look to the transcript of the various audio clips integrated in this episode because there are many useful but difficult vocabularies inside a special thank goes to my all time favorite listener, Nicole, thank you so much.

Thank you for listening. And before you go, I just want to show you the teaser of the newest episode of my other podcast called my fluent podcast.

3:43 teaser/trailer for newest episode of my fluent podcast:

I interviewed English teacher Hamid from Pakistan and he shared with us how we should learn a language. Here's the teaser. And bye.

You know what I tell my students, I tell them that the child has no ego issues. We have ego issues, but I have some motion for that. So what I do. I write the word ego on the board. E G O and I convert the letter O into G. So the ego becomes...]]>276audioclips,clip,definition,englishclips,englishlover,englishpodcasts,fluent,listeningpractice,listeningwithmovies,meaning,podcastlover,podcasts,series,shenanigans,speakingpractice,voabulary,vocablover,vocabpodcast,wordlover,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/49-the-third-time-is-the-charm-idiom-third-time-s-a-charm--42479878Full transcript available here:

0:05

Hello guys, it's me, the Vocab Man. To make the best out of this episode, to learn as much as possible. I strongly recommend you to use the app "podcast addict". By doing so, you will be able to read along while you're listening to this podcast and "podcast addict" allows you to tap next the transcript, which automatically brings you to this specific position of the audio, which is great because even if you don't understand maybe the third time You'll get to understand because the third time is the charm.

0:57

I'm very happy to be here with you this afternoon. This is my third time in Providence and somehow the first time I've actually gotten to Brown's campus.
So in this case, the third time is the charm and a I am very eager to having to...

1:10

"the third time is a charm" is an idiom, which means on your third try, you're likely to succeed after failing two times.

1:20

It is often used as a phrase to encourage someone to try for the third time, even after that person has failed at that thing two times earlier, Making him realize. That his efforts might give him the results on his third time. So you just have to keep trying, never give up. And by the way, that's also the reason why I really liked this idiom.

1:53

It has such a positive thing in it, you know?

1:58 (clip 1)

I did not well maybe, maybe the third time as a charm, we'll look at it once more. Let's try. We'll try once more, one more time. Okay.

2:07

If you would like to show, you can drop me a message@myfluentpodcast@gmail.com and tell me which expression we should cover for you and explain by doing so...

2:21

...you are helping the Vocab Man to grow. Thank you so much. So let's get to the last piece of audio, which comes directly from the game called cyberpunk 2077. And it's actually just a reference to the idiom because the speaker doesn't use the idiom in its original sense (form). And just so you know, in my opinion, it is a great method to learning English while gaming because especially in cyberpunk, there are a lot of dialogues which ???can??? support it by subtitles as well.

And it's an excellent way to entertain yourself while you are learning English.

3:18

It might take you a few seconds to adjust but first time's rarely the charm, with anything, really. Scanner should eventually sync with your thought processes and read your intentions.

3:32

You were listening to the Vocab Man and if you didn't catch every phrase or word, never give up. If you relisten to this episode, everything is going to be fine.

The third time is the charm!

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https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/114393/the-meaning-of-third-time-is-the-charm]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42479878Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:24:35 +0000Daniel GoodsonThat the third time is the charm Full transcript available here: 0:05 Hello guys, it's me, the Vocab Man. To make the best out of this episode, to learn as much as possible. I strongly recommend you to use the app "podcast addict". By doing so, you...Full transcript available here:

0:05

Hello guys, it's me, the Vocab Man. To make the best out of this episode, to learn as much as possible. I strongly recommend you to use the app "podcast addict". By doing so, you will be able to read along while you're listening to this podcast and "podcast addict" allows you to tap next the transcript, which automatically brings you to this specific position of the audio, which is great because even if you don't understand maybe the third time You'll get to understand because the third time is the charm.

0:57

I'm very happy to be here with you this afternoon. This is my third time in Providence and somehow the first time I've actually gotten to Brown's campus.
So in this case, the third time is the charm and a I am very eager to having to...

1:10

"the third time is a charm" is an idiom, which means on your third try, you're likely to succeed after failing two times.

1:20

It is often used as a phrase to encourage someone to try for the third time, even after that person has failed at that thing two times earlier, Making him realize. That his efforts might give him the results on his third time. So you just have to keep trying, never give up. And by the way, that's also the reason why I really liked this idiom.

1:53

It has such a positive thing in it, you know?

1:58 (clip 1)

I did not well maybe, maybe the third time as a charm, we'll look at it once more. Let's try. We'll try once more, one more time. Okay.

2:07

If you would like to show, you can drop me a message@myfluentpodcast@gmail.com and tell me which expression we should cover for you and explain by doing so...

2:21

...you are helping the Vocab Man to grow. Thank you so much. So let's get to the last piece of audio, which comes directly from the game called cyberpunk 2077. And it's actually just a reference to the idiom because the speaker doesn't use the idiom in its original sense (form). And just so you know, in my opinion, it is a great method to learning English while gaming because especially in cyberpunk, there are a lot of dialogues which ???can??? support it by subtitles as well.

And it's an excellent way to entertain yourself while you are learning English.

3:18

It might take you a few seconds to adjust but first time's rarely the charm, with anything, really. Scanner should eventually sync with your thought processes and read your intentions.

3:32

You were listening to the Vocab Man and if you didn't catch every phrase or word, never give up. If you relisten to this episode, everything is going to be fine.

The third time is the charm!

www.myfluentpodcast.com
myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
Drop me your message for suggestions or if you want us to cover your favorite expression!!

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One does not simply listen to podcasts without knowing the Vocab man.

Baromir from the Lords of the rings movie: "One does not simply walk into Mordor".

0:16

Today we are going to take a closer look at "one does not" or "one does not simply". I am the Vocab man and hopefully, we are going to learn a bunch of things. Alluding to (referring to) a quote from a Lord of the rings movie.

00:34

One does not simply is the catch phrase of popular memes that comment on humerous complex, challenging or aggravating (annoying, provoking) experiences or situations.

0:46

One does not put sugar in green tea. I know I said I'm aware of this custom, but I really liked my tea. Sweet in response. He gave me an even more courteous (polite, respectful) version of the same explanation. One does not put sugar in green tea. I understand. I said that the Japanese do not put sugar in their green tea, but I'd like to put some sugar in my green tea.

1:14

One does not listen to the Vocab Man without learning something. Do you know what alluding or to allude (to refer to) means? I mentioned it in the beginning of the podcast:

1:28

Alluding to a quote from a Lord of the rings movie (= flick) .
One does not simply is the catchphrase of popular memes (an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations) for to allude is to refer to, or to imply or to mention. And. The other word was "catchphrase". I catch phrase is a well-known sentence or phrase, especially one that is associated (connected with something else) with a particular famous person.

1:59

One does not use fitting room two when one is popping one's cherry. (Quote from Kingsman)

Again, this time I'm going to make a transcript for this episode. So for those who didn't catch every word, you can simply read along while listening to the Vocab Man. Bye.

2:18

I don't know how things are in that third rate novel of yours, but where I come from, one does not go around ravaging (to cause severe and extensive damage) libraries. (Quote from Inkheart 2008)
And by the way to ravage means something like to cause severe and extensive damage to like the hurricane ravaged southern, Florida. Oh my gosh. The last two words are really difficult to pronounce correctly.

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(Quote from Inkheart 2008)

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Transcript:

One does not simply listen to podcasts without knowing the Vocab man.

Baromir from the Lords of the rings movie: "One does not simply walk into Mordor".

0:16

Today we are going to take a closer look at "one does not" or "one does not simply". I am the Vocab man and hopefully, we are going to learn a bunch of things. Alluding to (referring to) a quote from a Lord of the rings movie.

00:34

One does not simply is the catch phrase of popular memes that comment on humerous complex, challenging or aggravating (annoying, provoking) experiences or situations.

0:46

One does not put sugar in green tea. I know I said I'm aware of this custom, but I really liked my tea. Sweet in response. He gave me an even more courteous (polite, respectful) version of the same explanation. One does not put sugar in green tea. I understand. I said that the Japanese do not put sugar in their green tea, but I'd like to put some sugar in my green tea.

1:14

One does not listen to the Vocab Man without learning something. Do you know what alluding or to allude (to refer to) means? I mentioned it in the beginning of the podcast:

1:28

Alluding to a quote from a Lord of the rings movie (= flick) .
One does not simply is the catchphrase of popular memes (an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations) for to allude is to refer to, or to imply or to mention. And. The other word was "catchphrase". I catch phrase is a well-known sentence or phrase, especially one that is associated (connected with something else) with a particular famous person.

1:59

One does not use fitting room two when one is popping one's cherry. (Quote from Kingsman)

Again, this time I'm going to make a transcript for this episode. So for those who didn't catch every word, you can simply read along while listening to the Vocab Man. Bye.

2:18

I don't know how things are in that third rate novel of yours, but where I come from, one does not go around ravaging (to cause severe and extensive damage) libraries. (Quote from Inkheart 2008)
And by the way to ravage means something like to cause severe and extensive damage to like the hurricane ravaged southern, Florida. Oh my gosh. The last two words are really difficult to pronounce correctly.

Links:

https://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/one-does-not-simply/#:~:text=Alluding%20to%20a%20quote%20from,or%20aggravating%20experiences%20or%20situations.

(Quote from Kingsman)
(Quote from Inkheart 2008)

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Dop me a message at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
Cheers, your Daniel, the English learner.

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Full transcript:

Hi, I'm teachers' Zdenek from Zdenek's English podcast and you're listening to the vocab man.
I am the vocab man and this podcast is going to help you to learn different expressions like in episode two, the expression "gotcha" I finally got you your little rat. "Gotcha" Or in episode 35 "batshit crazy" I just kind of think of how bat shit crazy the whole thing...

This time, we are going to change things a little bit up and have a discussion with teachers Zdenek.

It goes without saying that you are going to learn something anyways.

The thing is the other day I saw you commenting on the Discord platform in which I am a member of the group called learn English online and actually you gave some advice to an English learner there. Apparently she has been preparing herself for the Certificate in Advanced English.

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...and this person didn't think she was already prepared for an exam. She pointed out that she would have a lack of vocabulary. You wrote something like I can recommend you a very good book to boost your vocabulary you remember?

Zdenek:

It must be the book that I recommend to everyone because I know it personally helped me and I think it's quite useful for high level learners. So I do remember which book I keep recommending but I don't remember this particular post you're referring to. I think it was back mid November already.

Daniel:

So that got me thinking and now I have the opportunity to talk to you. I'm super curious: why do you find it useful and very unique ?

Zdenek:

okay. Well I think the book is called practical everyday English. Let me just check it because there are a lot of books that have a similar name.
I think the answer Daniel is in the title itself, yeah. Practical everyday English. And it was written by Steven Collins and it's actually a series of books, which are divided by levels as well. So the first one is. The blue book, I referred to it as the blue book and it's suitable for B2 level learners.
So upper intermediate level learners. And then after that, you've got a belief that I could red book and green book. Yeah. I think there's a red book for advanced learners. And then there's a green book for high-level learners. Yeah. So it's it kind of corresponds to C1 and C2. And I really liked this book because it's a unique way to teach vocabulary.
As the title suggests it's quite practical. So the way this works is that you have got different units. And in each unit that has, a certain number of expressions that you learn. So let's say it's about 15 or 20. I don't know exactly. And they seem to be seemingly unconnected.

3:06

Yeah. So it's like kind of all over the place. So it's a bit of phrasal verbs, some idioms and just, you know a bit of slang as well. So it's, it seems like the author of the book tried try to go for expressions that are used a lot, you know, that's why it's called practical everyday English. So these are expressions that perhaps you wouldn't find, sometimes you wouldn't find them necessarily in a classic course book.

Yeah. Like some of those slang expressions perhaps some of the idioms. And, so the way this works is that you've got an entry of vocabulary entry. Let's say they teach you the expression to kick the bucket. I don't know if it's there, but let's just have an example. And then


3:50

the expression is explained that there's a meaning, there's an example and then you learn the next one but what, what the author did is very cool actually, because every single example from that point on, from then on every single example contains one of the words from the previous units.


You see? So in the follow... so you would be learning, let's say a phrasal verb "to throw away". As the next one. Yeah. And you would have an example sentence, which would also contain "to kick the bucket" in it. I don't know how you would do that. That's just, I'm just, trying to come up with some sort of a silly example, but you know how it works, revise the older vocabulary words you were learning quickly by learning the new one.

4:40

Exactly. But it's as if you don't almost have a choice because you always see the previous expressions, you will always see them. So the author keeps reminding you because that's the thing with learning new vocabulary. We just forget, we forget easily but you need to reinforce it as we say.

4:58

Yeah. It's not enough to just learn it once. And then use it. I don't know, 10 minutes later, it's not enough. This is a very cool method and I have to say it really helped me personally as well because I've learned a lot of expressions from that series of books and I can only recommend it.

5:19

And where did you find out about that book? I think I was looking for some material to use in my English classes and I probably just came across it by chance. I assume.I don't think anybody had ever told me about this. Do you remember when you bought it?

That's a good question. I'm looking at it online and it says here it's originally published in 1993. Since then it must have been revised a few times. I assume.

5:46

I think I bought this eight years ago and I think I bought the first book first and I liked it so much that I bought the following ones and I also bought it for some of my friends as a gift because it's that good. Like this is really cool.

To be continued... If you need the transcript just write a very short message at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
Then I will know, that there is actually somebody out there reading the transcript. Then I will upload the rest (because it's a lot of work and I don't want it to do if nobody reads it, thanks). Thank you for listening. Daniel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42402754Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:26:19 +0000Daniel GoodsonTeacher Zdenek's book recommendation: Practical Everyday English. A very unique book to learn English. I decided to interview Zdenek, the English teacher because we also need to get out of our comfort zone and speak. We can't always cover behind...
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Full transcript:

Hi, I'm teachers' Zdenek from Zdenek's English podcast and you're listening to the vocab man.
I am the vocab man and this podcast is going to help you to learn different expressions like in episode two, the expression "gotcha" I finally got you your little rat. "Gotcha" Or in episode 35 "batshit crazy" I just kind of think of how bat shit crazy the whole thing...

This time, we are going to change things a little bit up and have a discussion with teachers Zdenek.

It goes without saying that you are going to learn something anyways.

The thing is the other day I saw you commenting on the Discord platform in which I am a member of the group called learn English online and actually you gave some advice to an English learner there. Apparently she has been preparing herself for the Certificate in Advanced English.

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LINK: https://discord.gg/jaQzatxzg4
Join our group and le'ts practice English together!
------

...and this person didn't think she was already prepared for an exam. She pointed out that she would have a lack of vocabulary. You wrote something like I can recommend you a very good book to boost your vocabulary you remember?

Zdenek:

It must be the book that I recommend to everyone because I know it personally helped me and I think it's quite useful for high level learners. So I do remember which book I keep recommending but I don't remember this particular post you're referring to. I think it was back mid November already.

Daniel:

So that got me thinking and now I have the opportunity to talk to you. I'm super curious: why do you find it useful and very unique ?

Zdenek:

okay. Well I think the book is called practical everyday English. Let me just check it because there are a lot of books that have a similar name.
I think the answer Daniel is in the title itself, yeah. Practical everyday English. And it was written by Steven Collins and it's actually a series of books, which are divided by levels as well. So the first one is. The blue book, I referred to it as the blue book and it's suitable for B2 level learners.
So upper intermediate level learners. And then after that, you've got a belief that I could red book and green book. Yeah. I think there's a red book for advanced learners. And then there's a green book for high-level learners. Yeah. So it's it kind of corresponds to C1 and C2. And I really liked this book because it's a unique way to teach vocabulary.
As the title suggests it's quite practical. So the way this works is that you have got different units. And in each unit that has, a certain number of expressions that you learn. So let's say it's about 15 or 20. I don't know exactly. And they seem to be seemingly unconnected.

3:06

Yeah. So it's like kind of all over the place. So it's a bit of phrasal verbs, some idioms and just, you know a bit of slang as well. So it's, it seems like the author of the book tried try to go for expressions that are used a lot, you know, that's why it's called practical...]]>695book,bookreview,cae,collins,english,englishpodcasts,fce,grammarbooks,gre,intermediate,materials,myfluentpodcast,phrasal,podcast,review,self-study,stevencollins,vocabulary,vocabularypodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/46-to-beat-a-dead-horse-idiom-and-vocabulary-podcast-recommendation--42344770http://wordspodcast.net/category/podcast/

Full transcript:

Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and every time I come across an expression I want to learn, I write it down and then I make a podcast episode out of it. So hopefully you can learn something by listening to the vocab man. Have fun.

Anyway, not to beat a dead horse, but just to be super clear, I was looking for the key up front and I thought maybe it was on the side.

And by the way don't forget to read the transcript which is in our show notes.
Recently, I came across a great podcast in which you can learn vocabulary. So my recommendation would be to have a look at words the podcast, in each episode, the father called Juscelino and his daughter Amaya discuss different idioms or expressions, and they have to take a guess what the expression they are covering means.
I thought this is really a great idea and really funny to listen to.
This is a very short example of the podcast.

So beating a dead horse. That's what you said, right? That's, you know, cause some people eat horses. No, I'm kidding. I think, I actually think I know what it means, but I won't be able to explain it correctly. It's like, uh, like kinda like just talking too much about something.

That's how I, that's how I understand it. Okay. So beating a dead horse and the other side of the coin. So onto the definitions, so beating a dead horse, it basically means giving time or energy to something that is already over ended. I will say I was some right? Yes. I was. It's like you just go on and on and on about something.
And you don't stop. You're beating a dead horse. Do you understand what that means?
What's to say that it won't just go on and on and start a chain reaction for days I could sit there and listen to them go on and on with a big smile on my face.
So we're the podcast with two Juscelino and Amalya already has 33 episodes and they are really short ones and similar to the Vocab man. I mean they last about five minutes maybe or six minutes. I'm just having a blast by listening to them. And of course I could go on and on and on and talking about their podcast.
But the thing is you should have a look by yourself because that way you can make up your own mind.
I could go on and on about what a great guy he is.
So I will let Juscelino to wrap this episode up See you soon. Bye.
And if they want to follow us or send us something on Twitter, what can you, they do. They could go find our Twitter at words the pod. Yep. That's right. And that's it for this week. Thank you for listening. We will ABC you later...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42344770Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:29:34 +0000Daniel GoodsonLink to words - the podcast: http://wordspodcast.net/category/podcast/ Full transcript: Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and every time I come across an expression I want to learn, I write it down and then I make...http://wordspodcast.net/category/podcast/

Full transcript:

Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and every time I come across an expression I want to learn, I write it down and then I make a podcast episode out of it. So hopefully you can learn something by listening to the vocab man. Have fun.

Anyway, not to beat a dead horse, but just to be super clear, I was looking for the key up front and I thought maybe it was on the side.

And by the way don't forget to read the transcript which is in our show notes.
Recently, I came across a great podcast in which you can learn vocabulary. So my recommendation would be to have a look at words the podcast, in each episode, the father called Juscelino and his daughter Amaya discuss different idioms or expressions, and they have to take a guess what the expression they are covering means.
I thought this is really a great idea and really funny to listen to.
This is a very short example of the podcast.

So beating a dead horse. That's what you said, right? That's, you know, cause some people eat horses. No, I'm kidding. I think, I actually think I know what it means, but I won't be able to explain it correctly. It's like, uh, like kinda like just talking too much about something.

That's how I, that's how I understand it. Okay. So beating a dead horse and the other side of the coin. So onto the definitions, so beating a dead horse, it basically means giving time or energy to something that is already over ended. I will say I was some right? Yes. I was. It's like you just go on and on and on about something.
And you don't stop. You're beating a dead horse. Do you understand what that means?
What's to say that it won't just go on and on and start a chain reaction for days I could sit there and listen to them go on and on with a big smile on my face.
So we're the podcast with two Juscelino and Amalya already has 33 episodes and they are really short ones and similar to the Vocab man. I mean they last about five minutes maybe or six minutes. I'm just having a blast by listening to them. And of course I could go on and on and on and talking about their podcast.
But the thing is you should have a look by yourself because that way you can make up your own mind.
I could go on and on about what a great guy he is.
So I will let Juscelino to wrap this episode up See you soon. Bye.
And if they want to follow us or send us something on Twitter, what can you, they do. They could go find our Twitter at words the pod. Yep. That's right. And that's it for this week. Thank you for listening. We will ABC you later...]]>232beatadeadhorse,definitions,englishpdocasts,englishpodcast,expressions,fluency,goonandon,idioms,learnlangaugein2020,learnwithpodcasts,myfluentpodcast,podcasting,reachfluency,spokenenglish,thevocabman,usefulexpressions,vocabulary,worddefinition,words,wordsthepodcastfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/45-lets-get-you-settled-the-queen-s-gambit--42213303You are welcome to send me a voice message with more explanations at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
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And they can't figure out the middle East, go figure
My animal is a tortoise they'll figure she likes Prince, go figure, go figure today's expression guys here on the Vocab man is "go figure" really, fo figure Actually go figure has many different meanings. So the dictionaries tells you. Slightly different definitions.
For instance, the Oxford languages. It is an informal North American expression said to express the belief that something is amazing or incredible.
If you already know the vocab man. Then you know that I am a fan of the urban dictionary in which actually people can give their own definitions there. So the top definition for go figure goes like that, A remark made to something said that is typical or falls under Murphy's law.
Great. Nice activity.
Go figure.
She likes Prince go figure.
If you have your own examples to use the expression, go figure you can send them in at my fluentpodcast@gmail.com. So where did I come across the expression? Go figure actually, I discovered it in a Netflix series. I am currently watching called the queen scam bit.
It's about a chess prodigy. And now let's have a closer look at the scene, which takes place in an orphanage
where the main character Beth Harmon lifs in a quick side note here, an orphanage is at a residential institution, or let's say like a group home devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological family.
Whereas an orphan is a child whose parents have died or unknown or have permanently abandoned them.
So we have orphanage and the orphan.
All right. So now imagine this situation, many orphans are all standing a queue. Waiting for having their pills.
And at this point, you need to understand that the orphanage here in the movie used to distribute tranquilizers. I mean, pills to their orphans in order to keep them quiet. And apparently the public found out about that. So when now in the scene at the Madison window, the main character, Beth looking a bit confused.
It looks into her cup and sees only one single pill. Usually she is supposed to receive two of them. There's one missing. That's it. Next! It's my turn. Harmon. Where are the green ones? You don't get them anymore. There they are right behind you. I know where they are. I'm not going to give you any new state law and no more tranquilizers for kids.
Go figure,Harmon, go thou further off, made me farewell. And let me hear they go in what beat it.
And I found this scene was really great. And it also showed that the main character is going to have a lot of problems. I mean soon Beth will suffer from withdrawal symptoms and I absolutely recommend you to learn English by watching series. For example, with Netflix red letter N unfolds into a spectrum of colors, Because over there you have always the subtitles in it, which can support you in the process of learning.
And did you notice right away there was another great expression BEAT IT it's another way of saying to go away, but it is slightly harder than
but that my friends is a complete other story. And you might learn more about it in another episode of the Vocab man. My animals, a tortoise go figure.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42074645Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:05:12 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: And they can't figure out the middle East, go figure My animal is a tortoise they'll figure she likes Prince, go figure, go figure today's expression guys here on the Vocab man is "go figure" really, fo figure Actually go figure has many...
And they can't figure out the middle East, go figure
My animal is a tortoise they'll figure she likes Prince, go figure, go figure today's expression guys here on the Vocab man is "go figure" really, fo figure Actually go figure has many different meanings. So the dictionaries tells you. Slightly different definitions.
For instance, the Oxford languages. It is an informal North American expression said to express the belief that something is amazing or incredible.
If you already know the vocab man. Then you know that I am a fan of the urban dictionary in which actually people can give their own definitions there. So the top definition for go figure goes like that, A remark made to something said that is typical or falls under Murphy's law.
Great. Nice activity.
Go figure.
She likes Prince go figure.
If you have your own examples to use the expression, go figure you can send them in at my fluentpodcast@gmail.com. So where did I come across the expression? Go figure actually, I discovered it in a Netflix series. I am currently watching called the queen scam bit.
It's about a chess prodigy. And now let's have a closer look at the scene, which takes place in an orphanage
where the main character Beth Harmon lifs in a quick side note here, an orphanage is at a residential institution, or let's say like a group home devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological family.
Whereas an orphan is a child whose parents have died or unknown or have permanently abandoned them.
So we have orphanage and the orphan.
All right. So now imagine this situation, many orphans are all standing a queue. Waiting for having their pills.
And at this point, you need to understand that the orphanage here in the movie used to distribute tranquilizers. I mean, pills to their orphans in order to keep them quiet. And apparently the public found out about that. So when now in the scene at the Madison window, the main character, Beth looking a bit confused.
It looks into her cup and sees only one single pill. Usually she is supposed to receive two of them. There's one missing. That's it. Next! It's my turn. Harmon. Where are the green ones? You don't get them anymore. There they are right behind you. I know where they are. I'm not going to give you any new state law and no more tranquilizers for kids.
Go figure,Harmon, go thou further off, made me farewell. And let me hear they go in what beat it.
And I found this scene was really great. And it also showed that the main character is going to have a lot of problems. I mean soon Beth will suffer from withdrawal symptoms and I absolutely recommend you to learn English by watching series. For example, with Netflix red letter N unfolds into a spectrum of colors, Because over there you have always the subtitles in it, which can support you in the process of learning.
And did you notice right away there was another great expression BEAT IT it's another way of saying to go away, but it is slightly harder than
but that my friends is a complete other story. And you might learn more about it in another episode of the Vocab man. My animals, a tortoise go figure.]]>342beatit,englishnetflix,expressions,figure,figureout,gofigure,gofigure!,learnegnlishwithnetflix,learnwithmovies,learnwithnetflix,learnwithseries,netflixenglish,netflixseries,queensgambitfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/42-give-it-a-go-try-it--42058648https://discord.gg/vAx6Hhn5Bw

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Cheers!]]>194doit,english,englishpodcasts,expressions,giveitago,giveitashot,learnwithpodcasts,podcastlearning,try,tryoutfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/41-schadenfreude--41510997
I have a song called Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know, Schadenfreude

Daniel:
Today's word is "Schadenfreude" and I must admit that I was really amused to learn that these words are even used in English, even though it's originally from the German language.

Die Schadenfreude.

Clip:
And that was the problem back in 2008, there was a sense amongst the shattered remnants of the left. That we, the layman brothers coming, crashing down amongst all the Schadenfreude, which tragically existed at the time that neoliberalism was self-evidently discredited and that a new coherent alternative would emerge, but it has to be constructed.

So usually here on the Vocab Man, we cover expressions that are really useful that make you a more fluent English speaker. And I don't think that this word is a must know word for our English learners, but I was so amused as I said before. So I just had to integrate it on the Vocab Man. Thanks for tuning in guys.


ou know, the word Schadenfreude. It's the happiness you feel when something bad happens to someone else? I think a lot of these early celebrations come from Shodan, Frieda. Rule number one of shut-in Freida never celebrate until you're absolutely sure your opponent has lost.

So what does Schadenfreude mean?

According to the Merriam Webster website, Schadenfruede is defined as enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. The English word was borrowed from German in the middle of the 19th century in German. It comes from "Schaden" which means dammage and Freudee, which means Joy.

Clip:
Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know,

The word Schadenfruede was Merriam Webster's top lookup on October the second by a very considerable margin. Following president Trump's announcement. He and the first lady had passed positive for COVID-19.

Alright here comes a quote from the headline USA TODAY from the second October as well. President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of "Schadenfreude".

Synonyms:
Some similar words could be malicious joy, mischievousness, or gloating,

malicious joy, mischievousness, spitefulness.

Gloating. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the vocab man. My name is Daniel Goodson. And as always you can read along while you are listening. For that, I absolutely recommend you the app called podcast addict. Over there, you can also switch between different chapters in which I include links as well and additional information that way can even learn better and you'll remain motivated. Thanks a lot. And bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41510997Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:56:24 +0000Daniel GoodsonClip: I have a song called Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know, Schadenfreude Daniel: Today's word is "Schadenfreude" and I must admit that I was really amused to...
I have a song called Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know, Schadenfreude

Daniel:
Today's word is "Schadenfreude" and I must admit that I was really amused to learn that these words are even used in English, even though it's originally from the German language.

Die Schadenfreude.

Clip:
And that was the problem back in 2008, there was a sense amongst the shattered remnants of the left. That we, the layman brothers coming, crashing down amongst all the Schadenfreude, which tragically existed at the time that neoliberalism was self-evidently discredited and that a new coherent alternative would emerge, but it has to be constructed.

So usually here on the Vocab Man, we cover expressions that are really useful that make you a more fluent English speaker. And I don't think that this word is a must know word for our English learners, but I was so amused as I said before. So I just had to integrate it on the Vocab Man. Thanks for tuning in guys.


ou know, the word Schadenfreude. It's the happiness you feel when something bad happens to someone else? I think a lot of these early celebrations come from Shodan, Frieda. Rule number one of shut-in Freida never celebrate until you're absolutely sure your opponent has lost.

So what does Schadenfreude mean?

According to the Merriam Webster website, Schadenfruede is defined as enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. The English word was borrowed from German in the middle of the 19th century in German. It comes from "Schaden" which means dammage and Freudee, which means Joy.

Clip:
Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know,

The word Schadenfruede was Merriam Webster's top lookup on October the second by a very considerable margin. Following president Trump's announcement. He and the first lady had passed positive for COVID-19.

Alright here comes a quote from the headline USA TODAY from the second October as well. President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of "Schadenfreude".

Synonyms:
Some similar words could be malicious joy, mischievousness, or gloating,

malicious joy, mischievousness, spitefulness.

Gloating. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the vocab man. My name is Daniel Goodson. And as always you can read along while you are listening. For that, I absolutely recommend you the app called podcast addict. Over there, you can also switch between different chapters in which I include links as well and additional information that way can even learn better and you'll remain motivated. Thanks a lot. And bye.]]>217betterspeaker,englishgerman,englishpodcasts,expressions,fluency,german,merriam-webster,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/40-don-t-take-no-for-an-answer-i-won-t-take-no-for-an-answer--41278370Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel Goodson. And guess what? Today we will be covering the phrase to take no for an answer. My boss has been missing for two days, which in this town means that I should probably start by looking at the bottom of the river.
Rachel dos, who authorized that get craned down there right now. Do not take no for an answer. Call dr. Lehman, tell him we'll need our own assessment on the judge. Assess by morning, which role fell Kony. Dr. Crane, move him to Arkham asylum on suicide. Watch you're going to Arkham now it's in the narrows, Rachel.
You enjoy your party, Bruce. Some of us have worked to, do you say that someone will not take no for an answer? You mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused, it meant a girl could not take no for an answer writing. Another explanation could be to not stop with one has planned or desires.
Regardless of others, lack of agreement. So for example, I could invite a friend of mine to my house and then just add my invitation by the phrase. I won't take no for an answer, so I won't accept. His refusal. So I really want him to come. The next audio clip comes from the movie called the Wolf of wall street with Leonardo DiCaprio.
For years, I've been telling you guys never to take no for an answer, right? To keep pushing, to never hang up the phone until you get what you want, because you all deserve it. You know, this fucking deal that I'm about to sign. Barring me from the securities industry barring me from Stratton my home. Yeah, the fuck is that, you know, I'll tell you what it is.
It's it's it's me taking no for an answer, you know, it's them, it's them selling me, not the other way around. It's it's me being a hypocrite is what it is. So, instead of saying, I won't take no for an answer, you could just say I will not rest until, or if it's the last thing I do, she would never have left me behind.
Not willingly. If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to prove it.
So dear English learners, you are very welcome to be part of the vocab man, by sending in your favorite expressions. So I invite you to my show and I won't take no for an answer.
That's me taking no for an answer. It's them. I'm me. The other way around.
what's missing with DiCaprio and the Wolf of wall street. .]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41278370Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:38:08 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel Goodson. And guess what? Today we will be covering the phrase to take no for an answer. My boss has been missing for two days, which in this town means that I should probably start by looking at...Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel Goodson. And guess what? Today we will be covering the phrase to take no for an answer. My boss has been missing for two days, which in this town means that I should probably start by looking at the bottom of the river.
Rachel dos, who authorized that get craned down there right now. Do not take no for an answer. Call dr. Lehman, tell him we'll need our own assessment on the judge. Assess by morning, which role fell Kony. Dr. Crane, move him to Arkham asylum on suicide. Watch you're going to Arkham now it's in the narrows, Rachel.
You enjoy your party, Bruce. Some of us have worked to, do you say that someone will not take no for an answer? You mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused, it meant a girl could not take no for an answer writing. Another explanation could be to not stop with one has planned or desires.
Regardless of others, lack of agreement. So for example, I could invite a friend of mine to my house and then just add my invitation by the phrase. I won't take no for an answer, so I won't accept. His refusal. So I really want him to come. The next audio clip comes from the movie called the Wolf of wall street with Leonardo DiCaprio.
For years, I've been telling you guys never to take no for an answer, right? To keep pushing, to never hang up the phone until you get what you want, because you all deserve it. You know, this fucking deal that I'm about to sign. Barring me from the securities industry barring me from Stratton my home. Yeah, the fuck is that, you know, I'll tell you what it is.
It's it's it's me taking no for an answer, you know, it's them, it's them selling me, not the other way around. It's it's me being a hypocrite is what it is. So, instead of saying, I won't take no for an answer, you could just say I will not rest until, or if it's the last thing I do, she would never have left me behind.
Not willingly. If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to prove it.
So dear English learners, you are very welcome to be part of the vocab man, by sending in your favorite expressions. So I invite you to my show and I won't take no for an answer.
That's me taking no for an answer. It's them. I'm me. The other way around.
what's missing with DiCaprio and the Wolf of wall street. .]]>249batman,dicaprio,english,englishphrases,englishpodcast,englishpodcasts,expressions,fluentenglish,learnwithpodcasts,learwithmovies,myfluentpodcast,takenoforananswer,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/39-to-go-by-the-book-with-special-guest-ahmad-from-senegal-and-the-computer-voice--41209559
Yeah, we have another one to go by the book. A lot of times the people who are serving courage to go into science and math tend to be like this sort of very studious people who sort of like go by to go by the book. It means to stick to the rules, to stick to the rules. This one is easier to remember for me because of the word book inside it.


And when something is study related, It is always easier to remember for me. Um, I think it's just because it's been around for so long and it's just the quaint town and it's just a little place. That's not the normal, you know, and, and a lot of people like things that are different and we don't go by the book, we do things what works best for us.

As always, you can read along while you are listening to the vocab man. Just take a look at my show notes.

Examples I've been raised in a conservative household. Where everybody should go by the book I've been raised in a conservative household where everyone, or everybody should go buy the book I've been raised in an conservative household where everyone should go by the book in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Everyone should. So by the book, by wearing masks and keep social distancing awake of coronavirus pandemic, everyone should go by the book by wearing masks and keep social distancing. I believe in America. If you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve to earn a living and to be able to support your family.

If you work hard and play by the rules they played by the rules, they have earned their citizenship.

This was the vocab man. I am Daniel. Thanks for tuning in. Sorry but this time I could not record something on my own. That's why the computer voice needs to do my part. But of course, I want to thank my special guest from Senegal. He did a great job! I don't always play by the book, that's why the computer voice took over. But you need to admit, that the computer voice did a great job as well! Don't you think? Bye bye!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41209559Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:05:14 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Yeah, we have another one to go by the book. A lot of times the people who are serving courage to go into science and math tend to be like this sort of very studious people who sort of like go by to go by the book. It means to stick to...
Yeah, we have another one to go by the book. A lot of times the people who are serving courage to go into science and math tend to be like this sort of very studious people who sort of like go by to go by the book. It means to stick to the rules, to stick to the rules. This one is easier to remember for me because of the word book inside it.


And when something is study related, It is always easier to remember for me. Um, I think it's just because it's been around for so long and it's just the quaint town and it's just a little place. That's not the normal, you know, and, and a lot of people like things that are different and we don't go by the book, we do things what works best for us.

As always, you can read along while you are listening to the vocab man. Just take a look at my show notes.

Examples I've been raised in a conservative household. Where everybody should go by the book I've been raised in a conservative household where everyone, or everybody should go buy the book I've been raised in an conservative household where everyone should go by the book in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Everyone should. So by the book, by wearing masks and keep social distancing awake of coronavirus pandemic, everyone should go by the book by wearing masks and keep social distancing. I believe in America. If you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve to earn a living and to be able to support your family.

If you work hard and play by the rules they played by the rules, they have earned their citizenship.

This was the vocab man. I am Daniel. Thanks for tuning in. Sorry but this time I could not record something on my own. That's why the computer voice needs to do my part. But of course, I want to thank my special guest from Senegal. He did a great job! I don't always play by the book, that's why the computer voice took over. But you need to admit, that the computer voice did a great job as well! Don't you think? Bye bye!]]>157ai,aivoice,bythebook,bytherule,bytherules,computervoice,english,expression,fluently,fluentnow,idioms,obama,playbythebook,speakfluently,togobythebook,wordloverfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/38-two-peas-in-a-pod-idiom--41179215
Talk about why and right. Why goes with food? I mean, it's like, you know, two peas in a pod wine we, we love to talk about the food and wine experience. So I'm just going to touch base on a few more of these wines that we've sampled our bracket. ? Reserve Savignon Blanc that we had with the salad course is growing and remember a pea written as P E A.

Is this spherecal green seat that is eaten as a vegetable or as a pulse man. Right? Imagine when you're in a restaurant and maybe you're eating a steak with an ale pie with peace and new potatoes. So, and the piece basically look all the same. You know, they are all green. They are around, they are kind of indistinguishable or nearly so.

She had, my mother were two peas in a pod and, um, we're both graduates of ?. And so he did everything together, but it was such a shock when auntie passed away.

So this was the idiom two peas in a pot. I hope you liked it. This one is a very short one, but nevertheless, we will be able to learn something, I guess.

Thanks for tuning in. You are listening to the vocab man. Bye.

Oh, and by the way, there was another great idiom, which I didn't know before. To touch base. Could you make it out? Could you notice if not go back and relisten. So another way to express the idea of touching base could be to speak about talk through. To share our thoughts on something touch base is an idiom often seen in business contexts, meaning to make contact or connect with someone briefly, such as in let's touch base.

Next week, the phrase is thought to have some relation to baseball or both runner and fielders have to touch base in order to be safe or record. And now, so we'll kind of dive right on in and, and touch base about why do you think ethics matter?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41179215Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:34:51 +0000Daniel Goodsonlike peas or two peas in a pod. So the meaning of this idiom is basically when two things are so similar, that there is very little difference between them. We do everything together. We're like two peas in a pod. We never leave each other's side. I...
Talk about why and right. Why goes with food? I mean, it's like, you know, two peas in a pod wine we, we love to talk about the food and wine experience. So I'm just going to touch base on a few more of these wines that we've sampled our bracket. ? Reserve Savignon Blanc that we had with the salad course is growing and remember a pea written as P E A.

Is this spherecal green seat that is eaten as a vegetable or as a pulse man. Right? Imagine when you're in a restaurant and maybe you're eating a steak with an ale pie with peace and new potatoes. So, and the piece basically look all the same. You know, they are all green. They are around, they are kind of indistinguishable or nearly so.

She had, my mother were two peas in a pod and, um, we're both graduates of ?. And so he did everything together, but it was such a shock when auntie passed away.

So this was the idiom two peas in a pot. I hope you liked it. This one is a very short one, but nevertheless, we will be able to learn something, I guess.

Thanks for tuning in. You are listening to the vocab man. Bye.

Oh, and by the way, there was another great idiom, which I didn't know before. To touch base. Could you make it out? Could you notice if not go back and relisten. So another way to express the idea of touching base could be to speak about talk through. To share our thoughts on something touch base is an idiom often seen in business contexts, meaning to make contact or connect with someone briefly, such as in let's touch base.

Next week, the phrase is thought to have some relation to baseball or both runner and fielders have to touch base in order to be safe or record. And now, so we'll kind of dive right on in and, and touch base about why do you think ethics matter?]]>190becomefluent,danielgoodson,english,expressions,idioms,myfluentpodcast,touchbase,vegetableexpression,vegetableidioms,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/37-a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine-proverb--41147684https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw
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A Stitch in time saves 9 - podcast

A stitch in time saves nine. We must do everything we can to avoid going down that road again. But if people don't follow the rules, we've set out, then we must just reserve the right to go further. Okay. We must take action now because a stitch in time saves nine. And this way we can keep people in work.

We can keep our shops and our schools open and we can keep our country moving forward while we work together to suppress the virus.

We must take action now. Because the stitch in time saves nine.

Hello dear English learners. This is Daniel Goodson. I am the host of this show called the Vocab man. So I try to learn relevant expressions or idioms, which I can use in daily life. So I try to become a more fluent speaker. And at the same time, I want to teach these expressions to you guys.

Because learning together makes more fun, I guess. Thank you very much for tuning in.

A stitch in time, saves nine for the individual. Give them another job before they lose their job. It's a lot easier to make that happen. But in short, Australia has another industry before the old one closes down like mining.

So according to the Merriam-Webster website, A stitch in time saves nine is an Idiom used to say that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem.

The model of that is a proverb. Cervantes said Proverbs are short sentences, drawn from long experience. For example, a stitch in time saves nine. A leopard cannot change its spots. All that glitters is not gold. And once you find the core, then you need to communicate that core. And again, when you communicate it, you're giving a little information and then a little more and then a little more, and it's kind of like flirting, just getting the information out bit by bit, just as much as they need to know.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.
Is something that I would do for other people and vice versa. Another one is that a stitch in time saves nine, that I'm trying to find the fastest, most efficient way to solve a problem for people. And you see that as soon as you start to describe those truths, the tendency is then to explain what does that lead you to do?

Let me give you some synonyms. The one I like the most is. Procrastination is the thief of time because I am someone who's procrastinating a lot, unfortunately. And another one is prevention is better than cure or better safe than sorry. There are some expressions which are even easier. For example, you could say, don't leave it until it's too late or do it before it's too late. So you're listening to the Vocab man. And this was a stitch in time saves nine, and don't forget to subscribe to the vocab man. Bye.

Links:
Bloomberg Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHE4Bqvt4Ls
boris johnson

Synonyms:
https://www.powerthesaurus.org/stitch_in_time_saves_nine/synonyms
Music:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Inspiring__Upbeat_Music/Scott_Holmes_-_Clear_Progress
Clear Progress by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/bojo-a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine-20200922
More informatoin about a stich in time saves 9:
https://www.quora.com/What-does-%E2%80%9Ca-stitch-in-time-saves-nine%E2%80%9D-mean

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Transcript:

A Stitch in time saves 9 - podcast

A stitch in time saves nine. We must do everything we can to avoid going down that road again. But if people don't follow the rules, we've set out, then we must just reserve the right to go further. Okay. We must take action now because a stitch in time saves nine. And this way we can keep people in work.

We can keep our shops and our schools open and we can keep our country moving forward while we work together to suppress the virus.

We must take action now. Because the stitch in time saves nine.

Hello dear English learners. This is Daniel Goodson. I am the host of this show called the Vocab man. So I try to learn relevant expressions or idioms, which I can use in daily life. So I try to become a more fluent speaker. And at the same time, I want to teach these expressions to you guys.

Because learning together makes more fun, I guess. Thank you very much for tuning in.

A stitch in time, saves nine for the individual. Give them another job before they lose their job. It's a lot easier to make that happen. But in short, Australia has another industry before the old one closes down like mining.

So according to the Merriam-Webster website, A stitch in time saves nine is an Idiom used to say that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem.

The model of that is a proverb. Cervantes said Proverbs are short sentences, drawn from long experience. For example, a stitch in time saves nine. A leopard cannot change its spots. All that glitters is not gold. And once you find the core, then you need to communicate that core. And again, when you communicate it, you're giving a little information and then a little more and then a little more, and it's kind of like flirting, just getting the information out bit by bit, just as much as they need to know.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.
Is something that I would do for other people and vice versa. Another one is that a stitch in time saves nine, that I'm trying to find the fastest, most efficient way to solve a problem for people. And you see that as soon as you start to describe those truths, the tendency is then to explain what does that lead you to do?

Let me give you some synonyms. The one I like the most is. Procrastination is the thief of time because I am someone who's procrastinating a lot, unfortunately. And another one is prevention is better than cure or better safe than sorry. There are some expressions which are even easier. For example, you could say, don't leave it until it's too late or do it before it's too late. So you're listening to the Vocab man. And this was a stitch in time saves nine, and don't forget to subscribe to the vocab man. Bye.

Links:
Bloomberg Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHE4Bqvt4Ls
boris johnson

Synonyms:
252astitchintime,avidreader,becomefluent,borisjohnson,breakthroughchallenge,english,englishlover,englishpodcasts,johnson,learnenglish,myfluentpodcast,podcastchallenge,proverbs,sayings,speakingchallenge,speakingclearly,synonyms,thevocabman,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/36-to-put-someone-on-the-spot-with-ahmad-from-senegal--41144920
Thank you Wayne. And thank you again for your service. Let's turn to the audience now. Uh, Oh, a lot of hands going up, mr. President, what? I'm pixeling.

Oh, well, uh, you know, you put, you kind of put me on the spot here that, that, uh, the guy in the glasses right back at me in the back end. Why not?

Okay here. We have to put someone on the spot to put someone on the spot, which means the embarrass someone by asking them a difficult question. I love this one because it is easy to remember for me.

This was Ahmad from Senegal. You might have listened to an episode in which he appeared, actually it was episode number 32 in which we covered the expression "to come to terms with".
And right at the beginning, you could listen to Obama the ex president of the USA. So someone tries to put him on the spot. And well, now we are wondering which question was meant to put him on the spot.

My question is, would you please raise my taxes?

Oh. And by the way, the man was unemployed by choice because he has gathered a lot of money and Obama rambled on. So he's not giving a short answer. His answer was about six minutes or so. So I didn't cover it.

Examples: My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

Another example, my friend's wife puts him on the spot when she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

My friend's wife put him on the spot. When she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

So the expression is informal and according to the Oxford languages definitions, it means to force someone into a situation in which they must make a difficult decision or answer a difficult question.

What's your question? Are you going to make a film together ??????well, you put me on the spot there?

I think I need to treat my body with more respect...

To put someone on the spot. That was an episode again with Ahmad I want to thank you for your help. My name is Daniel Goodson. I am the vocab man. Thanks for tuning in. And I hope I'll... I hope you're back for the next episode I would be very glad about that. Bye.

Obama: Oh, well, uh, you kind of put me on the spot here.

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41144920Sat, 03 Oct 2020 07:53:56 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: Thank you Wayne. And thank you again for your service. Let's turn to the audience now. Uh, Oh, a lot of hands going up, mr. President, what? I'm pixeling. Oh, well, uh, you know, you put, you kind of put me on the spot here that, that,...
Thank you Wayne. And thank you again for your service. Let's turn to the audience now. Uh, Oh, a lot of hands going up, mr. President, what? I'm pixeling.

Oh, well, uh, you know, you put, you kind of put me on the spot here that, that, uh, the guy in the glasses right back at me in the back end. Why not?

Okay here. We have to put someone on the spot to put someone on the spot, which means the embarrass someone by asking them a difficult question. I love this one because it is easy to remember for me.

This was Ahmad from Senegal. You might have listened to an episode in which he appeared, actually it was episode number 32 in which we covered the expression "to come to terms with".
And right at the beginning, you could listen to Obama the ex president of the USA. So someone tries to put him on the spot. And well, now we are wondering which question was meant to put him on the spot.

My question is, would you please raise my taxes?

Oh. And by the way, the man was unemployed by choice because he has gathered a lot of money and Obama rambled on. So he's not giving a short answer. His answer was about six minutes or so. So I didn't cover it.

Examples: My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

Another example, my friend's wife puts him on the spot when she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

My friend's wife put him on the spot. When she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

So the expression is informal and according to the Oxford languages definitions, it means to force someone into a situation in which they must make a difficult decision or answer a difficult question.

What's your question? Are you going to make a film together ??????well, you put me on the spot there?

I think I need to treat my body with more respect...

To put someone on the spot. That was an episode again with Ahmad I want to thank you for your help. My name is Daniel Goodson. I am the vocab man. Thanks for tuning in. And I hope I'll... I hope you're back for the next episode I would be very glad about that. Bye.

Obama: Oh, well, uh, you kind of put me on the spot here.

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The following program contains explicit language.

What do you really mean? These people are good honest, smart, not batshit crazy people. So why the fuck are they saying batshit crazy stuff to me. Welcome to the vocab man, thanks for tuning in. And today's focus is going batshit crazy.
Yeah, exactly. Batshit crazy.This is kind of a very bizarre expression. In my opinion, it is very informal.

I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign that's not for me, but just kind of think of how batshit crazy the whole thing is.

I'd say it is vulgar and you should take care of when you use these expression.

I'm like, it keeps me up reading about it at night. It's, you know, I drive my friends, totally batshit crazy. Cause it's the only thing I talk about and so on and so forth.

According to the urban dictionary the top definition of batshit crazy is "a person who is batshit crazy is certifiably nuts."

The phrase has its origins in the old fashioned term bats in the belfry. All churches had a structure at the top called a belfry, which housed the bells and bats are extremely sensitive to sound and would never inhabit a Belfry of an active church where the bell was rung frequently.

So occasionally when a church was abandoned and many years passed without the bells being rung, bats could eventually come and inhabit the belfry. So when somebody said that an individual had bats in the belfry, it meant there was nothing going on upstairs. As in the person's brain you could say to the batshit crazy is to take this even a step further... person who is badshit crazy is so nuts that not only is their belfry full of bats, but so many bats have been there for so long that the belfry is coated in bat shit. Hence the craziest of crazy people are batshit crazy.

On the side of socially acceptable religion, you have a wide range of batshit crazy suspicions that you find you relinquished your tentative grasp on sanity and punished headfirst into the realms of the complete batshit crazy with that said, I'm not going to comment any further on mr...

That's almost it for today, guys. I want to thank you very much for tuning in. I am Daniel Goodson, the host of this show. I absolutely recommend to you that you read along while you're listening to this podcast. That way you can read the rather difficult audio clips, and that's why you will even learn more vocabulary.

Oh, and I just wanted to mention, if you don't subscribe to the vocab man then you are batshit crazy, right?

That is our chief energy officer, uncle Lenny, who is Jack Russell terrier. Totally batshit dog ...is my dog crazy.
....that drives me crazy fucking batshit.

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https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=batshit%20crazy
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The following program contains explicit language.

What do you really mean? These people are good honest, smart, not batshit crazy people. So why the fuck are they saying batshit crazy stuff to me. Welcome to the vocab man, thanks for tuning in. And today's focus is going batshit crazy.
Yeah, exactly. Batshit crazy.This is kind of a very bizarre expression. In my opinion, it is very informal.

I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign that's not for me, but just kind of think of how batshit crazy the whole thing is.

I'd say it is vulgar and you should take care of when you use these expression.

I'm like, it keeps me up reading about it at night. It's, you know, I drive my friends, totally batshit crazy. Cause it's the only thing I talk about and so on and so forth.

According to the urban dictionary the top definition of batshit crazy is "a person who is batshit crazy is certifiably nuts."

The phrase has its origins in the old fashioned term bats in the belfry. All churches had a structure at the top called a belfry, which housed the bells and bats are extremely sensitive to sound and would never inhabit a Belfry of an active church where the bell was rung frequently.

So occasionally when a church was abandoned and many years passed without the bells being rung, bats could eventually come and inhabit the belfry. So when somebody said that an individual had bats in the belfry, it meant there was nothing going on upstairs. As in the person's brain you could say to the batshit crazy is to take this even a step further... person who is badshit crazy is so nuts that not only is their belfry full of bats, but so many bats have been there for so long that the belfry is coated in bat shit. Hence the craziest of crazy people are batshit crazy.

On the side of socially acceptable religion, you have a wide range of batshit crazy suspicions that you find you relinquished your tentative grasp on sanity and punished headfirst into the realms of the complete batshit crazy with that said, I'm not going to comment any further on mr...

That's almost it for today, guys. I want to thank you very much for tuning in. I am Daniel Goodson, the host of this show. I absolutely recommend to you that you read along while you're listening to this podcast. That way you can read the rather difficult audio clips, and that's why you will even learn more vocabulary.

Oh, and I just wanted to mention, if you don't subscribe to the vocab man then you are batshit crazy, right?

That is our chief energy officer, uncle Lenny, who is Jack Russell terrier. Totally batshit dog ...is my dog crazy.
....that drives me crazy fucking batshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=batshit%20crazy
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e's investing hell of a lot of resources and money and manpower, everything international military industrial complex.
Be aware, guys, the idiom we are covering this time is informal and somewhat impolite so take care when you're using the expression, but that doesn't hinder Obama to use this expression.

As he says, this seems like a hell of a fuss. Over something that happened 50 years ago,
hell of a... is used to make a statement more forceful.
This seems like a hell of a fuss.

So a hell of a fast means a lot of excitement or a lot of disturbance, confusion et cetera.

I mean, we need to have... he has a grea haircut... I mean, he has a hell of a haircut, um,

once again, but this time at the slower pace,

uh, I mean, we, he has a great haircut .

By the way you are listening to the vocal man. I am supposed to be there, woke up, man. But my name is Daniel Goodson. Thanks for tuning in.

Yeah. Yeah. I could have to say that was a good point. Charles you'll be scored. Well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made. Yeah.

Could have to say, you know, that was a good point, Charles, you scored well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made.

By the way as always, you can read along while you're listening to the Vocab man, that way you can catch the vocabulary. You didn't understand.

Yeah. He's he's uh, he's, he's, he's a hell of a guy anyway.

I'm probably not a hell of an English learner but I'm giving my best here and hopefully I can share my knowledge with you guys. Because together it's more fun to learn English.

El Paso's front door, his name, Frank Mitch senior. He had to be the most important staff member go pass. I've ever had. He got this club off the ground, got it through the depression and, and got it into modern day. It was just a hell of a guy.

If you listen to the vocal man on a regular basis, one thing is for sure that we are going to speak a hell of a lot better. At least you will be able to understand things it's better

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and..

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and...

So let's take our English one step further and. Practice practice, practice. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the Vocab man. This was the expression, a hell of a... thank you very much.
And bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41042771Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:10:56 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: e's investing hell of a lot of resources and money and manpower, everything international military industrial complex. Be aware, guys, the idiom we are covering this time is informal and somewhat impolite so take care when you're using...
e's investing hell of a lot of resources and money and manpower, everything international military industrial complex.
Be aware, guys, the idiom we are covering this time is informal and somewhat impolite so take care when you're using the expression, but that doesn't hinder Obama to use this expression.

As he says, this seems like a hell of a fuss. Over something that happened 50 years ago,
hell of a... is used to make a statement more forceful.
This seems like a hell of a fuss.

So a hell of a fast means a lot of excitement or a lot of disturbance, confusion et cetera.

I mean, we need to have... he has a grea haircut... I mean, he has a hell of a haircut, um,

once again, but this time at the slower pace,

uh, I mean, we, he has a great haircut .

By the way you are listening to the vocal man. I am supposed to be there, woke up, man. But my name is Daniel Goodson. Thanks for tuning in.

Yeah. Yeah. I could have to say that was a good point. Charles you'll be scored. Well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made. Yeah.

Could have to say, you know, that was a good point, Charles, you scored well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made.

By the way as always, you can read along while you're listening to the Vocab man, that way you can catch the vocabulary. You didn't understand.

Yeah. He's he's uh, he's, he's, he's a hell of a guy anyway.

I'm probably not a hell of an English learner but I'm giving my best here and hopefully I can share my knowledge with you guys. Because together it's more fun to learn English.

El Paso's front door, his name, Frank Mitch senior. He had to be the most important staff member go pass. I've ever had. He got this club off the ground, got it through the depression and, and got it into modern day. It was just a hell of a guy.

If you listen to the vocal man on a regular basis, one thing is for sure that we are going to speak a hell of a lot better. At least you will be able to understand things it's better

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and..

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and...

So let's take our English one step further and. Practice practice, practice. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the Vocab man. This was the expression, a hell of a... thank you very much.
And bye.]]>200english,expressions,hell,hellofa,idiom,idioms,informalfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/33-down-the-rabbit-hole-going-down-the-rabbit-hole--41007091https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41007091Sat, 19 Sep 2020 18:39:55 +0000Daniel GoodsonShort episode. This time without transcript, sorry guys!196alise,english,expressions,learnenglishwithmovies,matrix,neo,rabbithole,seriesfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/32-to-come-to-terms-with-special-guest-ahmad-from-senegal--40823122
Here is the link to the interview with Ahmad at my fluent podcast:

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3

Come to terms with something to come to terms with, it means to accept something negative or pleasant or tragic, which cannot be changed.

How does the world come to terms with those responsible for rounding up deporting and exterminating millions of innocent people.

This war too fast. Maybe this time, a bit slower.

How does the world come to terms with those responsible for rounding up deporting and exterminating millions of innocent...

00:34 to come to terms with it means to accept something negative or unpleasant. Or tragic, which could not be changed.

Thanks for tuning in. I am the vocab man. And this time Ahmad from Senegal helps me out a bit. Thank you very much Ahmad.

Example 1: I have to come to terms with the fact that our interview session hasn't been working out properly. We didn't realize it during the interview. But only found out after we've finished.

01:10 This is actually a great example from Ahmad and how come. Well, it's simple because the example comes from a real situation. Actually, we had a conversation together. I conducted an interview with Ahmad and we had to realize that there was this crackling during the interview, a sort of a cracking noise, you know, so a tip to you would be to use. examples from your real life. I mean phrases which are connected to you and that way the expression will stick better. You would remember it better believe me on that,

I have to come to terms with the fact that our interview session hasn't been working out properly. We didn't realize it during the interview, but only to found (find?) out after we've finished.

02:15 So let's see what words we could use instead of come to terms with a synonym could be just to accept or to come to grips with, to bite the bullet, to confront, to deal with, to face up, to, to manage, to handle. Well it always depends on the context and so on.

02:44 I'd (would) also finally come to terms. I'd also finally come to terms with the fact that my two cultures didn't have to be on a collision course, but instead became a space where I found my own voice. I stopped feeling like I had to pick a side but this took me many, many years.

03:03 Example number two, we've been suffering from heavy rains lately, but eventually we've came to terms with unfriendly weather.
Again, we've been suffering from heavy rains lately with eventually we've came to terms with unfriendly weather.

03:24 So we came to terms with the fact that the audio quality of the interview was not perfect, but to be honest, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is the message or the conversation in itself.

I guess it's kind of similar to when a psychologist get someone to relive past trauma and come to terms with it.

As always guys, you can read along while you are listening to the Vocab man, just have a look at my show notes.

04:01 Hello there, mr. Daniel, I read your email only to discover that our recording session wasn't working properly, which is quite a shame, really?
Yeah. But it is not the end of the world. And even though maybe people aren't going to listen to it properly, but we did it, you know, we have conversation between me and you and you've been understanding what I was talking to you and it is very important. It is still important. And maybe one day we can make it out. Yes.

04:42 Thank you for tuning in this is Daniel Goodson. And if you are curious about our interview, you can just head over to my fluent podcast and learn about Ahmad's methods, how he learned, or is learning English. Bye!

The song is called "positive and fun". The artist is Scott Holmes and great musician.
How does the world come to terms with those responsible for
feeling like I had to pick a side, but this took me many, many years.
Maybe one day we can make it out. Yes!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40823122Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:30:12 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull trancript: Here is the link to the interview with Ahmad at my fluent podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3 Come to terms with something to come to terms with, it means to accept something...
Here is the link to the interview with Ahmad at my fluent podcast:

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3

Come to terms with something to come to terms with, it means to accept something negative or pleasant or tragic, which cannot be changed.

How does the world come to terms with those responsible for rounding up deporting and exterminating millions of innocent people.

This war too fast. Maybe this time, a bit slower.

How does the world come to terms with those responsible for rounding up deporting and exterminating millions of innocent...

00:34 to come to terms with it means to accept something negative or unpleasant. Or tragic, which could not be changed.

Thanks for tuning in. I am the vocab man. And this time Ahmad from Senegal helps me out a bit. Thank you very much Ahmad.

Example 1: I have to come to terms with the fact that our interview session hasn't been working out properly. We didn't realize it during the interview. But only found out after we've finished.

01:10 This is actually a great example from Ahmad and how come. Well, it's simple because the example comes from a real situation. Actually, we had a conversation together. I conducted an interview with Ahmad and we had to realize that there was this crackling during the interview, a sort of a cracking noise, you know, so a tip to you would be to use. examples from your real life. I mean phrases which are connected to you and that way the expression will stick better. You would remember it better believe me on that,

I have to come to terms with the fact that our interview session hasn't been working out properly. We didn't realize it during the interview, but only to found (find?) out after we've finished.

02:15 So let's see what words we could use instead of come to terms with a synonym could be just to accept or to come to grips with, to bite the bullet, to confront, to deal with, to face up, to, to manage, to handle. Well it always depends on the context and so on.

02:44 I'd (would) also finally come to terms. I'd also finally come to terms with the fact that my two cultures didn't have to be on a collision course, but instead became a space where I found my own voice. I stopped feeling like I had to pick a side but this took me many, many years.

03:03 Example number two, we've been suffering from heavy rains lately, but eventually we've came to terms with unfriendly weather.
Again, we've been suffering from heavy rains lately with eventually we've came to terms with unfriendly weather.

03:24 So we came to terms with the fact that the audio quality of the interview was not perfect, but to be honest, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is the message or the conversation in itself.

I guess it's kind of similar to when a psychologist get someone to relive past trauma and come to terms with it.

As always guys, you can read along while you are listening to the Vocab man, just have a look at my show notes.

04:01 Hello there, mr. Daniel, I read your email only to discover that our recording session wasn't working properly, which is quite a shame, really?
Yeah. But it is not the end of the world. And even though maybe people aren't going to listen to it properly, but we did it, you know, we have conversation between me and you and you've been understanding what I was talking to you and it is very important. It is still important. And maybe one day we can make it out. Yes.

04:42 Thank you for tuning in this is Daniel Goodson. And if you are curious about our interview, you can just head over to my fluent podcast and learn about Ahmad's methods, how he...]]>361cometotermswith,englishpodcasts,englishskills,englishtraining,expressions,fluency,learnexpressions,learnidioms,listeningskills,myfluentpodcast,trainfluency,vocabmanfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/32-what-is-your-favorite-word-or-expression-share-with-us--40654941https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw


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What is your favorite expression? Do you have a favorite word?
What is your favorite word? Democratization.
So I thought maybe this could be a cool idea. If you want me to cover an expression or a word on this podcast, then just send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

I have a favorite expression that I use with staff and your favorite, maybe some parents or friends have also say is it's called "trust your gut" (trust your instinct or feeling).
I'd say (I would say) trust your gut and just participate. This is going to be fun. I guarantee. A hundred percent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5620&v=I8uUjtiaXqE&feature=emb_logo

There is an expression in my language, where you call someone constipated dog. And when I'm driving, I use that expression a whole lot but actually my favorite expression is from Spanish is Mexican Spanish. A word. I learned from all the kids who taught me when I thought was English. When I was back in Watsonville. And it's "Spanish speaking"
what, you know, I don't even know how to translate it exactly but like, all at loose ends, untidy, I know how to use it and Any of you, Spanish speakers can provide a better translation or So discombobulated, but a little, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That sounds pretty good. Actually. It's sort of like that.

And you could give background information. Why you like this specific expression or tell us or write to us where you came across that expression. It's up to you. And of course, if you like, you can also send me a voice message. This would be even better. And then I could integrate it in a future episode. So the email address is myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. And by the way, one of my favorite words or expressions is in a jiffy.

Like be back in a Jiffy.

And I came across this expression in a very old book called poison Island. In a jiffy is a colloquial English expression for "in a short amount of time".
The origins of jiffy or unknown though, there are theories. One suggestion is that it comes from British thieves slang for lightning. Hence, that means very fast in a jiffy
be back in a Jiffy, mate. So that's it for today. I am the vocab man, and you were listening to fluent vocabulary and I hope you tune in in a jiffy.

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Full transcript:
What is your favorite expression? Do you have a favorite word?
What is your favorite word? Democratization.
So I thought maybe this could be a cool idea. If you want me to cover an expression or a word on this podcast, then just send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

I have a favorite expression that I use with staff and your favorite, maybe some parents or friends have also say is it's called "trust your gut" (trust your instinct or feeling).
I'd say (I would say) trust your gut and just participate. This is going to be fun. I guarantee. A hundred percent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5620&v=I8uUjtiaXqE&feature=emb_logo

There is an expression in my language, where you call someone constipated dog. And when I'm driving, I use that expression a whole lot but actually my favorite expression is from Spanish is Mexican Spanish. A word. I learned from all the kids who taught me when I thought was English. When I was back in Watsonville. And it's "Spanish speaking"
what, you know, I don't even know how to translate it exactly but like, all at loose ends, untidy, I know how to use it and Any of you, Spanish speakers can provide a better translation or So discombobulated, but a little, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That sounds pretty good. Actually. It's sort of like that.

And you could give background information. Why you like this specific expression or tell us or write to us where you came across that expression. It's up to you. And of course, if you like, you can also send me a voice message. This would be even better. And then I could integrate it in a future episode. So the email address is myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. And by the way, one of my favorite words or expressions is in a jiffy.

Like be back in a Jiffy.

And I came across this expression in a very old book called poison Island. In a jiffy is a colloquial English expression for "in a short amount of time".
The origins of jiffy or unknown though, there are theories. One suggestion is that it comes from British thieves slang for lightning. Hence, that means very fast in a jiffy
be back in a Jiffy, mate. So that's it for today. I am the vocab man, and you were listening to fluent vocabulary and I hope you tune in in a jiffy.

Bye.]]>343english,englishexpressions,expression,favorite,favoriteexpression,favoritesaying,jiffi,languagelovers,lovers,makeapodcast,opinion,participate,podcasting,podcastlover,share,usefulexpression,yourfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/31-that-is-not-to-say-useful-expression--40637131
I like the quiet of the mornings, but that's not to say that I don't love a sunset (=the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon) too. And especially, you know, getting to see in California, such incredible sunsets. They're mad.

Hello guys. Thanks for tuning in (tune in= to listen to or view a broadcast of). This is Daniel Goodson. I am the vocab man and you're listening to fluent vocabulary.

But that's not to say that I don't love.

That's not to say is another expression I probably have never used before, but when I come across this expression in a movie or a series.

I know exactly what it means. But remember guys that this show is all about becoming more fluent or to appear more natural or, um, to sound like a native. Well kind of, not exactly because we will never be a native speaker that is crystal clear, but nevertheless, I want to try to use this expression more often.
And especially also, because when I looked it up, it appeared hundreds of times. I mean, this expression is used quite a lot by native speakers.

With cloud computing. And I think the same thing now is beginning to happen to information technology, which arguably. Is as important to businesses today as power was to our industrial forebears (ANCESTOR, FOREFATHER) a hundred years ago.

And that's not to say that information technology or computing and electricity are similar as technologies. Obviously they're very, very different. The easiest explanation or definition of the expression that's not to say is as simple as that. That does not mean. So we could just say that does not mean that doesn't mean, but nevertheless, let's try to use, that's not to say.
I mean, even Obama is using this expression.

That's not to say that our work is complete. In addition to our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) responsibilities, we will work with the international community to provide assistance. To the people of living.

A more complicated definition of "that's not to say that" could be used for adding a statement that correct what you have just said or makes it less definite (DECIDED) .
Now that's not to say that I'm old enough to remember the first woman who ever flew, because I know women have been flying for decades (a decade = a period of 10 years) before I ever even thought of flying.

Some synonyms could be, this does not mean that.
It doesn't signify. It doesn't imply it doesn't represent, or this is not to suggest that, but basically there are a hundred different ways to express similar ideas.
So guys, that's almost it for today. I hope you enjoyed. And of course, don't worry if you didn't understand every single word, because this audio bites are quite difficult to grasp, quite difficult to understand, but don't worry. I have made a transcript for you so you can read along while you are listening to me, the Vocab Man on this show. Fluent vocabulary. Thanks a lot. And bye.
That's not to say that our work is complete. In addition to our NATO responsibilities, we will work with the international community to provide assistance to the people that live there. That's not to say that our work.
And that's not to say that information technology or computing and electricity are similar as technology is obviously they're very, very different.

If you like this show, you may also like my other podcast called "my fluent podcast". Tune in and have a listen!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40637131Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:42:56 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull transcript: I like the quiet of the mornings, but that's not to say that I don't love a sunset (=the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon) too. And especially, you know, getting to see in California, such incredible sunsets. They're...
I like the quiet of the mornings, but that's not to say that I don't love a sunset (=the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon) too. And especially, you know, getting to see in California, such incredible sunsets. They're mad.

Hello guys. Thanks for tuning in (tune in= to listen to or view a broadcast of). This is Daniel Goodson. I am the vocab man and you're listening to fluent vocabulary.

But that's not to say that I don't love.

That's not to say is another expression I probably have never used before, but when I come across this expression in a movie or a series.

I know exactly what it means. But remember guys that this show is all about becoming more fluent or to appear more natural or, um, to sound like a native. Well kind of, not exactly because we will never be a native speaker that is crystal clear, but nevertheless, I want to try to use this expression more often.
And especially also, because when I looked it up, it appeared hundreds of times. I mean, this expression is used quite a lot by native speakers.

With cloud computing. And I think the same thing now is beginning to happen to information technology, which arguably. Is as important to businesses today as power was to our industrial forebears (ANCESTOR, FOREFATHER) a hundred years ago.

And that's not to say that information technology or computing and electricity are similar as technologies. Obviously they're very, very different. The easiest explanation or definition of the expression that's not to say is as simple as that. That does not mean. So we could just say that does not mean that doesn't mean, but nevertheless, let's try to use, that's not to say.
I mean, even Obama is using this expression.

That's not to say that our work is complete. In addition to our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) responsibilities, we will work with the international community to provide assistance. To the people of living.

A more complicated definition of "that's not to say that" could be used for adding a statement that correct what you have just said or makes it less definite (DECIDED) .
Now that's not to say that I'm old enough to remember the first woman who ever flew, because I know women have been flying for decades (a decade = a period of 10 years) before I ever even thought of flying.

Some synonyms could be, this does not mean that.
It doesn't signify. It doesn't imply it doesn't represent, or this is not to suggest that, but basically there are a hundred different ways to express similar ideas.
So guys, that's almost it for today. I hope you enjoyed. And of course, don't worry if you didn't understand every single word, because this audio bites are quite difficult to grasp, quite difficult to understand, but don't worry. I have made a transcript for you so you can read along while you are listening to me, the Vocab Man on this show. Fluent vocabulary. Thanks a lot. And bye.
That's not to say that our work is complete. In addition to our NATO responsibilities, we will work with the international community to provide assistance to the people that live there. That's not to say that our work.
And that's not to say that information technology or computing and electricity are similar as technology is obviously they're very, very different.

If you like this show, you may also like my other podcast called "my fluent podcast". Tune in and have a listen!]]>294expressions,fluent,synonyms,thatisnottosay,thatmeans,usefulexpressions,wordlistsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-it-goes-without-saying-become-more-fluent-and-listen-to-the-vocab-man--40523082Hello guys, this is Daniel (The Vocab Man) and the idea here is that you explain to us the expression "it goes without saying" Can you give an explanation in your own words?

And I thought I was coming to basically apologize, but I'm not apologize. You didn't come here to apalogize? That goes without saying, and I'm working on that, but I haven't been entirely upfront with you.

And I just, in fact, I want all the members of operation keynote to receive the congressional medal of honor, full citizenship for myself. Well, that goes without saying and I would like the United States of America to purchase property for me on Nantucket Island, as a reward for all the countless lives I've saved.

Eva: The expression, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, I think it's more or less the same as NEEDLESS TO SAY. It's used in reference to something that it's obvious, that we all know about it. Like in, "It goes without saying that we need to spend long hours using English if we want to speak and understand it without too much effort"

And what has been your favorite city to visit? Well, I always love coming home to New York, so of course that goes without saying, but it was a, it was very exciting to see how...

Eva: The thing is that I've never used this expression before, and I think it's more usual in formal situations as in political speeches or when someone is talking to an audience, to emphasize something that comes later in their talk: 'It goes without saying....blah, blah, blah'.

I think that goes without saying, but we need more than that too. We need....

yeah. Eva: Yeah,  but I think it could be useful in our day to day. Imagine that we have a friend whose car has broken down. We can tell him or her: 'It goes without saying that if you need my car while yours is being fixed, you can take it'

Or another example that could be familiar to most of us: a teacher saying in an exam "It goes without saying that if I get you cheating, automatically you'll get a zero.

Why aren't we all out there looking, we have the cars and we have to clear enough room so I can get the RV turned around as soon as it's running now that we have fuel, we can double back to a bypass Glenn flagged on the map by him, easier and try to get through this mess. We're not going anywhere till my daughter gets back. That goes without saying,

Eva: and Daniel, I'm curious about the reason you picked it, and if it's an expression that you use. What do you tell me?

Thank you so much, Eva, for all of your explanations. These were really great. And actually I haven't used the expression yet, but I want to use it more often. I came across that expression several times when watching series and then I just decided to cover it. on Fluent vocabulary. And I find it hilarious that an expression exists that explains something that should be obvious to all the world, but for some reasons there are things in life which have to be spoken out, nevertheless, even if it's obvious. So in a way it's not obvious and that's the reason.
So thank you very much, Eva. And thanks for tuning in. I am the vocab man, and you were listening to "fluent vocabulary" bye! Just one last thing here. In fact, too, as always can read along the transcript while listening to Fluent vocabulary, this is so valuable, especially when listening to this, all your bits from theories or movies, because they are really hard to grasp hard to understand and the transcript, gives you a hint and will help you to understand it. And of course, when listening several times that will boost your listening skills as well. The transcript is on my show notes.
And of course, if you want to be part of the show, you can send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. Bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40523082Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:50:39 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull transcript as always: Hello guys, this is Daniel (The Vocab Man) and the idea here is that you explain to us the expression "it goes without saying" Can you give an explanation in your own words? And I thought I was coming to basically...Hello guys, this is Daniel (The Vocab Man) and the idea here is that you explain to us the expression "it goes without saying" Can you give an explanation in your own words?

And I thought I was coming to basically apologize, but I'm not apologize. You didn't come here to apalogize? That goes without saying, and I'm working on that, but I haven't been entirely upfront with you.

And I just, in fact, I want all the members of operation keynote to receive the congressional medal of honor, full citizenship for myself. Well, that goes without saying and I would like the United States of America to purchase property for me on Nantucket Island, as a reward for all the countless lives I've saved.

Eva: The expression, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, I think it's more or less the same as NEEDLESS TO SAY. It's used in reference to something that it's obvious, that we all know about it. Like in, "It goes without saying that we need to spend long hours using English if we want to speak and understand it without too much effort"

And what has been your favorite city to visit? Well, I always love coming home to New York, so of course that goes without saying, but it was a, it was very exciting to see how...

Eva: The thing is that I've never used this expression before, and I think it's more usual in formal situations as in political speeches or when someone is talking to an audience, to emphasize something that comes later in their talk: 'It goes without saying....blah, blah, blah'.

I think that goes without saying, but we need more than that too. We need....

yeah. Eva: Yeah,  but I think it could be useful in our day to day. Imagine that we have a friend whose car has broken down. We can tell him or her: 'It goes without saying that if you need my car while yours is being fixed, you can take it'

Or another example that could be familiar to most of us: a teacher saying in an exam "It goes without saying that if I get you cheating, automatically you'll get a zero.

Why aren't we all out there looking, we have the cars and we have to clear enough room so I can get the RV turned around as soon as it's running now that we have fuel, we can double back to a bypass Glenn flagged on the map by him, easier and try to get through this mess. We're not going anywhere till my daughter gets back. That goes without saying,

Eva: and Daniel, I'm curious about the reason you picked it, and if it's an expression that you use. What do you tell me?

Thank you so much, Eva, for all of your explanations. These were really great. And actually I haven't used the expression yet, but I want to use it more often. I came across that expression several times when watching series and then I just decided to cover it. on Fluent vocabulary. And I find it hilarious that an expression exists that explains something that should be obvious to all the world, but for some reasons there are things in life which have to be spoken out, nevertheless, even if it's obvious. So in a way it's not obvious and that's the reason.
So thank you very much, Eva. And thanks for tuning in. I am the vocab man, and you were listening to "fluent vocabulary" bye! Just one last thing here. In fact, too, as always can read along the transcript while listening to Fluent vocabulary, this is so valuable, especially when listening to this, all your bits from theories or movies, because they are really hard to grasp hard to understand and the transcript, gives you a hint and will help you to understand it. And of course, when listening several times that will boost your listening skills as well. The transcript is on my show notes.
And of course, if you want to be part of the show, you can send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. Bye.]]>342dailylifeexpressions,english,englishpodcasts,expressions,myfluentpodcast,naturalenglish,soundnative,soundnatural,usefulexpressions,vocabman,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/29-lift-your-spirits-to-lift-someone-s-spirit--40122689
Because, like you said, you can be really down and out what you put on one of those records and it really will lift your spirits up. And I have never found anything that could lift your spirits, like gospel our spiritual music.


Daniel: Hello guys. This is Daniel. I am the vocab man. You are listening to fluent vocabulary,


eventually giggling and laughing and everything. You do feel a lot better. So from a mental or mental, emotional standpoint, it lifts your spirits. Uh, people tend to be more resilient.
From a mental or mental, emotional standpoint, it lifts your spirits.

Daniel: With this episode, I'm going to try to lift your spirits guys because sometimes we feel a bit depressed because maybe our language journey doesn't go on. As we wished. So you probably didn't catch every single word because the speakers tends to speak really fast. But the good news here is that the transcription is waiting for you. That way you can read along while listening to this podcast. And besides that there are several applications, apps at your disposal, which allow you to reduce the speed of the audio file. And that way you can understand even better. And I recommend that you listen to the episode several times. I'm pretty sure if you follow these instructions, your English is gonna take to the roof. So I think your spirits are already, should be lifted by now.


as I said before, it's a great posture to just kind of lift your spirits, give the body a little energetic cleanse, great for the lower back.

Daniel:
And, um, we'll talk more about the benefits of this posture over on the website.
And as you could already guess to lift one spirits means to make one feel happier or more carefree. And where did we come across these expression? Well I was listening to a YouTube channel to Zdenek's English podcast, he explains different expressions and he's doing a great job our there, and I could learn a bunch of things. Thanks to him. I'm going to show you what I mean.


Zdenek:
Maybe for you Monday is still that least favorite day. Well, if that is the case, I'm here to lift your spirits. How do I do that? Well, by explaining to you. What the phrase to lift your spirits means. So to lift somebody's spirits, it pretty much means to cheer someone up.
So if somebody is not feeling very well, perhaps they are a little bit depressed or sad or bored or something, you can lift their spirits by doing something that will make them happier. Alright, so to lift somebody's spirits means to make somebody feel happier. You can also lift the spirits in English. That's also possible to say, alright, how do you lift your spirits? If you're not feeling very happy.

Daniel: So, That was Zenek. And well, all right, when I don't feel very happy, I lift my spirits by cooking something and eating something I really like. And speaking about food.

My hearty result with succulent sausages, fresh fennel, red wine, and Hazel nuts will lift your spirits to the snow top mountains.

So in my case, eating pizza with red vine , Really cheers me up or makes me kind of feel better. So listening to a humorous podcast might cheer you up maybe.

Wether,you they had a tough day or a good day. There are real positive things and it does switch your mood and the beauty of having a gratitude journal and everything in it is that if you are having a bad day, guess what? You can flip through it. And you can take a look at some past gratitudes to lift your spirits up.

Thank you for tuning in. This is Daniel. You were listening to Fluent vocabulary. Have a good one.


Zdenek's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A83pvuhh4w
www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40122689Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:33:42 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull transcript below! Because, like you said, you can be really down and out what you put on one of those records and it really will lift your spirits up. And I have never found anything that could lift your spirits, like gospel our spiritual music....
Because, like you said, you can be really down and out what you put on one of those records and it really will lift your spirits up. And I have never found anything that could lift your spirits, like gospel our spiritual music.


Daniel: Hello guys. This is Daniel. I am the vocab man. You are listening to fluent vocabulary,


eventually giggling and laughing and everything. You do feel a lot better. So from a mental or mental, emotional standpoint, it lifts your spirits. Uh, people tend to be more resilient.
From a mental or mental, emotional standpoint, it lifts your spirits.

Daniel: With this episode, I'm going to try to lift your spirits guys because sometimes we feel a bit depressed because maybe our language journey doesn't go on. As we wished. So you probably didn't catch every single word because the speakers tends to speak really fast. But the good news here is that the transcription is waiting for you. That way you can read along while listening to this podcast. And besides that there are several applications, apps at your disposal, which allow you to reduce the speed of the audio file. And that way you can understand even better. And I recommend that you listen to the episode several times. I'm pretty sure if you follow these instructions, your English is gonna take to the roof. So I think your spirits are already, should be lifted by now.


as I said before, it's a great posture to just kind of lift your spirits, give the body a little energetic cleanse, great for the lower back.

Daniel:
And, um, we'll talk more about the benefits of this posture over on the website.
And as you could already guess to lift one spirits means to make one feel happier or more carefree. And where did we come across these expression? Well I was listening to a YouTube channel to Zdenek's English podcast, he explains different expressions and he's doing a great job our there, and I could learn a bunch of things. Thanks to him. I'm going to show you what I mean.


Zdenek:
Maybe for you Monday is still that least favorite day. Well, if that is the case, I'm here to lift your spirits. How do I do that? Well, by explaining to you. What the phrase to lift your spirits means. So to lift somebody's spirits, it pretty much means to cheer someone up.
So if somebody is not feeling very well, perhaps they are a little bit depressed or sad or bored or something, you can lift their spirits by doing something that will make them happier. Alright, so to lift somebody's spirits means to make somebody feel happier. You can also lift the spirits in English. That's also possible to say, alright, how do you lift your spirits? If you're not feeling very happy.

Daniel: So, That was Zenek. And well, all right, when I don't feel very happy, I lift my spirits by cooking something and eating something I really like. And speaking about food.

My hearty result with succulent sausages, fresh fennel, red wine, and Hazel nuts will lift your spirits to the snow top mountains.

So in my case, eating pizza with red vine , Really cheers me up or makes me kind of feel better. So listening to a humorous podcast might cheer you up maybe.

Wether,you they had a tough day or a good day. There are real positive things and it does switch your mood and the beauty of having a gratitude journal and everything in it is that if you are having a bad day, guess what? You can flip through it. And you can take a look at some past gratitudes to lift your spirits up.

Thank you for tuning in. This is Daniel. You were listening to Fluent vocabulary. Have a good one.


Zdenek's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A83pvuhh4w
273cheeringup,collocations,english,englishwithtranscripts,expressions,idiom,learnenglish,liftyourspirits,motiviationalexpressions,podcastwithtranscript,spiritsup,transcriptpodcasts,transcripts,vocab,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-no-brainer--39341701To us, it's really a no brainer for a very minimal investment in the grand scheme of things, you can really start kids off on the right foot. It's I think is a no brainer. I think it works because that's the way the whole world works. Right.

I am Daniel Goodson. You are listening to fluent vocabulary. Welcome.

And I said, why have we done so much on something that seems so straightforward? And you give poor people, cash, you condition it on them doing basic things like making sure the kids are fed and whatever. It seems like such a no brainer. And they told me is because ideologically, so many people were against it. So there was this notion that if you give cash to poor people, it will take away the desire to work.
As always, there are several definitions what a no brainer could be. I like this one very much a no brainer is something, especially a choice or decision that is so obvious or easy as to require little or no thought.



And be aware, there's this rather informal take care where you want to use this expression.

right next to the subway. Then they figure out that the rents are half of what they're paying in Manhattan. And then they figure out that all their employees live in Brooklyn anyway. And so then it becomes a no brainer and they start to move out.

Another definition could be anything requiring little fought or effort, something easy or simple to understand or do.

Um, so why was, was it a kind of a no brainer to bring him back? Cause he wrote the sprinkler or the wrote the book for this and

now a few synonyms cakewalk. Child's play kit stuff, a picnic, some antonyms could be a stumper, a brain teaser.

That's it for today, guys. I recommend to go over the podcast episode several times. That way you will retain the information better. By

kind of a no brainer to bring him back. Cause he wrote cause he wrote because he wrote and so then it becomes a no brainer and they, they start to move out.

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39341701Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:45:46 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull transcript: To us, it's really a no brainer for a very minimal investment in the grand scheme of things, you can really start kids off on the right foot. It's I think is a no brainer. I think it works because that's the way the whole world...To us, it's really a no brainer for a very minimal investment in the grand scheme of things, you can really start kids off on the right foot. It's I think is a no brainer. I think it works because that's the way the whole world works. Right.

I am Daniel Goodson. You are listening to fluent vocabulary. Welcome.

And I said, why have we done so much on something that seems so straightforward? And you give poor people, cash, you condition it on them doing basic things like making sure the kids are fed and whatever. It seems like such a no brainer. And they told me is because ideologically, so many people were against it. So there was this notion that if you give cash to poor people, it will take away the desire to work.
As always, there are several definitions what a no brainer could be. I like this one very much a no brainer is something, especially a choice or decision that is so obvious or easy as to require little or no thought.



And be aware, there's this rather informal take care where you want to use this expression.

right next to the subway. Then they figure out that the rents are half of what they're paying in Manhattan. And then they figure out that all their employees live in Brooklyn anyway. And so then it becomes a no brainer and they start to move out.

Another definition could be anything requiring little fought or effort, something easy or simple to understand or do.

Um, so why was, was it a kind of a no brainer to bring him back? Cause he wrote the sprinkler or the wrote the book for this and

now a few synonyms cakewalk. Child's play kit stuff, a picnic, some antonyms could be a stumper, a brain teaser.

That's it for today, guys. I recommend to go over the podcast episode several times. That way you will retain the information better. By

kind of a no brainer to bring him back. Cause he wrote cause he wrote because he wrote and so then it becomes a no brainer and they, they start to move out.

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>136definitions,no-brainer,synonymfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-right-up-my-alley-this-is-my-cup-of-tea--34441482
That's right up my alley.

I thought, wow, that sounds really fun. And right up my alley, so.

What do you think, man? Absolutely gorgeous right up my alley.

Welcome back to fluent vocabulary. On this episode, we covered the expression "right up my alley".

If you like being in front of people and on the, on the stage, you get to work with people every single day and that's your job.
And I thought, wow, that sounds really fun. And right up my alley. So I got another master's degree in something called organizational development, organizational change.

To be right up one's alley means it's well suited to one's tastes interests or abilities, and it's quite informal. So my goal is I want to be able to use this expression in daily life.
And also I want to be able to use the synonyms. To reach this goal. I will listen to my own podcast several times because it's just right up my alley to learn things like that. I mean by producing this podcast, I'm going to learn the expression. And then by relistening to it on my mobile phone and, and reading the transcript at the same time, I'm going to learn a bunch of new vocabulary and I'm going to learn some intonation patterns when I am listening to the different audio bytes. (excerpts)
So in short, Well, learning with podcasts is right up my alley.

The characters are all very likable and the story has some pretty depressing and emotional moments, which are right up my alley. I love sad stories. The game really feels like it was a passion project for the developers. It has a lot of part. I hope that Ubisoft. Keeps making these unique downloadable UE art games. I've really enjoyed them and recommend Valliant house to everyone who is interested in war history or just good storytelling.

But of course be careful because you can use right up your alley to indicate that something's happening right up your alley when you use alley, not in a figurative sense, alley, as in a narrow passage way between or behind buildings. Imagine this. An alley is a path aligned with threes, bushes, or stones. I mean, this is one of the possible meanings, so let's listen to a literal example.


In Tennessee. Um, I think one of my first outbreaks, uh, was right up my alley. It was actually a, an outbreak of late onset, a group B streptococcus and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

And so let's take a look at some synonyms which we could use instead of right up my alley. So first, and for me, the favorite one is my cup of tea. This is my cup of tea. Another one could be, this is my thing, or this is my favorite thing, or this is really my thing. And then there is. My sort or my type. This is really my sword. This is really my type or my taste. So there are a bunch of different ways to express that this is really your thing. This is really what you like or what you can do really well.

And I was like, yep, this is for me. This is right up my alley. So I took a week off lectures in first year, which is a big, big thing to do.

I want to thank you very much for tuning in. And I really hope that this podcast is right up your alley. If so, please subscribe on a podcast service like Spotify or iTunes. And if you have any suggestions for improvement, you can reach me at my fluent podcast at dot com. I'm Daniel Goodson. And you're listening to fluent vocabulary.

Okay. What do you think, man? Absolutely gorgeous. Great contrast in woods. Great curves compound curve legs right up my alley. Now I know you love contrast and woods. So we chose a Walnut butter nut, and I think it really adds for a great detail.

The song in the background is called back on the road again, and the artist is Scott Holmes.

Exactly. I'm in computer technology department. Therefore I take an Excel class. I've taken the CSE one 10. I'm taking, you know,
so that's right up my alley.

Yeah, it's not my cup of tea, not, not the kind of thing that I would really advocate, but the interesting experiment beyond the social stuff.



pretty depressing and emotional moments, which are right up my alley. I love sad stories.
And I thought, wow, that sounds really fun and right up my alley. So I got another master's degree in something
Yeah, it's not my cup of tea.


Links:

https://www.powerthesaurus.org/right_up_my_alley/synonyms
Back On The Road Again by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Music_for_TV__Film/Back_On_The_Road_Again_1828

An alley:
a narrow passageway between or behind buildings.
"he took a short cut along an alley"

up your alley (Urban dictionary)
Means, "right in line with your tastes and/or abilities."
Sometimes "down your alley." Means the same thing.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up%20your%20alley

www.myfluentpodcast.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/34441482Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:56:00 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: That's right up my alley. I thought, wow, that sounds really fun. And right up my alley, so. What do you think, man? Absolutely gorgeous right up my alley. Welcome back to fluent vocabulary. On this episode, we covered the...
That's right up my alley.

I thought, wow, that sounds really fun. And right up my alley, so.

What do you think, man? Absolutely gorgeous right up my alley.

Welcome back to fluent vocabulary. On this episode, we covered the expression "right up my alley".

If you like being in front of people and on the, on the stage, you get to work with people every single day and that's your job.
And I thought, wow, that sounds really fun. And right up my alley. So I got another master's degree in something called organizational development, organizational change.

To be right up one's alley means it's well suited to one's tastes interests or abilities, and it's quite informal. So my goal is I want to be able to use this expression in daily life.
And also I want to be able to use the synonyms. To reach this goal. I will listen to my own podcast several times because it's just right up my alley to learn things like that. I mean by producing this podcast, I'm going to learn the expression. And then by relistening to it on my mobile phone and, and reading the transcript at the same time, I'm going to learn a bunch of new vocabulary and I'm going to learn some intonation patterns when I am listening to the different audio bytes. (excerpts)
So in short, Well, learning with podcasts is right up my alley.

The characters are all very likable and the story has some pretty depressing and emotional moments, which are right up my alley. I love sad stories. The game really feels like it was a passion project for the developers. It has a lot of part. I hope that Ubisoft. Keeps making these unique downloadable UE art games. I've really enjoyed them and recommend Valliant house to everyone who is interested in war history or just good storytelling.

But of course be careful because you can use right up your alley to indicate that something's happening right up your alley when you use alley, not in a figurative sense, alley, as in a narrow passage way between or behind buildings. Imagine this. An alley is a path aligned with threes, bushes, or stones. I mean, this is one of the possible meanings, so let's listen to a literal example.


In Tennessee. Um, I think one of my first outbreaks, uh, was right up my alley. It was actually a, an outbreak of late onset, a group B streptococcus and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

And so let's take a look at some synonyms which we could use instead of right up my alley. So first, and for me, the favorite one is my cup of tea. This is my cup of tea. Another one could be, this is my thing, or this is my favorite thing, or this is really my thing. And then there is. My sort or my type. This is really my sword. This is really my type or my taste. So there are a bunch of different ways to express that this is really your thing. This is really what you like or what you can do really well.

And I was like, yep, this is for me. This is right up my alley. So I took a week off lectures in first year, which is a big, big thing to do.

I want to thank you very much for tuning in. And I really hope that this podcast is right up your alley. If so, please subscribe on a podcast service like Spotify or iTunes. And if you have any suggestions for improvement, you can reach me at my fluent podcast at dot com. I'm Daniel Goodson. And you're listening to fluent vocabulary.

Okay. What do you think, man? Absolutely gorgeous. Great contrast in woods. Great curves compound curve legs right up my alley. Now I know you love contrast and woods. So we chose a Walnut butter nut, and I think it really adds for a great detail.

The song in the background is called back on the road again, and the artist is Scott Holmes.

Exactly. I'm in computer technology department. Therefore I take an Excel class. I've taken the CSE one 10. I'm taking, you know, 398english,getfluent,informal,informalexpressions,mycupoftea,rightupmyvalley,usefulexpressionsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-very-much-so-expression-to-emphasize-yes--33893503Very much so, very much so I buy into his idea of reinventing government.

I think what we are gonna is social service

Very much so is one of these expressions I may have come across a million times maybe in daily life but i still can't use it in daily life and that's exactly the reason why we cover the expression very much so.

2

I'm Hikaru Sulu
You are a pilot right?
Very much so, Sir. I'm not sure what's wrong here.
Is the parking brake on? Oh no...

So you just heard Zulu from the series or the movie star trek,
lets listen to it once again:

3
Star Trek: The next Generation
S2 E22 Shades of Grey
Is something wrong?
No, it's just that Commander Riker's emotions are rather passionate.
As in erotic?
Very much so.


so i guess you could just say of course instead of very much so,
so the language learners i recommend that your more when you listen to podcasts or watch movies,
just jot down different expressions you wanna tackle on or you wanna learn that you work very well though slowly but steadily.
I am done a good song your listening to category thanks for tuning in if you like this show.
Might also like my other show called my fluent podcast.
Just google it "my fluent podcast" bye...

i'm not sure what's wrong here is the parking break on? Oh no..]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/33893503Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:14:50 +0000Daniel GoodsonSo, do you buy into Governor Burgum's idea of reinventing government? Very much so, very much so I buy into his idea of reinventing government. I think what we are gonna is social service Very much so is one of these expressions I may have...Very much so, very much so I buy into his idea of reinventing government.

I think what we are gonna is social service

Very much so is one of these expressions I may have come across a million times maybe in daily life but i still can't use it in daily life and that's exactly the reason why we cover the expression very much so.

2

I'm Hikaru Sulu
You are a pilot right?
Very much so, Sir. I'm not sure what's wrong here.
Is the parking brake on? Oh no...

So you just heard Zulu from the series or the movie star trek,
lets listen to it once again:

3
Star Trek: The next Generation
S2 E22 Shades of Grey
Is something wrong?
No, it's just that Commander Riker's emotions are rather passionate.
As in erotic?
Very much so.


so i guess you could just say of course instead of very much so,
so the language learners i recommend that your more when you listen to podcasts or watch movies,
just jot down different expressions you wanna tackle on or you wanna learn that you work very well though slowly but steadily.
I am done a good song your listening to category thanks for tuning in if you like this show.
Might also like my other show called my fluent podcast.
Just google it "my fluent podcast" bye...

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Transcript:

This episode is going to be great, guys. We cover the expression, to lose one's shit. And I'm not kidding. Once again, loose one's shit. What? I'm sort of losing my shit up here. According to wiktionary.org, there are three different definitions. The first one it's: to lose one's temper I'll of course it's idiomatic and vulgar.
So be careful when using these expression, the second one is to have a sudden burst of emotion, regardless of the type of feeling. And the third one is to break down in laugher.
Lockdown Okay. The contrary (antonym) to lose one shit would be to hold it together. So please guys always hold it together, please. They took me off my hormones. What why is saying it's liver damage? It's bullshit. They just don't want to be liable. Oh, I'm sorry, baby. I'm losing my shit, crystal. I don't want to have to ask you. I don't know what else to do.
So this was an excerpt from the series from Netflix. Orange is the new black well, apparently the inmates have a lot of reasons to lose their shit because I came across these expressions several times in that series. And the next piece of audio I'm going to show you is really great. You can literally feel how the inmate, the one woman is, is not really holding it together.
And she's calling her friend or husband. I'm not quite sure, but. He tries to reassure her, but I'm not quite sure if he is successful. I love you so much. One of my roommates had a massive heart attack when she got here. Okay. You are not allowed to have a heart attack. What did you have for dinner? My folks brought from the palace.
The palace dinner here is scary liver. I insulted the chef and. You're not supposed to eat pudding cause it's been to desert storm by Burleson. To me, you cannot wash your shit. Okay. I mean it, please, please tell me, you're keeping it together, please. Please tell me you're okay. Wrap it up. Chairman. I'm Chapman here.
You're my pipes. Okay. And, uh, I love you, and this is only temporary. That's what you'll get Johnson, but it's just been one day and I can't, I can't Piper. You can, you so can. Okay. You, you, you. Are so strong Bayview and you love adventure, right? That's what got you in there. And that's, that's, what's going to get you through.
It's all just a big adventure with liver and yogurt Jones and, and, and racism. You can come on Friday, please come. And Freddy, tell me mother to come on Saturday and don't tell her that you're coming on Friday. Okay. But some of the synonyms could be. To go crazy or to go nuts, to freak out, to run wild, to go berserk, to go mantle, lose it, or to lose your control, to lose your temper, to, to fly off the handle.
Well, there are a lots of different expressions as there are different definitions for, to lose one's shit. But just to give you an idea, some synonyms.
Okay. I mean, please, please tell me. You're keeping it together, please. So guys, if you didn't like this episode, please guys keep it together. Don't lose your shit. I mean this expression, maybe vulgar, but. I mean, it's part of the language. And even if you don't want to use it, ideally it's good to at least understand it.
So that's it for today for. The fluent vocabulary podcast. I'm Daniel Goodson as always you'll find the transcript for free. I don't charge any penny because I want to give a gift to you, even if it's only do that, they are listening to me. It's great. I mean, if you are happy, then I am happy to buy
I think I can't. Find the right expression to describe this music.
I mean it, please, please tell me, you're keeping it together, please.
okay.


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Transcript:

This episode is going to be great, guys. We cover the expression, to lose one's shit. And I'm not kidding. Once again, loose one's shit. What? I'm sort of losing my shit up here. According to wiktionary.org, there are three different definitions. The first one it's: to lose one's temper I'll of course it's idiomatic and vulgar.
So be careful when using these expression, the second one is to have a sudden burst of emotion, regardless of the type of feeling. And the third one is to break down in laugher.
Lockdown Okay. The contrary (antonym) to lose one shit would be to hold it together. So please guys always hold it together, please. They took me off my hormones. What why is saying it's liver damage? It's bullshit. They just don't want to be liable. Oh, I'm sorry, baby. I'm losing my shit, crystal. I don't want to have to ask you. I don't know what else to do.
So this was an excerpt from the series from Netflix. Orange is the new black well, apparently the inmates have a lot of reasons to lose their shit because I came across these expressions several times in that series. And the next piece of audio I'm going to show you is really great. You can literally feel how the inmate, the one woman is, is not really holding it together.
And she's calling her friend or husband. I'm not quite sure, but. He tries to reassure her, but I'm not quite sure if he is successful. I love you so much. One of my roommates had a massive heart attack when she got here. Okay. You are not allowed to have a heart attack. What did you have for dinner? My folks brought from the palace.
The palace dinner here is scary liver. I insulted the chef and. You're not supposed to eat pudding cause it's been to desert storm by Burleson. To me, you cannot wash your shit. Okay. I mean it, please, please tell me, you're keeping it together, please. Please tell me you're okay. Wrap it up. Chairman. I'm Chapman here.
You're my pipes. Okay. And, uh, I love you, and this is only temporary. That's what you'll get Johnson, but it's just been one day and I can't, I can't Piper. You can, you so can. Okay. You, you, you. Are so strong Bayview and you love adventure, right? That's what got you in there. And that's, that's, what's going to get you through.
It's all just a big adventure with liver and yogurt Jones and, and, and racism. You can come on Friday, please come. And Freddy, tell me mother to come on Saturday and don't tell her that you're coming on Friday. Okay. But some of the synonyms could be. To go crazy or to go nuts, to freak out, to run wild, to go berserk, to go mantle, lose it, or to lose your control, to lose your temper, to, to fly off the handle.
Well, there are a lots of different expressions as there are different definitions for, to lose one's shit. But just to give you an idea, some synonyms.
Okay. I mean, please, please tell me. You're keeping it together, please. So guys, if you didn't like this episode, please guys keep it together. Don't lose your shit. I mean this expression, maybe vulgar, but. I mean, it's part of the language. And even if you don't want to use it, ideally it's good to at least understand it.
So that's it for today for. The fluent vocabulary podcast. I'm Daniel Goodson as always you'll find the transcript for free. I don't charge any penny because I want to give a gift to you, even if it's only do that, they are listening to me. It's great. I mean, if you are happy, then I am happy to buy
I think I can't. Find the right expression to describe this music.
I mean it, please, please tell me, you're keeping it together, please.
okay.


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Transcript:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=378&v=kOZOXL1Cnzo&feature=emb_logo

The journey matters more than the final answer,
because in history, answers are always up for debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=864&v=XaqowGjdDhY&feature=emb_logo

You make a really good case for the education of women
and girls around the world.
As a father of two little girls, I don't even
think it's up for debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2900&v=xHHuFx2Rta4&feature=emb_logo

And one of the kind of questions that we leave a bit up for debate in that room is the extent to which we see each of those three major artists; Holbein, Dürer and Cranach; are they kind
of equally German?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=326&v=nlsnnhn3VWE&feature=emb_logo

So whether George Bush's domestic policy
would have worked is up for debate, but the events of September 11, 2001 ensured that
foreign policy would dominate any discussion of the opening decade of the 21st century.

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Transcript:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=378&v=kOZOXL1Cnzo&feature=emb_logo

The journey matters more than the final answer,
because in history, answers are always up for debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=864&v=XaqowGjdDhY&feature=emb_logo

You make a really good case for the education of women
and girls around the world.
As a father of two little girls, I don't even
think it's up for debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2900&v=xHHuFx2Rta4&feature=emb_logo

And one of the kind of questions that we leave a bit up for debate in that room is the extent to which we see each of those three major artists; Holbein, Dürer and Cranach; are they kind
of equally German?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=326&v=nlsnnhn3VWE&feature=emb_logo

So whether George Bush's domestic policy
would have worked is up for debate, but the events of September 11, 2001 ensured that
foreign policy would dominate any discussion of the opening decade of the 21st century.

Music:
Sunday Funday by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
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Antifa or Antifa, depending where you live in this country, the anti-fascist who go mask into demonstrations, why are they masked? They do not want to be identified. Antifa has always been a buzzword. In the media, a buzzword is a word or phrase that becomes very popular for a period of time. They will move quickly and talk about Antifa this, this, uh, uh, group that's been identified on the far left.

Um, how do we read that? And just today, the president Trump has declared Antifa as a terrorist organization. And that's the reason why today. We're gonna focus, um, Antifa and whether you call them Antifa or Antifa, the group has become a relatively recent buzz word in the news. Yet the antifascist movement has been around for nearly a century.

So what exactly is the modern Antifa and where does it come from? Well, historically anti fascism has been defined as a reactive and Milton opposition to fascist groups in power.

According to Merriam Webster, the definition of Antifa Antifa is a person or group actively opposing fascism. The second definition is an anti fascist movement. An example from tart Chitlin would be. Antifa is the backlash to the backlash at defensive response to the growing presents of right wing extremism.

The first known use is 1946 in the meaning defined at the first definition, and from the etymology point of view, Antifa was borrowed from German. Antifa short for anti-fascist dish in anti-fascist tissue act tune, meaning multi-party front initiated by the German communist party in 1932 to counter narcissism.

Pivot of, you call it whatever you want, but they're people that want free speech. If you look at what's going on with free speech with the super left. With Antifa with all of these characters. I'll tell you what, they get a lot of publicity, but you go to the real campuses and you go all over the country.

You go out to the middle West, you go out even to the coast in many cases, uh, we have a tremendous support. I would say we have majority support. I think it's highly overblown, highly over. I totally agree. And we see it on the ground and some people say, Hey, I'm, did you recognize that voice? Have a guess.

So guys, that's it for today. I'm Daniel Goodson. Thank you very much for tuning in. Bye. We could even engage in some light and gun-free fact checking every now and then you could while your friends online by being the first to figure out that this supposed image of a. Antifa demonstrator beating a policeman in Charlottesville was actually an altered photo of Greek protests taken years earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3022&v=tHlDx2DZcC8&feature=emb_logo
Insurgency from Below: Activism in the Trump Era
The Graduate Center, CUNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=451&v=nKYHllgoErY&feature=emb_logo
Shields and Brooks on John McCain’s patriotism, Florida election upsets
PBS NewsHour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=kRXlAu1Pjsg&feature=emb_logo
Antifa's Violent History Explained | NowThis World
NowThis World

5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=547&v=2dAcxXvay-U&feature=emb_logo

President Trump Participates in a Panel Discussion at the Generation Next Summit
The White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=448&v=cBIJd7hjpa8&feature=emb_logo
The internet is trolling you | Pamela Martin | TEDxUSU
TEDx Talks

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antifa
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Antifa or Antifa, depending where you live in this country, the anti-fascist who go mask into demonstrations, why are they masked? They do not want to be identified. Antifa has always been a buzzword. In the media, a buzzword is a word or phrase that becomes very popular for a period of time. They will move quickly and talk about Antifa this, this, uh, uh, group that's been identified on the far left.

Um, how do we read that? And just today, the president Trump has declared Antifa as a terrorist organization. And that's the reason why today. We're gonna focus, um, Antifa and whether you call them Antifa or Antifa, the group has become a relatively recent buzz word in the news. Yet the antifascist movement has been around for nearly a century.

So what exactly is the modern Antifa and where does it come from? Well, historically anti fascism has been defined as a reactive and Milton opposition to fascist groups in power.

According to Merriam Webster, the definition of Antifa Antifa is a person or group actively opposing fascism. The second definition is an anti fascist movement. An example from tart Chitlin would be. Antifa is the backlash to the backlash at defensive response to the growing presents of right wing extremism.

The first known use is 1946 in the meaning defined at the first definition, and from the etymology point of view, Antifa was borrowed from German. Antifa short for anti-fascist dish in anti-fascist tissue act tune, meaning multi-party front initiated by the German communist party in 1932 to counter narcissism.

Pivot of, you call it whatever you want, but they're people that want free speech. If you look at what's going on with free speech with the super left. With Antifa with all of these characters. I'll tell you what, they get a lot of publicity, but you go to the real campuses and you go all over the country.

You go out to the middle West, you go out even to the coast in many cases, uh, we have a tremendous support. I would say we have majority support. I think it's highly overblown, highly over. I totally agree. And we see it on the ground and some people say, Hey, I'm, did you recognize that voice? Have a guess.

So guys, that's it for today. I'm Daniel Goodson. Thank you very much for tuning in. Bye. We could even engage in some light and gun-free fact checking every now and then you could while your friends online by being the first to figure out that this supposed image of a. Antifa demonstrator beating a policeman in Charlottesville was actually an altered photo of Greek protests taken years earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3022&v=tHlDx2DZcC8&feature=emb_logo
Insurgency from Below: Activism in the Trump Era
The Graduate Center, CUNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=451&v=nKYHllgoErY&feature=emb_logo
Shields and Brooks on John McCain’s patriotism, Florida election upsets
PBS NewsHour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=kRXlAu1Pjsg&feature=emb_logo
Antifa's Violent History Explained | NowThis World
NowThis World

5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=547&v=2dAcxXvay-U&feature=emb_logo

President Trump Participates in a Panel Discussion at the Generation Next Summit
The White House

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For the full transcipt go to: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=861

Now, having said that, I would tell you as well that in education and in healthcare in particular, the two words that you’re going to hear for the next decade are going to be transparency and efficacy
Having said that, we must recognize that these detention policies cannot be unbounded.
Obama
On episode 21 (22) we want to cover the expression “having said that”. Having said that is a transitional phrase that has become more and more common in spoken language. When people say, “having said that”, it is a signal that they are going to say something which will contrast or disagree with what they said a moment ago. And to be honest with you. I came to learn about this expression just today when I was listening to a podcast called Inglespodcast. And before that I always misinterpreted this expression. So it’s about time to discuss this expression and learn it for good. So the Inglespodcast puts it this way have a listen:
So it’s when you want to give a different opinion about something. An example would be he forgets most things. This is probably me. Craig forgets most things, but having said that, he always remembers my birthday. So what that really means is, despite what has just been said, despite what has just been said. And when you want to give a contrasting opinion, so you give one opinion, but then you want to contrast it with another comment. Even though you think both things are true, you could say, for example, Apple products are expensive. Having said that, I must admit they’re very well made, so many people use that expression. Having said that, some people don’t. Some people say “That being said“, it’s not so common, but it means the same thing. Here’s an example, but Peter was reading, listening, and writing are all very good. That being said, his speaking needs to be improved. I could replace it with, having said that, his speaking needs to be improved. So that being said is a variation of having said that,
Inglespodcast

Some synonymes
What would be some synonyms we could use? Well. It’s that simple, for example there is: However, though, after saying that, nonetheless, nevertheless.
…hearing about the importance of local connection, uh, and instead of just sort of the network participation serving that community, any thoughts about that? I think where we’re headed is to become more national. Now, having said that, what I really mean is local. That sounds like a paradox, but by, by saying more national, I think NPR has realized that it is more important now, maybe more than ever before for them to reach out beyond the beltway, beyond the traditional coastal media centers and reach out to different parts of the country.
Current Conversations, Dick Pryor, Episode #218 (at 19.55 minutes)
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As always, you can read along while you are listening to this podcast. That way you can improve your English even better. My name is Daniel Goodson and this is the fluent vocabulary podcast. Bye.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28559349Thu, 28 May 2020 18:21:43 +0000Daniel Goodson“Having said that” is a useful transitional phrase that has become common in spoken language. When people say, “Having said that” it is a signal that they are gonna say something which will contrast or disagree with what they said a moment ago. For...
For the full transcipt go to: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=861

Now, having said that, I would tell you as well that in education and in healthcare in particular, the two words that you’re going to hear for the next decade are going to be transparency and efficacy
Having said that, we must recognize that these detention policies cannot be unbounded.
Obama
On episode 21 (22) we want to cover the expression “having said that”. Having said that is a transitional phrase that has become more and more common in spoken language. When people say, “having said that”, it is a signal that they are going to say something which will contrast or disagree with what they said a moment ago. And to be honest with you. I came to learn about this expression just today when I was listening to a podcast called Inglespodcast. And before that I always misinterpreted this expression. So it’s about time to discuss this expression and learn it for good. So the Inglespodcast puts it this way have a listen:
So it’s when you want to give a different opinion about something. An example would be he forgets most things. This is probably me. Craig forgets most things, but having said that, he always remembers my birthday. So what that really means is, despite what has just been said, despite what has just been said. And when you want to give a contrasting opinion, so you give one opinion, but then you want to contrast it with another comment. Even though you think both things are true, you could say, for example, Apple products are expensive. Having said that, I must admit they’re very well made, so many people use that expression. Having said that, some people don’t. Some people say “That being said“, it’s not so common, but it means the same thing. Here’s an example, but Peter was reading, listening, and writing are all very good. That being said, his speaking needs to be improved. I could replace it with, having said that, his speaking needs to be improved. So that being said is a variation of having said that,
Inglespodcast

Some synonymes
What would be some synonyms we could use? Well. It’s that simple, for example there is: However, though, after saying that, nonetheless, nevertheless.
…hearing about the importance of local connection, uh, and instead of just sort of the network participation serving that community, any thoughts about that? I think where we’re headed is to become more national. Now, having said that, what I really mean is local. That sounds like a paradox, but by, by saying more national, I think NPR has realized that it is more important now, maybe more than ever before for them to reach out beyond the beltway, beyond the traditional coastal media centers and reach out to different parts of the country.
Current Conversations, Dick Pryor, Episode #218 (at 19.55 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1197&v=ugmEXTZbEY0&feature=emb_logo
As always, you can read along while you are listening to this podcast. That way you can improve your English even better. My name is Daniel Goodson and this is the fluent vocabulary podcast. Bye.]]>224clarity,confidentspeaker,english,esl,expressions,fluent,havingsaidthat,idioms,speaker,transission,usefulexpressionsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-i-have-lost-my-train-of-thought--27897293On this episode of fluent vocabulary, we focus on a bunch of phrases and the expression "I've lost my train of thought". Just stands there, representative for functional expressions that buy you time. So if you don't know exactly what you should say, and maybe you just need a second to think about it.
Then there are a lot of functional phrases which I want to tackle in this episode. I've lost my train of thought. No, a golden Apple. Got it. I want you to look it up. AUSL program. Okay. Golden egg. That was a bit fast, but you can hear in the beginning he said, I've lost my train of thought. And then the other speaker gives him a cue word (buzzword) so that he knows again where they were.
Once again, I lost my train of thought. No, a golden Apple. Got it. I want you to look it up. AUSL program. Okay, so to lose one's train of thought means to be unable to resume one's previous progression of thought. So it is used figuratively. In other words, it's to forget what one was talking or thinking about.
And the next useful expression is,where were we, in serious point. Thanks very much. Um, so I was there, I was talking to this builder. He's a lovely bloke. And so the expression is where were we, it's real difficult to make this phrase out. So let's hear again. Well, we're in serious point. Thanks very much. Um, so I was there.
I talked to this builder. He's a lovely bloke. Another great expression is my mind went blank. So if you had kind of an blackout and you don't know what to say, you can just say, my mind went blank. So the other person knows that, you, you've kind of lost your train of thought. I have some shows on this.
We're going to try to do a couple of live shows from there. Mmm, Mmm Mmm. In my mind, just... my mind just went blank. Too many things going on in my head. Yeah. Laura, Laura Eisenhower is going to be there along with a lot of other people. My mind just went blank. So a fantastic expression too. Buy you time to think about something or just to signalize that your mind went blank.
So these are all useful expressions to buy your time and as you could listen to this is very useful, not only for non-natives. Even the natives are using them. So, instead of stuttering or just saying, ehhm, mmm, mmm. You can start out to use these phrases in your daily life. So they will get stuck in your head.
You will remember them better. Another phrase is. "On the tip of my tongue". So this is for the situation when, when you know something, but you just can't find the (except: error) the exact words. So it's literally on the tip of your tongue. Now I can't think of a better artismal coffee shop name than the one on the tip of my tongue here.
Birch and sons. Actually, it's 2015 Virgin daughters. There we go. So I've got my Birch and daughters coffee shop on the tip of your tongue. What a wonderful expression. And now comes to question. Where did I find all all of these expressions? Well, I listened to a wonderful podcast called Zdenek's English podcast.
And on episode 298 the host Zdenek said the following words. Practice makes perfect. Remember that. So it's not enough to just listen to me saying these phrases to you or even writing them down. What you need to do is to actively start using these. So whenever you can't think of a word, whenever somebody asks you a question, need.
You need to give yourself more time to think about it. Well, why not try and use these expressions? So on this episode of Zdenek's English podcast, the host, when... tackled a lot of these kind of expressions. So I jotted them down and try to Google them. And. And searched for for audio bites, but I haven't used them yet.
That's the next step. But what I want to say is that normally I just consume or listen to a podcast and then I just go on to the next podcast and so on. It's like when you're watching Netflix, you may also binge-watched series, which I certainly did many times, but sometimes it's just good to stick to one thing and then try to remember the words or the expressions, because the more we are being active in a way.
The better. We are gonna learn the words we are gonna remember them and so on. So let's have a quick listen to Zdenek's English podcast. Now I've also used the, the idiom, it's on the tip of my tongue, which is another one you could use. When, when you forget what you want to say, or when you forget the word, you just say, it's on the tip of my tongue.
What's the word I'm looking for? You could even use both of these together. So before I wrap this up for today, I say goodbye and if you want to have a listen to Zdenek's Einglish podcast, the links are on the show notes. It's really worth it. I mean, it's a great guy. He is an English teacher and he knows his own onions.
In other words, he knows his stuff. He's very knowledgeable. By then there's another one. My mind has just gone blank, or my mind went blank, you know, blank paper is paper with nothing on it. Um, so you could use it. That means you're admitting to, to completely forgetting what you were about to say. Right.
That's okay. Let's show is your honesty, and again, nice idiom to use, but this one is my personal favorite, and it's, I think it's used in British English mainly. Uh, sometimes the, the British say, I've lost my train of thought. I've lost my train of thought. What a great piece of language this is.

https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PBDCAE37WP5ZD
Zdenek's English podcast

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lose+train+of+thought

The Edge of Nowhere by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Documentary__TV_Series_Music/The_Edge_of_Nowhere_mastered]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27897293Wed, 20 May 2020 19:38:46 +0000Daniel GoodsonFull Transcript: On this episode of fluent vocabulary, we focus on a bunch of phrases and the expression "I've lost my train of thought". Just stands there, representative for functional expressions that buy you time. So if you don't know exactly...On this episode of fluent vocabulary, we focus on a bunch of phrases and the expression "I've lost my train of thought". Just stands there, representative for functional expressions that buy you time. So if you don't know exactly what you should say, and maybe you just need a second to think about it.
Then there are a lot of functional phrases which I want to tackle in this episode. I've lost my train of thought. No, a golden Apple. Got it. I want you to look it up. AUSL program. Okay. Golden egg. That was a bit fast, but you can hear in the beginning he said, I've lost my train of thought. And then the other speaker gives him a cue word (buzzword) so that he knows again where they were.
Once again, I lost my train of thought. No, a golden Apple. Got it. I want you to look it up. AUSL program. Okay, so to lose one's train of thought means to be unable to resume one's previous progression of thought. So it is used figuratively. In other words, it's to forget what one was talking or thinking about.
And the next useful expression is,where were we, in serious point. Thanks very much. Um, so I was there, I was talking to this builder. He's a lovely bloke. And so the expression is where were we, it's real difficult to make this phrase out. So let's hear again. Well, we're in serious point. Thanks very much. Um, so I was there.
I talked to this builder. He's a lovely bloke. Another great expression is my mind went blank. So if you had kind of an blackout and you don't know what to say, you can just say, my mind went blank. So the other person knows that, you, you've kind of lost your train of thought. I have some shows on this.
We're going to try to do a couple of live shows from there. Mmm, Mmm Mmm. In my mind, just... my mind just went blank. Too many things going on in my head. Yeah. Laura, Laura Eisenhower is going to be there along with a lot of other people. My mind just went blank. So a fantastic expression too. Buy you time to think about something or just to signalize that your mind went blank.
So these are all useful expressions to buy your time and as you could listen to this is very useful, not only for non-natives. Even the natives are using them. So, instead of stuttering or just saying, ehhm, mmm, mmm. You can start out to use these phrases in your daily life. So they will get stuck in your head.
You will remember them better. Another phrase is. "On the tip of my tongue". So this is for the situation when, when you know something, but you just can't find the (except: error) the exact words. So it's literally on the tip of your tongue. Now I can't think of a better artismal coffee shop name than the one on the tip of my tongue here.
Birch and sons. Actually, it's 2015 Virgin daughters. There we go. So I've got my Birch and daughters coffee shop on the tip of your tongue. What a wonderful expression. And now comes to question. Where did I find all all of these expressions? Well, I listened to a wonderful podcast called Zdenek's English podcast.
And on episode 298 the host Zdenek said the following words. Practice makes perfect. Remember that. So it's not enough to just listen to me saying these phrases to you or even writing them down. What you need to do is to actively start using these. So whenever you can't think of a word, whenever somebody asks you a question, need.
You need to give yourself more time to think about it. Well, why not try and use these expressions? So on this episode of Zdenek's English podcast, the host, when... tackled a lot of these kind of expressions. So I jotted them down and try to Google them. And. And searched for for audio bites, but I haven't used them yet.
That's the next step. But what I want to say is that normally I just consume or listen to a podcast and then I just go on to the next podcast and so on. It's like when you're watching Netflix, you may also binge-watched series, which I certainly did many...]]>452communication,expressions,filler,fillerwords,functional,functionallanguage,usefulexpressions,wordsfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-morass-used-by-new-york-governor-cuomo-at-a-coronavirus-news-conference--27504719
And how it goes is up to all of us. Stone the stone across the morass as my father used to say. You're going through a morass and we are in a morass, there is no doubt about that. Find a stone, find firm footing and step onto that stone. Then you find the next stone, then you find the next stone. That's what we've been doing. This reopening is the most data-driven fact specific science driven reopening that has been done. Period.

Andrew Cuomo - New York Covernor (Coronavirus News Conference May 15, 2020)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?472216-1/infection-rate-expected-rise-york-begins-phase-reopening-governor-cuomo]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27504719Sat, 16 May 2020 17:05:23 +0000Daniel GoodsonTranscript: And how it goes is up to all of us. Stone the stone across the morass as my father used to say. You're going through a morass and we are in a morass, there is no doubt about that. Find a stone, find firm footing and step onto that...
And how it goes is up to all of us. Stone the stone across the morass as my father used to say. You're going through a morass and we are in a morass, there is no doubt about that. Find a stone, find firm footing and step onto that stone. Then you find the next stone, then you find the next stone. That's what we've been doing. This reopening is the most data-driven fact specific science driven reopening that has been done. Period.

Andrew Cuomo - New York Covernor (Coronavirus News Conference May 15, 2020)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?472216-1/infection-rate-expected-rise-york-begins-phase-reopening-governor-cuomo]]>170corona,coronavirus,covid,covid-19,difficultvocabulary,morass,swamp,vocabbuilder,vocabulary,vocabularybuilderfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/19b-unmitigated-disaster--27347321
“Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated. Accessed 14 May. 2020.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated

Definition of unmitigated
1
: not lessened : unrelieved
sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief
2
: being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief
an unmitigated disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3264&v=ZzzVdhyKjww&feature=emb_logo

Every tenth pot of rice I make is a unmitigated disaster and I don't know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=489&v=-xY57F_cJ6k&feature=emb_logo

government has

no role. The one common denominator that unifies all economic thinking is the unswerving belief

in pursuing growth.

JR: But what happens when we no longer can grow at the same pace that we've been accustomed

to in the past? Is it the unmitigated disaster that we've been taught to believe. Curiously

when we look around the world and we see which societies and which economies have the most

content and happiest people, they are seldom the economies that have the largest GDP. They

are seldom even the economies that have the fastest growing GDP. Countries like Denmark

consistently outpaced countries like the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1508&v=leyxgPRYDuk&feature=emb_logo

And sadly, there is an African-American

man right now who may be executed, by the name of

Duane Buck. Google him when you get a chance, and you'll

discover sadly, that Duane Buck is on death row, because

an expert witness, during the sentencing phase of the trial, had

the unmitigated racist gall to suggest that because

he is black, he is much more dangerous. It's his skin color

that makes him, that makes him dangerous. And the jury then

sentenced him to death. To execution. They are in the state of

Texas, again I'll repeat, the criminal justice system

experienced from the bottom up is often criminal and downright

unjust.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/unmitigated
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bruce_Lee/Cat_Somefilewav__devdsp/04_-_Bruce_Lee_-_Shifty]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27347321Thu, 14 May 2020 18:31:06 +0000Daniel GoodsonLearn vocabulary with Daniel Goodson, the vocab man, who talks about vocabulary. This time with a lot of music. Sorry guys. I love you all. “Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster,...
“Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated. Accessed 14 May. 2020.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated

Definition of unmitigated
1
: not lessened : unrelieved
sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief
2
: being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief
an unmitigated disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3264&v=ZzzVdhyKjww&feature=emb_logo

Every tenth pot of rice I make is a unmitigated disaster and I don't know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=489&v=-xY57F_cJ6k&feature=emb_logo

government has

no role. The one common denominator that unifies all economic thinking is the unswerving belief

in pursuing growth.

JR: But what happens when we no longer can grow at the same pace that we've been accustomed

to in the past? Is it the unmitigated disaster that we've been taught to believe. Curiously

when we look around the world and we see which societies and which economies have the most

content and happiest people, they are seldom the economies that have the largest GDP. They

are seldom even the economies that have the fastest growing GDP. Countries like Denmark

consistently outpaced countries like the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1508&v=leyxgPRYDuk&feature=emb_logo

And sadly, there is an African-American

man right now who may be executed, by the name of

Duane Buck. Google him when you get a chance, and you'll

discover sadly, that Duane Buck is on death row, because

an expert witness, during the sentencing phase of the trial, had

the unmitigated racist gall to suggest that because

he is black, he is much more dangerous. It's his skin color

that makes him, that makes him dangerous. And the jury then

sentenced him to death. To execution. They are in the state of

Texas, again I'll repeat, the criminal justice system

experienced from the bottom up is often criminal and downright

unjust.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/unmitigated
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bruce_Lee/Cat_Somefilewav__devdsp/04_-_Bruce_Lee_-_Shifty]]>476false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/19-unmitigated-disaster-with-a-lot-of-music-sorry-guys--27338686
“Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated. Accessed 14 May. 2020.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated

Definition of unmitigated
1
: not lessened : unrelieved
sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief
2
: being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief
an unmitigated disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3264&v=ZzzVdhyKjww&feature=emb_logo

Every tenth pot of rice I make is a unmitigated disaster and I don't know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=489&v=-xY57F_cJ6k&feature=emb_logo

government has

no role. The one common denominator that unifies all economic thinking is the unswerving belief

in pursuing growth.

JR: But what happens when we no longer can grow at the same pace that we've been accustomed

to in the past? Is it the unmitigated disaster that we've been taught to believe. Curiously

when we look around the world and we see which societies and which economies have the most

content and happiest people, they are seldom the economies that have the largest GDP. They

are seldom even the economies that have the fastest growing GDP. Countries like Denmark

consistently outpaced countries like the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1508&v=leyxgPRYDuk&feature=emb_logo

And sadly, there is an African-American

man right now who may be executed, by the name of

Duane Buck. Google him when you get a chance, and you'll

discover sadly, that Duane Buck is on death row, because

an expert witness, during the sentencing phase of the trial, had

the unmitigated racist gall to suggest that because

he is black, he is much more dangerous. It's his skin color

that makes him, that makes him dangerous. And the jury then

sentenced him to death. To execution. They are in the state of

Texas, again I'll repeat, the criminal justice system

experienced from the bottom up is often criminal and downright

unjust.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/unmitigated
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bruce_Lee/Cat_Somefilewav__devdsp/04_-_Bruce_Lee_-_Shifty]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27338686Thu, 14 May 2020 17:18:55 +0000Daniel GoodsonLearn vocabulary with Daniel Goodson, the vocab man, who talks about vocabulary. This time with a lot of music. Sorry guys. I love you all. “Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster,...
“Unmitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated. Accessed 14 May. 2020.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmitigated

Definition of unmitigated
1
: not lessened : unrelieved
sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief
2
: being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief
an unmitigated disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3264&v=ZzzVdhyKjww&feature=emb_logo

Every tenth pot of rice I make is a unmitigated disaster and I don't know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=489&v=-xY57F_cJ6k&feature=emb_logo

government has

no role. The one common denominator that unifies all economic thinking is the unswerving belief

in pursuing growth.

JR: But what happens when we no longer can grow at the same pace that we've been accustomed

to in the past? Is it the unmitigated disaster that we've been taught to believe. Curiously

when we look around the world and we see which societies and which economies have the most

content and happiest people, they are seldom the economies that have the largest GDP. They

are seldom even the economies that have the fastest growing GDP. Countries like Denmark

consistently outpaced countries like the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1508&v=leyxgPRYDuk&feature=emb_logo

And sadly, there is an African-American

man right now who may be executed, by the name of

Duane Buck. Google him when you get a chance, and you'll

discover sadly, that Duane Buck is on death row, because

an expert witness, during the sentencing phase of the trial, had

the unmitigated racist gall to suggest that because

he is black, he is much more dangerous. It's his skin color

that makes him, that makes him dangerous. And the jury then

sentenced him to death. To execution. They are in the state of

Texas, again I'll repeat, the criminal justice system

experienced from the bottom up is often criminal and downright

unjust.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/unmitigated
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Transcripts:

By the 1970's UFO sightings had become so commonplace that the Royal Australian Air

Force provided a pro forma questionnaire to members of the public

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2200&v=F2pQjdRa77w&feature=emb_logo

Did you know that the whole UFO started here?

Back in 1947, a pilot flying between Yakima,

on the west side, saw these strange clouds.

And he thought they were flying-- they called these--

and they were moving quickly.

The winds were changing.

And he claimed-- well, at least the media

thought that these were flying saucers, alien presence.

So it's kind of interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=quJdL9ggETI&feature=emb_logo

Consider the fact that Google processes

over one billion search queries every day,

that every minute, over 100 hours

of footage are uploaded to YouTube.

That's more in a single day

than all three major U.S. networks broadcast

in the last five years combined.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/UFO
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52457805
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Alien_Wasteland
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenomena]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26295361Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:19:48 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe US Department of Defense has released three declassified videos of "unexplained aerial phenomena". Due to this news, we want to cover the abbreviation UFO which means „unidentified flying object“. Contact me to suggest vocabulary/expressions we...Myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

Transcripts:

By the 1970's UFO sightings had become so commonplace that the Royal Australian Air

Force provided a pro forma questionnaire to members of the public

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2200&v=F2pQjdRa77w&feature=emb_logo

Did you know that the whole UFO started here?

Back in 1947, a pilot flying between Yakima,

on the west side, saw these strange clouds.

And he thought they were flying-- they called these--

and they were moving quickly.

The winds were changing.

And he claimed-- well, at least the media

thought that these were flying saucers, alien presence.

So it's kind of interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=quJdL9ggETI&feature=emb_logo

Consider the fact that Google processes

over one billion search queries every day,

that every minute, over 100 hours

of footage are uploaded to YouTube.

That's more in a single day

than all three major U.S. networks broadcast

in the last five years combined.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/UFO
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52457805
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Alien_Wasteland
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenomena]]>241footage,meaning,pentagon,ufo,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/17-the-average-joe-jane--25965247
Transcripts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=ha5gWzURMjU&feature=emb_logo

...so we go through dumpsters and recover it. Especially commercial dumpsters-a lot of it gets thrown away. A lot of it gets thrown away by your average Joe consumer, but also a lot of it gets thrown away by shops and retailers and middlemen before it even reaches the consumer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=269&v=ryMllsSMFR4&feature=emb_logo

...and then the citizens understand that and citizens can range from developers who build a lot of

things in cities to, you know, just average Joe and Jane that might not be related to development.

But you can feel that and sense it. And it gives a sort of guiding star to everyone that is involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=454&v=uCC3d-7FrkQ&feature=emb_logo

..., and out-of-reach for the average Joe like me that I just wrote it off completely. I seemed to be witnessing the dawn of a truly disturbing food revolution, and it sucked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=MG5BcWgnjz4&feature=emb_logo

Intro used as outro :) - The average Joe podcast

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-average-joes-podcast/e/62715547?autoplay=true

music:

https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Documentary__TV_Series_Music/20190707110504694
- Suspect Located by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25965247Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:17:54 +0000Daniel GoodsonThe terms average Joe, ordinary Joe, Joe Sixpack, Joe Lunchbucket, Joe Snuffy, Joe Schmo (for males) and ordinary Jane, average Jane, and plain Jane (for females), are used primarily in North America to refer to a completely average person, typically...
Transcripts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=ha5gWzURMjU&feature=emb_logo

...so we go through dumpsters and recover it. Especially commercial dumpsters-a lot of it gets thrown away. A lot of it gets thrown away by your average Joe consumer, but also a lot of it gets thrown away by shops and retailers and middlemen before it even reaches the consumer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=269&v=ryMllsSMFR4&feature=emb_logo

...and then the citizens understand that and citizens can range from developers who build a lot of

things in cities to, you know, just average Joe and Jane that might not be related to development.

But you can feel that and sense it. And it gives a sort of guiding star to everyone that is involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=454&v=uCC3d-7FrkQ&feature=emb_logo

..., and out-of-reach for the average Joe like me that I just wrote it off completely. I seemed to be witnessing the dawn of a truly disturbing food revolution, and it sucked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=MG5BcWgnjz4&feature=emb_logo

Intro used as outro :) - The average Joe podcast

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-average-joes-podcast/e/62715547?autoplay=true

music:

https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Documentary__TV_Series_Music/20190707110504694
- Suspect Located by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.]]>280advanced,advancedenglish,averagejane,averagejoe,english,vocabularyfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-let-s-put-it-this-way--25697004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1136&v=et_fJnHn65k&feature=emb_logo

Let's put it this way, we did thirty seven covers the first night, then we did seventeen, then I got worried but what was the most amazing thing I've ever seen was every night, and this is before social media, the word of mouth was spectacular and you started seeing the most important people in New York, you know Geoffrey Beene, you know, Herbie Hancock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=574&v=aa2MEQ6FL7k&feature=emb_logo

I think we have ... Let's put it this way: The world is always changing, and our company been changing all these years we've been in existence. Now with my three oldest sons working in the company along with some of the most amazing people I've ever come across, I think the future looks very good, so I'm very positive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=594&v=4uIvOniW8xA&feature=emb_logo

When you say most, I mean, let's put it this way--most of the atheists and most of the secular

or non-religious people I know believe that. But here's a question.

How do you prove that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=797&v=BIzV0h6CErk&feature=emb_logo

So, here's a case.

Imagine we've got a person, Rachel,

and she wants to go visit her mom-- or let's put it this way.

She has to go visit her mom.

She doesn't really want to.

And she can either fly, or she can take the train.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=put+it+this+way

music:
https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Colossal_Stillness/Chasing_Shadows_1700]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25697004Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:45:13 +0000Daniel GoodsonWe cover the rather easy expression "Let's put it this way" which shall make you sound more natural. You can find the transcripts of the audio bits below. This way, you may learn more vocabulary....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1136&v=et_fJnHn65k&feature=emb_logo

Let's put it this way, we did thirty seven covers the first night, then we did seventeen, then I got worried but what was the most amazing thing I've ever seen was every night, and this is before social media, the word of mouth was spectacular and you started seeing the most important people in New York, you know Geoffrey Beene, you know, Herbie Hancock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=574&v=aa2MEQ6FL7k&feature=emb_logo

I think we have ... Let's put it this way: The world is always changing, and our company been changing all these years we've been in existence. Now with my three oldest sons working in the company along with some of the most amazing people I've ever come across, I think the future looks very good, so I'm very positive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=594&v=4uIvOniW8xA&feature=emb_logo

When you say most, I mean, let's put it this way--most of the atheists and most of the secular

or non-religious people I know believe that. But here's a question.

How do you prove that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=797&v=BIzV0h6CErk&feature=emb_logo

So, here's a case.

Imagine we've got a person, Rachel,

and she wants to go visit her mom-- or let's put it this way.

She has to go visit her mom.

She doesn't really want to.

And she can either fly, or she can take the train.

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... any resources they pull from, they come to me. And so, the thing is, I am obviously not unique in this at all. We're entering this era where there's this whole new kind of mental health crisis of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1478&v=3FF-_b3lKhQ&feature=emb_logo
...l, and the thing is hotels, unlike airlines actually have a lot of competition. Think of where you could stay in Las Vegas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1500&v=6W25BydduZk&feature=emb_logo
...And the thing is, we just wanted to create fitness careers for people. Because before, people would pick up one thing here, and one thing there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1500&v=6W25BydduZk&feature=emb_logo
nd, so, like -- and -- but the thing is, is that a lot of institutions don't do this and instead they hedge their bets with a lot of very vague language where they say, like, oh, this is public domain for academic use. And you're like, what is that even -- that doesn't -- is not a thing that exists, all right? You know, like either it's public domain or it's not public domain. But the --

Music:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1483&v=7Alen-p6_ak&feature=emb_logo
... any resources they pull from, they come to me. And so, the thing is, I am obviously not unique in this at all. We're entering this era where there's this whole new kind of mental health crisis of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1478&v=3FF-_b3lKhQ&feature=emb_logo
...l, and the thing is hotels, unlike airlines actually have a lot of competition. Think of where you could stay in Las Vegas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1500&v=6W25BydduZk&feature=emb_logo
...And the thing is, we just wanted to create fitness careers for people. Because before, people would pick up one thing here, and one thing there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1500&v=6W25BydduZk&feature=emb_logo
nd, so, like -- and -- but the thing is, is that a lot of institutions don't do this and instead they hedge their bets with a lot of very vague language where they say, like, oh, this is public domain for academic use. And you're like, what is that even -- that doesn't -- is not a thing that exists, all right? You know, like either it's public domain or it's not public domain. But the --

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Music:
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Quora:
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Wikipedia:
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Wikipedia:
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music:

Electric Birds by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
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music:

Electric Birds by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
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Show notes:
So this whole argument that a carbon tax putting a price on carbon is destructive of the economy is really bogus if we look at a country like Sweden
Moyers & Company - Time to Get Real on Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=929&v=rA-fNEhOUgw&feature=emb_logo
“Bogus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogus. Accessed 2 Mar. 2020.
Obviously if something turns out to be surprisingly false, in the book it goes. I found out that that thing your parents told you about having to drink eight glasses of water a day, it's bogus.
It's actually dangerous. It's possible to over hydrate your brain and people have died from this.

Talks at Google
Ken Jennings: "Because I Said So!" | Talks at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=422&v=aKVsaVBbGQ0&feature=emb_logo

TED Kent Larson: Brillante Entwicklungen, um mehr Menschen in Städten unterzubringen.
I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to build dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=760&v=SM_hPk4rmMM&feature=emb_logo
music
Monarch of the street by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Movieclips Classic Trailers
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Official Trailer #1 - Joss Ackland Movie (1991) Movie HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gBhtvmGYU]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23390504Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:44:40 +0000Daniel GoodsonWe cover the word "bogus" and give some real life exemples and several definitions. Show notes: So this whole argument that a carbon tax putting a price on carbon is destructive of the economy is really bogus if we look at a country like Sweden...
Show notes:
So this whole argument that a carbon tax putting a price on carbon is destructive of the economy is really bogus if we look at a country like Sweden
Moyers & Company - Time to Get Real on Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=929&v=rA-fNEhOUgw&feature=emb_logo
“Bogus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogus. Accessed 2 Mar. 2020.
Obviously if something turns out to be surprisingly false, in the book it goes. I found out that that thing your parents told you about having to drink eight glasses of water a day, it's bogus.
It's actually dangerous. It's possible to over hydrate your brain and people have died from this.

Talks at Google
Ken Jennings: "Because I Said So!" | Talks at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=422&v=aKVsaVBbGQ0&feature=emb_logo

TED Kent Larson: Brillante Entwicklungen, um mehr Menschen in Städten unterzubringen.
I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to build dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=760&v=SM_hPk4rmMM&feature=emb_logo
music
Monarch of the street by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Movieclips Classic Trailers
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Official Trailer #1 - Joss Ackland Movie (1991) Movie HD
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(But of course you might also send in an expression you don't know the meaning and/or want us to cover in a future Vocab Man episode)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23103113Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:31:11 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this vocabulary related episode, we cover the experssion "Gotcha". Learn more about English learning on myfluentpodcast.com Share your favorite expression with us by clicking the link below: https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw (But of course you...Share your favorite expression with us by clicking the link below:
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(But of course you might also send in an expression you don't know the meaning and/or want us to cover in a future Vocab Man episode)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23103067Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:31:07 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode we cover the expression "Give it a go". With this podcast I try to better my English and at the same time, you will improve yours as well! Become part ot the podcast and get in touch with me! myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. Share your...myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.

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Share your favorite expression with us by clicking the link below:
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(But of course you might also send in an expression you don't know the meaning and/or want us to cover in a future Vocab Man episode)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23103027Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:30:59 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode we cover the expression "Just so you know". With this podcast I try to better my English and at the same time, you will improve yours as well! Share your favorite expression with us by clicking the link below:...
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https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9703053Sun, 23 Oct 2016 09:40:06 +0000Daniel GoodsonIn this episode we cover the expression "on the radar". For mor information, head over to www.myfluentpodcast.com What is your favorite expression? Share it with us below! https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglwwww.myfluentpodcast.com

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