Themes for This Week: Resistance

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Words to Know

• Pets - animals that live in your house
• Feed - to give food to
• Concrete - a building material; what sidewalks are made of
• Asphalt - the black material that roads are made of
• Stick around - stay
• Wad up - what you do to a piece of paper to turn into a ball
• Crumpled up - same as above
• To iron - to remove wrinkles out of clothes (see photo)
• Eighths - to cut something into eight pieces
• Picnic - a meal outdoors
• Chestnut - a type of nut (see photo)
• Strict - following the rules exactly
• Tough guy - a strong, intimidating person
• Cave - a large underground chamber
• Overwhelmed - too much to handle/withstand
• Carpet - a floor or stair covering made from thick woven fabric
• Rug - a floor covering of shaggy or woven material, generally not covering the entire floor
• Bin - trashcan
• Sweep - to clean by brushing away dirt or trash
• Broom - a long handled brush; what you use to sweep
• Playground - an outdoor area provided for kids to play, usually at a park or school
• Jungle gym - a structure of bars or other material for kids to play on
• Slippery - difficult to hold on or stand on because it's smooth, wet, or slimy
• Falling apart - breaking into little pieces

News

• The Real Life English Party is on Saturday, June 8th at Devassa in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, starting at 5pm. Click here for pictures of the last party.
• The Real Life Yoga Picnic is going to be on Sunday, June 9th, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Be sure to attend because...
• Trevor is thinking about moving to Rio de Janeiro to start Real Life English parties and events there. If you have any advice for Trevor on where to stay, give him an email at Trevor @ reallifebh . com

Mentions

• How to Be a Better Communicator with the Present Continuous
• Yoga Picnic

Shout Outs

•  Thank you to Rodrigo Pena and Nurullah Bati, the new admins of the Real Life English Facebook Group

Question

•  What is the difference between bring and take?

Expressions

•  To hold back
• Quit while you're ahead
• Cave in
• Sweep it under the carpet/rug
• Let it slide

Tip

• Duolingo - a fun way to learn grammar. 

Joke

• Politics

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Song

Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons 

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