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Words to Know
- Young grasshopper - A common thing for a Martial Arts master to call a student.
- Period - Menstrual cycle
- Cramps - Painful contractions of muscles
- Hypnosis - a state of consciousness where you are very open to suggestions (see photo)
- Blood - the red liquid in your body that comes out when you are cut
- Cologne - scented water to make men smell good (perfume is for women)
- On top of the world - To feel absolutely amazing (this was an expression in Episode #13)
- Warm and fuzzy - happy and comforted
- Liquor - alcohol that is very strong: rum, whiskey, vodka, tequila, etc.
- The more the merrier - the more people, the more fun it is
- Handsome - good looking (used for men)
- Inside joke - a joke that only people within a selected group would understand because it refers to a previous humorous situation
- Intervals - a space between two things, a gap
- Cleared it up - removed any confusion
- Relevant - closely connected or appropriate
- Make up - cosmetics that are generally used by women to make them "more attractive"
- Lips - what you kiss with
- Opposed - contrasting or conflicting with each other
- Gazelle - a small, four legged animal with horns (see photo)
- Mankind - human beings considered collectively; the human race
- Saying - a short expression, generally containing wisdom
- Jamming - to play/improvise with other musicians
- Chunk - a thick, solid piece of something
- Strap - a piece of flexible material used to carry or hold on to something
- Swing dance - (watch a swing dance flash mob)
- Bullshit - nonsense
- Turn off - switch off
- Foul mouths - people who swear/curse
- Hatchet - a small ax
- Ax - a tool typically used for chopping wood (see photo)
News
- The RLE Party is confirmed for July 8th at Devassa in Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The party starts at 5pm.
- The podcast will now be released by 12 noon on Tuesdays.
- The Real Life English Podcast was downloaded 2,000 in one day.
- We now have 30,000 followers on Twitter. Aww yeah!
Shout Outs
- Little House, Argentina - "Think, idea, try, do, do again, and again, keep doing, success"
- Rodrigo Pena, Brazil - "Which country would you like to visit? What would you do there?"
- Fahad - @9o_fahad
- The feng Friends of Guangdong, China - iTunes review
Questions
- What is the difference between "avenue," "street," "boulevard," and "road"?
Expressions
- Jump to conclusions
- By leaps and bounds
- Spread yourself to thin
- Swing by
- Breaking my balls
Tip
- Immerse yourself in English by changing the language of your phone, computer, Facebook, Twitter, email, software, and everything you can into English.
Joke
- Put down - to place on a surface, (I can't put it down - when a book is so good you can't stop reading)
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Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxKp22hmBY
For full lyrics click here
Chorus:
I crave you like a breath underwater I'm someone's son and you'll be somebody's daughter And we're both somebody, intertwined together we can be hotter
- Crave - a powerful desire desire
- Intertwined - twisted together; connected or linked closely.
For more info about the interview of how Kai saved some people's live's by smashing a guy in the back of the head with a hatchet click here.
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