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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:01hi everyone welcome to English chat pod
3. 0:04I'm Jennifer and I'm Marco today we've
4. 0:06got a really interesting episode lined
5. 0:08up for you we'll be listening to a
6. 0:10conversation between two friends talking
7. 0:13about their day that's right but before
8. 0:16we dive into the conversation let's do a
9. 0:18quick vocabulary preview to help you
10. 0:20catch some key words and phrases yes we
11. 0:22have two words for you today the first
12. 0:24one is Spill the Beans Spill the Beans
13. 0:28Spill the Beans it means to reveal a
14. 0:31secret or disclose information that was
15. 0:33meant to be kept confidential exactly
16. 0:35like when you tell someone about a
17. 0:37surprise party that's supposed to be a
18. 0:39secret and our second word is hit the
19. 0:41sack hit the sack hit the sack it's a
20. 0:45casual way of saying go to bed or go to
21. 0:47sleep yep after a long day you might
22. 0:50just want to hit the sack early perfect
23. 0:53now let's set the stage with some casual
24. 0:55conversation Jennifer what's the
25. 0:57funniest thing that happened to you this
26. 0:59week oh where do I start so I was at the
27. 1:02grocery store and I saw this huge
28. 1:04display of watermelons I thought I'd
29. 1:06impress Everyone by picking the biggest
30. 1:08one turns out I couldn't even lift it I
31. 1:11nearly toppled over and everyone around
32. 1:13had a good laugh that's hilarious I can
33. 1:17just picture it I had a bit of an
34. 1:19adventure myself I decided to take a
35. 1:22shortcut through the park to get to a
36. 1:23meeting but I didn't realize there was a
37. 1:25marathon happening I ended up running
38. 1:27with the runners for about half a mile
39. 1:29before I I could get out oh no that's
40. 1:32classic you should have just committed
41. 1:34and finished the race maybe next time
42. 1:38all right let's listen to our dialogue
43. 1:40for
44. 1:41today pay close attention to the
45. 1:43conversation and try to catch those key
46. 1:45phrases we mentioned remember we'll
47. 1:47explain everything in detail afterwards
48. 1:49so just sit back and
49. 1:52enjoy hey how was your day oh it was
50. 1:56pretty good you won't believe what
51. 1:58happened at work today my boss finally
52. 2:01spilled the beans about the new project
53. 2:03we've been assigned really what's it
54. 2:05about it's a huge marketing campaign
55. 2:08we've got our work cut out for us but
56. 2:11it's going to be a game Cher for the
57. 2:13company that sounds exciting and
58. 2:15daunting at the same time yes it really
59. 2:18is I've been burning the midnight oil to
60. 2:21get a head start honestly I can't wait
61. 2:24to hit the sack tonight you deserve it
62. 2:26by the way how's your dog doing oh Max
63. 2:30he's great although he did chew up my
64. 2:33favorite shoes yesterday I guess I
65. 2:35should have taken him for a longer walk
66. 2:37classic Max you know sometimes I think
67. 2:40you pamper him too much guilty is
68. 2:42charged but he's just so lovable oh and
69. 2:47speaking of pets did you hear about
70. 2:49Sarah's cat no what happened apparently
71. 2:52her Cat decided to take a nap inside the
72. 2:55washing machine she almost started the
73. 2:57cycle with the cat inside talk about a
74. 3:00close call Wow that's scary cats do get
75. 3:03into the strangest places yeah they do
76. 3:07anyway what about you how was your day
77. 3:10pretty uneventful to be honest just the
78. 3:12usual grind although I did have a bit of
79. 3:15a mixup at the coffee shop this morning
80. 3:18what happened I ordered a latte but they
81. 3:20gave me a mocha instead it wasn't until
82. 3:23I took a big sip that I realized
83. 3:25something was off I mean it was
84. 3:27delicious but still that's not too bad
85. 3:30at least you got a free upgrade true I
86. 3:33guess it was a win-win situation but
87. 3:36then on my way home I got caught in the
88. 3:38rain without an umbrella I was soaked to
89. 3:41the bone by the time I got back sounds
90. 3:43like one of those days hopefully
91. 3:46tomorrow will be better fingers crossed
92. 3:49anyway I've got to get going catch you
93. 3:52later definitely take
94. 3:55care so that was an interesting
95. 3:57conversation between two friends what
96. 4:00did you think Marco I thought it was
97. 4:02pretty entertaining it's funny how their
98. 4:04day-to-day stories are so relatable I
99. 4:06mean who hasn't had a mixup at the
100. 4:08coffee shop or a close call with a pet
101. 4:11absolutely and speaking of pets the part
102. 4:13about the dog chewing up shoes and the
103. 4:16cat almost getting washed was both
104. 4:17hilarious and
105. 4:19nerve-wracking it really shows the
106. 4:21quirks of having pets definitely pets
107. 4:24can be quite a handful but let's get
108. 4:26into the language takeaway we've got
109. 4:28some interesting words to explain from
110. 4:29the conversation that's right let's
111. 4:32start with our first word daunting
112. 4:34daunting daunting so when something is
113. 4:37daunting it means it seems difficult to
114. 4:39deal with or intimidating exactly like
115. 4:43starting a new project at work can be
116. 4:45daunting if it involves a lot of
117. 4:47responsibilities here are some examples
118. 4:50the climb up the mountain was daunting
119. 4:52but they made it to the top speaking in
120. 4:56front of a large audience can be
121. 4:57daunting for many people the amount of
122. 5:00homework he had to do over the weekend
123. 5:02was daunting so if you find something
124. 5:04daunting it might make you feel a bit
125. 5:07overwhelmed our next word is uneventful
126. 5:10uneventful uneventful uneventful means
127. 5:13that nothing interesting or exciting
128. 5:15happened right it's often used to
129. 5:18describe a day or an experience that was
130. 5:20pretty boring or routine here are some
131. 5:22examples my flight was uneventful I
132. 5:25slept the whole way the meeting was
133. 5:28uneventful with no major decisions made
134. 5:32they had an uneventful trip just
135. 5:34enjoying the scenery and
136. 5:36relaxing so an uneventful day is just a
137. 5:38typical maybe even boring day our third
138. 5:42word is pamper pamper pamper when you
139. 5:45pamper someone you treat them with a lot
140. 5:47of care and attention often spoiling
141. 5:49them that's right it's usually used in a
142. 5:52positive way to describe giving someone
143. 5:54extra special treatment here are some
144. 5:57examples she loves to pamper herself
145. 5:59with a spa day every month parents often
146. 6:02pamper their children with treats and
147. 6:04Gifts he likes to pamper his dog with
148. 6:06gourmet food and cozy beds so to pamper
149. 6:10is to indulge someone making them feel
150. 6:12very comfortable and cared for perfect
151. 6:15our final word for today is mixup mixup
152. 6:19mixup a mixup is a mistake that happens
153. 6:22because things are confused or
154. 6:24mismanaged right it's often used to
155. 6:27describe a situation where things get
156. 6:28mixed together in the wrong way here are
157. 6:31some examples there was a mixup with our
158. 6:33hotel reservation so we had to wait for
159. 6:36a room the mixup at the pharmacy led to
160. 6:39him getting the wrong medication she
161. 6:41missed her flight because of a mixup
162. 6:43with the travel dates so a mixup is a
163. 6:46kind of error that usually happens when
164. 6:48there's confusion or a lack of
165. 6:50communication great explanations Marco
166. 6:53now let's listen to the conversation
167. 6:54again but this time at a slower pace so
168. 6:56you can catch these words in context
169. 6:59stay tuned tuned and don't go
170. 7:01anywhere hey how was your day oh it was
171. 7:06pretty good you won't believe what
172. 7:08happened at work today my boss finally
173. 7:11spilled the beans about the new project
174. 7:13we've been assigned really what's it
175. 7:16about it's a huge marketing campaign
176. 7:20we've got our work cut out for us but
177. 7:22it's going to be a game Cher for the
178. 7:25company that sounds exciting and
179. 7:27daunting at the same time you yes it
180. 7:30really is I've been burning the midnight
181. 7:33oil to get a head start honestly I can't
182. 7:36wait to hit the sack tonight you deserve
183. 7:39it by the way how's your dog doing oh
184. 7:43Max he's great although he did chew up
185. 7:46my favorite shoes yesterday I guess I
186. 7:49should have taken him for a longer walk
187. 7:52classic Max you know sometimes I think
188. 7:54you pamper him too much guilty is
189. 7:57charged but he's just so lovable oh and
190. 8:02speaking of pets did you hear about
191. 8:05Sarah's cat no what happened apparently
192. 8:08her Cat decided to take a nap inside the
193. 8:11washing machine she almost started the
194. 8:14cycle with the cat inside talk about a
195. 8:17close call Wow that's scary cats do get
196. 8:20into the strangest places yeah they do
197. 8:24anyway what about you how was your day
198. 8:28pretty uneventful to be honest just the
199. 8:31usual grind although I did have a bit of
200. 8:34a mixup at the coffee shop this morning
201. 8:37what happened I ordered a latte but they
202. 8:40gave me a mocha instead it wasn't until
203. 8:42I took a big sip that I realized
204. 8:45something was off I mean it was
205. 8:47delicious but still that's not too bad
206. 8:51at least you got a free upgrade true I
207. 8:54guess it was a win-win situation but
208. 8:57then on my way home I got caught in the
209. 9:00rain without an umbrella I was soaked to
210. 9:02the bone by the time I got back sounds
211. 9:05like one of those days hopefully
212. 9:08tomorrow will be better fingers crossed
213. 9:12anyway I've got to get going catch you
214. 9:14later definitely take
215. 9:19care all right so if you noticed a lot
216. 9:22of useful phrases came up in the
217. 9:24conversation let's take a look at our
218. 9:26fluency Builder fluency Builder today we
219. 9:30have four phrases that will help us
220. 9:31express ourselves more naturally the
221. 9:34first one is Spill the Beans Spill the
222. 9:36Beans Spill the Beans let's listen to
223. 9:39how this was used in the dialogue my
224. 9:42boss finally spilled the beans about the
225. 9:44new project we've been
226. 9:46assigned my boss finally spilled the
227. 9:48beans about the new project we've been
228. 9:51assigned so basically it means to reveal
229. 9:53a secret or disclose information right
230. 9:56when you spill the beans you're sharing
231. 9:58something that was supposed to be kept
232. 9:59confidential for example if someone
233. 10:02accidentally tells you about a surprise
234. 10:04party they've spilled the beans exactly
235. 10:06our second phrase is hit the sack hit
236. 10:09the sack hit the sack let's listen to
237. 10:12this one in the dialogue honestly I
238. 10:15can't wait to hit the sack
239. 10:17tonight honestly I can't wait to hit the
240. 10:20sack tonight this means to go to bed or
241. 10:23go to sleep yes it's a casual way of
242. 10:25saying you're going to bed after a long
243. 10:27day for instance after after a tiring
244. 10:29day at work you might say I'm exhausted
245. 10:32I need to hit the sack perfect our third
246. 10:35phrase is burn the midnight oil burn the
247. 10:37midnight oil burn the Midnight Oil
248. 10:40here's how it was used in the dialogue
249. 10:43I've been burning the midnight oil to
250. 10:44get a head
251. 10:46start I've been burning the midnight oil
252. 10:48to get a head start this phrase means to
253. 10:51work late into the night past usual
254. 10:53bedtime hours right when you burn the
255. 10:56Midnight Oil you're staying up late to
256. 10:58work on something for example students
257. 11:01often burn the Midnight Oil studying for
258. 11:04exams perfect our last phrase is soaked
259. 11:06to the bone soaked to the bone soaked to
260. 11:10the bone let's listen to how this was
261. 11:12used in the dialogue I was soaked to the
262. 11:15bone by the time I got back I was soaked
263. 11:18to the bone by the time I got back this
264. 11:21phrase means to be extremely wet as if
265. 11:24the water has soaked through all your
266. 11:25clothing and reached your bones right
267. 11:28it's often used to describe being caught
268. 11:30in a heavy rain without any protection
269. 11:32for example if you forget your umbrella
270. 11:35during a downpour you might end up
271. 11:36soaked to the bone or if you fall into a
272. 11:39pool fully clothed you'd definitely be
273. 11:41soaked to the bone it emphasizes just
274. 11:44how thoroughly wet you are more than
275. 11:46just getting a little wet so to recap we
276. 11:49have Spill the Beans hit the sack burn
277. 11:52the Midnight Oil and soaked to the bone
278. 11:55great phrases to help you sound more
279. 11:57natural and fluent in English okay I
280. 11:59hope everyone enjoyed our lesson today
281. 12:02we found some really useful vocabulary
282. 12:04and phrases from the conversation
283. 12:06between our two friends yes and remember
284. 12:09to practice using those words and
285. 12:10phrases in your own conversations to
286. 12:12sound more fluent now before we go we
287. 12:15need to settle something important
288. 12:18Jennifer you're a dog person right
289. 12:20absolutely dogs are the best pets
290. 12:23they're loyal playful and always happy
291. 12:24to see you well I have to disagree I
292. 12:27think cats make better pets they're
293. 12:29independent low maintenance and have
294. 12:31such unique personalities independent
295. 12:33maybe but dogs are so much more
296. 12:36affectionate they actually miss you when
297. 12:37you're gone and can be trained to do
298. 12:39amazing things cats can be affectionate
299. 12:42too in their own way plus they take care
300. 12:45of themselves and don't need constant
301. 12:47attention they're perfect for people
302. 12:48with busy lives but with dogs you get
303. 12:51companionship and exercise walking a dog
304. 12:53is a great way to stay active and meet
305. 12:55new people true but cats can be just as
306. 12:58entertaining they're curious and playful
307. 13:00and watching them can be quite amusing
308. 13:03plus they're great at keeping your home
309. 13:05pest free I guess it comes down to
310. 13:07personal preference some people love the
311. 13:10energy and loyalty of dogs While others
312. 13:12prefer the independence and Grace of
313. 13:14cats agreed so dear listeners what do
314. 13:18you think are you team cat or team dog
315. 13:21let us know in the comments section
316. 13:23below we'd love to hear your opinions
317. 13:25and stories about your pets until then
318. 13:28it's goodbye from us goodbye
319. 13:30[Music]
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