Conversation & Pronunciation: Learn English with The Rachel's English Podcast - 023: Conversations: Describe a Recent Situation that Made you Crack Up

023: Conversations: Describe a Recent Situation that Made you Crack Up

12/13/17 • 28 min

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Conversation & Pronunciation: Learn English with The Rachel's English Podcast

David and I ask each other questions to get the conversation going – then we stop when we use an idiom, phrasal verb, or challenging vocabulary word and explain it. You’ll learn and these words and phrases because you heard them in context! Some of the phrases we discuss this week: to roll with something, under your belt, to be caught off guard, amped, back pedal.

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When we were in Italy recently, we often struggled with knowing the polite way to phrase a request or ask for something. We could get the point across, but we lacked nuance with the language. Today we discuss phrases you can use to be polite in American English, like, “would you be able to tell me if you have ___”, or “we’re ready for the check, when you get the chance.”

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