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you Hello, high -level listeners.
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Today, we're going to help you improve your daily vocabulary in English and take your everyday English to the next level.
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Now, let me ask you something.
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When you study a vocabulary list in English, can you actually use those new words right away?
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Or do you get a little bit stuck wondering if it's the right way to use that word or not?
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It's definitely a common problem for English learners.
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You might learn a new word, but you're not always sure how to use it in a real sentence or in a real situation right away.
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And that's why we at High Level Listening believe the best way to learn daily vocabulary, words, and phrases in English is through real spoken sentences and conversations.
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When you hear this vocabulary in context, in real spoken English, you understand the meaning and you know how to use it correctly the very first time.
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So today you'll learn some real vocabulary through two short stories, one in American English with Kat and one in British English with me.
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All right, so let's jump right in.
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Today's stories are about those days when you're just feeling stressed, run down, or just a little bit Bleh.
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Yes, I definitely know how you feel.
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So Kat, have you been feeling a bit stressed lately?
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Oh god, it's been non -stop.
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My brain is totally fried.
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I mean, I've been trying to keep it together for the sake of my family, but this week will just not let up.
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You know how I was talking about training that new guy at work a couple of weeks ago?
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Well, guess what?
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He got let go and now I have to pick up the slack around the office.
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Oh, wow.
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Great.
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That sounds like a lot to deal with.
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Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that.
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What about you, Mark?
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Your week can't have been as stressful as mine, can it?
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I'm in the same boat, really.
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This week's been a whirlwind.
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I'm not even sure what day it is.
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Work's just been piling up.
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Now the car's started making a weird noise.
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It's just One thing after another.
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I'm supposed to be moving house in a few weeks and I've barely even started packing.
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I just haven't had the headspace to even think about it.
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What a week.
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What a week.
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Exactly, for both of us.
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Well, don't worry if you didn't understand everything that first time.
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We're about to go back through our stories line by line.
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So you can practice your speaking skills with us by shadowing, which is repeating words but try to say it at the same time as us.
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And it's definitely a little bit hard at first to do the shadowing, but it really helps you improve your accent, your rhythm, your pace, and definitely your fluency as well.
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So try it in our class today.
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We'll make sure to repeat each line twice so you have a chance to practice.
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Yes, and if you'd like to keep learning with even more topics in the same way, you can check out our complete listening guide.
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There's over 100 vocabulary topics in English, and there's over 2000 vocabulary words and phrases all in one package.
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You can find that the link in the description below.
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All right, so let's get started.
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Mark's going to start the question and we're going to kind of tell the story again, but in a back and forth dialogue.
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So let's start with Mark.
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So have you been feeling a bit stressed lately?
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Oh god, it's been non -stop.
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My brain is totally fried.
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Oh god, it's been non -stop.
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My brain is totally fried.
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Okay, so kind of the first phrase that I said, "Oh God." Thank you.
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So we do use the word God in a lot of different ways.
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You could say, oh gosh, or oh God.
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And it's just kind of just start letting people know how you feel.
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Oh God.
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Oh gosh.
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So it's been nonstop.
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Now I've used it has been.
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And I've changed it to it's it's been nonstop.
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It's nonstop.
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It's been nonstop.
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So that sounds like it started last week and it has been nonstop, meaning I have not had a moment to rest.
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I have not had a moment to relax.
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My brain is totally fried.
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My brain is totally fried.
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Now, it kind of sounds like I cracked an egg, put it into a pan, and that was my brain.
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Now, the brain is inside of your head, okay?
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And if my brain is fried...
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I can't think anymore.
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I can't do anything.
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My brain is fried.
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So we wouldn't probably say my head is fried.
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We wouldn't really use it with anything else.
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We're kind of just using it with the with the word brain.
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So oh, God, it's been nonstop.
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My brain is totally fried.
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Oh, well, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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I thought things were going okay.
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I mean, I've been trying to keep it together for the sake of my family, but this week just will not let up.
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I mean...
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I've been trying to keep it together for the sake of my family, but this week just will not let up.
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So this sentence is a little bit sad.
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Now, Mark said, I thought things were going OK.
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And I say, well, I mean, I'm not.
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Meaning I...
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I thought they were going, okay, maybe they, I was trying to make it look like that, right?
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I mean...
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I've been trying to keep it together.
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I've been trying to keep it together is a very common way to hide your feelings.
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Let's use it that way.
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So if you're trying to keep it together, maybe you want to cry.
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Maybe you want to get angry.
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Maybe you want to show that you're feeling stressed and angry and upset, but you have to.
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show everybody else that you're calm.
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So you're trying to keep it together.
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You're trying to keep it together.
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Just Okay, yeah, I'm stressed, I'm tired, but I have to show everybody that I'm okay.
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I have to look like I'm calm.
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So I've been trying to keep it together.
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Why?
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For the sake of my family.
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for the sake of my family.
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This means that I'm trying to keep it together for my family.
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For the sake of my family means the reason is my family.
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Okay.
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So for the sake of my family, I've been trying to keep it together.
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But this week just will not let up.
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Now you could say this week just won't let up.
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That's very common to say.
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This just won't let up.
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But I'm really...
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trying to be a bit dramatic it just will not let up
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so i'm going to give lots of emphasis to that This week just will not let up.
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So altogether, I mean, I've been trying to keep it together for the sake of my family, but this week just will not let up.
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Oh, man.
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What happened?
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You know how I was talking about training that new guy at work a couple of weeks ago?
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Okay, you know how I was This is kind of a fast way and a very common way to say, "Do you remember?" You know how I was...
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talking about this person.
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You know how I was working on this project?
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"You know how I was doing this thing, So I'm kind of trying to remind you, hey, you remember that time that I was talking about training that new guy?
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You know how I was talking about training that new guy at work a couple of weeks ago?
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A couple of weeks ago, a couple of weeks ago, So do you remember that conversation we had,
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Mark, you know, how I was talking about training that new guy at work a couple of weeks ago?
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Yeah, he was supposed to help you around the office?
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Okay, so guess what?
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He got let go.
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And now I have to pick up the slacker on the office.
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Well, guess what?
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He got let go, and now I have to pick up the slack around the office.
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Okay, well, guess what?
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So I kind of introed it with, you know how I was talking about this?
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Well, guess what?
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It's kind of a way to keep the conversation going, kind of to pique Mark's interest a little bit.
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Well, guess what?
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Now, he doesn't actually have to guess, right?
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I'm not asking him to actually guess because he would say...
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Well, what happened?
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Well guess what?
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He got let go.
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Thank you.
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So this is kind of an interesting set of words.
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He was let go.
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He got let go.
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This means that they fired him.
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Okay, they fired him or they said, I'm sorry, it's not working out.
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So he got let go, or we could also say he was let go.
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And now I have to pick up the slack.
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Now, not every language does this, but especially in English, if we want to give more emphasis, we just say the word stronger.
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Now I have to pick up the slack.
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I do.
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It's me now.
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And I have to pick up the slack.
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So slack is kind of when you have something very tight.
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And then if something has some slack, there's some extra, all right.
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There's some extra rope.
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There's some extra piece.
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And if I have to pick up the slack.
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That means that I have to do extra work because that person was let go.
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So now I have to pick up the slack around the office.
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So altogether, Well, guess what?
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He got let go and now I have to pick up the slacker on the office.
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What?
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No. Okay, so now we'll go on to Mark's side of the story.
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Mark, my week's been so stressful, but enough about me.
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What about yours?
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I'm in the same boat, really.
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This week's been a whirlwind. So "uh".
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I'm in the same boat, really.
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This week's been a whirlwind.
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So Kat has had a rough week and me too.
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We both have problems.
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And if you both have the same problem, there's a phrase.
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I'm in the same boat.
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This is always a negative phrase.
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It's always when we're complaining about something, about having the same kind of issue.
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So, Maybe you could even use this talking to a stranger.
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Maybe someone is waiting for a bus and it's not coming and my bus isn't coming either.
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So, well, it looks like we're in the same boat.
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We're both having the same problem.
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And it's a way to...
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Connect with people and commiserate together.
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So my week's been stressful and so has Kat.
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I'm in the same boat, really.
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This week's been a whirlwind.
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very very busy there's lots of different things that i have to do lots of work errands and obligations
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And it's just been hectic and chaotic, a whirlwind, like a tornado.
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And I use the same grammar that Kat did too.
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This week's bin.
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a whirlwind.
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So Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and today It has been.
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Every day has been...
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chaotic so far.
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So, Well, for this week's.
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Been a whirlwind.
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So altogether, Oh, I'm in the same boat really.
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This week's been a whirlwind.
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No, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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Not even sure what day it is.
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I'm not even sure what day it is.
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So, again, when it's very, very chaotic...
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Right.
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Is it Thursday?
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Is it Friday?
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Maybe.
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I've lost count.
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I'm not even sure what day.
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It is.
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We're using that "what" as a relative clause.
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So what day it is.
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It would be a mistake to say, "What day is it?" That would be wrong.
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"What day it is?" So it's like saying, I'm not even sure where I am the subject, then the verb.
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I'm not even sure who he is.
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So keep the subject and verb, not a question.
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Ciao.
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I'm confused.
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I'm lost.
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The week has been so busy, I'm not even sure what day it is.
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What's been going on with you?
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I didn't realize it was so stressful.
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Yeah, work's just been piling up.
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Now the car's started making a weird noise.
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It's just one thing after another.
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Work's been piling up.
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Now the cars started making a weird noise It's just one thing after another.
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So we're using the present perfect again, the present perfect continuous here.
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Work's been piling up.
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So again, this week, from the beginning and every day, I have been getting more and more and more work.
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and maybe I can't finish the work quickly enough and new tasks arrive.
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It's piling up.
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I have more tasks coming in than I can finish.
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So work's been piling up.
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Now the car started making a weird noise.
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So recently the car has started making a weird noise and it still makes that noise Now.
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Every time I turn it on, the engine makes a sort of squeaking noise and It's another thing I have to do.
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I have to take the car to the mechanic or to a garage and get it looked at.
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So that's another thing I have to deal with.
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It's just one thing after another.
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If one thing after another is a phrase that we use again in stressful times, when a bad thing happens and then another bad thing,
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and then another problem, and then another issue.
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It's just one thing.
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after another.
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So overall, Work's just been piling up.
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Now the cars started making a weird noise.
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It's just one thing after another.
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Oh, that's no good at all.
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I'm supposed to be moving house in a few weeks, and I've barely even started packing.
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I'm supposed to be moving house in a few weeks.
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and I've barely even started packing.
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So another problem is I'm supposed to be moving house.
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Moving house takes a lot of time.
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It's a lot of organizing and putting things in boxes and packing.
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I'm supposed to be? focusing on that.
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This structure is I'm supposed to be and then an ing.
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So I'm supposed to be relocating, I'm supposed to be moving out I'm supposed to be packing?
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I have this big job to do and I can't do it
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because my car's making a noise and I'm having all this work to do.
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So I'm extra stressed because I'm not able to do the thing I really should be doing.
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I'm supposed to be.
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Moving house in a few weeks?
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and I've barely even started packing.
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'I've barely even' means that I haven't started.
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Maybe I've done a couple of boxes and put some like old utensils away Ready to move? but I'm nowhere near ready.
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I've barely even started packing.
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I'm sure it'll be okay, just take things one step at a time.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I just haven't had.. the headspace to think about it.
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I just haven't had the headspace to think about it.
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Thank you.
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So again, over this stressful week, I haven't had the headspace.
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This is quite.. a new phrase.
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I think I only started hearing this a couple of years ago.
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But the headspace is how much energy I have to think about my tasks and my problems.
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I have work taking up space, I have my car problem taking up space and moving house.
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All of these things are filling my brain and they're distracting me.
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I'm always thinking about them.
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I can't even think about moving house because I'm too focused on these other things, So I just haven't had the headspace to think about it.
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So I've got such a busy week that I can't think about the thing I'm supposed to be doing, which is moving out.
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Yeah, that's how the stressful weeks, they just pile up and then all the important things go right out the window, right?
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Yes.
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All right.
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So that's it for us for our conversations today.
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Thank you so much for spending time with us.
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Hopefully you had a chance to practice shadowing the conversation with us.
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Listening and repeating real English sentences like this is one of the best ways to build confidence
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and to start understanding naturally spoken conversations much more easily.
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Yes, and if you would like even more English listening practice again, you can find our complete listening guide in the description below.
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It's over 100 topics, over 2000 vocabulary words, phrases and grammar patterns.
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You can grab that in the link below.
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And we always love hearing from you guys as well.
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So your comments, questions, and personal stories really make our community very special.
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And it's great to see how many of you are learning daily vocabulary English through our dialogues and practicing along with us.
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and you'll never miss another English podcast episode.
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All right.
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Thanks.
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We'll see you next time.
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Goodbye.
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Bye -bye.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Feeling Stressed? Learn this Daily Vocabulary English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: English, supposed, brain. Deze video bevat 303 zinnen en 2875 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 17:21. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 166 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
slack bijvoeglijk naamwoord/slæk/slap
vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/woordenschat, vocabulaire
fry werkwoord/fɹaɪ/bakken, braden
whirlwind zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈ(h)wɝlwɪnd/windhoos, wervelwind
pile zelfstandig naamwoord/paɪl/stapel
stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈstɹɛsfəl/stressvol
chaotic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/keɪˈɑtɪk/chaotisch
altogether bijwoord/ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/geheel, totaal
verb zelfstandig naamwoord/vɝb/werkwoord
gosh/ɡɑːʃ/gossie
grammar zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/spraakkunst, grammatica
emphasis zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɛmfəsɪs/nadruk
errand zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɛɹənd/boodschap
fluency zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfluːənsi/vlotheid
hectic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhɛktɪk/hectisch

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
pick up werkwoordoppakken, optillen
pile up werkwoordstapelen
check out werkwoordonderzoeken
go back werkwoordteruggaan
run down werkwoordaanrijden
work out werkwoord/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/uitrekenen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • All right, so let's jump right in.
  • Your week can't have been as stressful as mine, can it?
  • You know how I was working on this project?
  • What's been going on with you?
  • I'm supposed to be?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig isI've been trying · Work's just been piling · What's been going
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltit's been · week's been · haven't had
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetis fried · was let
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingshadowing, which is · doing, which is

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 112 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, obligation /ˌɑ.blɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, commiserate /kəˈmɪzəɹeɪt/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: whirlwind /ˈ(h)wɝlwɪnd/, verb /vɝb/, errand /ˈɛɹənd/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, clause /klɔːz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: slack /slæk/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/, mechanic /mɪˈkænɪk/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, obligation /ˌɑ.blɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als slack, vocabulary, fry.

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