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hello and welcome to the English like a native podcast we are back my name is Anna and you are listening to week one day one of our second series of your English five a day I'm so excited
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to be back and starting with a fresh season of this vocabulary expansion Series so let's
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settle down get excited and get ready for this brand new season brand new week brand new episode
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now I'm going to start each of these episodes with a snapshot of what you can look forward to so a sentence or two that contain all the vocabulary that we're going to cover today
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so today's snapshot is as follows although he appeared aloof it became clear that he had her interests at heart when he took the time to address her concerns their conversation not
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only helped to clear the air but also prompted her to be more indulgent in allowing herself small pleasures and to cut him some slack for his earlier Behavior did you understand everything in
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that snap shot well if not don't worry because that's what today's episode is all about and while I'm here before we begin I want to remind you that everything we cover in this season can
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be accessed for free in our database the five a day master sheet the spreadsheet that contains all of the vocabulary plus a definition and an example sentence all prepared and updated for
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you all you have to do is click on the link in the show notes and you can access that database and we'll do all the hard work for you filling it in every week so that you have everything
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that's covered from now until the end of the season all right so let's kick things off with an idiom to have someone's interests at heart to have someone's interests at heart interests
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we spell i n t e r e s TS interests at a heart h e a t now we often actually add the word best
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interests at heart to have someone's interests at heart or to have their best interests at heart
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is to want someone to be happy and successful even though your actions may not show this so you might do something that ends up being detrimental or upsetting to someone and you didn't intend that
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that wasn't your intention you wanted to do the best for them for example for my children I often make decisions for them that I know are for the best it might be that I tell them they can't stay
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up late to finish watching a film maybe they're halfway through a film but it's already past their bedtime and I say I'm very sorry I know it seems mean I know that you're going to be sad but you
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need your rest and I have your best interests at heart it might not seem like I'm being kind and that I love you very much but actually I want you to be happy and healthy and perform well at school
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tomorrow and not feel grumpy and tired so I have your interests at heart go to bed here's another example even though he's strict Mr Matthews really has his students interests at heart next on the
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list is the adjective indulgent indulgent we spell this i n d u l g e n t indulgent indulgent
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describes being inclined to allow yourself or others to enjoy Pleasures sometimes to excess so if something or someone is described as indulgent then it's a little bit too much or more than
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what you'd normally allow just for the reason of pleasure for example I normally eat very healthy
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I often cook from scratch so I have Whole Foods and I do a lot of food preparation I don't like Ultra processed foods if I can help it I try to avoid desserts and sugar in my diet as much as I
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can but occasionally I will be a little indulgent especially around this time of year when it's cold and dark I might allow myself to have a glass of wine which is very rare or I might buy a a box of
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chocolates or a tiasu to enjoy one evening after dinner so I'm a little indulgent sometimes and I would describe these guilty pleasures as indulgent an indulgent pudding would be a pudding that has
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more sugar than a pudding I normally have normally for dessert I would enjoy fruit and yogurt but an indulgent dessert is one that has a lot of uh refined sugar in there here's another example Tai
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had an indulgent attitude towards his children often giving them treats are you an indulgent person what do you indulge in when you're feeling indulgent or what would you consider indulgent
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what's a guilty pleasure you next on the list we have the idiom cut someone some slack to cut someone some slack cut c u t someone some s o m e and slack s l a c k cut someone some slack if
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you cut a person some slack then it means that you're being less CR iCal of that person or you're being less strict with them for example if you are normally very strict about the time when
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someone arrives at work perhaps you're the boss or the line manager and you tell everyone they must be at their desk at 8:30 and if they're late then you're going to be having a word with them you're
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going to be very cross and giving them a hard time but perhaps it's Christmas and you know there was a big party for all the employees last night and you know that everyone's going to be quite tired
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because they were quite indulgent last night they had quite a bit to drink they stayed up late they were partying and having a good time so maybe in the morning you decide to cut them some slack
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you're not going to be so strict if they turn up to work half an hour late or if they're not at their desk exactly on time you're going to cut them some slack because we're all in the same boat
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and you know that everyone had a nice time last night you don't want to ruin the mood by coming down hard on them in the morning here's another example sentence he knows if he needs some time
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off his boss will cut him some slack trusting he'll make it up has your boss ever cut you some slack do you have the kind of manager who will understand if you're having personal problems if
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you're going through a tough time in your personal life and you need special treatment perhaps maybe you need a few extra days off or you need extensions on your deadlines would your manager
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cut you some slack next on the list we have the adjective aloof aloof we spell this a l o f aloof
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if someone is described as aloof then they are not friendly or they're not interested in other people they don't show a friendly warm manner they just seem completely disinterested if you're going on
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a date with somebody you don't want them to behave in an aloof way you want them to show interest and be friendly toward you and warm and open so being aloof is not necessarily a
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good thing but I'm sure that you've experienced someone who's been aloof my best friends from University say that I was a little aloof in the first year of our University degree we studied
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together for three years and they say that they really liked me and they wanted to bring me into their friendship group but they found me quite hard initially they found it hard to warm me
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up and break through my hard outer shell I don't remember being that that way but that's how they saw me they thought I was a little aloof so when they finally told me that I was surprised here's
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another example of aloof despite her Talent Carol often appeared aloof and uninterested in interacting with her teammates that's certainly not what you want if you're working in a team with
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someone and you all have to work together you don't want someone behaving in an aloof manner last on today's list we have the idiom clear the air to clear the air clear c l e a r the or the in
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this case t h e a a i r so because the following word after the begins with a vowel sound a then
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the becomes the when we speak it so clear the air clear the air clear the air to clear the air means to improve a difficult or tense situation by talking about your worries or doubts or maybe
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apologizing perhaps or explaining yourself if maybe something you've said or done has been misinterpreted or taken in the wrong way and so now someone's being grumpy and aloof with you so
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you decide to clear the air you approach them and say can we talk I I'd like to clear the air you heard me say this and you made an assumption but I didn't mean that at all and afterwards hopefully
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after you've cleared the air hopefully everything will be good again here's another example clearing the air helps a relationship grow and it's true if you are in an intimate relationship with somebody
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uh boyfriend girlfriend wife husband and it really helps to clear the air after a disagreement because if you allow it to Fester then it becomes a compound problem when you bicker and bicker and
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bicker and you never clear the air you just walk away and forget about the argument it never really disappears it sits there and grows like a cancer or a tumor and can end up destroying relationships
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so it's always good to clear the air after a disagreement okay that's our five for today so let's do a quick recap we started with the idiom to have someone's interests at heart which means
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that you want them to be happy and successful even though your actions may not show this to have someone's interests at heart next we had the adjective indulgent meaning that you're inclined
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to allow yourself or others to enjoy Pleasures sometimes to excess indulgent next we had the idiom cut someone some slack which means to be less critical of them or less strict with them
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cut them some slack we had the adjective aloof meaning not very friendly or interested in other people aloof and we finished with the idiom clear the air which means to improve a difficult or
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tense situation by talking about it to clear the air now let's go through them for pronunciation purposes if you can please listen and repeat out loud after me have someone's interests at
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heart have someone's interests at heart
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indulgent indul ENT cut someone some slack cut someone some
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slack aloof aloof clear the
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air clear the air very good now if I'm enjoying a pleasure and it's a guilty pleasure and I'm having
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a little too much how could I describe this pleasure maybe let's say it's a dessert what adjective would I use to describe this naughty dessert an indulgent dessert yes and I'm being quite indulgent by having so much
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of this naughty tiasu indulgent but if I'm going to be less strict with myself because I'm on holiday then what am I doing what idiom could I use to describe being less strict with
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myself I'm cutting myself some slack yes to cut myself some slack if while I'm on holiday
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I meet another group of people on holiday but one person in the group is not very friendly and doesn't seem very interested in talking to me doesn't make an effort how could I describe that
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person aloof yes they might be a little aloof and if they are aloof then that might upset
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me so I might decide to actually have a word with them have a chat and tell them that I'm concerned they don't like me and have I done something wrong what am I doing here by having this talk
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I'm going to try and improve the situation so what is this what's happening what idiom would I use clear the air yes I'm trying to clear the air by having a chat with this person and then if I
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want someone to be happy even though my actions don't really show that what idiom would I use here I have their interests at heart very good all right let me repeat the snapshot that I gave you
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at the beginning where you'll hear all the target words in one or two sentences and then we'll move on to story time so listen to the snapshot and see if you can spot the target vocabulary although he
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appeared aloof it became clear that he had her interests at heart when he took the time to address her concerns their conversation not only helped to clear the
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air but also prompted her to be more indulgent in allowing herself small pleasures and to cut him some slack for his earlier Behavior very good okay we are going on to my favorite part
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of the episode that's right sit back and enjoy today's story time
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my dad was always a bit of a mystery to me he was super strict always watching me with these serious eyes that made me feel like I was constantly being judged deep down I know he had
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my interests at heart but back then it just felt like too much my father was dead set on not being too indulgent he thought being soft would make me weak every time I did something good he'd just
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give a quick nod every mistake meant a long talk he wanted me to do well so badly that he forgot kids need a bit of love and understanding he was pretty aloof which made me feel like I was
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some kind of project rather than his daughter during my teenage years when I was struggling with friendships selfconfidence and the turbulent emotions of adolescence I just wanted him to cut
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me some slack just once I wish he had listened without lecturing me or trying to fix everything now years later I can see how we grew apart bit by bit I wish we could clear the air and really
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talk but it feels like those moments have already passed my Dad's getting older now and he's much quieter the intensity of his strictness has faded but so has our connection I can't help
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wondering if he ever realized how much I just wanted him to understand me I wanted him to see me as his daughter not as some project that needed perfecting it's funny how relationships can get so
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complicated sometimes I think some connections are like frail pieces of string easy to break
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tough to put back together and that brings us to the end of today's episode please
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remember you can access all of the vocabulary from this season by clicking on the link in the show notes if you did enjoy today's episode then remember I'll be releasing
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an episode every day from Monday to Friday at the same time so tune in tomorrow for the next next episode of your English five a day until then take very good care and goodbye
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “👂IMPROVE ENGLISH FLUENCY with Daily Practice - 'English Like a Native Podcast'”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: indulgent, aloof, clear, slack, interest. Deze video bevat 81 zinnen en 2614 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 20:07. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 130 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| indulgent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/ | toegeeflijk |
| aloof bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əˈluːf/ | gereserveerd, afstandelijk |
| slack bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /slæk/ | slap |
| idiom zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪdiəm/ | idioom, taaleigen |
| strict bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /stɹɪkt/ | strak |
| dessert zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈzɝt/ | dessert, nagerecht |
| adjective zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | bijvoeglijk naamwoord, adjectief |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| snapshot zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsnæpʃɒt/ | kiek |
| bicker werkwoord | /ˈbɪkɚ/ | kibbelen |
| pudding zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ | pudding, vla |
| grumpy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɡɹʌmpi/ | korzelig, kribbig |
| disagreement zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/ | verschil van mening, meningsverschil |
| naughty bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈnɔːti/ | stout, ondeugend |
| prompt werkwoord | /pɹɑmpt/ | aansporen, aanmoedigen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| grow apart werkwoord | uit elkaar groeien |
| look forward to werkwoord | uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op |
| stay up werkwoord | opblijven |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | you've experienced · you've said · you've cleared |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be accessed · is described · has been misinterpreted |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | wine which is · one that has · heart which means |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | may not show · might be · might not seem |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 64 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, spreadsheet /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, disinterested /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹəstəd/, misinterpret /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, inclined /ɪnˈklaɪnd/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, disinterested /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹəstəd/, indulge /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: slack /slæk/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grumpy /ˈɡɹʌmpi/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, yogurt /ˈjɒɡ.ət/, goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als indulgent, aloof, slack.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.