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Hello, English learners, and welcome to EnglishPod.
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My name is Marco.
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I'm Amira.
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And Amira and I are here today with a great, great lesson for you.
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Yes, we are.
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Today, we're going to be talking about a restaurant.
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Amira, why don't you give us a little bit more details?
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Well, we're talking about a situation in a restaurant, and two people are involved, the waiter and the customer.
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And I don't want to say anymore.
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Okay, don't say anymore.
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Let's just listen to this dialogue and we'll be back later to explain it.
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Good evening.
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My name is Fabio.
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I'll be your waiter for tonight.
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May I take your order?
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No, I'm still working on it.
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This menu's not even in English.
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What's good here? For you, sir?
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I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs.
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Does it come with Coke and fries?
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It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of wine, sir.
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I'll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and the wine.
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Excellent choice.
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Your order will be ready soon.
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How soon is soon?
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20 minutes.
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You know what?
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I'll just go grab a burger across the street.
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But go a little bit, come in this place and ask me all these questions.
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But go, go, go, go!
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Uh oh, what a waiter.
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What a waiter, he is really angry at this customer and I can't blame him.
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I would be angry too.
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Yeah, so I think Marco, you have chosen some interesting expressions for us here.
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What is the first one?
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Well, the first one is, I'm still working on it.
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I'm still working on it.
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I'm still working on it.
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I'm still working on it.
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Why don't we listen to some other examples on how you can use this word, and then we'll come back and explain it.
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Did you finish reading the magazine?
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I'm still working on it.
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Did you fix my car?
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I'm still working on it.
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Ah, so you could say I'm still working on it means...
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I still need more time.
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Fantastic.
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Great.
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Okay, it's clear.
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I have another one for you guys.
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It's a phrase commonly used and you'll hear it all the time.
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Coke and fries.
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Coke and fries.
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Coke and fries.
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Coke and fries.
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It's a short way of saying Coca-Cola and French fries.
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So that's basically America's fast food.
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Yeah, burger, Coke and fries.
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Okay.
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What's next on the menu?
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On the menu we have a complimentary glass of wine.
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Complimentary glass of wine.
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Complimentary glass of wine.
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Complimentary means?
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That it's free.
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Free.
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Yes.
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We love that, huh?
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Yeah, we definitely like free things.
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Well, I have another one for us here, another interesting phrase, I'll go with.
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I'll go with.
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I'll go with.
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I'll go with.
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So basically it's another way of saying, I'm choosing.
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Yeah, I'll choose or I'll take.
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I'll take.
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Okay, very good.
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All right, the next word that I want to take a look at is grab.
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Grab.
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Grab.
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Grab.
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Okay, now let's listen to some other examples of how we could use grab in different situations
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and then we'll come back and explain it.
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on your way home can you grab some milk
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wait for me please i need to grab my coat let's grab a cup of coffee All right.
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Well, I would understand that go grab means go get quickly.
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To go get quickly.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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All right, everyone.
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So now it's time to listen one more time to the dialogue
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and listen carefully and try to understand why the waiter doesn't like the customer.
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Let's listen.
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Good evening.
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My name is Fabio.
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I'll be your waiter for tonight.
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May I take your order?
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No, I'm still working on it.
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This menu's not even in English.
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What's good here?
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For you, sir, I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs.
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Does it come with Coke and fries?
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It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of wine, sir.
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I'll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and the wine.
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Excellent choice.
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Your order will be ready soon.
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How soon is soon?
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20 minutes?
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You know what?
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I'll just go grab a burger across the street.
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Marco, why did this waiter get angry at the customer?
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Well, he basically wasted the waiter's time.
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I mean, this guy comes into the restaurant, he is not very polite, and he's asking all these questions, and in the end he just gets up and says,
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I'll just go grab a burger across the street.
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Yeah, and I also think that this guy was a lot more casual than the place he was in, right?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I think this was a nice, fancy restaurant.
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So I think he was in the wrong place.
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Yeah.
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So how many times, Marco, tell me, do you really have fast food a week?
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Fast food, let's see, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
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No, I'm just kidding.
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Oh, my God.
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No, no. I think I get fast food maybe once a week, once or twice a week.
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All right.
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Talking about fast food made me hungry, so I think I'm going to go grab something to eat myself.
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Yeah, me too.
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All right.
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I hope you guys enjoyed the lesson today.
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And remember that all of this vocabulary is useful for your everyday needs.
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Yes.
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Well, actually, here in EnglishPod, we focus on phrases and words that are high frequency.
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And that means that you can use them every day in your practical life.
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Exactly.
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And be sure to go to our website at EnglishPod.com where you can find many other resources.
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And you can leave your questions and comments at our community forum.
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So thank you very much for listening.
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We'll be back tomorrow with another great lesson for you.
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So until then, bye.
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Bye.

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