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Set us up |
arranged for us to meet |
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to respond to a couple of emails that I’ve had |
I’ve had an email from Alessandro in Italy in response to the question that I asked at the end of the last podcast |
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To get round to doing smth |
to do smth you haven't been able to do for some time because you've been busy |
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Another way of talking about a past habit which is similar to ‘used to’, is the modal verb ‘would’. Now ‘would’ is usually, when it is used to talk about a past habit we use ‘would’ but in the contracted form. |
When I lived in London, I’d take the underground to school everyday and I’d often go to the pub after school on a Friday.
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“A lot of weird and wacky things happening” - wacky is another word for crazy, bizarre, weird, odd |
“Someone in the crowd was heckling him” – to heckle someone means to shout criticisms from the crowd. Comedians are often heckled, by hecklers during stand-up comedy routines – e.g. “That’s not funny!!” |
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“It’s a piss take” – a ‘piss take’ is a joke designed to fool everyone, to make fun of everyone. |
“I’m leaning towards ‘it’s all a joke'” – to be leaning towards something means that you are starting to take that opinion |
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“Finally, he’s cracked” – he’s ‘cracked’ means he’s ‘lost his mind’ |
to rig up - to assemble, install, or prepare Unless you rig up a custom script and use hping or similar. |
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Use might, must, could or can’t to speculate about things 1. For present or future use modal + infinitive (without to)e.g. He may have an emotional problem or modal + be + -ing for the continuous forme.g. He may be having emotional problems |
2. For speculations about the past, use modal + have + past participle e.g. He may have got tired of Hollywood |
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3. Use ‘must’ when you’re sure that something is true e.g. It must be a joke! (or It has to be a joke!) |
4. Use ‘may’ ‘might’ or ‘could’ when you’re less sure that something is true. e.g. He might be serious, but I’m not sure to be honest. |
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5. Use ‘can’t’ when you’re sure that something isn’t true or didn’t happen. e.g. He can’t be for real |
I would expect to see it on the enc interface |
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It only does it to trigger the P2 to come up
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It only pings if the P2 is down
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“I was absolutely petrified / terrified” – This just means, I was really really scared! |
“I was scared stiff” – This means I was really frightened, and I couldn’t move. |
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“It frightened the life out of me” – This means, it really frightened me. |
“I jumped / It made me jump” – This is when something scares or surprises you and you jump into the air. |
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“I was so pissed off” – Pissed off means angry. It’s informal, and a bit rude. In American English they say “I was pissed”, but in British English ‘pissed’ means ‘drunk’. |
“I lost my temper” – I became angry. We never use the word ‘temper’ on its own. We only use it in expressions like this. “Don’t lose your temper” “You’re so bad tempered” |
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“I hit the roof” – This is an idiom which means ‘I became really really angry’ |
“I was absolutely delighted” – This means I was really really happy. |
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"I was chuffed (to bits)” – Chuffed means really happy or pleased. It is informal English. It isn’t rude |
“I was absolutely devastated” – This means I was really really disappointed. I was so disappointed, that I was nearly destroyed. Very serious. |
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“I was gutted” – Again, this means I was really disappointed. ‘Gutted’ is an informal expression. It isn’t rude. |
“I was really down in the dumps” – This means I was depressed & sad. E.g. after my girlfriend left me, I was down in the dumps for weeks & weeks. |
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what I’m going to say here is based on a lecture that I heard by the great academic whose name is Christopher Frayling. So I am going to give you a kind of summary of what he’d said. |
So if you pluck up the courage it means even if you are scared you kind of become brave enough to do something. I plucked up the courage to do something. |
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That was stunning! An incredible performance. Amazing! I’m reeling from the shock. |
SB: I’m trying to be a professional singer SC: And why hasn’t it worked out so far Susan? SB: Well, I haven’t been given a chance before, but here’s hoping it’ll change… SC: OK, and who would you like to be as successful as? SB: Elaine Paige |
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I woke up last night because I could hear noises from downstairs. I thought it was robbers in my house. I was absolutely petrified. I couldn’t move. I was scared stiff. I managed to pluck up the courage to go downstairs. I picked up a cricket bat and I went into the kitchen. I could hear some really strange noises so I went through the kitchen and suddenly my cat jumped down from the window. Huu it made me jump. Right? It frightened the life out of me. I thought it was a robber but it was just my cat. |
pluck up (the) courage to do sth - to force yourself to be brave enough to do something, although you are frightened or worried about it He finally plucked up courage to ask her to marry him |
