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In this conversation a husband and wife are discussing a problem caused by their cat. Listen three times without reading the text below to see how much you understand. Then look at the notes for explanations of the vocabulary. There are also a few slang expressions in this conversation. After the third repetition I'll break the conversation up into small parts and you'll have a chance to listen and repeat. Here's the first repetition.


John?
Yes?
Did you feed the cat anything strange today?
No. Why do you ask?
Because she just threw up on your side of the couch.
Whaddya mean MY side of the couch? [=What do you mean...]
You always sit on the left side. See? Right where the puddle of barf is. She just likes you better, I guess.
Oh, very funny, honey.
[Dog barks; text message signal]
Oh dear, I gotta run. Mom's here. Can you put the dog out? And make sure you get that barf cleaned up off the couch before it stains the cushion.
Yeah, that's right: leave me high and dry while you go shoppin'.
Bye, dear!
Being married to that woman is no walk in the park. Where's that damn dog?

To throw up = vomit
To barf = vomit
Barf (noun) = "Careful! Don't step in the barf!"
"To leave high and dry" = to abandon

"A walk in the park" = something easy, so "Being married to that woman is no walk in the park" means "It is difficult being married to her."  

English has many synonyms for the verb to vomit. Here are a few more:
To puke
To lose one's lunch. (After eating some bad fish, he lost his lunch.)
To toss one's cookies. (She drank too much cheap wine and then tossed her cookies.)
To upchuck.
To be sick to one's stomach. (The little boy was sick to his stomach.)
To regurgitate.
To spew.

Intro & Outro Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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