TO PUT / HAVE smth ON THE LINE
 to put / have smth in danger of losing

EXAMPLES
•I am going to take risk and PUT my house ON THE LINE.
•Be careful, You HAVE your future ON THE LINE.
•I HAVE a lot ON THE LINE in this game.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•Do you perform better when you HAVE a lot ON THE LINE?
•When did you last HAVE something important ON THE LINE?  
•Are you ready to PUT everything you have ON THE LINE for the sake of love?

TO KEEP ONE’S OWN COUNSEL
to say little or nothing about your thoughts, opinions and plans

EXAMPLES
•I would love to know what Jane thinks but she KEEPS HER OWN COUNSEL.
• Naomi is a very private person, she likes to KEEP HER OWN COUNSEL.
• My mother advised me to KEEP MY OWN COUNSEL.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•Do you find it hard to KEEP YOUR OWN COUNSEL?
•Why is it important to KEEP YOUR OWN COUNSEL?
•When is it not a good idea to KEEP YOUR  OWN COUNSEL?

TO HAVE DESIGNS ON smth
to have a plan or secret desire to get something

EXAMPLES
•I knew he HAD DESIGNS ON my job the first time I saw him.
• I can see you HAVE DESIGNS ON Anna.
• The thieves  HAD DESIGNS ON the jewellery.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•What should I do If I HAVE DESIGNS ON a woman/man?
•Is there any job that you currently HAVE DESIGNS ON?
•Why do people always HAVE DESIGNS ON something other than what they have?

TO COME ACROSS
be clear and understandable

EXAMPLES
•The main idea of the story COMES ACROSS very well.
•Her message did NOT COME ACROSS and we asked her to explain.
•What COMES ACROSS in his email is his great sense of humor.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•Do you use gestures to make your ideas COME ACROSS?
•Why do F-words make our messages COME ACROSS so well?
•Do political speeches COME ACROSS to you?

TO COME ACROSS AS adjective/noun 
to seem to have a certain quality

EXAMPLES
•At first she CAME ACROSS AS arrogant.

•I like to COME ACROSS AS someone who knows everything.

•We both COME ACROSS AS intelligent human beings.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•Do you like to interact with people who COME ACROSS AS very self-condident.

•Are you afraid of a big man who COMES ACROSS AS a killer?

•What do you think you COME ACROSS AS?

TO COME ACROSS smth/smb
To meet or find something by chance or accident

EXAMPLES
•I CAME ACROSS an old English dictionary 
 in the library.

•You have never COME ACROSS anyone 
 more clever than me.

•We have COME ACROSS a serious problem that we need to solve ASAP.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
•What would you do if you CAME ACROSS 
 an alien?

•What do you do with the money that you COME ACROSS in your pockets?

•Are you afraid to COME ACROSS your Ex?

FATHER’S RAGE 
ENGLISH PODCAST
 S 02 Ep 39

RHYTHM&INTONATION

It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house.
Guests came and went, but the party continued.
Then the doorbell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in!” 
And a small man opened the door and came in. 
Nobody knew him but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar for a drink.
The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank wine.
Then suddenly he stopped and looked at his host.
“you know”, he said, “nobody invited me to the party.
I don’t know you, I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests.
My wife and I wanted to go out in our car.
But one of your guest’s car was in front of our gate.
So I came here to find him.
And my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!.”

FATHER’S RAGE 
ENGLISH PODCAST
 S 02 Ep 38

LINKING

Mrs Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband.

Every morning he went for a walk in the park 
and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.

But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs Brown's house 
at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. 
One of them said to Mrs Brown, 
'The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park 
and telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.' 
Mrs Brown was very surprised, 
but she thanked the policemen and they left.

'But, Grandfather,' she then said, 'you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. 
How did you lose your way there?'

The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, 
'I didn't quite lose my way. 
I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home!'

FATHER’S RAGE 
ENGLISH PODCAST
 S 02 Ep 37

INSIDE SOUND + CONSONANTS REDUCTION

One night there was a heavy snowstorm, 
and in the morning Mr. Smith's garden was full of deep snow. 
Mr. Smith wanted to take his car out, 
so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. 
He said to this man, 'Don't throw any snow on that side, 
because it will damage the bushes in my garden; 
and don't throw any on the other side, because it will break my fence. 
And don't throw any into the street, or the police will be angry.' 
Then Mr. Smith went out.

When he came back, the path was clean 
and the snow from it was not on the bushes, or the fence, or the street. 
Mr. Smith was very pleased—until he opened the garage to get his car out! 
The garage was full to the top with all the snow from the path,  
and his car was somewhere under it all!

FATHER’S RAGE
ENGLISH PODCAST
 S 02 Ep 36

SOPHIA AMORUSO

Sophia Amoruso is an American businesswoman who was the former CEO of Nasty Gal and founder of GIRLBOSS.
Growing up, she wasn’t a very happy kid. Doctors thought she had Tourette’s syndrome.
Later, she was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and depression.

However, none of this hindered her will.
She opened a lemonade stand at 9 years and read many books about startups as a teenager.
In addition, she dropped out of college but held a full-time job. 
By the age of 22, she had worked 10 different jobs.

She opened an eBay shop to work in her spare time and shipped her products with the tips she earned in photography class.
Over time, she developed an eye for product selection. 
She got two Chanel jackets at a yard sale for $8 and sold them on eBay for $3000.

Later on, she built her own site and sold her products from there.
Her company was doing well, and she was in the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Of course, things couldn’t always be smooth.
Since she lacked the management skills to run the company, things took a turn for the worse. 
The company entered bankruptcy proceedings; lawsuits followed. 
Hence, she resigned as the CEO but kept a senior executive post. 

Despite all these downfalls, she didn’t let her situation dampen her spirits.
She published her autobiography titled GIRLBOSS.
The book was on the New York Times bestseller list for 18 weeks straight!

Her story has many more twists and turns, but they all tell us the same thing. Never give up.