No Te Rindas Intermediate English

What time do people eat in the USA?  In this episode, we discuss meal times, portion sizes, and tipping in restaurants.  We also go over some food words like "grub," "vittles," and "I'm starvin' to death!"

Si quieres saber un poco más acerca de qué se come en los EUA y cuando, prueba este episodio.  Además, platicamos sobre cierta jerga de este país que tiene que ver con la comida.

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Sometimes Gabe and Greg, two brothers, tell stories from their childhood as a way for students of English to experience the various past tenses.  In this memory, Gabe recalls how both boys used ingenuity and fireworks (fuegos artificiales) to destroy antbeds (hormigueros).  Sometimes, they paid a price for their travesuras and got a few bites (picaduras).

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Híjole, in English we love to use the word "up" to talk about mistakes!  Gabe and Greg discuss "screw up," ''mess up,'' ''goof up," and other similar phrases, with examples in their typical humorous style.  They also talk about how to describe the humility that comes after you have been embarrassed from making certain kinds of mistakes, such as ''eating crow,'' and "humble pie."

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Sometimes Gabe and Greg, two brothers, tell stories from their childhood as a way for students of English to experience the various past tenses.  In this memory, Gabe recalls how as young boys they visited a creek (un arroyo) to transport tadpoles into a hole in their backyard (en su jardín).

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From "feeling down," to "are you down?", this word has many meanings in English that don't just mean the opposite of "up."  Gabe and Greg discuss several in this episode, including "something is going down," and "down for the count."

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In this episode, we discuss how speaking with courtesy in English may be a little different than how one does it in Spanish.   In addition to expressions that use "help," we also discuss idiomatic phrases, with examples, for phrases like "pitch in," "kick in," "hold the elevator," and others.  Si ya estudias inglés al nivel intermedio, prueba nuestro show para ver si puedes entender y usar nuestro contenido.

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Our inaugural episode gives several examples of the word "play" that are common but may not translate directly to Spanish.  If you are an intermediate English learner who speaks Spanish at home, perhaps you will enjoy our explanations and examples of "play along,'' ''get played," ''make a play for," and other uses. 

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