RealLife English: Learn and Speak Confident, Natural English

In this special edition of the RealLife Podcast, Justin and Ethan talk about how learning English can make you a global citizen.

World citizenship is a collection of processes, skills, character traits, and attitudes that together form an identity that transcends geographic and political borders to include all of humanity. 

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• Take into your own hands
• Tracks
• Skeleton
• Carcass
• Toilet paper someone's house

• Ghostbusters- Guys that kill ghosts (see the RealLife Ghostbusters here)
• Pegan Holiday- A christian holiday
• Wardrobe / closet- place where you put your clothes in
• Costume- fantasy clothes you wear at a halloween party
• Fond memories- memories from your past which make you happy
• Tin man- Character from the Wizard of Oz who is made from tin (see here)
• Your little one- your child
• Phonetics- the different sounds of a language
• Boogie- mucus that has dried up in your nose

• Don't miss the RealLife Halloween party for anyone that's in Belo Horizonte
• Don't forget to check out our blog to read some of our content

• 5 Star review - Paulo Henrique Rabelo

• Stop dead in your tracks
• A witch hunt
• Scared shitless / scare the shit out of someone
• A skeleton in the closet
• Trick or treat

• Help your pronunciation with Rachel's English

• Which ghost is the best dancer...?

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I put a spell on you - Screaming Jay Hawkin

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I put a spell on you - Screaming Jay Hawkin

• Blind date
• Potent
• Testing the waters
• a player
• Talk yourself up
• Drown out

• Yours truly - expression to reference yourself
• Apply - to candidate yourself
• Grant - money given to organizations to accelerate their work
• The shit - something that is really good (shit - something bad)
• Flirt - To make playfully romantic or sexual comments to someone
• Criteria - the requirements
• Brag - to say good things about yourself
• To take the floor - take control in explaining something
• Disclaimer - denial of responsibility or connection
• New Zealand - Country close to Australia where people have a funny accent

• RealLife Halloween party in Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro

• The podcast fans Justin met at the RealLife Tripppin party in São Paulo - Fabiano Gomes, Valdomir Batista da Rocha, Gui Gênova and Adonis

• What's the difference between dating and seeing someone?

• Play the field
• Chat up
• Hook up
• Get turned down
• Wingman

• Learn with RealLife 1 minute videos. See here

• I always keep a picture of my wife and kids in my wallet because...

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Flight of the Concords - If you're in to

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Flight of the Concords - If you're in to

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Words You'll Learn

• On strike
• To get your fix
• Screen name
• Kudos
• Hiss
• To live under a rock
• Talking smack
• Flimsy
• Trippy

Note: the definitions given are based on the context that they're used within the podcast.

• Bargain - to try and get a better deal
• Juvenile - young
• It's downhill - it just gets worse
• Made up - invented,
• Back in my day - when I was younger
• Tamed - animals suitable to have as pets
• Fired - what your company does to you when they no longer want you to work for them.
• Deadline - the time that something is needed to be completed.
• Clear up - remove any doubts
• Up-to-date - aware of what's currently happening
• Rag - an old, small towel that's used to clean
• Breeze - a small amount of wind
• Dr. Dre - a famous rapper/producer

• Weekly English events in Rio. Yoga in a castle on the sand this Saturday, October 5th.
• No podcast last week due to technical difficulties (we accidentally deleted it).
• Trevor did the first Real Life party in Rio, Ethan did the first Real Life party in Barcelona, and Justin and Chad did the first Real Life party in São Paulo
• Trevor started doing One Minute English Video Lessons

• Castilhoft from Brazi
• 天天 from China
• Mvbpereira from Brazil

• How do you use and respond to "What's up?" including how NOT to say "what's up."

• Back to the wall
• Hit the roof
• Wipe the floor
• To sit on the fence
• House of cards

• Practice your English with Google Games

• What's rhymes with....

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House of Cards by Radiohead

Words You'll Learn

Note: the definitions given are based on the context that they're used within the podcast.

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House of Cards by Radiohead

Words to Know

Braid- to tie hair together to make a thicker piece of hair Pick up line- phrase used to attract a person you are interested in Wuss/wimp- coward Let someone down- to not fill expectations, disappoint To kill something- to do a perfect job Follow through with something- to do a job or task until you have finished without quitting Deadline- to final time you have to finish something Ask around- to ask many people the same question to get many opinions Bumpy- turbulent, and unstable situation All you can eat buffet- a buffet when you can eat as much as you want repetitive times Staple- a small piece of metal used to hold pieces of paper together Hardcore fan- fans who are really dedicated and don't miss an episode

News

• RLE party in Belo Horizonte was awesome as normal
• The first RLE parties in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona on the 19th of September

Shout Outs

• Eduardo – Special shout out from RLE Podcast listener from Belo Horizonte

Question

• What's the difference between luggage, baggage, suitcase and duffle bag

Expressions

• Put the pedal to the metal
• Whatever floats your boat
• Jump ship
• A rocky road
• Slippery slope
• To go to town (on something)

Tip

• Learn English with Tripppin

Joke

• Find out what anti jokes are (see more jokes here)

Connect

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Words to Know

Braid- to tie hair together to make a thicker piece of hair
Pick up line- phrase used to attract a person you are interested in
Wuss/wimp- coward
Let someone down- to not fill expectations, disappoint
To kill something- to do a perfect job
Follow through with something- to do a job or task until you have finished without quitting
Deadline- to final time you have to finish something
Ask around- to ask many people the same question to get many opinions
Bumpy- turbulent, and unstable situation
All you can eat buffet- a buffet when you can eat as much as you want repetitive times
Staple- a small piece of metal used to hold pieces of paper together
Hardcore fan- fans who are really dedicated and don’t miss an episode

News

Shout Outs

Question

Expressions

Tip

Joke

Connect

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Song

Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Road Tripping

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• Saudades
• Missing in Action (M.I.A)
• Every cloud has a silver lining
• C.E.O.
• Shrink
• Short and sweet
• A'ight
• Grillz
• To rock something
• Let's make like a banana and split
• Banana split
• Earmuffs (literal and figurative)

• Yakuza - organized crime group in Japan
• Russian roulette - a game where you put a gun with one bullet in it to your head and take turns pulling the trigger
• Revolver - a type of gun similar to a pistol
• (When something is) behind you - you're not worry about it anymore, it's in the past
• Abundance - a large quantity of good things
• Maxing out - the most something can do/get
• Bribed - to persuade someone with often illegal offers
• (To do something) rain or shine - You're going to do it no matter what the weather is like
• Aww yeah - not ohh yeah
• Cali - short for California
• Kidnapped - when someone is taken by force, generally to get a ransom [money]
• Sprinkle - to drop/pour/scatter small drops of a substance over something

• The 30th RLE Party in Belo Horizonte on Saturday the 14th.
• The first RLE party in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday the 19th.
• The first RLE party in Barcelona on Thursday the 19th.

• Quel123
• Castilhoft
• Manoel Lopes

• How do you use the word EVEN?

• Fo shizzle
• That's whack
• Bling
• Let's bounce
• To scope it out/scope something

• EngVid.com

• What is your greatest weakness?

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Rite Where U Stand by Gang Starr

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