The Vocab Man - Fluent Vocabulary

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I have a song called Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know, Schadenfreude

Daniel:
Today's word is "Schadenfreude" and I must admit that I was really amused to learn that these words are even used in English, even though it's originally from the German language.

Die Schadenfreude.

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And that was the problem back in 2008, there was a sense amongst the shattered remnants of the left. That we, the layman brothers coming, crashing down amongst all the Schadenfreude, which tragically existed at the time that neoliberalism was self-evidently discredited and that a new coherent alternative would emerge, but it has to be constructed.

So usually here on the Vocab Man, we cover expressions that are really useful that make you a more fluent English speaker. And I don't think that this word is a must know word for our English learners, but I was so amused as I said before. So I just had to integrate it on the Vocab Man. Thanks for tuning in guys.


ou know, the word Schadenfreude. It's the happiness you feel when something bad happens to someone else? I think a lot of these early celebrations come from Shodan, Frieda. Rule number one of shut-in Freida never celebrate until you're absolutely sure your opponent has lost.

So what does Schadenfreude mean?

According to the Merriam Webster website, Schadenfruede is defined as enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. The English word was borrowed from German in the middle of the 19th century in German. It comes from "Schaden" which means dammage and Freudee, which means Joy.

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Schadenfreude, you know, and Gary was pretty much living that, you know, taking pleasure in other people's pain, you know,

The word Schadenfruede was Merriam Webster's top lookup on October the second by a very considerable margin. Following president Trump's announcement. He and the first lady had passed positive for COVID-19.

Alright here comes a quote from the headline USA TODAY from the second October as well. President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of "Schadenfreude".

Synonyms:
Some similar words could be malicious joy, mischievousness, or gloating,

malicious joy, mischievousness, spitefulness.

Gloating. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the vocab man. My name is Daniel Goodson. And as always you can read along while you are listening. For that, I absolutely recommend you the app called podcast addict. Over there, you can also switch between different chapters in which I include links as well and additional information that way can even learn better and you'll remain motivated. Thanks a lot. And bye.

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Welcome back to the vocab man. I am Daniel Goodson. And guess what? Today we will be covering the phrase to take no for an answer. My boss has been missing for two days, which in this town means that I should probably start by looking at the bottom of the river.
Rachel dos, who authorized that get craned down there right now. Do not take no for an answer. Call dr. Lehman, tell him we'll need our own assessment on the judge. Assess by morning, which role fell Kony. Dr. Crane, move him to Arkham asylum on suicide. Watch you're going to Arkham now it's in the narrows, Rachel.
You enjoy your party, Bruce. Some of us have worked to, do you say that someone will not take no for an answer? You mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused, it meant a girl could not take no for an answer writing. Another explanation could be to not stop with one has planned or desires.
Regardless of others, lack of agreement. So for example, I could invite a friend of mine to my house and then just add my invitation by the phrase. I won't take no for an answer, so I won't accept. His refusal. So I really want him to come. The next audio clip comes from the movie called the Wolf of wall street with Leonardo DiCaprio.
For years, I've been telling you guys never to take no for an answer, right? To keep pushing, to never hang up the phone until you get what you want, because you all deserve it. You know, this fucking deal that I'm about to sign. Barring me from the securities industry barring me from Stratton my home. Yeah, the fuck is that, you know, I'll tell you what it is.
It's it's it's me taking no for an answer, you know, it's them, it's them selling me, not the other way around. It's it's me being a hypocrite is what it is. So, instead of saying, I won't take no for an answer, you could just say I will not rest until, or if it's the last thing I do, she would never have left me behind.
Not willingly. If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to prove it.
So dear English learners, you are very welcome to be part of the vocab man, by sending in your favorite expressions. So I invite you to my show and I won't take no for an answer.
That's me taking no for an answer. It's them. I'm me. The other way around.
what's missing with DiCaprio and the Wolf of wall street. .

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Yeah, we have another one to go by the book. A lot of times the people who are serving courage to go into science and math tend to be like this sort of very studious people who sort of like go by to go by the book. It means to stick to the rules, to stick to the rules. This one is easier to remember for me because of the word book inside it.


And when something is study related, It is always easier to remember for me. Um, I think it's just because it's been around for so long and it's just the quaint town and it's just a little place. That's not the normal, you know, and, and a lot of people like things that are different and we don't go by the book, we do things what works best for us.

As always, you can read along while you are listening to the vocab man. Just take a look at my show notes.

Examples I've been raised in a conservative household. Where everybody should go by the book I've been raised in a conservative household where everyone, or everybody should go buy the book I've been raised in an conservative household where everyone should go by the book in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Everyone should. So by the book, by wearing masks and keep social distancing awake of coronavirus pandemic, everyone should go by the book by wearing masks and keep social distancing. I believe in America. If you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve to earn a living and to be able to support your family.

If you work hard and play by the rules they played by the rules, they have earned their citizenship.

This was the vocab man. I am Daniel. Thanks for tuning in. Sorry but this time I could not record something on my own. That's why the computer voice needs to do my part. But of course, I want to thank my special guest from Senegal. He did a great job! I don't always play by the book, that's why the computer voice took over. But you need to admit, that the computer voice did a great job as well! Don't you think? Bye bye!

like peas or two peas in a pod. So the meaning of this idiom is basically when two things are so similar, that there is very little difference between them. We do everything together. We're like two peas in a pod. We never leave each other's side. I go to work with her and help her out. This idiom can be used to talk about physical characteristics as well as character.

Talk about why and right. Why goes with food? I mean, it's like, you know, two peas in a pod wine we, we love to talk about the food and wine experience. So I'm just going to touch base on a few more of these wines that we've sampled our bracket. ? Reserve Savignon Blanc that we had with the salad course is growing and remember a pea written as P E A.

Is this spherecal green seat that is eaten as a vegetable or as a pulse man. Right? Imagine when you're in a restaurant and maybe you're eating a steak with an ale pie with peace and new potatoes. So, and the piece basically look all the same. You know, they are all green. They are around, they are kind of indistinguishable or nearly so.

She had, my mother were two peas in a pod and, um, we're both graduates of ?. And so he did everything together, but it was such a shock when auntie passed away.

So this was the idiom two peas in a pot. I hope you liked it. This one is a very short one, but nevertheless, we will be able to learn something, I guess.

Thanks for tuning in. You are listening to the vocab man. Bye.

Oh, and by the way, there was another great idiom, which I didn't know before. To touch base. Could you make it out? Could you notice if not go back and relisten. So another way to express the idea of touching base could be to speak about talk through. To share our thoughts on something touch base is an idiom often seen in business contexts, meaning to make contact or connect with someone briefly, such as in let's touch base.

Next week, the phrase is thought to have some relation to baseball or both runner and fielders have to touch base in order to be safe or record. And now, so we'll kind of dive right on in and, and touch base about why do you think ethics matter?

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A Stitch in time saves 9 - podcast

A stitch in time saves nine. We must do everything we can to avoid going down that road again. But if people don't follow the rules, we've set out, then we must just reserve the right to go further. Okay. We must take action now because a stitch in time saves nine. And this way we can keep people in work.

We can keep our shops and our schools open and we can keep our country moving forward while we work together to suppress the virus.

We must take action now. Because the stitch in time saves nine.

Hello dear English learners. This is Daniel Goodson. I am the host of this show called the Vocab man. So I try to learn relevant expressions or idioms, which I can use in daily life. So I try to become a more fluent speaker. And at the same time, I want to teach these expressions to you guys.

Because learning together makes more fun, I guess. Thank you very much for tuning in.

A stitch in time, saves nine for the individual. Give them another job before they lose their job. It's a lot easier to make that happen. But in short, Australia has another industry before the old one closes down like mining.

So according to the Merriam-Webster website, A stitch in time saves nine is an Idiom used to say that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem.

The model of that is a proverb. Cervantes said Proverbs are short sentences, drawn from long experience. For example, a stitch in time saves nine. A leopard cannot change its spots. All that glitters is not gold. And once you find the core, then you need to communicate that core. And again, when you communicate it, you're giving a little information and then a little more and then a little more, and it's kind of like flirting, just getting the information out bit by bit, just as much as they need to know.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.

And it has often been surmised that the same comes from the practice of stitching clothing that needs mending sooner rather than later. This may indeed be the case but it is worth noting that our earliest evidence of use from 1710 appears to not have a direct and litterer literal connection to tailoring.
Is something that I would do for other people and vice versa. Another one is that a stitch in time saves nine, that I'm trying to find the fastest, most efficient way to solve a problem for people. And you see that as soon as you start to describe those truths, the tendency is then to explain what does that lead you to do?

Let me give you some synonyms. The one I like the most is. Procrastination is the thief of time because I am someone who's procrastinating a lot, unfortunately. And another one is prevention is better than cure or better safe than sorry. There are some expressions which are even easier. For example, you could say, don't leave it until it's too late or do it before it's too late. So you're listening to the Vocab man. And this was a stitch in time saves nine, and don't forget to subscribe to the vocab man. Bye.

Links:
Bloomberg Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHE4Bqvt4Ls
boris johnson

Synonyms:
https://www.powerthesaurus.org/stitch_in_time_saves_nine/synonyms
Music:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Inspiring__Upbeat_Music/Scott_Holmes_-_Clear_Progress
Clear Progress by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/bojo-a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine-20200922
More informatoin about a stich in time saves 9:
https://www.quora.com/What-does-%E2%80%9Ca-stitch-in-time-saves-nine%E2%80%9D-mean

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Thank you Wayne. And thank you again for your service. Let's turn to the audience now. Uh, Oh, a lot of hands going up, mr. President, what? I'm pixeling.

Oh, well, uh, you know, you put, you kind of put me on the spot here that, that, uh, the guy in the glasses right back at me in the back end. Why not?

Okay here. We have to put someone on the spot to put someone on the spot, which means the embarrass someone by asking them a difficult question. I love this one because it is easy to remember for me.

This was Ahmad from Senegal. You might have listened to an episode in which he appeared, actually it was episode number 32 in which we covered the expression "to come to terms with".
And right at the beginning, you could listen to Obama the ex president of the USA. So someone tries to put him on the spot. And well, now we are wondering which question was meant to put him on the spot.

My question is, would you please raise my taxes?

Oh. And by the way, the man was unemployed by choice because he has gathered a lot of money and Obama rambled on. So he's not giving a short answer. His answer was about six minutes or so. So I didn't cover it.

Examples: My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

My brightest student asked me a difficult question today. He always puts me on the spot.

Another example, my friend's wife puts him on the spot when she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

My friend's wife put him on the spot. When she asked him what he had been up to the previous night in front of people.

So the expression is informal and according to the Oxford languages definitions, it means to force someone into a situation in which they must make a difficult decision or answer a difficult question.

What's your question? Are you going to make a film together ??????well, you put me on the spot there?

I think I need to treat my body with more respect...

To put someone on the spot. That was an episode again with Ahmad I want to thank you for your help. My name is Daniel Goodson. I am the vocab man. Thanks for tuning in. And I hope I'll... I hope you're back for the next episode I would be very glad about that. Bye.

Obama: Oh, well, uh, you kind of put me on the spot here.

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The following program contains explicit language.

What do you really mean? These people are good honest, smart, not batshit crazy people. So why the fuck are they saying batshit crazy stuff to me. Welcome to the vocab man, thanks for tuning in. And today's focus is going batshit crazy.
Yeah, exactly. Batshit crazy.This is kind of a very bizarre expression. In my opinion, it is very informal.

I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign that's not for me, but just kind of think of how batshit crazy the whole thing is.

I'd say it is vulgar and you should take care of when you use these expression.

I'm like, it keeps me up reading about it at night. It's, you know, I drive my friends, totally batshit crazy. Cause it's the only thing I talk about and so on and so forth.

According to the urban dictionary the top definition of batshit crazy is "a person who is batshit crazy is certifiably nuts."

The phrase has its origins in the old fashioned term bats in the belfry. All churches had a structure at the top called a belfry, which housed the bells and bats are extremely sensitive to sound and would never inhabit a Belfry of an active church where the bell was rung frequently.

So occasionally when a church was abandoned and many years passed without the bells being rung, bats could eventually come and inhabit the belfry. So when somebody said that an individual had bats in the belfry, it meant there was nothing going on upstairs. As in the person's brain you could say to the batshit crazy is to take this even a step further... person who is badshit crazy is so nuts that not only is their belfry full of bats, but so many bats have been there for so long that the belfry is coated in bat shit. Hence the craziest of crazy people are batshit crazy.

On the side of socially acceptable religion, you have a wide range of batshit crazy suspicions that you find you relinquished your tentative grasp on sanity and punished headfirst into the realms of the complete batshit crazy with that said, I'm not going to comment any further on mr...

That's almost it for today, guys. I want to thank you very much for tuning in. I am Daniel Goodson, the host of this show. I absolutely recommend to you that you read along while you're listening to this podcast. That way you can read the rather difficult audio clips, and that's why you will even learn more vocabulary.

Oh, and I just wanted to mention, if you don't subscribe to the vocab man then you are batshit crazy, right?

That is our chief energy officer, uncle Lenny, who is Jack Russell terrier. Totally batshit dog ...is my dog crazy.
....that drives me crazy fucking batshit.

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e's investing hell of a lot of resources and money and manpower, everything international military industrial complex.
Be aware, guys, the idiom we are covering this time is informal and somewhat impolite so take care when you're using the expression, but that doesn't hinder Obama to use this expression.

As he says, this seems like a hell of a fuss. Over something that happened 50 years ago,
hell of a... is used to make a statement more forceful.
This seems like a hell of a fuss.

So a hell of a fast means a lot of excitement or a lot of disturbance, confusion et cetera.

I mean, we need to have... he has a grea haircut... I mean, he has a hell of a haircut, um,

once again, but this time at the slower pace,

uh, I mean, we, he has a great haircut .

By the way you are listening to the vocal man. I am supposed to be there, woke up, man. But my name is Daniel Goodson. Thanks for tuning in.

Yeah. Yeah. I could have to say that was a good point. Charles you'll be scored. Well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made. Yeah.

Could have to say, you know, that was a good point, Charles, you scored well, I don't agree with it, but that was a hell of a good point. You just made.

By the way as always, you can read along while you're listening to the Vocab man, that way you can catch the vocabulary. You didn't understand.

Yeah. He's he's uh, he's, he's, he's a hell of a guy anyway.

I'm probably not a hell of an English learner but I'm giving my best here and hopefully I can share my knowledge with you guys. Because together it's more fun to learn English.

El Paso's front door, his name, Frank Mitch senior. He had to be the most important staff member go pass. I've ever had. He got this club off the ground, got it through the depression and, and got it into modern day. It was just a hell of a guy.

If you listen to the vocal man on a regular basis, one thing is for sure that we are going to speak a hell of a lot better. At least you will be able to understand things it's better

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and..

in terms of identifying what we're up against. If you could start to move that, to identify what you're up against, you're going to do things a hell of a lot better. If we can even take it one step further and...

So let's take our English one step further and. Practice practice, practice. I hope you could enjoy this episode of the Vocab man. This was the expression, a hell of a... thank you very much.
And bye.

Short episode. This time without transcript, sorry guys!