The Vocab Man - Fluent Vocabulary

In this episode, we go about the word bloke.

Music:
https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Road_Trip_Indie_Rock/Catch_Up_Sally

Quora:
https://www.quora.com/What-does-bloke-mean-in-British-and-is-there-an-American-equivalent

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloke

This is not an usual "The Vocab man" episode. In thi episode, I try to train my speaking and give away some tips on how to learn vocabulary.

In this wordy-nerdy melodious episode, we cover the expression "you nailed it". With this podcast, we try to become a better English speaker by learning different expressions and words. Join the English journey with Daniel Goodson.

Do you go the extra mile when learning English? Do you give all your best? I hope so! In this episode, we cover the idiom "to go the extra mile". If you like this show, you also might like the podcast called "my fluent podcast". Check it out, now!

What does happen to know mean? How is it used in real life situations? Listen to the vocab man and learn new phasal verbs, collocations, words an useful sentences to become a better English speaker!

music:

Electric Birds by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Music_For_Media_Vol_2/Scott_Holmes_-_06_-_Electric_Birds

For once, we go the other way and explain the German word "Hamsterkauf". Nevertheless, it's a German word you will likely learn new voabulary in English. If you like the voab man, you may have a listen to my other show called my fluent podcast. It's on sticher, Itunes and all the other known podcast services. You may just type in my fluent podcast on google. Bye.

In this vocabulary based episode we go about the word "impediment". Waht does it mean? What are some synonyms? How ist this word used in real life? Did you like this episode? You might also check my other show called my fluent podcast where I give a way my tips and tricks on how to learn English and other languages.

In this episode, we discuss the word insidious. In the background you'll hear the trailer from the horror movie insidious. If you don't like horror, you should avoid this episode.

In this episode we cover the expression "Legend has it" and give different examples from youtube.

We cover the word "bogus" and give some real life exemples and several definitions.

Show notes:
So this whole argument that a carbon tax putting a price on carbon is destructive of the economy is really bogus if we look at a country like Sweden
Moyers & Company - Time to Get Real on Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=929&v=rA-fNEhOUgw&feature=emb_logo
“Bogus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bogus. Accessed 2 Mar. 2020.
Obviously if something turns out to be surprisingly false, in the book it goes. I found out that that thing your parents told you about having to drink eight glasses of water a day, it's bogus.
It's actually dangerous. It's possible to over hydrate your brain and people have died from this.

Talks at Google
Ken Jennings: "Because I Said So!" | Talks at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=422&v=aKVsaVBbGQ0&feature=emb_logo

TED Kent Larson: Brillante Entwicklungen, um mehr Menschen in Städten unterzubringen.
I don't believe in smart homes. That's sort of a bogus concept. I think you have to build dumb homes and put smart stuff in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=760&v=SM_hPk4rmMM&feature=emb_logo
music
Monarch of the street by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Movieclips Classic Trailers
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Official Trailer #1 - Joss Ackland Movie (1991) Movie HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gBhtvmGYU