The RealLife English

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Podcast #52 TV Shows
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JUSTIN: Getting a root canal1.

1. root canal: a treatment that a

dentist does on one of your teeth.

CHAD: Drinking a beer.

JUSTIN: Cracking2 walnuts3 on your
head.
CHAD: Or... Ironing4 your suit! So, let
me introduce you to my co-host, the
man who wears his birthday suit5 to
important meetings, Justin Murray.

2. crack: (verb) to break something

open.
3. crack a walnut

JUSTIN: Sup6, guys? That's true, it's all

underneath7.
CHAD: Ok, first of all8, what is9 a
birthday suit?

4. iron

JUSTIN: A birthday suit is actually when

you're naked.
CHAD: Yeah, we say that, I guess,
because youre born naked.

5. birthday suit: another way to say

naked.

JUSTIN: Ah! I never realized10 that.

6. sup: a contraction of the

phrase whats up.

CHAD: Because on your first, very first

birthday, when you're born, you're
wearing your birthday suit, which is
nothing.

7. underneath: under, below; hidden

from vision. Ex, theres a subway
underneath this street.

JUSTIN: Oh, wow.

9. what is: wadis (wa is pronounced

with more emphasis)

8. first of all: before anything else.

CHAD: Yeah.

10. realize: (verb) to become aware of

something.

JUSTIN: Never even realized that.

CHAD: And no ones ever said anything
when you rock up11 to a meeting12 with
your birthday suit on13?
JUSTIN: It's covered up by some
clothes14, of course.

11. rock up (to somewhere): to arrive

in a place.
12. meeting: meeding (mee is
pronounced with more emphasis)
13. suit on: suud-on
14. clothes: clothzz

CHAD: Nice. You also said cracking

walnuts on your head.
JUSTIN: To crack is like to break, right.
You crack a- an egg, for example.
CHAD: Ok. Well, we're very excited to
be here today, we have a hell of a15
show for you guys, let's start off16 by
getting17 some listener love from some
iTunes reviews, maybe. Do we have any
iTunes reviews today?
JUSTIN: Yeah, we do.

15. hell of a: it means awesome,

spectacular, amazing. Ex, this is a hell
of a song.
16. start off vs start: you can just say
start, but the particle off adds the
subtle meaning that there are different
stages after the beginning.
17. getting: gedding

CHAD: So, in that case, let's move on to

the shout-outs.

[shout out music] You know you make me

want to shout, kick my heels up and shout,

throw my hands up1 and shout, throw my

hands back and shout

1. throw my hands up: to rise hands

JUSTIN: All right, we have a shout out for

Fred MLS, from Venezuela.
CHAD: Fred what, sorry?
JUSTIN: M L S.
CHAD: Ok, MLS.
JUSTIN: So, Fred left us a five-star iTunes
review, it says "Excellent, kickass2." What
does kickass mean?
CHAD: Kickass means it's... It's, like,
colloquial, slang3 way to say really good.
JUSTIN: Yeah, if you've been reading the
transcripts, you probably know that by
now4. "This podcast is excellent. It allows
you to learn English the natural way. I'm
tired of English courses with the boring
grammar, and when you see that after
some years studying English, you can't
understand TV series and movies, you
realize it's something that's happening.
With this podcast, and now with the
connected speech pronunciation lesson,
I've seen a great improvement in my
pronunciation and listening skills, just a
little bit of willpower5 and that's it. Aww
yeah!"

2. kickass: really cool. Learn more

about using the word ass in 34
Ways to Use the Word Ass

3. slang: very informal language.

4. by now: here we use this phrase

instead of just now as it is used
within a sentence referring to
hypothetical situation. When we
make conjectures we tend to use
by now. Ex, he might have got
home by now.

5. willpower: the determination

with which you carry out your
decisions.

CHAD: Aww yeah! Alright, man. Fred

MLS, from Venezuela, thanks a lot for
your iTunes review.
JUSTIN: It's great to be rocking it up6
there in Venezuela.
CHAD: It is. Hopefully, uh, it seems like
he's learning a lot, I think this is really
cool, he actually mentioned the
connected speech pronunciation lesson. I
think it's cool how he connected that to
understanding, like, TV shows and things
like this. Movies, because if you don't
really have much insight7 into how
natives speak8 and connect their words, I
think it's difficult to understand as well.
JUSTIN: Yeah, definitely. It's like, youve
got to, youve got to9 see how natives are
speaking in a natural environment and
the words just sort of10 flow11 together.
CHAD: Yeah. All right, so, thanks a lot,
Fred, for the iTunes review, five-star
iTunes review, and just remember - if you
want to help us out12, and help other
people around the world, give us a review
and it improves our ranking in the iTunes,
and more people see this awesome
podcast. So, that's it for the shout-outs,
let's move on to the news.

6. rock it up: having a good time

and making the most of your
surroundings

7. insight: deep understanding.

8. natives speak: nei-tives-speak

9. youve got to: Justin contracts

this to you gotta.
10. sort of: sort-uhv
11. flow: in this case, when speech
moves in a steady, fluent manner.

12. help out vs help: It just means to

help with the only difference that
the word out gives it a more
informal tone.

[News music] What's new pussycat?

Woah1, Woah. What's new pussycat?
Woah, Woah
CHAD: So, Justin, I believe you've
found an interesting2 news story
related to your experience with Van
Damme?
JUSTIN: Yes, I did. Actually, Van
Damme, I was teaching him3 how to4
break walnuts over his head, and
apparently the word got out5 and
somebody broke the Guinness Book of
world records for most walnuts
smashed6 on their head.
CHAD: Ok, so, for those of you who
don't know, the Guinness World
Records, we actually mentioned that in
the previous podcast.
JUSTIN: Yeah, the woman eating7 a
steak8, right?
CHAD: That's it. The woman ate the
steak, two-kilogram steak9, in three
minutes or something like that.
JUSTIN: Yeah.

1. woah!: alternative to WOW!

2. interesting: intr-esting
3. teaching him: teaching-im
4. how to: how-duh
5. the word got out: this means is no
longer of private knowledge and
secret and now people know about it.

6. smash: to make something impact

on a surface with so much force that
it gets destroyed.

7. eating: ea-ding.
8. steak

9. two-kilogram steak: check out

Chads video on numeral adjectives

CHAD: Ok, Justin, my man10, what's

the headline for this article11, in that
case?

10. my man: this phrase means

friend, my friend.

JUSTIN: "Man breaks record12 for

smashing most walnuts with his head"

12. break a record/smash a record:

to break a record is to surpass a
record previously set by someone
else. To smash it is not only to break
it, but to do it by a large margin.

CHAD: Wow. Again, they're using that

word, smashing the record12.
JUSTIN: We say that a lot13. It's a
common collocation14, right?
CHAD: It is, especially for records.
JUSTIN: To smash the record.
CHAD: Yeah. So, to smash15 would be
to just break, but more than- it's
emphasized, not just to break, it's to, I
think I've even used the same word in
the previous podcast, to annihilate16.
JUSTIN: Yeah. To break it, to smash it,
to crush17 it. It just goes everywhere.
Breaks, but it...

11. article: ar-dicle

13. that a lot: thad-ah-lot

14. collocation: a group of different
words that people have the tendency
to use together. Sometimes,
collocations dont make sense if we
analyze the different words
separately.
15. So, to smash: so-duh-smash

16. annihilate: to destroy.

17. crush: (verb) to demolish, to

destroy.
18. whats the deal: whats the
situation?

CHAD: So, where's this guy from,

what's the deal18 here, why did he do
this?
JUSTIN: So, "Mohammad Rashid
headbutts19 his way through20 155
walnuts in one minute at Punjab Youth
Festival, Pakistan."
CHAD: Wow, awesome. So, he
headbutts his way through 150

19. headbutt

walnuts. What do you mean by

"headbutt?"
JUSTIN: Headbutt is when, actually,
the term normally is when two people,
like, it's almost like when you're
fighting, you headbutt somebody, you
hit your head on their head.

20. ones way though: this

collocation can be used to talk about
how someone achieved something.
Ex, he worked his way to the
presidency, he pushed his way
through the crowd or he cheated his
way through to win the competition.

CHAD: Yeah, it's probably a Van

Damme move, right?
JUSTIN: Yeah, you know, I mean, I
taught Van Damme a few of those
moves before.
CHAD: A few headbutts?
JUSTIN: Yeah.
CHAD: Ok. So, it's like to punch21
someone with your head.

21. punch

JUSTIN: Yeah, pretty much. You do

this in capoeira though, don't you?
CHAD: A little bit, yeah, yeah.
JUSTIN: Capoeira is the Brazilian sport,
martial art, that Chad has
participated22 in.
CHAD: Yeah. I wonder23 if people
actually know what a walnut is. For
example, the reason why this is so
impressive is because a walnut is like a
nut, kind of24 like a peanut25, or a
cashew nut26, but it has this really

22. participated: partici-paded

23. wonder: (verb) to ask oneself.

24. kind of: kinda

strong casing27 around, so it's really

hard to crack the nut.

25. peanut

JUSTIN: And these ones are really big

nuts28, too.
26. cashew nut

CHAD: They are. (laughing)

JUSTIN: They're big walnuts.
CHAD: You like them29 big nuts?
27 .casing: protective cover

JUSTIN: That's nasty30, man. That's a

perverted joke, just if you guys wanted
to know, nuts sometimes are referred
to as testicles.
CHAD: Yeah.

28. the word nut is also a different

way to say testicles
29. You like them: you-like-em
30. nasty: of bad taste, displeasing.

JUSTIN: But that never crossed my

mind31.

31. cross ones mind: to think about

it, especially by chance.

CHAD: Ok. Real quickly, you want to32,

tell us a little bit?

32. want to: wanna

JUSTIN: Ok, I'm going to read the first

paragraph here. "A Pakistani martial
arts expert has found notoriety33 after
headbutting his way through 155
walnuts in one minute. His recordbreaking attempt literally34 smashed
the previous record of 4435 walnuts."

33. notoriety: the state of being

famous for something bad

34. literally: lid-er-ally

35. 44: fory-four

CHAD: Wow. So, he beat it36 by a lot.

JUSTIN: By, like, over three times.
CHAD: Yeah. I wonder if he had a

36. beat it: bea-dit

headache37 after that.

37. headache

JUSTIN: So, he basically, there was a

long table, and there were, there were
lines of two walnuts, and he just
smashed them38, one by one39.
CHAD: Yeah.
38. smashed them: smash(t)-em

JUSTIN: And we'll link the video here,

there'll be some pictures of it in the
transcript.

39. one by one: one at a time; one

after the other.
VIDEO: Walnut breaking with head

CHAD: Yeah, it looks pretty incredible.

The video is worth watching, it's really
crazy. He's really quick, and his40
headbutt looks really strong as well.
JUSTIN: Yeah, he's a badass41 Id say.
CHAD: He is a badass. Talking42
(talkin) about headbutts, there's
another cool expression, to butt
heads43, what does that mean?
JUSTIN: Butt heads is like, when,
maybe you don't get along44 with
somebody, you're, you know, you're
having conflict about something.
CHAD: Yeah. If theres a specific
subject that you butt heads about, it
means you don't agree45 on that
subject.
JUSTIN: Yeah. It doesn't necessarily
have to46 be, like, you're fighting, but
it just means that you're disagreeing.

40. and his: and-is

41. badass: it is an adjective (or noun)
used to describe something that is
awesome, but the connotation here is
a bit more heroic, admirable, and a
bit of dark justice. Learn more about
using the word ass at 34 Ways to
Use the Word Ass
42. talking: talkin
43. butt heads: (verb) to have a small
argument with somebody.
44. get along (with somebody): to
have a good relationship with
somebody.
45. Common mistake: some learners
may often say you are not agree,
and thats not grammatical. You
don't agree is the correct way to say
it.
46. have to: haf-to

CHAD: Yeah. Ok, awesome! There you

go, another news story for RealLife
random47 news. And, don't forget, if
you want to check out48 the video of
Mohammad Rashid breaking, or
should I say49, smashing the record,
I'm going to post it on the show notes,
and it will be linked on the transcript
lesson. Ok, so, that does it50 for that.
It's about time we moved on to today's
conversation topic. What are you
talking about51, man?

JUSTIN: Yeah, so, today we're going to

do a special episode on how to1 learn
English, how to learn languages with
TV shows.

47. random: without any real reason

that justifies its selection.
48. check out:

49. or should I say: phrase used to

express what I wanted to say is
50. that does it: that marks the end.
51. what are you talking about:
what-cha-talkin-bout

Popular TV Shows to learn English

CHAD: Oh, that's a great topic. Very

effective way to learn English, or any
other language, I think.
JUSTIN: Yeah, it's a fun way, too.
CHAD: Yeah. Have you used it in your
language learning experience?

1. how to: how-duh

El Cartel de los Sapos

JUSTIN: So, when I was learning

Spanish in Colombia, I used to watch
this TV Show called "El Cartel de los
Sapos."
CHAD: "El Cartel de los Sapos," what is
that?
2. drug cartel: an organization with the
purpose of making money off the illegal
drug market.

JUSTIN: A drug cartel2 of the, it

literally means frog3, but it's like a
snitch4.

3. frog

CHAD: A snitch, what does snitch

mean?
JUSTIN: A snitch is somebody who
reports to the police.
CHAD: Oh, ok.
JUSTIN: So, if we have a criminal
business, or something, and I go to the
police, and I snitch, or I report you to
the police5, that's a sapo, in Spanish.
CHAD: Ok. So, how good was this and
why was this so good for you learning
Spanish? I mean, just by the context of
what you're telling me the show was
about, it sounds like6, maybe you learn
a lot of drug language, and, you know,
police stuff, and criminal stuff.

4. snitch: a person who informs to the

police about illegal activities or the act of
doing it.
5. report someone to the police: to
inform to the police about someones
involvement in a criminal or illegal
activity.

6. it sounds like/as if: it seems like. Exm

the idea sounds destined to failure.

7. daily: happening everyday.

7

JUSTIN: It's just good to have a daily

diet of language. So, if you can be
entertained everyday, then it's much
more likely that8 you're going to,

8. its likely that: its probable; its

possible. the team isnt very likely to win
the tournament.

you're going to use it, because you're

not studying, you're actually just doing
something you enjoy.
CHAD: Yeah. Nice term, by the way.
Having a daily diet9, I guess you kind
of mean just having a habit.

9. daily diet: habit

JUSTIN: Yeah, exactly.

CHAD: Yeah. And I think, obviously we
did a recent podcast about the
importance of having good habits, I
think TV series are a great way to
actually establish a really good habit as
well, because you kind of get
addicted10 to the TV show as well.

10. addicted

JUSTIN: Absolutely. What does

addicted mean?
CHAD: Addicted is when you crave11
something, like you really need it, and
after youve seen an episode, you're
like: Oh, I really want to see the next
episode.
JUSTIN: See, I kind of have this
personal theory about TV series and
learning a language. It's kind of, like, if
you watch one episode and you
understand what's happening, you're
just so excited to watch the next one,
your senses open up12. It's almost,
like, just a necessity13 for you to
understand. And, so, that's a really,
really great learning moment.

11. crave: to want something very much,

especially eat, drink, etc.

12. your senses open up: if your senses

open up they become sharper: you
earing, vision, etc become better.
13. necessity: neces-sidy

CHAD: Exactly.

Breaking Bad

JUSTIN: Learning opportunity.

CHAD: Yeah. It's like, I mean, another
TV series I've watched recently, which
is kind of similar to this one you're
talking about in Colombia, is obviously
Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is
ridiculously14 addictive.
JUSTIN: Oh, yeah, it's horrible. And
this is the thing about English, we'll go
back to Breaking Bad in a moment,
but it's like you have the best TV series
in the world, so you have just a huge
selection of these great TV series, that
it's impossible not to find something
that you like.
CHAD: Exactly. They have everything
you can think of, I mean, a lot of my
students, they love watching TV series,
they love things like Grey's Anatomy,
and Law and Order, but I just can't get
into15 those kinds of TV series.
JUSTIN: What does get into mean?
CHAD: To get into means to really, to
really enjoy it and watch it on a regular
basis16. But do you like those kinds of
shows?
JUSTIN: Uh, I've watched Grey's
Anatomy a little bit, it's not bad. What
was the other one you mentioned?

14. ridiculously: we say this before some

adjective to express incredibly; very
much, absolutely, etc. Ex, I was so
ridiculously lost. Thats ridiculously
expensive.
Grey's Anatomy

Law and Order

15. get into: to get interested, enjoy

doing something.
16. regular basis: everyday.

CHAD: Law and Order.

JUSTIN: Law and Order I never got17
into, no. Not at all18.

17. got into: godin-to

18. not at all: not-ad-all

CHAD: Ok.
Friends

JUSTIN: Uh, I really like Friends, I think

Friends is an excellent program to
watch to learn English.
CHAD: Actually, it's funny you
mentioned that, because when I first
came to Brazil, I was staying at my
friend's house, and he had, like, he had
many series of Friends on DVD and I
was laying low19 for a little while20.

19. lay low: not to go out and not

wanting much attention.
20. for a while: for some time.

JUSTIN: What does lay low mean?

CHAD: To lay low means not to really
go out, and spend money, and things
like this. I was just trying to21 adapt to
Brazil first, so, I spent a lot of time at
his house, just hanging out22, and I
watched Friends, for example, in
English, with a Portuguese subtitle, so
I think it was a good way for me to just
start accumulating some good
vocabulary from that.
JUSTIN: Yeah, that's an excellent way
too. Anytime you're watching TV, even
in your native language, if you can get
subtitles on in English, oh, that's... you,
you're reading it!
CHAD: Yeah.

21. trying to: tryna

22. hang out: to spend time with friends,
especially not doing anything important.

JUSTIN: You're still benefitting, you're

still learning. It's not as good, of
course, as watching it.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Or watching it with subtitles,
but...
22. why do you: wha-da-u
22

CHAD: Exactly. What do you think of

the, in your opinion, what's the best
sequence of actions to take? Like, let's
say, you're starting at a lower level of
English, what would be the best way
to watch a TV series23, in regards to24
subtitles and audio?
JUSTIN: Well, it depends on25 what
kind of person you are, and how much
you love English and how much you
love the show, because the idea is, you
want to find a balance between
enjoying it and learning.

23. TV series: series is one of those

nouns that always keeps the s even
when we are talking about one TV series.
Therefore, it is one TV series, Two TV
series.
24. in regards to: a slightly formal term
to say in relation to, referring to,
concerning.
25. Common mistake: it is it depends
on, not in.

CHAD: Of course.
JUSTIN: Because if you're getting
bored with it, you can't engage in the
TV show, or in this TV series, then
you're not going to continue.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: You need to look forward to
it.
27

CHAD: Exactly. If it's, like, a drag , if

26

26. to look forward to: to be excited

about something thats going to happen
in the future.
27. a drag: boring activity; unwanted
situation.

it's like a...

JUSTIN: What does drag mean?
CHAD: A drag is when you do some
kind of a task that's very, very boring,
very dull28, it's a drag. "Oh, that's a
drag, man!"
JUSTIN: Yeah, so, you can't have it be
a drag, it's important to be engaged29,
so, finding that balance to be engaged.
With that said30, maybe, a really good
thing to do, for a beginner, would be to
watch it in your native language first,
or at least the audio with the subtitles
in English, or vice-versa31. You have to
experiment, see what works best with
you. But then, and then watch it in
English with English subtitles, because
you have the context to understand.

28. dull: lacking excitement; boring,

uneventful. Ex, neither team scored and
the game ended in a dull draw.

29. engage: to become interested and

involved in something.
30. with that said: this phrase connectos
what has been said with whats about to
be said. It means taking this into
consideration, therefore, etc.
31. vice-versa: the other way around; do
it the opposite way.

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: A lot better.
CHAD: Maybe it depends on whether
you're a more of a visual learner, or
more, or if you want to maybe practice
your listening more, it depends on
what angle32 you want to take with
your learning, right?
JUSTIN: Yeah, absolutely. But, it's
really good to have subtitles in English,
in both of them. You can also read the
synopsis33.

32. angle: the approach you tale when

trying to accomplish something.

33. synopsis: the summary of a movie.

CHAD: What does synopsis mean?

JUSTIN: Synopsis is like the summary,
so you can print out34, or maybe just
bookmark35, on the website, and just
read the summary of the TV show, of
the episode, before you watch, and
then you have context to understand.

34. print out: to have a digital copy of a

text, image, etc made into a physical
piece of paper though a printer.
35. bookmark

CHAD: You kind of prepare to know

what's going to happen, just by
reading just the summary in that case.
JUSTIN: Yeah. Or, you can also take
scenes36, and just digest those. We
actually have a really excellent article
written by Adir Ferreira, who is one of
our friends, he has a blog as well, he's
an excellent teacher.

36. scenes: remember that this is

pronounced as seen with an s at the
end: seens.

CHAD: He's been on this podcast

before.
JUSTIN: Yeah. Which podcast was it?
CHAD: It was the podcast with Adir.
37. party: par-di

JUSTIN: He came to our party37,

actually, but he wrote this article38, it's
one of our most39 popular articles,
about how to use TV shows and
movies to watch TV. I think TV shows
are a lot better40 than movies, in a
general sense, because you can form a
habit.
CHAD: Exactly, yeah. That's the best
thing you could do, because a move,

38. article: ar-di-cle

39. one of our most: one-uhv-ar-most

40. better: be-der

it's really long, as well. It's hard to

really be focused for like an hour and a
half, two hours.
JUSTIN: And who has two hours a day?
CHAD: Exactly, exactly.
JUSTIN: So, with a TV show, like 20, a
40 minute one, that's stretching41 it.
CHAD: What do you42 mean by
stretching it?

41. stretching it: pushing the limit

42. why do you: wha-d-u

JUSTIN: It means that it's, maybe, on

the limit of what's acceptable.
CHAD: Ok.
43. what about you: wha-dabout-you

JUSTIN: But, anyway, so, I... What

about you43, what do you think is the
ideal routine for somebody?
CHAD: Well, when I tell my students to
watch TV series, I obviously look at
their level. If they are low level, I say,
"first of all," just like you said, "have
the audio in your native language,
subtitles in English." The next step44 is
to, maybe, switch that over45, so you
have the audio in English and subtitles
in your native language. Then the next
step is to have, like, English audio,
English subtitles. Then, the last step, is
just English - audio. No subtitles. But,
obviously, that's like the sequence you
go in a development. I mean, it's really
good to start training your ear as well,

44. step: one of many series of things

you have to do in order to achieve
something.
45. switch over: to rotate.

even if you just listen to in English for,

like, 2 minutes, and then if you just test
your understanding, maybe go back
that 2 minutes and then but the
subtitles on and just see how... test
yourself, how well did you understand
that, and... I think this works really
well, I think this is something that a lot
of my students get a lot of benefit
from, and, like you said, when you
become hooked46 on a TV show, it's
difficult to not do that.

46. hook: to become interested in

something. Ex this book got me hooked.
Learn more about how to use this word
in 16 Ways to Use the Word HOOK
47. about it: uh-boud-it

47

JUSTIN: When you think about it ,

and you're like, your intuition will
guide you a lot of times, while you're
watching it.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Like, for example, if you know
the characters, you can sort of start
filling in the blanks48 of what they're
saying, even if you don't completely
understand them49, because you
know the character so well.
CHAD: Yeah. That's another really
good point50 about knowing the
characters, because, we've talked51
about this a lot before. I know a lot of
students, especially... No, I know a lot
of people, many of them52 are my
students, I'm just going to say
especially here in Brazil, because I
know the TV series Friends was really
popular here, it still is, and a lot of
people have really learned their

48. fill in (the blanks): fill in is to write in

the blank spaces of a piece of paper that
requires our information. In this case this
phrase is used metaphorically to mean
infer or assume.

49. understand them: understand-em

50. good point: well-founded point of
view or opinion.
51. talked: talk-t

English from that TV show, and also

from a specific character, like, the
character from the show you really
identify53 with, and often you can kind
of take on their persona54, to some
extent55, and it can really help your
pronunciation, it can really help you fill
out56 your own personality in English,
as well, what do you think about that?
JUSTIN: Yeah, actually, that reminds
me of57 something I heard, somebody
was telling me about, I didn't meet
this guys, but one friend of theirs, I
guess his English is just sick58, his
fluency is just sick.
CHAD: Sick?

52. many of them: many-uhv-em

53. identify: idenify
54. persona vs person: a person is a
human being. Persona is the character a
person has, and how he/she is perceived
by others. Ex, Madonna has a quite
eccentric persona.
55. to some extent: in a way,
somewhat, partly. Ex, this is true to
some extent.
56. fill out: to complete, develop, build.
57. it reminds me of: it makes me
remember
58. sick: another way to say great,
cool. Find out more about different
ways to say cool in this podcasts episode
51.

JUSTIN: Just, amazing. Sick is like

really good, or awesome, cool, right?
CHAD: Obviously, if they listened to
last week's podcast, they will know
what that is.
JUSTIN: But we talked about it in the
context of cool.
CHAD: Exactly.
JUSTIN: We didn't talk about, like, sick
is something that's just really good.
CHAD: Yeah, ok.
JUSTIN: So... his English was just sick,
really good, and, I guess, apparently59,

59. apparently: app(ea)renly

he emulated60 a character on a TV
show for, like, three or four months.
He read the transcripts, and started,
like, anticipating what he was going to
say.

60. emulate: to mimic.

CHAD: Wow.
JUSTIN: And just started imitating
him.
CHAD: Oh, wow.
61

JUSTIN: And in just a matter of a few

months his English became, like,
almost flawless62.

61. a matter of minutes/days/weeks,

etc: used to talk about how long
something is going to take.
62. flawless: perfect. Ex, her
performance was flawless.

CHAD: Oh my God. Flawless, what

does flawless mean?
JUSTIN: Without flaws63, or without
errors.

63. flaw: defect, shortcoming.

CHAD: Yeah, exactly.

JUSTIN: Yeah, so that could be
something that you can try out64,
definitely experiment with it.
Experiment with characters,
experiment developing your own
persona, and you could use TV show
characters for this.
CHAD: Yeah. A lot of the time, when I
tell my students to do this, they get a
little65 skeptical66, like "Oh, but that
just sounds like I'm acting." They find,
"If I'm always just copying the

64. try out: to try and see how useful it is

for you.

65. get a little: geda-lidull

66. skeptical: not inclined to believe
that something is true, useful,
important, etc. Ex, Yeah, that theory.
Im skeptical thats ever going to be
proved true.

character from my favorite TV series,

I'm not really being authentic, I'm just
acting that person's persona." But I
think it's not like that. I think you can
use their persona to kind of, just, help
you with pronunciation, help you with
the way that they speak, and if you
identify with that person, it probably
means that you're similar to that
character in some way. Its kind of
helping you iron out67 your English
self.

67. iron out: to improve but solving the

problems.

JUSTIN: Yeah. Well, you're becoming

an actor, youre sort of expanding your
sense of identity, right?
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Because you can't be so stuck
on68 your native language identity,
you have to expand your identity so
you can include, like, this other
language. Create, like, a new you in
this new language, which is English.
And you... it's sort of, like, a new lens69
for the world.
CHAD: Yeah. So, Justin did this in
Colombia, with the TV show he was
watching, so, when he goes there, he
sounds like a total70 gangster, and,
like, he sounds like he works for the
drug cartel, or the sapo, right? He goes
around71, like, killing people, and
buying and selling drugs, he really took
his... the persona from the TV series
and he really made it who he is today.

68. stuck on: to be trapped in; to be

unable to go beyond some state.

69. lens

70. total: todal

71. go around:to behave in a particular

way.

JUSTIN: You know, actually, because

we live in Brazil, I watched72 Breaking
Bad, the entire series, in Portuguese.

72. watched: watch-t

CHAD: Oh, cool.

JUSTIN: So, I got addicted to that in
Portuguese, because, really, I don't
really like the Brazilian TV shows that I
know, at least, and I don't really like
soap-operas73, telenovelas. I don't
really like those, so, I'm watching, like,
American TV shows in English,
dubbed74.

73. soap-operas: TV series which mainly

focuses on melodrama and emotional
relationships.

CHAD: Ok. What does dubbed mean?

JUSTIN: Dubbed means when they just
put somebody else's voice over it.
CHAD: Yeah, exactly.
JUSTIN: And some people think it's75
kind of cheesy76, and it probably is...

74. dubbed: when a TV show is dubbed,

the original actors voices are replaced
by other peoples voices in a different
language.
75. think its: think-itz
76. cheesy: romantic in intention but
looking or sounding silly or ridiculous.

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: But, I mean, what options do
we have?
CHAD: Exactly. Yeah, if you're using it
primarily to learn, or help you
understand the language, I think it
doesn't matter77 if it is a little bit
cheesy.
JUSTIN: I did this with...

77. it doesnt matter: its not important.

CHAD: I watched it with you, and it

was actually not too bad, I think the
way that they dubbed the voices, they
actually really did a good job at it.
JUSTIN: And then I heard it in English
and I'm like78 "this sounds stupid."

78. to be like: (Im /hes like) used to

express what one said or thought in a
past situation.

CHAD: Yeah, you get used to79 it in

Portuguese.

79. get used to: become accustomed.

JUSTIN: Yeah, totally. I did the same

thing with, uh, House.

Doctor House

CHAD: House, ok.

JUSTIN: Yeah, Doctor House.
CHAD: Ok. That's another good one,
House. In small dosages80, I'm not a
big fan of House.
JUSTIN: Yeah, I didn't really dig it81
that much, but I watched the whole
season.
CHAD: What do you mean by dig it?

80. dosage: the amount of medicine to

be administrated.

81. dig it: to like, identify and

82. watch them: watch-em

83. wordplay: jokes based on play of

words.

JUSTIN: To enjoy it, to really identify

with it.
CHAD: Yeah. See, when I watch TV
series, I don't - the reason why I don't
really watch them82 in another
language is because it's generally
based on the English wordplay83. So, if
you watch something like Family Guy,

Family Guy

or, you know, American Dad, that

kind of stuff is very sarcastic, and a lot
of the jokes are based on the word
play. So, maybe these ones aren't so
good for watching it in your native
language, but if you watch this kind of
stuff in English and understand the
humor behind it, you're doing really
well. because not only are you learning
the language and really practicing your
hearing, and your, just your
comprehension and general, you're
also getting a lot of84 contact into the
different culture, the different humor
from the United States. It's kind of
similar in Australia, it's kind of
sarcastic, we use a lot of wordplay...
So, when you get to that level, when
you can understand that kind of stuff
in English, you're doing really well.

American Dad

84. getting a lot of: gedding-a-lot-uhv

JUSTIN: Yeah, it's good to make your

English really flexible, too, and sort of
just open your perception to different
aspects of the language and the
culture, so that you're not kind of just
stuck on what you learned in the
school or in the books.
CHAD: Exactly, exactly.
JUSTIN: There are so many, like,
hidden things happening, that you
may not perceive if you don't really pay
attention to the subtle85 things.
CHAD: Exactly. Yeah, because when I
watch, for example, the Family Guy, in

85. subtle: su-dl

English, and there's a Portuguese

subtitle, I notice86 that the translation,
it just can't translate into that
language, because it's wordplay, it's
based on English words, so it's really
hard to translate that kind of stuff.
JUSTIN: What do you think about just
going through87 some, maybe some
popular TV series, TV shows, that are
happening nowadays88, that have
happened in the past few years, just
to...

86. notice: become aware of

87. go through: to read, name or

analyze some items from a list.
88. nowadays: at the present time.

CHAD: Sure.
JUSTIN: Some good options for people
to check out?
CHAD: Yeah. Well, first of all, I'd have
to admit that I don't really watch TV
shows, or, at least, I don't really watch
them on TV, I don't really even have a
TV.

89. brainwash: the act of changing

peoples mind with a new set of believes.

JUSTIN: Yeah, yeah, I don't watch TV

either. I really don't like commercials,
and, like, it's kind, I feel like I'm being
brainwashed89 by it.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah, me too. But most
of them I, just on the DL90, I download
them.
JUSTIN: Well, yeah, you can watch
them online, too. Like, you have
Netflix, too, right? Netflix, I don't
know if this exists in every country, but

90. on the DL: short for on the down

low, which means secret information.

Netflix is a really good way to watch91

online TV, streaming92...

91. way to watch: way-uh-watch

92. stream: to watch live broadcastings
through internet.

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Subtitles...
CHAD: It's like 12 bucks93 a month, or
something like that, I think.
JUSTIN: Or even less, here, I think it's 8
bucks.
CHAD: Yeah, right.
JUSTIN: Eight American dollars, here
in Brazil.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah. So, uh, what do
you like to watch, man? What's your
favorite kind of TV show?
JUSTIN: I love Friends, and I love
recommending this TV show, this
show to my students, my friends,
anybody learning, because it's got 255
episodes. If you can watch from
episode 1 to the end, and study English
at the same time, I believe that you
can get fluent in one year. From zero
to fluent in one year.
CHAD: Yeah, right.
JUSTIN: And it can be a really great
process.
CHAD: Yeah. So, that's pretty much

93. bucks: slang word for dollars

watching nearly an episode, maybe,

like, 5 episodes a week.
JUSTIN: Yeah, it's like, it's a great show
to do that with. Maybe, at first, it will
be a little bit difficult, if you don't
have a base for it, but, for example, if
you're listening to this podcast, and
you understand a lot of stuff, then
start watching Friends every day. Just
watch how your English evolves94.
CHAD: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Friends,
I've seen, probably, all of them95, and I
think just the story in general is pretty
cool, you do kind of get attached to
the cast, to the characters, it's a very
cool mixture of different kind of
people. It's 6 friends, and they all have
a very different personality. So, it's a
great way, not only96 just to help your
English, but just to see how these
different people are, you know, you
kind of really get a good insight into
their lives.
JUSTIN: And the humor just keeps you
going97, and then, there's humor,
there's drama, in the whole series, it's
like 10 years, so it goes from their midtwenties98 until their mid-thirties99,
so it takes you through100 a few
different stages101 of their lives and all
the different situations that they have
to face102.
CHAD: Yeah, it's definitely a great
option. Uh, one that I like to watch,

94. evolve: get better.

95. all of them: all-uhv-em

96. not only: nod-only

97. keep you going: if something keeps
you going, it enables you to form a habit
out of it.
98. mid-twenties: approximately from
24 to 26
99. mid-thirties: approximately from 34
to 36
100. take you through: it shows you
something.
101. stages

102. face: (verb) to confront, deal with.

103. sillier: comparative form of silly.

like I said, I like sillier103 kind of stuff,

like The Simpsons.

104. if you think about it: phrase used

to get someone to pay attention to
something its easy to disregard.

JUSTIN: The Simpsons, if you think

about it104, there's no story to it.
CHAD: You're right.
JUSTIN: I mean, there sort of is, but it's
not...
CHAD: It's not a continuation, like
Friends. You can watch just one
episode of Friends, and it's, you don't
have to know about the whole story,
but there's, like, that deeper
understanding of the whole story,
where it's more captivating, it's more
interesting.

105. adult cartoon

JUSTIN: So, you've mentioned the

Family Guy, another adult cartoon105,
right?
CHAD: Another adult cartoon, yeah.
JUSTIN: Maybe like kids' cartoons are
good, too. I think there are some of
those that some of my students have
really enjoyed watching them.
CHAD: Really? I just find them so
boring, or just so silly.
JUSTIN: Yeah, maybe some people
can hang in there106, you know.
CHAD: Ooh, hang in there, what do

106. hang in there: to be ok doing it; not

exactly having a bad time, but neither
really enjoying it.

you mean by hang in there?

JUSTIN: Hang in there is like, to last, to
accompany something, to endure
something.
CHAD: But maybe some actual TV
series with real people in there that I
like would be, like, obviously, Breaking
Bad, we've just mentioned that, very
addictive. If you're going to watch
that, be prepared, because you're
going to watch the whole damn107
series, because it's really addictive.

107. damn: (slightly offensive) a word

that can be placed before many words to
make it sound more emphatic.

JUSTIN: It's really, really addictive, and

it's good, too.
CHAD: Yeah... It's kind of intense, it's
very intense.
JUSTIN: It's a little bit dark, too, I think.
CHAD: Yeah, well, it's about drug
dealers, and... I don't want to spoil108
it for you.
JUSTIN: What does spoil mean?
CHAD: Spoil, in this case, would be if I
was to tell you what actually happens
and it ruins the surprise. Uh, but
another one, other series that are
similar to Friends I would say,
probably, Two and a Half Men.
JUSTIN: Yeah. It's definitely a different
energy, though, but...

108. spoil: tell the ending of a movie,

series, book, etc.

CHAD: Different energy, yeah.

JUSTIN: It's funny, though. It's funny,
but it's kind of, Charlie Sheen...
CHAD: Yeah... He's his own character, I
mean, it's hard to really identify with
Charlie Sheen, but he's really
entertaining.

How I Met your Mother

JUSTIN: Yeah, it's a show that just

captivated a lot of the world.
CHAD: It has. And, lastly, I'd say,
maybe, How I Met Your Mother?
JUSTIN: Ok. You wrote an article
about that?
CHAD: I did write an article about that,
yeah. Especially, mainly about the
character Barney. You know109 who
Barney is?
JUSTIN: Like Doogie Howser? No.
CHAD: Yeah, he's the guy who was the
Doogie Howser, like, 50 years ago,
however long ago that series was. But,
uh, yeah, I'm trying to think of an
Australian TV series that I could tell
you guys about, but I can't think of
any.
JUSTIN: Don't you have a New
Zealand passport too?

109. do you know: colloquial omission

of the auxiliary verb.

Doogie Howser

CHAD: I do have a New Zealand

passport, yeah.
JUSTIN: What about "Flight of the
Conchords?"
CHAD: Yeah, that is actually really
good. Flight of the Conchords. Ok, I'm
going to go with that one. Flight of the
Choncords...
JUSTIN: New Zealand.
CHAD: Yeah, there are two guys from
New Zealand, for those who don't
know New Zealand, it's in the South
hemisphere, next to Australia, a lot of
people don't know about it, because
everyone just thinks of Australia.
JUSTIN: Isn't it... I thought it was a
state of Australia.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Those are called kiwis,
actually.
110. kiwi bird

CHAD: Yeah, the name for a person

from New Zealand is a kiwi because
the national bird, you probably didnt
know this, the national bird of New
Zealand it the kiwi bird110.
JUSTIN: I thought it was just the fruit
you eat.
CHAD: No, no. It's not the fruit.

JUSTIN: But your parents are kiwi,

right?
CHAD: My parents are kiwis.
JUSTIN: Ok.
CHAD: Yeah, exactly. I'm Australian,
born and bred111 in Australia. But, uh,
yeah, Flight of the Conchords. Really
quickly, check this out, there's two
guys, Bret and Jemaine, two kiwi guys,
they go to the Unites States to
become famous musicians, very
average musicians, but they're really
funny. And that's a really awesome TV
show, if you can understand the
humor, you're going to love it,
because they are kind of dorks112, you
know, and they're just clueless113 in
the United States, so that's why it's so
funny.
JUSTIN: What does clueless mean?
CHAD: Clueless means they just have
no idea what's going on, like, that guy
is clueless.
JUSTIN: Oh, without a clue.
CHAD: Without a clue. They have no
clues. Yeah, that's pretty much the TV
series that I watch.
JUSTIN: Probably the final one I'm
going to recommend is actually, it's

111. born and bred: (also born and

raised) used to talk about the place
where you were born and brought up or
raised.

112. dork: someone who is weird and

kind of silly.
113. clueless: having no clue;
uninformed of whats going on.

called Touch.

Touch

CHAD: Touch.
JUSTIN: Touch is a show with two
seasons, Kiefer Sutherland, who was in
the 24, which is another popular one.
It's kind of based in this idea that
everything is connected, and it's like
the Butterfly effect114. So, if you do
one thing in one place, that's going to
affect things across115 the world. It
shows all these different stories
happening in different places, and
how they all come together116 to form
this really dramatic and kind of a
serendipitous117...
CHAD: Ooh, serendipitous, nice word,
man! What does that mean?
JUSTIN: Serendipitous is, it's like, kind
of like fate, destiny, or something that
is supposed to happen.

114. Butterfly effect

115. across: having repercussions in all

directions.
116. come together: everything
combining in a single story.
117. serendipitous: at the right place, at
the right time.

CHAD: Yeah. It's like something that's,

like, too perfect to happen, that's like,
wow, this is just too much of a
coincidence to be just a coincidence.
JUSTIN: Carl Jung, the psychologist,
talks about this synchronicity118. So,
when, kind of when you're on your
path, then, the things start to happen,
serendipitous things, where you meet
the right person at the right time, the
Universe sort of conspires119 to make
things happen120.

118. synchronicity: happening at the

exact right moment, with perfect
timing.
119. conspire: to plan something against
someone.

120. make things happen: to make

become a reality.

CHAD: Exactly, yeah.

JUSTIN: And that's serendipity.
CHAD: Yeah. Great word. That's going
to be the word of the day, I love that
word, serendipitous.
JUSTIN: Yeah, so, check it out, Touch,
Fight of the Conchords.
CHAD: Yeah, Flight of the Conchords.
I'm going to link, like, a video from
Flight of the Conchords, onto the show
notes, just so you guys get a feel for121
it.
JUSTIN: What does "get a feel for"
mean?
CHAD: To get a feel for something is,
maybe, just, you see a little bit of it,
just to kind of understand what it's all
about. Just to get a feel for it.
JUSTIN: To get, like, an intuitive
feeling for it.
CHAD: Exactly, yeah, just to see if you
can connect with them or not, just
from seeing a little bit.
JUSTIN: Yeah, this was actually in the
last transcript.
CHAD: It was.

121. get a feel for: to become familiar

with something.

JUSTIN: Yeah.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: But we will link some other
articles we've written about this,
Ethan, our other partner in crime122 in
RealLife English, he wrote an article
about this, recommending a bunch
of123 different shows, TV shows, for
learners.

122. partner in crime: the friend that

together with you gets in some kind of
trouble, and then laugh about it.

CHAD: Nice.
JUSTIN: Different kinds of TV shows.
That about wraps it up124, right?
CHAD: That does, I think it about
wrapped it up for today's conversation
topic. You're ready for the question?
JUSTIN: Let's do it.
CHAD: Let's do it.

CHAD: Ok, so, today's question is the

difference between meet and know,
and there is a lot of things behind this,

123. a bunch of: a lot of.

124. wrap up: to finish something.

why people confuse these two words?

So, Justin, what's the original, what's
the definition of meet and how's that
different to know, in just a very simple
explanation?
JUSTIN: Ok. Nice to meet you, I'm
Justin.
CHAD: Oh, hey, Justin, nice to... I've
met you, man, we've talked, my man?
we've been working1 together for a
long time now.
JUSTIN: Because to meet somebody is
to meet them for the first time. To
know somebody is to be familiar with
that person, or that thing.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: So, I met Chad 4 years ago. I
have known him for four years.
CHAD: Exactly, yeah. So, yeah, meet
and know, in that case, you're always
going to use know, generally, in the
present perfect, then, right? I have
known you.
JUSTIN: Or I could say "I know Chad."
CHAD: You know me, yeah.
JUSTIN: Yeah.
CHAD: Exactly.

1.we've been working: weev-bin-workin

JUSTIN: You can also use "get to

know2." Get to know is a process of
knowing somebody, getting3 to know
somebody.
CHAD: Yeah. So, maybe, if you are, I
don't know4, if you are looking for a
new girlfriend, or a new boyfriend, you
might want to just wait a little while,
get to know the person, before you
start dating5 or...
JUSTIN: Yeah, and also, you can6 use
it for a place, for example. So, for
example, I went to So Paulo last
weekend, but it took me a few days to
get to know So Paulo. I still don't
know So Paulo very well, but I'm
getting to know7 So Paulo.
CHAD: So you know, like, you know
where things are, you know how to8
use the transport there, you know the
good places to go to eat, and things
like this. You know the city9, or you're
getting to know the city.
JUSTIN: And so, a couple of mistakes
people make, for example, with know,
are "Hey," you know, "I knew you
yesterday."
CHAD: Yeah, exactly, yeah.
JUSTIN: I knew that person, it means,
wait, you don't know that person
anymore?

2. get to know: the process of knowing a

person or a place better with time and
experience.
3. getting: ged-din

4. I don't know: I-dunno

5. dating: day-ding

6. you can: you-kin

7. getting to know: ged-ding-tah-no

8. how to: how-tah

9. city: ci-dee

Get to know Perth City

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CHAD: Yeah, it's like I knew him

yesterday, but now, I don't know who
he is. Who are you, man?
JUSTIN: So, you met them before.
CHAD: Maybe if I had Alzheimer's10.
JUSTIN: Or, maybe, if the person dies,
you knew them.

10. Alzheimer's: A disease which causes

memory loss, common amongst older
people.

CHAD: Exactly, yeah.

JUSTIN: So...
CHAD: Two very morbid examples, in
that case.
JUSTIN: Another, another mistake
that people make is like "Hey, do you
know So Paulo?"
CHAD: Yeah, people make that
mistake all the time.
JUSTIN: It's more like "have you been11
to So Paulo?"
CHAD: Yeah... That's one of those12
things that I just don't think it probably
translates very well into any other
language. I think English is very unique
in the way we use that "have you been
to."
JUSTIN: Yeah, because "do you know"
is more like "are you familiar with the
city?," do you, "have you gotten to

11. Been: bin

12. one of those: one-ov-those

know So Paulo?"
CHAD: Yeah. But also, obviously, know
is always used for, uhm, you know,
knowledge and also, you know, like...
So, know, you can know a place, you
can know a person and you can also
know information. Meet, you can only
really meet a person.
JUSTIN: You can meet up13, you can
get together with14 somebody, you
can... So, you have, you meet
somebody for a date, a romantic date,
right? You can meet somebody for a
meeting15.

13. meet up: to organize a friendly

encounter with friends
14. get together with: the act of meeting
and being with friends and colleagues
15. meeting: mee-ding

CHAD: It's where the word meeting

comes from, probably.
JUSTIN: Yeah, so, it's like a business
meeting. Or you can meet up with
somebody to hangout16.

16. hangout: to spend time leisurely with

friends

CHAD: Ok.
JUSTIN: What do you say if you just,
like, if you see somebody in the street,
if you see a friend, what do you call
that?
CHAD: I would say, I would use the
phrasal verb to bump into17.
JUSTIN: I would say to run into18.
CHAD: Run into, bump into...

17. bump into: to meet someone

unexpectedly on the street
18. run into: to meet someone
unexpectedly on the street

JUSTIN: So, a lot of people make the

mistake, they say, like, "oh, I met," you
know, "I met Ethan in the street."

Schwarzenegger
Bumps into Stallone in
hospital:

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: But it would be19 I ran into
him.
CHAD: Yeah,
19. it would be: it-ud-be

JUSTIN: To meet somebody is more

like a plan, right? That's a lot of
information, but, luckily we have an
episode of RealLife TV teaching this,
so, we're going to20 link it here in the
show notes, in the transcript.
CHAD: Yeah, and also the transcript,
it'll help you to understand everything,
because21 we're going to give
definitions to all the words, you have
everything that we're talking about is
written, so you can follow the podcast
and listen to it at the same time.

See Episode of RealLife TV

about
MEET and KNOW
20. we're going to: wir-gonna

21. because: coz

JUSTIN: Heck yeah.

CHAD: Heck yeah, boy! So, that pretty
much22 wraps up23 the whole podcast
for today, we hope you guys enjoyed
it.
JUSTIN: It was24 fun being here.
CHAD: It was fun being here, right? Ok
guys, so today we're going to play you
out with a song by The Flight of the

22. pretty much: more or less; used

before verbs and prepositions as an
adverb
23. wraps up: to finish

24. It was: t-waz

Conchords, like we mentioned earlier,

it's a TV show about two guys from
New Zealand, who moved to the
United States to, to launch25 their
career as musicians, but... It's actually
a TV series based on them there, and a
lot of the songs that they sing are
actually from the TV series, so, we're
going to link you to the video in the
show notes and the transcript, so
check it out26, because it's also a little
bit of the TV series, you get some
insight into the TV series, you get a
feel for it, if you know what I mean27,
we talked about that today... So, check
it out, I hope you guys really enjoy it,
thanks a lot for being here today, you
will hear from us next week on the next
RealLife English podcast. Aww yeah!

25. launch: to start their career with an

explosive effect

26. check it out: look at it

27. if you know what I mean: slang

expression used to see if the person you
are talking to is following what you are
saying

Flight of the Conchords:

JUSTIN: Aww yeah!

Lyrics
"Were Both in Love with a Sexy Lady"
Flight of the Conchords
Lyrics:
I think I've fallen in love with a girl, it's serious.
Ooh, that's great news, Bret, tell me about that girl that's so serious.
Well, I don't really know her.
Ooh, that don't sound so serious.
It's serious, I'm delirious.

Sounds serious.
Yeah.
That's cool, I met a new girl too.
Have you?
Yeah.
One of those girls you met on the 'net?
No, we really met.
Well, that's great news, what's she like? What does she do?
All I know, dog, is that she's careless with her dog.
I'm not sure what she does, except she makes me want her.
She makes me want to get on top of her.
Oh, that sounds great, man, that's sounds great, hey, wait.
What?
Maybe I'm crazy, but when did you meet this lady?
Just then.
When?
Then.
Right then?
Right then.
Where?
There.
Over there?
Over there.
Over there there?
Over there there there.
Just now?
Just now.
How'd you meet your lady?
I was going for a jog then she lost a dog.
I was running in the area and she lost a terrier.
Was this about forty seconds ago?
No, about forty-three seconds ago.
Ooooh, no, oh no.
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
No, no, what?
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
No, I'm thinking what I'm thinking.
So you're not thinking what I'm thinking?
No, 'cause you're thinking I'm thinking what your thinking.
Are you talking about a girl with a beautiful smile?
Yeah.
Like strawberry wine?

Yeah, yeah.
Blueberry track suit pants?
White chocolate skin?
And socks?
That sounds like her.
Hang on a minute, stop the track.
Eugene, stop the track.
Do you mean the girl who came up to us when we were running in the
park just now and she was looking for her epileptic dog?
Yeah, that's the girl.
Was her name Brahbrah?
No, I think it was Barbara.
Her name was Brahbrah.
It was Barbara, there's no such name as Brahbrah.
It's Brahbrah.
It's Barbara.
It was Brahbrah.
Barbara.
Brahbrah.
Barbara.
Brahbrah.
Barbara, Barbara.
Brah.
Bret, she was looking at me.
No, she was looking at me.
Bret, she was looking at me, she had her eye on my knee.
Dog, I'm sorry, she had her eye on my guns.
Are you loco? She was checking out my buns.
No, bro, she had her eye on me.
She had her eye on me.
Well, how could she have her eye on both of us?
Wait a minute, you talking about the girl with the lazy eye?
I think she might have had a slightly lazy eye.
We're both in love with a sexy lady with an eye that's lazy
The girl that's fly with a wonky eye
She's smoking with an eye that's broken, I think it's hot
The way she looks left a lot
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We're both in love with a sexy lady with an eye that's lazy
The girl that's fly with a wonky eye (Put your lazy eye on me, girl)
She's smoking with an eye thats broken, I think it's hot
The way she looks left a lot
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah