37 - Dating

Words You'll Learn

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

Words to Know

• 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

News

• RealLife Halloween party in Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro

Shout Outs

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

Question

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

Expressions

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

Tip

• Learn with RealLife 1 minute videos. See here 

Joke

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

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Song

Flight of the Concords - If you're in to

 

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