RealLife English: Learn and Speak Confident, Natural English
Welcome to the RealLife English podcast! For over 10 years, RealLife English has helped millions of learners just like you from virtually every country to go beyond the classroom and live, speak and master English in the Real World. We’ve been able to do this through our unique method: The RealLife Way, which consists of three simple, but powerful components: Mindset: How to think like a successful English speaker Method: How to live, speak and master English in the Real World Mastery: How to become a confident Global Citizen In this podcast, you will listen to fun, relevant and dynamic English conversations with me and other experienced fluency coaches. These lessons are designed to help you become a confident, natural English speaker AND Global Citizen. You will learn: - The vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms, and slang that you ACTUALLY need to know - How to understand fast-spoken English from various native and advanced non-native fluency coaches - Native pronunciation and Connected Speech (How natives reduce, cut and connect the sounds) And so much more! By the way, to get the best experience with our podcast, we highly recommend you listen to it on the RealLife English App. With every episode you get a full, interactive transcript and vocabulary definitions. That way, you won’t miss a single thing! Just search for RealLife English in your favorite app store. Subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss a single new episode. Aww yeah! Download the App: https://reallifeglobal.com/app/

Words to Know

  • Laundry - cleaning your dirty clothes
  • Sin - an immoral act
  • Craving - a powerful desire for something
  • Gross - unattractive, disgusting, ugly
  • Plastered - very drunk
  • Posh - upperclass, elegant. (British English)
  • Mischief - harm or trouble caused by someon
  • Mayhem - violent or damaging disorder or chaos
  • Big deal - something important
  • Aight - a slang way to say "alright"
  • Daydream - a series of pleasant thoughts that distract's your attention.

News

  • 25,000 followers on Twitter.
  • Because of all the followers on Twitter, Trevor cannot respond to everyone's tweets. If you'd want to make sure your question is answered, please send an email to Trevor at RealLifeBh dot com.
  • Adir Ferriera from transparent.com and adirferriera.com.br  is coming to Belo Horizonte for the next Real Life English PARTY on April 27th.

Shout Outs

Questions

  • The difference between "will" and "won't" by @AhlamAlfaify from Saudi Arabia

Expressions

  • Looking over your shoulder

  • Up in arms

  • Get your knickers in a twist/get your panties in a bunch

  • To have a go at someone

  • Something on your mind

Joke

Pain in the ass - A small irriation

Connect

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.

  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.

  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: trevor@reallifebh.com

Song

Start Wearing Purple by Gogol Bordello

Direct download: RLEP_-_Episode_14_-_Expressions_related_to_DISTRESS.mp3
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Words to know:

Crook- Sick in Australian English

under the weather-  Expression for being sick

Fasting- To spend a long time not eating

working out- Training at the guy, doing weights

buff- A strong persons with defined muscles

Spice up- Make something more interesting (figurative)

Give it a kick- Add something to make it stronger/better

Spokesman- A person who speaks to represent a company or country etc.

Moonwalk- To walk on the moon, famous Michael Jackson dance

Dirty Harry- Famous movie with Clint Eastwood
Coconut water-
The only thing Trevor needs to be satisfied

Stride- Walking with long steps to look cool

Fist pump-  Celebratory punch in the air  

On cloud nine- To be euphorically happy

Hold you down-  To be restricted to do something

Legit- Seems to be true or of good value (slang from the word legitimate)

Clunky- Awkwardly heavy or clumsy

News

Trevor apologizes for not responding to tweets in the last week, we've been working hard on the Real Life English Fluency+ Course .

Shout Outs

  • @englishrt
  • @aaali69
  • Aline (a comment from video #2 of the free RLE mini-course.)
  • Afifa Sayyida (a comment from video #2 of the free RLE mini-course.)

Expressions

  • Make someone's day
  • Jump for joy
  • Over the moon
  • Top of the world, walking on sunshine
  • Walking on air

Tip

Ted.com - How Body Language Changes Who You Are

Joke

Keep your mouth shut.

Connect

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.

  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.

  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast!

If you know some ways we can make the podcast better, please send us an email: trevor@reallifebh.com

Song

Clint Eastwood by the Gorillaz

Direct download: RLEP_-_Episode_13_-_Expressions_about_Happiness.mp3
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podcast life picWords to Know

  • Tease - something to tempt you to stay until the end of the podcast
  • Shout outs - saying positive things to people who aren't with you
  • Mic - (pronounced mike) short for microphone
  • Such a shame - so unfortunate
  • Bottom of my heart - with sincerity
  • Step above - more advanced
  • Fluke - an accident
  • Dish - a dish with food. For example, what's your favorite dish?
  • Chili - a tomato-based dish that generally has beans, corn, meat, and cheese. (see pic)
  • Cut off - to separate completely with a knife.
  • Play on words - A joke that uses words that have two meanings.

News

Shout Outs

Questions

  • Shawty, what's that word mean? by Laura Ruslan, Indonesia ‏‪@Lau‬rafadilah

Expressions

  • Larger than life
  • Life's a bitch
  • The best things in life are free
  • That's the way the cookie crumbles
  • Living life in the fast lane.

Tip

Practice your listening skills and learn English with Music LyricsTraining.com 

Connect 

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.

  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.

  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: trevor@reallifebh.com 

Song

Day in The Life by the Beatles

Direct download: RLEP_Episode_12_-_Expressions_with_Life.mp3
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Words to Know

Awesome- another way to say cool
Stick around- to stay in the same place
Morphing- to cut words and mix them, ex. want to/ wanna
With ease- to do something with no difficulty
Sack- a bag generally  used for potatoes
Hay- dried grass usually eaten by farm animals
Nap- a very quick sleep
Snooze- 
another word for sleep
Impulsive
to so something without thinking about it very much
Jab- to punch, can be used to express an insult
Gut- your stomach or belly
Couch- sofa
Misdiagnose- 
to diagnose incorrectly
Misapply-
 to use or apply incorectly
Remedies- 
relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder

News

The Real Life English PARTY is back. We have started our English speaking parties again and we all had an awesome time.

The Real Life English methodology videos are being enjoyed by many of our community members, to watch them sign up here

Shout Outs

Questions

What should I do to learn pronunciation with easy ? Listening music or what? Watching film? Or what? @IGotSooYoung

Expressions

  • To hit the sack
  • Asleep at the wheel
  • Cat nap
  • Sleep on it
  • You snooze you lose

Tip

We tell you how you can meet new people, practice your English and find a place to stay when travelling through COUCH SURFING

Joke

Trevor tells us a funny joke about politics

Connect

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.
  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.
  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: trevor@reallifebh.com

Song


Wiz Khalifa
 - No Sleep

 

Direct download: Expressions_related_to_sleep.mp3
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See full notes with links at realifebh.com/podcasts Episode #10

Words to Know

expressions with time

Well done - another way to say "good job"
Nourish -  to provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition
Punctuality - arriving on time
Meet up - to go to the same location as someone
Tend - regularly or frequently do something
Outcome -  the way things happen
Google hangouts - A way to video chat with 10 people.
Arrow - A weapon that looks like this "—>"
Knights - A soldier from the Middle Ages who often rides on horseback (see photo).
Armor - Metal protection worn by knights to protect their body
Fruit flies - Insects that eat fruit.

News

Real Life English hopes to announce to have another Real Life English Party on Saturday the 23rd in Belo Horizonte.

Also the three part video series of the Real Life English Learning Methodology has begun to release. This is only available for our subscribers. Click here to join.

Shout Outs

Questions

  • “I’ve always wanted to know the difference between into and onto. Could you guys please explain? ;)” by Arne Saknvessemm @saknvssemm
  • “How do we use the word "ain't" ? I still don't understand. Thx for your help :D.” by Riyan @apriyannto

Expressions

  • Time flies when you're having fun
  • Better late than never
  • Long time no see
  • Behind the times
  • Time will tell

Tip

Find a partner to do an English exchange for free on verbling.com

Connect

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.
  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.
  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.

If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could visit our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: trevor@reallifebh.com

Song

Time Will Tell by Bob Marley 

Direct download: Expressions_with_time.mp3
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Chad and Trevor teach you all about 5 new expressions you're going to to love! Plus some cool tips and joke.

Words to know

Drop- when something fall, in this case the weather
Stay tuned- continue listening
Bite size- A small size to make it easy
Rocks- When something is cool and of good quality
Bloke/Sheila- Australian slang for man/woman
Move on- To continue
Bad breath- When your mouth doesn't smell good, often from eating garlic
Awkward- Uncomfortable with a person or situation
Forro- Brazilian partner dance
Ease your way in- Enter in a slow and gradual speed
Dope- Slang word for really cool, can be used to speak about marajuana
Mischief- Bad things, usually done by kids
Get away with something- To escape a situation without being punished

Expressions

  • Like a fish out of water
  • Blow something out of the water
  • Water under the bridge
  • To be in deep water
  • To dive into something

News

Justin tells about the new Real Life English T.V. 

Tip
Learn English with the Fluency MC

Joke
We talk about Rodney Dangerfield and give you some of his classic jokes

Connect:

  • Follow us on Twitter: receive daily tweets about phrasal verbs, slang, grammar exercises, quotes, jokes, and music videos with lyrics.
  • Like our Facebook Page: receive the daily expressions and other great English tips.
  • Join our Facebook Group: join the daily English discussions with our 4,500+ teachers and learners from over 50 countries.
Direct download: Episode__9_-_Expressions_involving_water.mp3
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Learn 5 new expressions with Chad and Trevor. Also, a new tip about how to practice if you don't live in an Englihs speaking country, the diference between "get up" and "wake up" and all the RLE news.

Expressions:

Get the hang of something
Have something hanging over your head
Leave someone hanging
Hang in there
Hang out 

Direct download: Expressions_with_HANG.mp3
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Learn how to say 9 terms that don't translate well into Portuguese from English with Chad and Justin from Real Life English.

These terms are:

Saudades
Voce Sumiu
Quanto Tempo
Namorar
Shopping
Marcar
Combinar
Aceitar
Dar um Jeito 

Direct download: RLE_Podcast_for_Brazilians_1.mp3
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Words to Know:

Watermelon- Delicious fruit, 90% of Trevor’s diet
Undercover- When something is secret, not many people know
A Parody- A copy of a famous video/song
Old English- English used in centuries ago
Hand cuffs- Metal straps used by police officers to hold people’s hands together
Unwritten laws- laws in society that everyone knows even though they’re not official
Carpentry- Working with wood
Midget- A little person, physical ability
Convict- Prisoner
Condescending- To treat someone as if you are superior to them.

News
Josh Plotkin (Brazilian Gringo) The release of GRINGO STYLE

Shout Outs:
Facebook member of the week -  Muhamad Azeem Sayuti

Question
The difference between “Shall” and “Will”

 Expressions with body parts!

  • Cost an arm and a leg
  • The rule of thumb
  • My hands are tied
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
  • On your toes

Joke
Discover the double meaning of “a little condescending.”

Tip
How to listen to any podcast in half speed

Song:

Cold Shoulder by Adele

Direct download: Podcast-expressions_with_body_parts.mp3
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Imrprove your English the Real way with Chad and Trevor from Real Life English. Learn 5 cool new expressions:

- Let your hair down
-Party pooper
-To go all out
-Paint the town red
-Social Butterfly
 

Check out http://reallifebh.com/podcasts for notes on the episode including words to know and links.

Direct download: podcast_party_expressions.mp3
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