Words to Know

• Standing up - when all of your weight is on your feet, not sitting
• Bimonthly - two times a month
• Pissed off - angry
• Legit - short for legitimate 
• Upset - sad
• Old chestnut - something you've heard many times before
• Lipstick - makeup that you put on your mouth
• Shovel - a tool used to dig into the ground
• Boogie board - a small board used to catch waves
• Swoop - to move rapidly down through the air
• Mercy - showing someone compassion instead of punishing them
• Chop - to cut through something

News

•  Trevor is moving to Rio and will start the Real Life English Party and other events there. If you want to meet up with Trevor and have a coffee, beer, açaí, coconut water or whatever, send him an email at Trevor@RealLifeBH.com

Shout Outs

• Marcelo Moreira from Belo Horizonte, Brazil—5 star iTunes review
• Alex Rivera from El Salvador, @alexrivera210

Question

• Sometimes the verb "to come" can be used as the word "to go." For example, "I'm coming with you," not "I'm going with you." Why is this? 
• See the article on How to Use the Word "Go" for more info.

Expressions

• Put two and two together
• The whole nine yards
• One fell swoop
• Back to square one
• 101

Tip

•  Mimic Method by Idahosa 

Joke

•  The two rules for success

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Song

Can I Kick It? by a Tribe Called Quest

Return from Expressions related to NUMBERS to Real Life English ESL Podcasts

Words to Know

• Silky- Something made from silk, typical with lingerie
• Undergarments- Underwear
• Dope - Cool
• A bunch -  A lot
• Reckless- To do something without caring about others safety
• Hatchet- A small ax used to cut down small trees
• Bury- Put something in a hole in the ground and cover with dirt
• Bearer of bad news- The person who holds bad news
• Blame- To accuse someone of something
• Drug money- Money made from selling drugs
• Break into- Enter somewhere using force of breaking doors
• On the bench- In sports, when a player is not on the field
• Wrap up- To finish
• In the flesh- In person
• Scottish- Someone from Scotland
• Pull a muscle- Hurt your musscle when doing physical activity

News

• Movie marathon
• Learn Englih with Music - Help us make the E-book
• Google hangout this week

Shout Outs

• RLE is MEGA DOPE! -- 5 star iTunes review (myonlinenglishteacher16 from the Philippines)

Question

•  Why do I see YET used as BUT?

Expressions

• Dodge a bullet
• Bury the Hatchet
• Don’t Shoot the messenger
• Pull out the big guns
• Cross swords

Tip

• NPR application google chrome extension - Get it here!

Joke

•  "So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?" Check out Billy Connely

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Song

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Words to Know

• Rays - Short for "sun rays"
• Porch - the front of a house or building
• Chillin' out - slang for not doing much
• Gang - a group of people
• Insightful - smart
• Picnic - a meal eaten outdoors, usually at a park
• Guru - a spiritual teacher
• Açaí - a delicious Brazilian fruit
• Hatch - an opening allowing passage from one side to another
• Pour - to cause a liquid to flow out from a container
• Sorbet - a dessert containing frozen fruit, similar to ice cream
• Grammys - awards for music
• Emmys - awards for movies
• Sock - what you put on your feet before before your shoes
• Sleeves - the part of your shirt that touches your arm
• Expose - to make visible
• Speech - a discourse given to an audience
• Mess - something that is dirty or disorganized
• Fair weather friend - mentioned in Episode #17 - Expressions related to Weather
• All ears - paying complete attention
• Fire at - shoot at

News

• Hangout III - Using the Internet to Learn English - watch the video or download the audio
• Kiva - Give back to the world by giving microloans to people in developing countries
• Real Life Yoga Picnica - Last yoga picnic for awhile will be this Sunday at 4pm.

Shout Outs

• Taeko Araki, Blog comment
• Kumiko Kunii from Japan, 5 star iTunes revie
• Gustavo Rocha, admin of the polyglot group, Language Learners 
• Max Ahumada, comment from the Hangout 

Question

• What's the difference between "fast" "quick" and "rapid"? by Bob, @roledi, from Mexico City.

Expressions

• Dressed to the nines
• To fit like a glove
• Caught with your pants down
• At the drop of a hat
• Under your belt

Tip

•  Puns

Joke

•  Do what to William??

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Song

 Hip Hop Saved My Life by Lupe Fiasco

Words to Know

• Burp- to expel gas from the stomach from mouth
• Push up- movement used to workout your chest and arms
• Full house- the place was very crowded
• Head over- go to 
• Figure out- to solve a problem
• Pound down- to drink a lot very quickly
• Brainwash- make someone believe what you want them to believe
• From the bottom of my heart- with total sincerity
• Bullet- metal that you shoot out of a gun
• Tie down- use rope to hold something still
• Drug addict- someone addicted to drugs
• Free solo rock climbing- rock climbing with no ropes; check out Alex Honnald
• Fairy- small mythical woman who flies
• Splatter- to splash with small blobs
• My old man- my dad, father

News

• Real Life Twitter has over 40,000 followers
• The RLE party was a huge success
• The RLE party will be in Rio in the near future 
• The second last yoga picnic

Shout Outs

• Natalia - Russia 
• Monettchi - USA
• Vinicius Arcanjo - Brazil

Question

•  What's the difference between "earn" and "win?"

Expressions

•  A loose cannon
• Are you out of your mind?
• Have a bone to pick with someone
• Away with the fairies
• The shit hits the fan

Tip

• Learn English with music and help the world. See here 

Joke

•  Knock, knock... who's there?? Interrupting cow (what is a knock knock joke?)

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Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUXsWcwjwvw

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Words to Know

• Stick around - stay 
• Slackline - a balancing game (see picture)
• Face to face meetup - meeting in person
• Deduction - to have arrived at a fact by logic
• Descendant - a blood relative of an older person
• Get back on track - get back on the correct path
• Get it on - have sex
• Wallet - where people keep their money when walking around
• Run over - when a vehicle drives over something
• Keep it real - be real, be true, be cool

News

• The Real Life English Party will be this Saturday starting at 5pm at Devassa in Savassi.
• Yoga Picnic this Sunday at 4pm
• We had our second Google Hangout, join the newsletter to learn about any future hangouts
• The RLE Facebook community is blowing up!

Shout Outs

• Leandra Clara from Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Cecilia B. Silveira-Marroquin from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Zakaria Ledda
• Jorgevinotinto from Canada
• Tanja Alberndorfer from Austria
• Tomek from Poland

Question

•  How to use the word "get."

Expressions

• To see through someone
• Lead astray
• Lead someone on
• See it to believe it
• Light at the end of the tunnel

Tip

• Preposition article related to Location and Movement

Joke

•  Confucius say...

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Song

Zebra by John Butler