Bonus episode #173 – A Tale of FOMO
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt the fear of missing out on something exciting? In this bonus episode, Andrew talks about FOMO, finding yourself in a funk, exercising your green thumb, and growing your own food. Listen along to learn some vocabulary that will help make your English more natural and to improve your listening fluency.
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English Expressions featured in this episode
- FOMO
- On the ball
- To full send (it)
- To throw your hat into the ring
- To keep your eyes peeled
- To mull (something) over
- To hit (someone) like a ton of bricks
- To snap (yourself) out of (something)
- In a funk
- Green thumb
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to bonus episode number 173 of the Culep's English podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | How's it going? |
| 0:08.0 | Thank you for clicking play and joining me for this English lesson today. |
| 0:12.6 | My name's Andrew. |
| 0:13.7 | I will be your host and your study buddy. |
| 0:16.0 | And I hope you are ready to have a great English learning session here with me today. |
| 0:21.6 | If you're new to this series, let me quickly explain what it's all about. |
| 0:25.2 | I just tell you some stories from my everyday life. |
| 0:28.2 | I'm a Canadian, but I live abroad in Seoul, South Korea. |
| 0:31.5 | And I hope that by listening to my stories, you will be able to upgrade your English. |
| 0:37.1 | That's what we're all about here at Culeps is helping you to upgrade your English. That's what we're all about here at |
| 0:38.7 | Culeps is helping you to upgrade your English and to reach that next level with your fluency, |
| 0:44.6 | with your listening comprehension, with your speaking, with your cultural knowledge, with your |
| 0:48.9 | vocabulary, all of these things. To accompany this episode, there is a 100% absolutely free for everyone, interactive transcript |
| 0:58.3 | and vocabulary glossary. |
| 1:00.9 | In my opinion, they're pretty cool study tools, so I definitely recommend checking them out. |
| 1:06.3 | You can check them out just by visiting our website, culeps.com, or by clicking the link in the |
| 1:12.4 | description for this episode. |
| 1:15.0 | Now, if you are a Culeps member, then we're also going to toss in a comprehension quiz. |
| 1:20.0 | So members, make sure to take the quiz after you listen to this episode just to see how much |
| 1:25.3 | you were able to understand. |
| 1:27.2 | And if you'd like to sign up and become a Culeps member yourself, so you can get the |
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