Catch Word #254 – In for a rude awakening

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🗓️ 4 December 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Would you like to have a bombshell dropped on you? That sounds pretty bad, but don’t worry, our hosts Andrew and Suzanne are here to explain expressions you can use when you’re shocked at hearing big news. In this Catch Word episode, the two main expressions are to drop a bombshell and a rude awakening. Do you think you know what they mean? Give the episode a listen and find out! With the Catch Word series, Culips works hard to provide intermediate and advanced English language learners with fun and interesting content so they can improve their English fluency. Fun facts One of the main expressions from this episode is a rude awakening. Although unrelated to this expression, you might want to check out the Academy Award–nominated 1990 movie called Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robert Williams. It’s a touching movie about a doctor’s relationships while helping his catatonic patients. If you see it, tell us what you think! Expressions included in the study guide To drop a bombshell To be set for life Across town A rude awakening A hard pill to swallow Out of [one’s] league Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Andrew. Hey guys I'm Suzanne. And this is the
0:08.0	Q-Lips English podcast. Welcome back to Kuleps everyone. This is Catch Word, the series for intermediate and advanced English
0:22.2	learners where we teach you idioms or phrasoverbs
0:26.0	or expressions that will help improve your English listening and speaking.
0:30.9	Now today's episode is all about shocking news and we're going to teach you a couple
0:36.7	of expressions you can use when talking about surprising or shocking situations. And to help me teach this lesson I'm joined by my co-host
0:46.2	Suzanne. Hey there Suzanne. Hey Andrew, hey everyone. We're going to kick this
0:52.4	episode off with a shout out to one of our listeners from Russia,
0:58.0	Marina Antonova, who left us a great review and five star rating on Apple Podcasts.
1:07.0	Marina wrote,
1:08.0	Thank you for the lucid explanations and great examples.
1:12.0	All the vocabulary I learn with you sticks in my mind and
1:16.5	stays. Kuleps is undoubtedly worth listening to. Wow an amazing review Suzanne. Yeah, thank you, Marina. Yes, thank you so
1:27.8	much for that awesome review Marina and we're happy to hear that you're able to
1:32.4	improve your English with us.
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