Catch Word #263 – Turn a blind eye

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

There’s always someone in a friend group that’s not very observant. Maybe it takes them too long to understand a joke, or maybe they always say the wrong thing at the wrong time. There are many different phrases in the English language to describe these oblivious kinds of friends. Today, Kassy and Andrew explain two of these expressions: tone-deaf and turn a blind eye. Culips’ Catch Word series teaches you idioms, phrasal verbs, and expressions that help improve your English listening and speaking skills. With Catch Word, you learn common phrases used by native English speakers while listening to a casual, natural conversation. Fun facts When travelling the world, it is very easy to commit a faux pas or act tone-deaf. That’s because each culture has unique social rules and etiquette. Before you travel, it’s always a good idea to look up the common mistakes that tourists make at your destination so that you won’t be a tone-deaf tourist, or accidently commit a faux pas! Expressions included in the study guide Tone-deaf Turn a blind eye Faux pas To be/get roasted Average Joe Grain of truth Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Image: Naomi Suzuki (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie. And this is the
0:08.3	Culeps English podcast. Last. This is Catch Word, the series for intermediate and advanced English learners, where we teach you
0:26.0	idioms, phrasal verbs, and expressions that will help improve your English, listening, and speaking. Today I'm joined by my trusty co-host, Cassie.
0:37.0	Hello, Cassie.
0:39.0	Hey Andrew and hey listeners.
0:41.0	So guys, today we're going to teach you
0:45.2	a couple of expressions that are about not
0:48.7	noticing something or not perceiving something either accidentally or on purpose.
0:57.0	Yes, that is right and the two key expressions that will be teaching in this episode are to be tone deaf and to turn a
1:08.6	blind eye.
1:10.9	One of these expressions we use to describe people who are terrible at noticing something,
1:17.0	maybe it's the vibe or the atmosphere of a situation,
1:21.0	and the other one is used to describe people who can notice the reality of a situation
1:27.4	or notice what the facts are but they choose to ignore them on purpose.
1:34.0	Don't you hate those kind of people, Andrew?
1:36.0	They're the worst.
1:38.0	Yes.
1:39.0	Listeners will realize that after we explain these two phrases.
1:43.0	But before we get started with this episode,
1:46.0	we do want to let you guys know that there is a transcript and study guide
1:51.0	for this episode available to all
1:53.8	QLPS members. We've designed the practice exercises that are in the
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