Catch Word #264 – In stitches

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Who doesn’t like to have a good laugh? In this Catch Word episode, Kassy and Andrew teach you some useful expressions that help you to talk about comedy and things in your life that make you laugh a lot. Catch Word is the Culips vocabulary series for intermediate and advanced English language learners that will help you improve your listening and speaking skills. At the same time, you’ll be able to increase your vocabulary by learning some useful and important expressions that English speakers use in their everyday lives. Fun facts Most laughter is not about humor, but rather about relationships between people. We are 30 times more likely to laugh in a social situation than when we are alone (with no books, TV, or other gadgets around to make us laugh). Expressions included in the study guide In stitches To crack [someone] up To overexert oneself To catch one’s breath To take [something] to heart A real character 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: Priscilla Du Preez (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie. And this is the
0:08.2	Qulips English podcast. Hey guys, welcome back to Kuleps. You're listening to Catch Word, which is our series for
0:22.4	intermediate and advanced English
0:24.4	learners where we teach you idioms or phrasal verbs or expressions that will help
0:30.5	improve your English listening and speaking.
0:33.6	And today I'm joined by my trusty co-host Cassie.
0:37.4	Hello, Cassie.
0:38.9	Hi Andrew and hi listeners.
0:41.4	So everyone, we've got a great vocabulary lesson lined up for you today.
0:47.0	The topic is how to talk about comedy and laughing.
0:52.0	And Andrew and I will teach you two idiomatic expressions that
0:56.7	are perfect to use when you're talking about funny people or funny things that
1:01.3	make you laugh.
1:03.0	Yes, that is right.
1:05.0	And the two key expressions that will teach you in this episode, everyone,
1:09.3	are to have you in stitches, or sometimes we say to be in stitches, both are okay, both mean the same thing.
1:17.5	So to have you in stitches, the first expression, and the second expression is to crack you up.
1:25.0	To crack you up.
1:26.8	And I love laughing.
1:28.2	I love funny things.
1:29.4	I love comedy.
1:30.2	So I use these idioms all the time when I'm describing funny people and funny things.
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