Catch Word #275 – Debbie Downer

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🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were feeling excited and enthusiastic, only for someone to say something that made you feel bad? In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Kassy introduce several useful expressions that you can use to describe these situations. They provide detailed explanations, different usage scenarios, and offer advice on when to avoid using these phrases. You’ll also hear four example conversations featuring these new expressions, which will help you learn how to use them naturally and sound more like a native speaker. What you will learn New Expressions: Learn expressions that communicate the feeling of someone making you less happy or excited. Usage and Context: Understand how and when to use these expressions through detailed explanations. Practical Examples: Listen to four dialogues that use these new expressions, teaching you to apply them in real-life situations. Do's and Don'ts: Learn important advice on situations where these phrases might not be appropriate. How you will improve your English with this episode Bigger vocabulary: Add expressions and phrases to your English vocabulary. Improved understanding: Learn about subtle emotional nuances in English conversations. Natural conversation skills: Practice these expressions through examples, making your English sound more fluent and native-like. The best way to learn with this lesson Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, and ad-free audio for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member. Become a Culips member now: Click here. Members can access the ad-free version here: Click here. Join our Discord community to connect with other learners and get more English practice. Click here to join.

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone my name's Andrew and I'm Cassie and this is the
0:07.6	Culeps English podcast
0:18.7	hello friends Hello friends. Welcome back to another catch word episode. We're back with catch word and if you're new to the series let me briefly explain what it is.
0:23.6	Catchword is our series for intermediate and advanced English learners,
0:28.0	where we teach you idioms, phrasoverbs, and expressions that will help improve your
0:32.3	English listening and speaking.
0:34.0	Helping me today with this episode is my co-host, Cassie.
0:38.0	Hello, Cassie.
0:39.0	Hey Andrew and hey listeners.
0:41.0	So everyone, today's episode is like Andrew said a
0:46.4	catch word and these phrases are one phrases I use all the time and two they're
0:52.2	pretty fun so let me give you a little scenario
0:55.7	before we tell you the phrases. Imagine you're planning this fun weekend
1:01.0	getaway with your friends and you've been looking forward to this for weeks.
1:06.6	You're so excited.
1:08.4	But then one of the people in your group is being so lame. They're finding all these reasons why the trip isn't a good idea.
1:17.0	Like the weather is going to be bad or the hotel is too expensive or they're just so busy there's too much driving like how
1:27.1	would you feel about this person who is you know like making you feel less excited about this trip.
1:34.5	I think we've all experienced that kind of person before Cassie and I can picture
1:38.8	this scenario in my mind very vividly and it's stressing me out to be honest you know one expression that we can use this is kind of a bonus
1:47.8	expression for everybody is to rain on your parade so you have something that you're really excited about, right? You're excited about the trip,
1:57.2	excited to hang out with your friends, and then there's that one member of the group that's complaining. That person is raining on your parades. You know, a parade is one of those kind of almost like a street festival, right? This kind of celebration that happens outside, but you can't have a very good time outside in the sun and with
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