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Culips Everyday English Podcast

Catch Word #276 – Spruce it up

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8968 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Kassy will teach you two fun expressions to make your English even better: "spruce up" and "deck out." You will learn how English speakers use these expressions to talk about making something look or work better. For example, you might spruce up your clothes for spring or deck out a game room with cool new gadgets. Get ready to "spruce up" your English and "deck out" your vocabulary with this fun and informative episode!

What You Will Learn:

* The meaning of "spruce up" and "deck out"
* How to use these expressions in real life
* Where these expressions come from and why we use them
* Tips for using "spruce up" and "deck out" in your own English conversations









How This Episode Will Help You:

* Learn two new expressions to make your English more natural
* Become more fluent by using expressions English speakers use every day
* Discover how people in the U.S. and Canada "deck out" their houses with lots of lights and decorations for holidays like Halloween and Christmas
* Practice talking about these topics with our community on Discord
* Use the study guide to learn even more related expressions, test your knowledge with a quiz, and practice using the new vocabulary in various contexts

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Transcript

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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. Welcome back to Culeps the podcast that helps you improve your English fluency and

0:16.7

become a better communicator.

0:19.1

This is catchword, the series where we teach you idioms or expressions or phrasal verbs to build and grow your English

0:26.3

vocabulary. Today joining me to help me with this lesson is my trusty co-host, Cassie.

0:32.4

Hey there Cassie, how's it going?

0:34.0

Hey Andrew, I'm doing well and I'm excited for today's episode as always.

0:39.0

Cassie will get started with our episode here in just a moment, but before we do, I want to give a shout

0:45.8

out to all of our amazing Culeps members. Our Culeps members are the people out there who support

0:52.1

us and allow us to keep making English

0:54.0

lessons for everyone each and every week and did you know Cassie that if you are

0:59.6

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1:05.4

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invitation to our monthly member live stream.

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I did know that and I know it's also the best way to take your English learning to the next level.

1:20.0

Plus, your support as a member allows us to keep creating high quality English

1:25.7

lessons each and every week. So guys if you'd like to get the interactive

1:30.0

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1:34.6

plus for all of our other episodes

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and that other bonus content as well,

1:39.4

then just visit our website QLips.com

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