Catch Word #277 – Hit the fan

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Suzanne introduce two expressions to help you describe challenging situations in English: "To hit the fan" and "Everything's gone south." These phrases are helpful for expressing when things aren't going well. By listening to this episode, you’ll learn what they mean, how to use them, and where they come from. Join Andrew and Suzanne to master these expressions and boost your English skills!

What You Will Learn

* What "To hit the fan" and "Everything's gone south" mean.
* How these expressions are used in everyday conversations, especially at work or in personal situations.
* Discover why English speakers use these expressions and how they reflect everyday experiences.
* Get advice on using these expressions correctly in your own English conversations.

How This Episode Will Help You

* Add useful expressions to your English vocabulary.
* Practice using these idioms naturally, making your English sound more fluent.
* Understand the cultural context behind these expressions, helping you connect better with English speakers.
* 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 everyone. My name is Andrew. Hey guys, I'm Suzanne. And this is the
0:07.9	Q-Lips English podcast.
0:11.6	Hello. Hello and welcome to another episode of Catch Word everyone. The series from Culeps that teaches
0:21.0	you idioms, phrasal verbs, or English expressions that will help you sound more
0:26.2	natural and fluent. I'm here with my co-host Suzanne. Hello Suzanne, how's it going?
0:31.8	Yay, hi Andrew, it's been so long.
0:35.0	Hi listeners, I'm doing well.
0:38.0	I hope you guys are all doing well too.
0:41.0	And before we get started, we want to give a shout out to our
0:44.6	Kuleps members. Being a member gives you access to tons of great benefits like
0:50.8	ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to our member only series, the fluency files.
0:57.0	That's right, and everyone for this episode and actually for all of our cube-lops
1:05.0	episodes we've got a special interactive transcript that lets you follow along with
1:09.6	the audio which makes it easier to understand and learn the expressions that will be
1:14.3	teaching you here in this episode. Yeah and don't forget about the helpful study
1:20.0	guide which is designed to help you get the most out of each episode with clear
1:25.1	explanations, usage examples, a quiz and practice exercises. That's right so if you're interested in becoming a QLPS member so that you can get the interactive transcript and the helpful study guide for this episode and for all of our episodes then you can visit our website
1:45.4	QLips.com and sign up today. Yeah your support helps keep us making great
1:52.0	lessons for English learners just like you.
1:55.7	And speaking of great lessons, we've got a fun one for you today.
2:00.5	Actually, these expressions are ones that we use when things are not going so well.
2:07.0	Yes, I think everyone has been in this kind of situation before, right, Suzanne, you have a project maybe that you're working on and you're
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