S1E10 - Talking Shop
Jan 06, 2022•8 min
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Episode description
Rahim has trouble understanding an excited Mason at the company BBQ.
Mason is using lots of idiomatic and colloquial language. Let’s see if they can find a way to understand each other before their big karaoke performance! Listen to find out and read along with the transcript here: https://bit.ly/talking-on-the-job-s1e10
Key vocabulary:
to be lit - exciting and fun
to burn the midnight oil - working late into the night
to pick someone’s brain - getting helpful information from someone
to pencil in - making an unconfirmed appointment
to talk shop - talking about work/your job
to blow off steam - releasing tension/destressing
to tear it up - performing with energy and passion
Mason is using lots of idiomatic and colloquial language. Let’s see if they can find a way to understand each other before their big karaoke performance! Listen to find out and read along with the transcript here: https://bit.ly/talking-on-the-job-s1e10
Key vocabulary:
to be lit - exciting and fun
to burn the midnight oil - working late into the night
to pick someone’s brain - getting helpful information from someone
to pencil in - making an unconfirmed appointment
to talk shop - talking about work/your job
to blow off steam - releasing tension/destressing
to tear it up - performing with energy and passion
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