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‍ ✳️ dead to the world.

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Like many teenage boys, Johnny likes to sleep a lot.  This morning, Johnny's mother noticed that Johnny was going to be late for school.  She went to Johnny's room and listened at the door to hear the alarm clock ringing very loudly.  Johnny's mother knocked and knocked on the door and called his name.  There was no answer.  Johnny's mother opened the door and there was Johnny  sound asleep and...

✳️ dead to the world.

Even with all the noise Johnny did not wake up.
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β–ͺ️ That is actually perfect

That is actually perfect, because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.

'That is actually perfect' means that something has no flaws or it works out really well with how your life is going. Notice the following:

▫️That is actually perfect; I'll come by your house after work.

▫️That is actually perfect; I would love to come with you, as I can't drive.


β–ͺ️ Accidentally

I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem.

To do something 'accidentally' means that you did it by mistake or did not intentionally do it. Notice the following:

▫️I accidentally broke the glass when I was washing the dishes.

▫️She says that she did not mean to lose the keys and that she did it accidentally.


β–ͺ️ Foolishly

I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way.

If you do something 'foolishly,' you do it in a way that is not very intelligent because you don't any better or because you do it without thinking. Notice the following:

▫️I foolishly tried to get the dish out the oven without using oven gloves.

▫️She foolishly told her friends, and soon the whole school knew her secret.


β–ͺ️ Set me back

How much will that set me back?

When you ask someone how much something will 'set you back,' you are informally asking how much it will cost. This form of the question is used mostly between friends. Notice the following:

▫️Financially, how much to you think that will set the company back?

▫️He thinks the new paintwork will set me back around a week's wages.


β–ͺ️ We may have a deal

That sounds like we may have a deal.

'We may have a deal' means that you and someone else might be able to agree on a type of exchange. You can say 'we have a deal' when you agree with the price or conditions that someone suggests to sell you a service or an item. Notice the following:

▫️If you can give me a few days to think about it, then we may have a deal.

▫️If you can add a free laptop bag into the price, then I think we may have a deal.
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🎧 Vision Concerns

Mike talks about why he has limited eyesight and steps he has taken to fix it.


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🎧 Eye Surgery

Mike talks about his eye surgery and what happens to vision after an operation.


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🎧Personal Finance Anitia talks about savings, retirement, and sharing money in a marriage. #Podcast_Transcript πŸ†” T.me/English_Union
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTodd: Anita, I thought we would talk about money and investments.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏAnita: OK.

Todd: So, you're pretty young.

Anita: Yes.

Todd: And how old are you?

Anita: I am 23.

Todd: 23, so that's very young. So as a young person, do you think about your future and saving and retirement?

Anita: I think about my immediate future. I'm not too worried about my retirement just yet, simply because I think you never know : will you retire? will you not retire? I mean, sometimes people get so caught up planning for retirement and saving money for retirement and they don't get to enjoy their life.

Todd: Right. But I think, like, I'm getting older. I'm 37 right, so...

Anita: That's still young.

Todd: It's still fairly young, but I think everybody that's my age wishes we had started saving when we were your age.

Anita: I agree. I agree. I'm not thinking about retirement but I'm definitely thinking about my immediate future. What will I do after university? Because right now, I'm a graduate student. When I was an undergraduate, I never thought about saving. I just was worried about paying monthly bills, paying my rent, things like that, so I was worried about having enough money to pay the current expenses. I wasn't worried about savings, but now that I'm a graduate student and I'm about to finish my education, I have to think about what will I do after university. Where will I go? If I look for a job, maybe I will have to travel somewhere. Maybe there will be a period of time when I will not have a job, so that, yes, I am worried about, so right now I'm thinking about savings for that part of my life.

Todd: Now, Anita, you're married, correct?

Anita: Yes.

Todd: So is finances something that you normally talk with your husband or is it something that you still are used to doing separately and independently?

Anita: No, no, no. We have joint accounts. Any financial things we discuss.

Todd: Right, yeah, cause I think especially with marriage, that's probably always one of the main things is money.

Anita: You see, for me personally, I don't think how I could... I cannot imagine that I would be married to somebody and have two separate bank accounts: one for him and one for me. I don't think that would work for me personally.

Todd: Yeah, it does actually sound strange.

Anita: Because then, think about it, if you go for dinner with your husband, who pays?

Todd: Right.

Anita: And if it's him paying all the time, well that's not fair towards him, so I think once you're in the marriage together, once you're doing everything together, you might as well be saving and spending together as well.

Todd: You're right. That makes perfect sense, but I think in the U.S. nowadays it's common now for couples to have separate checking accounts.

Anita: It is and, even my parents had that for awhile. I personally don't like it because to me it seems like a back door. If somebody had two accounts and their married to me it's a way of saying, "I love you and I'm married to you, but just in case something happens to us, I've got my own account to depend on.

Todd: Great point.

Anita: And to me, personally, I will do my upmost best for my relationship not to get to that point, so because I am not even taking that into consideration, I'm not acting that way right now.

Todd: Well said.
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🎧 New Old Thing

Mel talks about something she recently bought.

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🎧Kiwi Adventure

Monica gives some tips on what to do when visiting her country.

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🎧Farm Life

Todd and Monica discuss the allure of life on the farm.

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🎧 Paul Bunyan

Jakes tells Shirley about a popular folk hero to American school children.


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🎧The Nature of Myths

Jake shares with Shirley why the myth of Paul Bunyan still lives on today.
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🎧 Scary Food

Paul and Todd look at the threat of disease to the food supply and food concerns.


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🎧Living in Melbourne

Shirley talks about her hometown of Melbourne, Australia and why it is a nice place.

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🎧The Weather

Marika talks about the day's weather and about the kinds of weather she likes.

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