Culips English Podcast
Everyday English: idioms, slang and useful vocabulary
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Travel stories
This episode we’re all here sharing our favourite stories from ...
This episode we’re all here sharing our favourite stories from some of our journeys abroad. Andrew talks about an interesting place he visited outside Berlin, Harp tells us about her search for tigers, and Maura shares a story about being lost in Thail...
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That’s sick!
There are tons of negative words that are used as ...
There are tons of negative words that are used as positive slang. We’re looking at a few of the more popular ones in this episode. Andrew and Maura give you their take on sick, mean, and wicked. If you look these words up in the dictionary,
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Word
This time we’re looking at casual ways to agree with ...
This time we’re looking at casual ways to agree with a person. The expressions in this episode are cool casual slang, more often used by younger people. But if you’re older, don’t worry! These expressions can be found in music, movies, and on TV.
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Money
Every place on earth has some sort of money system, ...
Every place on earth has some sort of money system, but everyone does it a little bit differently. Listen to this episode where Harp and Andrew talk about their experiences with money in Canada. They talk about hourly pay and salary,
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Hanging by a thread
Do you use things until they almost stop working and ...
Do you use things until they almost stop working and become useless? Maybe you have a TV that’s hanging on by a thread. Or do you have an old t-shirt that’s on its last legs? This time Andrew and Harp talk about expressions used to describe these kinds...
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Home is where the heart is
Home is a special place, so it makes sense that ...
Home is a special place, so it makes sense that we’ve got a bunch of expressions to talk about it. Andrew and Maura start by explaining the difference between house and home, then review the most popular expression with home.
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Go call your folks
Everyone’s got some kind of parental unit, so there’s gotta ...
Everyone’s got some kind of parental unit, so there’s gotta be some slang to talk about it. We’re talking about mommy and daddy in this episode and reviewing some of the fun names we can call them. We also review some of the standard names for these im...
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You pulled a fast one on me
Do you know someone who always likes to joke around? ...
Do you know someone who always likes to joke around? In this episode, we talk about expressions that can be used to describe when one person tricks another. It could be just for fun, or someone might intentionally try to deceive someone else.
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High school cliques
High school is a special kind of world with all ...
High school is a special kind of world with all different kinds of people. If you’ve ever watched an American movie, you’ll probably recognize some of the characters we talk about here. In this episode, Andrew and Maura talk about high school stereotyp...
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An interview with Roberto
In this episode, we interview Roberto, a Canadian who partly ...
In this episode, we interview Roberto, a Canadian who partly grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, spent 10 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, and is now known as the Vegan Yoga Dude. Roberto and Harp discuss his experiences learning French,
