Hello, English learners. Welcome back to EnglishPod.
My name is Marco. And I'm Erica. And today we're bringing you the next part of our suspense series, The New Guy in Town.
That's right. So we know that Armand wasn't really a vampire, that he was just acting.
And the women aren't quite what they seem in this dialogue.
In the last one, something happened and she transformed into some sort of I don't know, creature, right?
Monster. Right. So now let's see what happens.
So we're not going to preview any vocabulary this time.
Let's just listen to the dialogue and see what happens.
The heck is going on? Did you see that? What was that thing?
I don't know. I'm just glad we made it out.
Look, there's a police car. Help! Help, please!
Please stop! Howdy, ma'am. What seems to be the problem?
Is this man bothering you? Officer, officer.
There is, like, a witch creature back there.
We tied her up, but she broke free, and she was about to have us for dinner.
Okay, calm down, calm down. Let me see your eyes, please.
Have you been drinking tonight, son? We're telling the truth.
She's in there. We suspected her being a kidnapper or a rapist, but turns out she's an alien or something.
Okay, calm down, calm down. Let me see your eyes, please.
Seriously, are you going to help us out or not?
Okay, let's go have a look, shall we? Hello?
Is anyone in there? Be careful. She might be hiding.
It's perfectly safe. There isn't anyone.
Well, I don't think things are turning out very well for our housewives and Armand.
Apparently, the police officer is not going to make it to the next episode.
All right, so we saw some really great vocabulary, and even though it's kind of a scary story, there is a lot of things we can learn, so why don't we take a look at it now in Language Takeaway.
Language takeaway. Well, we're gonna look at five words and phrases here.
And the first one, they described this woman as a kind of creature. creature.
Creature. All right, so what exactly is a creature?
Well, a creature can be any animal. Any animal?
Yeah, like from a mouse to a bird to an insect. or a bug so I can say a bird is a flying creature exactly alright but sometimes we also use it to mean an unknown and scary animal So there's a creature under my bed.
Yes, or some type of creature was attacking me.
Okay, so a creature can be any sort of living thing or animal.
All right, what about our next one? Well, the creature broke free from some ropes.
All right, so to break free. break free.
And what does that mean? When you break free, you escape from something that stops you moving.
Okay, so you have the ability to move again.
Yes. You break free from maybe ropes. Or chains.
Or even a relationship. Okay, so I can say, oh, I finally broke free from that awful relationship.
Now, that's quite interesting the way we can use this in different ways.
So why don't we take a look at some examples now example one we tied up the dog but he is trying to break free Example 2 I'm glad that I broke free from that horrible relationship.
Example 3 I want to break free from all my daily responsibilities.
Okay, so break free, it's clear now. So why don't we move on to our next word?
They thought that maybe this creature was a kidnapper. kidnapper kidnapper okay so this is a criminal so a kidnapper is a criminal yep all right and What exactly does a kidnapper do?
A kidnapper takes someone to a place and keeps them there against their will.
Against their will. With force or violence.
All right. So I guess that makes sense, right?
Because the word has kid in it. Yeah. So to take children.
Yes. But it can be also you can kidnap an adult.
Yes, that's true. So this word can actually be used in three different ways.
So we saw a kidnapper, right? Okay, that is the person.
Yeah, and the verb to kidnap. Okay. Or a noun describing an action.
A kidnapping. A kidnapping. Very good. Yeah, a kidnapping took place today.
Okay, so very interesting word and of course it's illegal to be a kidnapper.
Yes. So our next word is also very serious and it's also a crime, right?
That's right. A rapist. A rapist. A rapist.
Okay, so that is a person that... Who forces someone to have sex.
Okay, so again, against their will, like a kidnapper.
Exactly. Okay, and the verb would be? To rape.
To rape. To rape someone. Okay, so on the lighter side, we heard the police officer say something in a very strange way.
He said, let me see your eyes, please. Okay, so this is an interesting phrase.
It's a sound made from pushing two words together.
Right, so lemme. Why don't we hear a few more examples of this and see if we can figure out what are the two words.
Example 1. Let me have a look inside the car.
Example 2 Let me go out tonight, Dad. Please!
Example 3. Let me think about it and I will give you an answer tomorrow.
So basically, lemmy is let me. Let me. Yeah.
Let me have that pen. Okay, let me see. Now, we do this also with other words, right?
Yeah. Another example would be give me. Give me.
Yeah. So that is give me. Exactly. Okay.
So. An interesting thing, it's not proper English, right?
No, you wouldn't really write it this way.
Or find it in the dictionary. But it's really common when people speak.
And actually, it's more likely that you'll say lemme, gimme than let me, give me.
Okay, very good. So I think now it's time for us to listen to our dialogue for the second time.
And then we'll come back and look at some other phrases that we saw in our dialogue.
What the heck is going on? Did you see that?
What was that thing? I don't know. I'm just glad we made it out.
Look, there's a police car. Help, help! Please stop.
Howdy, ma'am. What seems to be the problem?
Is this man bothering you? Officer! Officer, there is like a witch creature back there.
We tied her up, but she broke free, and she was about to have us for dinner.
Okay, calm down, calm down. Let me see your eyes, please.
Have you been drinking tonight, son? We are telling the truth.
She's in there. We suspected her of being a kidnapper or rapist, but it turns out she's an alien or something.
Okay, calm down, calm down. Let me see your eyes, please.
Okay. Seriously, are you going to help us or not?
Okay, let's go have a look, shall we? Hello?
Is anyone in here? Be careful. She might be hiding.
It's perfectly safe. There isn't anyone.
We're going to look at two phrases now in Fluency Builder that you might hear when you're talking about a crime.
So the first phrase that we're going to look at is what the heck is going on?
What the heck is going on? What the heck is going on?
Okay, so this is just asking what's happening, right?
Right, but it's a very strong way of saying what's happening.
Yeah, what really is happening. Now, why did they say what the heck?
What is heck? Well, heck is sort of a polite way of saying hell.
Okay, so instead of saying what the hell is going on... What the heck is going on.
Now, why do you do this? Because especially in American English, we don't like to talk about religious words.
So like hell and God and Jesus, these things are impolite in American English.
Right, you don't want to offend anyone. Right.
So that's why we would have other words like Oh my gosh.
For oh my God. Or geez. Instead of Jesus.
Right. Okay, so that is an interesting thing.
And of course, it is a little bit of a sensitive topic among some people.
So that's why it's better to just use these words. synonyms yes okay and what about our next phrase so they suspected her being a kidnapper okay So suspected her of being a kidnapper.
Yeah. Suspect someone of being... Something.
So I suspect she is an alien. Right. I suspect him of being a liar.
Okay, so what about to suspect? What does that mean exactly?
To think something that is true, but not be 100% sure.
So you can say, I think she is a kidnapper.
Yep. Oh, I suspect her of being a kidnapper.
Interesting. Why don't we hear a few more examples? example one the police suspected him of being a bank robber Example 2 We suspect our dog is responsible for this mess.
Example 3 The neighborhood suspected that our neighbor was selling drugs.
All right, very good. So we've seen a lot of vocab.
We've seen these phrases. So I think it's time for us to listen to our dialogue for the last time, and then we'll come back and talk a little bit more.
What the heck is going on? Did you see that?
What was that thing? I don't know I'm just glad we made it out Look, there's a police car.
Help! Help! Please, please stop! Howdy, ma'am.
What seems to be the problem? Is this man bothering you?
Officer, officer. There is, like, a witch creature back there.
We tied her up, but she broke free, and she was about to have us for dinner.
Okay, calm down, calm down. Let me see your eyes, please.
Have you been drinking tonight, son? We're telling the truth.
She's in there. We suspected her being a kidnapper or a rapist, but turns out she's an alien or something.
Okay, calm down, calm down! Let me see your eyes, please!
Ugh! Seriously! Are you gonna help us out or not?
Okay, let's go have a look, shall we? Hello?
Is anyone in there? Be careful. She might be hiding.
It's perfectly safe. There isn't anyone.
Okay, well, Marco, we're coming near the end of this series, aren't we?
Yes, exactly. It's a short series. But what do you think happens or how do you think the series ends?
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