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Today’s sentence Hi! This is the last in the series on different ways of saying, “I don’t know!” Do you think I have a crystal ball or something? Notes This is even ruder than yesterday’s sentence, “how should I know?” It’s very sarcastic, too. Do you know what a fortune teller is? It’s someone who can see the future – perhaps by “reading” tea leaves or palms or by looking into a ball made of glass (a crystal ball.) So this is a very specific form of “I don’t know.” You might use it, for example, if someone asks you, “Who do you think is going to win the World Cup this year?” You think this is a stupid question (because, obviously, how could you possibly know?) and you are rude! It means “How could I possibly know that? I am not able to see the future / I know nothing about the future.” Well, be careful how you use this! It’s OK to say it if you say it to a friend and you laugh pleasantly while you say it! And that’s it. I hope you found this series useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow but, in the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

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Today’s sentence Hello. How are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. Smoking’s really starting to catch up with him. Notes To catch up with someone in today’s sentence means that the bad effects (of smoking) are beginning to affect him. He’s smoked for years. It never appeared to affect him much. But we all know that smoking is really bad for the health and that eventually it’s going to affect you if you smoke. Suddenly, he coughs a lot and he has no energy etc. The (inevitable) effects (which had never affected him before) are now beginning to show themselves. Another example? “All these late nights I’ve had are beginning to catch up with me.” (I’ve stayed up late for several nights and I’m only now, suddenly, beginning to feel the effects. Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Less

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Today’s sentence Hi – how’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current theme of going to the toilet. Do you know where’s the gents’ is? / The ladies’ is? Notes The gents’ / the ladies’. These are the toilets in a pub or restaurant, for example. The gents’ = the gentlemen’s toilets. (Men’s toilets). The ladies’ = the ladies’ (women’s) toilets. Grammatically, it should be, “the gents’ are.” However, colloquially, it’s OK to say is. OK, we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

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Today’s sentence Hi! We’re still looking at mysterious things you’ll probably hear when you go to England. Tomatoes are a pound a pound. Notes A pound a pound. This is something you will hear in a market. Even though, officially, everything is sold in kilograms in England now, people still talk about pounds. 1 kg = 2.2 pounds / 2.2 lbs So, you still might hear “Cheddar (a kind of cheese) 2 pounds a pound.” Listen again to the recording of today’s sentence: it sounds like “tomatoes a pound a pound.” The verb, are, is very indistinct, or even missing. OK, that’s all for today. We’ll look at another one tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

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Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Here’s the latest in the series on film genres. I feel like watching a thriller. Notes A thriller is a film about a mystery or a crime. It may be a film about spies, for example. Or it could be about detectives trying to solve a crime. “The Usual Suspects” is an example of a thriller. I feel like watching… means “I want to watch…” That’s all we have time for today. We’ll look at another one tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Less

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Today’s sentence Hi – how’s life? How’s it going? Here’s one possible answer… Lousy. Notes Lousy. This means terrible. It’s an adjective. For example, “he’s a lousy football player.” “He’s a terrible football player.” Same thing. How’s life? How are things? Lousy. (Adjective – “life is lousy.”) How’s it going? How are you doing? Lousy. Although this is an adjective, we can use it, colloquially, as an adverb. Lousily exists, but it’s not very common. You could say, for example, “How was your day?” “Lousy.” It means really, really bad. OK, and that’s the end of the series. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. As ever, if you have any questions about anything, don’t hesitate to contact me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

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