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图片1 When you listen to our Culips podcast, are you eavesdropping? No, you arent because that would be rude. What is eavesdropping? It is a special kind of listening. In this episode, we explain the word eavesdropping and overhearing. Listen here!
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图片1 In this episode Maura and Ricardo are dreaming about vacations. They discuss their dream vacations and share some of the memories of vacations when they were kids. They also talk about different kinds of vacations that are popular for Canadia
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Have you done something extra special lately? In that case, you may want to toot your own horn! This episode is all about speaking well of yourself. Its all about how to do it while staying humble. For example, we dont want to want to toot our own ho
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Heres an interview with our friend Kelly. She helps out behind the scenes at Culips, so we thought wed use an episode to introduce her to you! Like all of us at Culips, shes not originally from Montreal. In this episode, we talk about her hometown, w
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Sometimes there are things that are not likely to happen, and weve got a few expressions to talk about them! Have you ever dreamed of flying to the moon? Or maybe you hope that your boss will give you the day off tomorrow. Fat chance. Listen to this
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With the Internet and social media, people are on computers and cell phones more than ever! This means that there are all kinds of new terms that have been created to describe all the new trends and innovations online, one of which you already know:
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Heres an episode idea we got from Daniel on Facebook. Thanks again for the suggestion! In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about elementary and high school in Canada, including sharing their own experiences. They also tell you about different names
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图片1 Listen to this! That is just one of the ways that people begin stories to get peoples attention. We discuss ways to begin stories in English, and also how people use the present tense to tell a story in the past! People often exaggerate when
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图片1 Languages are always evolving and changing. Here we look at a pretty modern trend in English, which is to make new words by blending two words together. Sometimes these two words have similar meanings, and sometimes they have opposite meaning
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图片1 Harp is back by popular demand with more advice on looking for work. This time Harp gives advice on everything about the interview process. She talks about how to prepare, what to do during the interview, and how to follow up afterwards. Youl
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图片1 This episode is about people taking attention for themselves, and the expressions we can use to talk about them! A person might steal another persons thunder by accident when they announce important news. Another person might give a great per
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图片1 In this episode, Robin and Jessie discuss the expression to shrug something off. Check out the picture here to see an example of someone shrugging. In certain situations a person may want to shrug it off, or have to roll with the punches, and
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图片1 This episode our idiom is to get under someones skin. This means to bother or annoy someone. We give tons of examples of how you can use it and look at similar expressions, like to rub someone the wrong way and to drive someone crazy. To find
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图片1 The Dark Knight was the summer blockbuster! Is it playing in theatres where you are now? Maura gives her review in this episode and we talk about tons of movie vocabulary. Check out this episode and the film!
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图片1 At Culips we always try to be a little crazy! This word has a literal meaning but also tons of slang ways to use it. In North America it is a very popular word. Other similar words include, insane, bananas, nuts. Check out this podcast to hea
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图片1 We want to introduce you to more of our friends in Montreal! In this episode, Harp chats with Marcus about his travels, learning languages and coming to Montreal. He speaks 4 languages and has a tour company for international students. Check
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图片1 Everywhere around the world there are different customs for greeting. Here in Montreal you can often see people kissing each other on the cheeks. So what is normal here? And what is normal for Canada? In this episode, Robin and Harp kiss and
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图片1 Wed like to introduce Sheena Purcell to you. She is a new friend of ours at Culips and she is super talented. In this Chatterbox episode, Sheena tells us a little bit about her experience as a jewelry designer and how she decided to start mak
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图片1 The expression rain check in this episode has a few different meanings. The first one is described in the transcript below. And of course is connected to rain. Another kind of rain check is used in a story. And another one is used when people
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图片1 Sometimes we dont want to be rude and so we need to tell a little white lie. Other times it may be important to be completely honest, and this is called brutal honesty. When is it OK to tell a white lie and when is it necessary to be brutally
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