#220: 15 Questions for Great Conversations (+ Meet Your New Fluency Coach!)

We’re thrilled (excited) to introduce you to Ollie, our newest Fluency Coach at RealLife English! Can you guess where he’s from? (Hint: He doesn’t have a US or a British accent) This episode is your chance to get to know Ollie as we put him in the hot seat and ask him about his language learning, travel adventures, inspirations, and much more! As you’ll see, we ask him some interesting questions that you’ll find useful next time you meet someone new!

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#220 – 15 Questions for Great Conversations (+ Meet Your New Fluency Coach!)

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    Words You’ll Learn:

    • Soak (a soak in the bath, soaking wet)
    • True blue
    • She’ll be right
    • Break the ice (ice-breaker games)
    • Warm up (to someone)
    • Banging
    • Skyrocket
    • Thanks a million
    • Trifecta
    • Be on the hot seat
    • The bush
    • Sell yourself short
    • Get by
    • Out of this world
    • To nail something
    • It’s not the be and end all
    • Biased

    Quick Definitions:

    • Sublime: of very great excellence or beauty.
    • Thrilling: interesting and exciting
    • Fine-tuned ear: if you have a fine-tune ear you can do things like hearing specific sounds in music or recognizing where a person is based on their accent.
    • Aussie: someone from Australia.
    • Down under: nickname for Australia.
    • “I’m from an hour inland from the coast”: if you say a place or city is 1 hour inland, you mean it’s 1 hour from the coast of a country.
    • “We sometimes get sidetracked talking about food”: distracted.
    • Dead bored: extremely bored.
    • To be better off: happier, improved, more successful
    • Try out: to test something such as a method or a piece of equipment to see if it is effective or works properly
    • Give it a go: try your chances at something.

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