S2 E1: A Difficult Morning - Intermediate Advanced English Vocabulary Podcast UK US English

[@MDFoyejurRahmanReza]

I’ve already started watching Season 2 and completed Episode 1. Here are a few words, phrases, and expressions that are new to me: 1. Tossing and turning - Not sleeping very soundly. For example: "I was tossing and turning all night." 2. I overdid it - I did it too much. 3. A wink of sleep - A very short amount of sleep. 4. Groggy - Feeling really tired and sleepy. 5. Herding cats - The difficulty of managing or organizing a group of people or things that are chaotic or unpredictable. 6. 10 times more hectic - Much more difficult. 7. Ratty - Being in a really bad mood or having a short temper due to lack of proper rest. 8. Behind the schedule - Late. 9. Shake off the fog - Try to remove that feeling. 10. Catch my breath - Give me a second to think. Sending much love to my teachers, Kat and Mark!

[@highlevellistening]

Wow well done getting so many phrases and their meanings! The only tiny tiny thing I would adjust is that "hectic" is closer to "busy" than difficult. So if it's 10 times more hectic, then it's 10 times busier. Thanks for studying with us once again!

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[@talktomaby2880]

Grogry: scrufy Herding cats: try to get them together Tossing and turning: in and out when you are sleeping

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Nice definitions!

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Hi Kat teacher, Mark teacher, your lessons are really good! I learnt a lot! I hardly remember that one of your lessons mentioned about the phase “run against the clock”. May I ask the example when and how to use this phase! Thank you!

[@highlevellistening]

I'm happy to share the expression and its meaning! race against the clock and running against the clock means to hurry/rush/go quickly because there is a deadline or a time that something needs to be finished If we are trying to be on time, but we're running late, we might be racing/running against the clock to try to arrive/finish on time. Examples: We might be able to finish the project in 2 weeks, but we'll really be racing against the clock to finish on time. (We will need to work very very quickly to finish on time) It's a race against the clock to see who will finish on time! (This feels like a competition) We're running against the clock today, everyone please do your best and do it quickly by the end of the day! Hope that helps!

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Herding= try to put all together some things. Good frase thanks

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[@nesrineboudehane8499]

I have learned New vocab Groggy and drowsy seems the same but they are not the same Groogy is used to describe a person who lacks sleep while drowsy it is more related to eating medicine that affects u Tossing which means turning while sleep Herding cats ... A mission that seems impossible maybe 🤔

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Herding cats is definitely a very very difficult task, much like getting kids ready for school in the mornings 😄

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Great suggestion! We'll put this on a list of video ideas :)

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Ah I see. If you look at the [ALL PDFs], can you see it listed on that big list?

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🎉manic start ... stressful hectic... Disorganized

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[@talktomaby2880]

Ten times more hectic: more freaking difficult

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Haha definitely!

[@amandawei6743]

I really enjoy watching your video, and I have learned a lot from you all. There is one point that I could not understand in this sentence:"only to wake up feeling like I hadn't slept at all'. could you tell me how to use 'only to'. Big thanks

[@highlevellistening]

Great question! Only to... is similar to saying "sadly, in the end" or "this wasn't what I expected" we often use it to show that were saddened, surprised or disappointed by something we were happy about before. "I did all this hard work but in the end I am disappointed" "I did all of this hard work only to feel disappointed in the end." I spent a lot of money only to be disappointed by the bad quality of my purchase. I went to bed early (good thing!) but in the end I woke up tired (bad thing) I did everything right, I went to bed early, I put away my phone only to wake up feeling tired the next morning. hope that helps! it is indeed a more advanced phrase, hope it's more clear now.

[@ryzhokhina]

Good day! I am happy to meet a new season:) Could you explain statement “ is way past” more? Is “past” the verb there? I mixed up with gramma of it. “I found myself scrolling on my phone way past my bedtime“ The meaning is clear, but I can’t remember this due to misunderstanding the gramma of this sentence. Thank you:)

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hi good afternoon! Nice to see you again :) I found myself (found is the verb here) doing an activity way: more than, beyond past my bedtime: past is actually acting a preposition here, "past my bedtime" is a prepositional phrase to describe *when* I was doing the scrolling it would be similar to another prepositional phrase "after my bedtime" hope that helps! thanks so much for watching

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please ,explain me:what's the difference between "excuse me and my sorry".Thanks for your lessons.

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Good morning! Excuse me/ Pardon me is often used when we are interrupting or stopping someone because we need to talk to them. Excuse me, could you help me? I'm sorry, or Sorry is used when you feel bad about something. I'm sorry, I don't understand, could you help me? Excuse me, sorry for interrupting, could you help me? Hope that helps!

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Which vocabulary are you having difficulty with?

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