- Audio Lessons 151 - 200
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Tacos
Views #200 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Colors
Views #199 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Spain and Japan
Views #198 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Commute
Views #197 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Twins
Views #196 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Boxing Day
Views #195 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Lost and Found
Views #194 | High-Beginner 3 -
The Perfect Day
Views #193 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Traveling
Views #192 | High-Beginner 3 -
Turkiye
Views #191 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Gift
Views #190 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Date
Views #189 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Hiking
Views #188 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Spider
Views #187 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
The Accident
Views #186 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Memories of Grandfather
Views #185 | High-Beginner 3 -
Likes, Interests, and Abilities
Views #184 | High-Beginner 3 -
Cooking
Views #183 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Girl Scouts
Views #182 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Ghosts
Views #181 | High-Beginner 3 -
Newspapers
Views #180 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Lawyers
Views #179 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Life Overseas
Views #178 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Abilities
Views #177 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Giving Blood
Views #176 | Mid-Intermediate 5 -
Hurricane Andrew
Views #175 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Adjectives - Opposites
Views #174 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Reading Strategy
Views #173 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Airplane Job
Views #172 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
The Big Change
Views #171 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Meet Nanju
Views #170 | High-Beginner 3 -
Good English
Views #169 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Cricket
Views #168 | High-Beginner 3 -
Reading
Views #167 | High-Beginner 3 -
Norway
Views #166 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Fruit
Views #165 | High-Beginner 3 -
Teen Years
Views #164 | High-Beginner 3 -
Dream Job
Views #163 | High-Intermediate 6 -
Post Office
Views #162 | High-Beginner 3 -
Recipe
Views #161 | High-Beginner 3 -
Norwegian Summer
Views #160 | High-Beginner 3 -
Favorite Fruit
Views #159 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Favorite Place
Views #158 | High-Beginner 3 -
Fears
Views #157 | Mid-Beginner 2 -
Winter Sports
Views #156 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Adelaide
Views #155 | High-Beginner 3 -
Handy Man
Views #154 | Low-Intermediate 4 -
Manchester
Views #153 | High-Beginner 3 -
House Description
Views #152 | High-Beginner 3 -
Hong Kong
Views #151 | High-Beginner 3
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Lost and Found
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Todd
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I'm going to talk a little bit about an embarrassing situation. In Japan, I've lost my wallet four times. The first time I lost my wallet I was in a taxi cab going home late at night and my wallet slipped out of my pocket and I didn't notice.
The second time I lost my wallet I went to a night club with my friends and I drank too much and I wasn't paying attention and I left my wallet on the counter of the bar. The third time I lost my wallet, I was hiking in a mountain region in Japan and I went into a small convenience store on the way home and I bought an ice-cream and I left my wallet on the counter and forgot about it. The fourth time I lost my wallet, I was in Ueno station, a really, really busy station in Tokyo and I left my wallet on the counter at a supermarket, and the most amazing thing is that I still have the same wallet.
In each of these instances I got my
wallet back. In two of the cases, the person at
the store called me and I just had to go back to
the store and get it. In one instance, the person
that ran the convenient store in the
mountains mailed me my wallet, and another time I
had to go to the police station and pick it up, but I think that says a lot about Japanese people.
They're very, very honest and sometimes I think
maybe Japan is the only country in the world where
you could lose your wallet four times and still
get it back.
slipped out of
My wallet slipped out of my pocket.
The verb phrase to slip out of means for something to fall from its place accidentally. Notice the following:
- My ticket slipped out of my pocket, so I had
to pay the fare again.
- His pencil slipped out of his bag when he
stood up.
the most amazing thing
The most amazing thing is that I still have the same wallet.
Here, the phrase the most amazing thing refers to the most special quality about something. Notice the following:
- The most amazing things about the desert is
the nature.
- The most amazing thing about college was all
the friends I made.
instance
In each of these instances I got my wallet back.
An instance refers to a time that something happened. Notice the following:
- We have embarrassing instances we would like
to forget.
- Can you give me an instance of when that might
happen?
run the store
The person that ran the convenient store mailed me my wallet.
Here, to run something means to manage it. Notice the following:
- She runs a shoe shop.
- I used to run a clothing factory.
pick it up
I had to go to the police station and pick it up.
To pick something up means collect it. Notice the following:
- I have to pick up my dry cleaning.
- I picked up some dinner on the way home.
Vocabulary Quiz
runs • pick it up
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