English Cafe 1

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Audio Index: 15:28
Topics: Introductions, baby boomers & Gen X, King Kong, and pronunciation are all
discussed in this episode.

English Cafe 2
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Audio Index: 17:08
Today's topics: New Year's Resolutions, Earbuds for the iPod, U.S. Bestsellers from the
New York Times, "Oh, my goodness!" and "against all odds."

English Cafe 3
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Audio Index: 16:17
Today's topics: Meeting the Queen, the Oscars, Smoking and Driving in the U.S., Audio
Index, "At this point"

English Cafe 4
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Audio Index: 16:52
Today's topics: Filming in LA, Howard Stern, Worst Dressed Americans, Lolita, New Macs,
Dove or Pigeon?, Color Bracelets, "Do you get it?"

English Cafe 5
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Audio Index: 17:55
Today's topics: New Software, Brunch, Oprah's Book Club, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
How to End a Letter or Email, Can vs. Can't

Some words from today's podcast:

brunch
Oprah Winfrey
bestselling
A Million Little Pieces
talk show
memoirs
civil rights
national holiday
Sincerely yours, Cordially, & Love

English Cafe 6
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Audio Index: 17:24
Today's topics: Cats, Maps, Health Care in the US, Johnny Cash, Song Lyrics, Use of "as
if," Getting Your Ya-Yas.

Vocabulary in this podcast:

putting to sleep
meow (cat sound)
Medicare
Medicaid

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elderly
uninsured
diabled
low income
Walk the Line
Golden Globes
song lyrics
rural
ya-yas

English Cafe 7
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Audio Index: 17:09
Todays topics: Television in the US, Spelling Bees in Schools, Policy versus Politics,
Pronunciation in Minnesota

Words:
station
channel
network
ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, WB
PBS (public television)
non-profit
Masterpiece Theater
contest

English Cafe 8
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Audio Index: 19:50
Topics today: Charles Dickens, Night, Dr. Phil, Sundance Film Festival, Donald Trump, Very
vs. Really, Pretty vs. Quite

Words:
Bleak House
Fleet Street
Press
Follow-up
Indie
Studio
To sue
Real estate magnate
Apprentice
Biography

English Cafe 9
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Audio Index: 18:30
Today's topics: Lunar New Year, British English, Quincenera, Schools in the US, Well, Good,
and Bad, Effect versus Affect, Maybe versus Perhaps.

Words:
Sweet 16
Latino
Dropout

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Tuition
Kindergarten
Diploma
Tracking
Electives

English Cafe 10
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Audio Index: 20:18
Today's topics: Coretta Scott King, Super Bowls and Pizza, "We will rock you" by Queen,
You bet versus I bet, Gonna, woulda, coulda, Speaking of which

Words:
Advocate
Widow/ widower
Delivery
Seattle Seahawks
Pittsburgh Steelers
Plant
Chicken wings
Halftime show
Buddy
Playin'
Disgrace
Chorus
Take on the world

English Cafe 11
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Audio Index: 19:19
Today's topics: Three Strikes, Groundhog Day, Lost and CSI, Regards and Cheers,
Amazing versus Awesome, "On the heels of..."

Words:
Take away
Woodchuck
Shadow
Marooned
Plane crash
Victim
Fingerprint
Toast

English Cafe 12
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Audio Index: 20:23
Today's topics: Stealing art, Religions in the US, "Walk the Line," I've had versus I had
had, Jump across the pond, "She's a complete knockout!"

Words:
Archeological dig
Artifact
Curator

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Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
To doctor
Catholic
Protestant
Baptist

English Cafe 13
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Audio Index: 22:10
Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, "In terms of," Must vs. have
vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise

Words:
scam
fraud
card
jewelry
pendant
fabric
stuffed animals
figure skating
Michelle Kwan
Bode Miller
to party
downhill
upset
set
to wrap up

English Cafe 14
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Audio Index: 21:12
Today's topics: Spelling words, Popular baby names in the US, Britney Spears and
Seatbelts, "Don't get mad, get even!", To spoil someone, To undertake, Compared to or
with?, How to end an email

Words:
Speaking of...
Car seat
To strap
Lap
To fasten
Ticket
To get revenge
Sincerely yours
Cordially

English Cafe 15
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Audio Index: 16:46
Today's topics: Wasting time at work, California's reputation, Carpet in the US, Call signs,
Yet vs. Still

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Words:
Employee
Blog
To kill time
Hollywood
Venice Beach
"Land of fruits and nuts"
To migrate
Rug

English Cafe 16
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Audio Index: 15:44
Today's topics: Taking a survey, Special bonus podcast "Secrets to Improving Your
English," Housing prices in the US, To have vs. To be and the past participle.

Words:
Condo
Condominium
Mortgage
Real estate
Long-term
To afford something

English Cafe 17
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Audio Index: 17:35
Today's topics: Nicknames and shortened names, 'To kill two birds with one stone' and
'The early bird gets the worm,' May vs. Can, Using do + verb, "Suite," and to wash down.

Words:
Sponsor
Nick, Nicky
Mike, Mikey
Kathy, Kath
Dave
Alex
Frank, Frankie
Liz, Beth, and Lizzy
Stone
Mini-mart
To fill up
Worm
Agatha Christie

English Cafe 18
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Audio Index: 18:07
Today's topics: Mardi Gras, Getty Villa, Have to v. got to v. going to have to, Hype, "No
brainer," Would in the past tense

Words:
To reopen

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To restart
Renovation
To take down
To tear down
Courtyard
To house
Antiquities
Lent
To fast
Ash Wednesday

English Cafe 19
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Audio Index: 17:22
Today's topics: The Oscars, Pimps, "Down to the wire," "And so forth," and I or It?

Words:
To come down with a cold
Academy Awards
To give out awards
"It's hard out here for a pimp"
To be nominated
Pimp my ride
To sell out
Smog inspection/check
Headlights
Tailpipe
Emissions
Negotiations

English Cafe 20
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Audio Index: 16:05
Today's topics: Feeling under the weather, Common abbreviations, Using initials, Now vs.
right now

Words:
To catch a cold
e.g. = for example
i.e. = that is
etc. = et cetera
RSVP = please respond/reply
FYI = for your information
ASAP = as soon as possible
LOL = laugh out loud
IMHO = in my humble opinion

English Cafe 21
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Audio Index: 16:08
Today's topics: Minnesota, Interjections, Would rather, rather than, and rather prefer,
"smoking gun"

Words:

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Fargo
curling
Geez!
Man!
Whoa!
Oops!
Ugh!
Boo!
Aha!
Duh!

English Cafe 22
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Audio Index: 16:05
Today's topics: Bob Dylan, More interjections, in vs. into, indeed, "mail-in rebate," on time
vs. in time, administer vs. manage vs. administrate

Words:
Oh-oh!
Ouch!
Whew!
Brr!
D'oh!

English Cafe 23
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Audio Index: 17:51
Topics: St. Patrick's Day, British versus American English, "A bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush," Going to vs. will, "Pod"

Words:
patron
AD
missionary
convert
Harvest Festival
public school
coach = bus
Tube, The Underground = subway
lorry = truck
proverb
container
pea pod

English Cafe 24
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Audio Index: 17:08
Topics: Smoking Bans, British and American English II, they and he, wage vs. salary, blue
vs. white collar, now vs. right now

Words:
secondhand smoke
boots
golashes

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trunk
bonnet
hood
pants
underwear
trousers
manual

English Cafe 25
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Audio Index: 20:30
Topics: Spring Break, Movie Ratings in the US, "Stay tuned," Frightened vs. Afraid,
Customer vs. Consumer

Words:
rowdy
resorts
Cancun
Mazatlan
Easter
binge drinking
motion picture
MPAA
G = General
PG = Parental Guidance
PG-13 = Parents Strongly Cautioned
R = Restricted
NC-17 = No one 17 or under
X = Pornographic:

English Cafe 26
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Audio Index: 20:04
Topics: Political parties in the US, How to begin an email, Even vs. odd, Unless, "Six feet
under"

Words:
Democratic
Democrat
Republican
liberal
conservative
left-wing
right- wing
3rd party
Green Party
Ralph Nadar
consumer advocate
legislature
title
Mr. = man
Ms. = woman
Mrs. = married woman
Dr. = doctor

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Fr. = priest
revenge
to get even

English Cafe 27
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Audio Index: 29:53
Topics: Illinois, checks and bills, periods and full stops, April Fool’s Day, just vs. only, to
make up one’s mind, “in the eye of the beholder,” behind vs. beyond, MIA, for vs. on my
part, pronouncing sheep/ship, feet/fit

Words:
clip
Lake Michigan
"Windy City‚"
breeze
barbecue
pork and beef ribs
slavery
running tab
rude
to play a trick on someone
practical joke
hoax
acronym

English Cafe 28
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Audio Index: 32:33
Topics: Easter bunny, Income Tax Day, immigration protests in the US, actually, zero vs.
nil, to be on your last legs, third straight time, despite versus in spite of.

Words:
Lent
rabbit
mall
secular
to deduct
1040
to prepare tax returns
Benjamin Franklin
bill
riot gear
ordinal number
“in a row”
even though

English Cafe 29
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Audio Index: 32:37
Topics: New movie by Spike Lee, Ice Age, how Americans buy groceries, "Catch 22," can
vs. to be able to, no longer, period vs. bottom line, "freak on a leash"

Words:

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Inside Man
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee movie)
bank heist
bank teller
to stick up a bank
to hold up
hostage
bandit
masked
sequel
animated
canned goods
chain store
shopping cart
sliced bread
butcher
Joseph Heller
profit
collar
Korn

English Cafe 30
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Audio Index: 29:06
Words:
content
to go away
"I don't suspect"
blog
to dumb down
opinion poll
random sample
Gallup Poll
pollution
global warming
Green Party
recycle
proper nouns
COB = Close of Business

English Cafe 31
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Audio Index: 29:57
Topics: American Idol, Phoenix, aced out, content or contents?, to delay, if vs. whether

Words:
idol
to look up to
undiscovered
spin off
television season
audition
panel
contestants
round

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toll-free number
harsh
blunt
rejection
desert
tech
to migrate
retiree
snowbird
pension
trailer park
table of contents

English Cafe 32
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Audio Index: 29:46
Topics: Rich Dad Poor Dad, how the US government works, sneak previews,
this/that/these/those, "so to speak," by all means, to begin with, under a spell, down to
earth

Words:
self-help
scheme
executive
legislative
judicial
congress
branch
supreme
bill (vs. law)
veto
override
overview
preview
to cast a spell

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