Listening: The Godfather

English Café 232 
     
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Audio Index: 29:34

Topics: The Godfather; Graceland and Elvis; to hinder versus to hamper versus to impede; the hunt is on; quick and dirty tips Words: godparent mafia bribery corruption brutal to legitimize stillborn sideburns the rest is history mansion recording studio artifact to hinder to hamper to impede the hunt is on quick and dirty tips

Vocabulary Quiz - "N" Words

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1. The opposite of broad is ___
   Answernarrow
2. The part of the body which joins the head to the torso is called the ___
   Answerneck
3. An acupuncturist and a seamstress both use this thin piece of metal to work with.
   Answerneedle
4. Twelve o'clock or mid-day is also known as ___
   Answernoon
5. Almond, cashews and Brazil are all types of ___
   Answernuts
6. A person who lives next door to you is your ___
   Answerneighbour
7. A photographic print is made from a ___
   Answernegative
8. The "N" on a gear shift stands for ___
   Answerneutral
9. A quick, short sleep is called a ___
   Answernap
10. Women's stocking and tights and many other things are made from ___
    Answernylon

Idioms: Cast pearls before swine

Cast pearls before swine

Offer or show something valuable, good, or beautiful to someone who does not understand its value

If you are casting pearls before swine, you are wasting your time showing or offering something very helpful or valuable to someone who does not understand or appreciate it.

Don't bother explaining Shakespeare to Bob. It would be like casting pearls before swine.

Tom wouldn't listen to Sarah's wise advice. She was just casting pearls before swine.

*swine [countable]

1 plural swine or swines informal someone who behaves very rudely or unpleasantly:

Leave her alone, you filthy swine! 

Idioms:the world is your oyster

 the world is your oyster

used to tell someone that they can achieve whatever they want

oy‧ster [countable]

1 a type of shellfish that can be eaten cooked or uncooked, and that produces a jewel called a pearl

Slang of the Day: Croak

Slang of the Day

I feel like I am going to croak.

Slang

a.  (intr) to die

b.  (tr) to kill

The old man finally croaked at the age of 92.

(Slang of die )

die, 

expire, 

pass away, 

perish, Many people perished in the earthquake.

buy it (U.S. slang), 

check out (U.S. slang), 

kick it (slang), 

go belly-up (slang), 

peg out (informal), 

kick the bucket (informal), 

buy the farm (U.S. slang),

peg it (informal), 

cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), 

pop your clogs (informal), 

hop the twig (informal)