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Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

And I’m Erica.

And today we’re bringing you again the great series I’m sorry I love you, Part Six.

The newest installment in the EnglishPod soap opera.

Hehe. Drama, romance…

Love, tragedy.

Hehe. All of it here at EnglishPod and… and in our series. So, today we have a really great dialogue.

I… I… I just can’t believe what’s happening here.

Hehe.

But before we get into it, we need to preview one word.

That’s right, so let’s take a look at it in “vocabulary preview”.

Voic Vocabulary preview.

Well, we’re gonna preview this word, sleeping with.

Sleeping with.

Sleeping with someone.

Sleeping with him.

Yes.

So, it seems pretty easy, I mean sleeping with, that just sounds like you are in bed with somebody.

Yeah, but you are doing a little bit more…

Hehe.

Than sleeping.

Alright, so… so in English this phrase actually means that you are involved with someone and have an intimate sexual relationship, right?

Yes, you are in a relationship with someone and you are having sex.

Exactly, so be careful how you use it, because I know that sometimes you wanna translate and just say, well, they’re in the same bed together, but it’s not that they’re having sex.

Right, so most of the time in English the phrase sleeping with means sex.

Right, okay, sleeping with, be careful.

Okay, well, let’s find out why are we talking about sleeping with?

Hehe. Well, obviously, somebody is sleeping with somebody, so let’s listen to the dialogue and then we’ll come back and talk about.

This is ridiculous! I can’t believe you’ve been sleeping with someone else! How could you do this! You know what? I’m out of here!

Wait! Doctor how is this possible? I haven’t cheated on my boyfriend!

I have something to confess… I’m sorry Veronica, I lied.

Wait… what? What do do you mean?

I lied. You aren’t even pregnant; there’s no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn’t help myself. Veronica I love you!

What are you talking about!!! Who are you?

It’s me! Daniel, don’t you remember me? From high school. I sat behind you every day in class! I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad!

You are insane! We never even spoke! Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

Because Veronica… It’s not fair! I love you; I have since the first day we met! Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything! I went to med school and became a doctor for you! You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor! You will be mine now… one way or another…

I heard everything, you lying bastard! Get your hands off her!

Scandal, again.

Oh, these… poor Veronica and Steven, I just… I don’t know how their relationship could get more complicated.

It’s amazing they’re having an amazing, ah, adventure in their love life.

I’m sure glad my love life looks nothing like this.

Hehe. Alright, so, we saw some really great words, so let’s take a look at them in “language takeaway”.

Voic Language takeaway.

The words we’re looking at now are about feelings.

Uhu.

And, so let’s take a look at the first one, confess.

Okay, confess.

To confess.

To confess. So, confess, what does that mean?

When you confess something, you… you tell a secret that you’ve been hiding.

Okay, so, that’s pretty easy. So, you have a secret and you wanna tell it to someone, so you want confessing.

Yeah, and it’s usually something negative.

Negative…

Uhu.

Oh, Okay.

So, Marco, I confess that I stole five dollars from you.

Oh, you did?

Yeah, sorry.

Ah, okay… no wonder my wallet was lighter.

Hehe. Yeah.

Alright, so, confess.

Uh.

I shall not forgive you for this.

Hehe. Oh, no.

Alright, let’s take a look at our next word, overwhelmed.

Overwhelmed.

I’m overwhelmed.

So, when I’m overwhelmed, I am filled with emotion.

Okay, with emotion.

Uhu.

It can be good emotions and bad emotions, right?

Yeah, but you just… you fell too much. That’s like you’re… you’re… you’re going to explode.

Okay, I’m overwhelmed with joy.

Yes, or I’m overwhelmed with work.

And I’m overwhelmed with jealousy.

Like this guy.

Right, and that’s our third word.

Jealousy.

Jealousy. So, this is interesting because jealousy is the noun.

That’s right, it’s the feeling…

Of being jealous.

Wh… which is the adjective.

Which is the adjective. So, what does it mean when you are jealous?

It means that you… you see somebody and you want what they have.

Okay, you want what they have.

Yeah, so in this case the doctor is jealous of Veronica’s boyfriend, sh… because the doctor wants Veronica.

Okay, jealous.

Uhu.

So… so, Erica, are you a… are you a jealous wife?

Um, I don’t know, maybe a little bit.

A little bit.

But I’ve never gone to the extent of telling someone that they’re pregnant, when they’re not.

Hehe. Alright, jealousy. Okay, and let’s take a look at our next two words which are actually kind of insult, right?

Yeah, they’re not very kind words at all.

Okay, but you gotta learn them anyways.

Yeah.

Okay, let’s take a look at this one, jerk.

Jerk.

He is a jerk.

J-E-R-K, jerk.

Jerk. So, what does it mean if someone is a jerk?

A stupid and mean person.

Hehe. Playing? as simple as that.

Yeah.

Stupid and mean. So, can a woman be a jerk?

It’s mostly male, but now it’s becoming more common to… to use with women as well.

Okay, so, I can say he is a jerk or she is a jerk.

Yeah, but it is more common for men.

Okay, and now let’s take a look at our last word, you lying bustard!

Bustard.

Bustard.

Bustard.

Wow, this is pretty strong as well.

Yeah, you gotta be careful about this one.

Okay.

This one is almost a swearword.

Hehe. Almost.

Yeah.

??? on the line.

Yeah.

So, what does it mean if you call someone a bastard.

Well, literally it means your mother and father were not married when you… when you were born.

When you were born.

Uhu.

Exactly. So, it is a pretty big insult.

Yes.

A little bit, I guess…

But… but it doesn’t really really mean that your mother and father…

Right.

Weren’t married.

Right.

It just…

But you’re…

It means that you are a jerk.

You’re a jerk, you’re really…

You’re mean.

Big jerk.

You’re mean person, a really mean person.

So, jerk isn’t as strong as a bustard.

Yes.

Right?

Bustard is stronger.

Okay, so, you gotta be careful when you throw that word in there or how you would use it and again it’s for men, right? Not for women.

Yeah, you can’t use this word with women.

Okay, that’s…

That’s another one out there, but that how to wait? for another EnglishPod.

Hehe. Well, apparently all of these words are just for men, what did we do wrong?

I… Marco, I can begin to tell you.

Hehe. Okay. Okay, so let’s listen to our dialogue again and then we’ll come back and look at some great phrases.

This is ridiculous! I can’t believe you’ve been sleeping with someone else! How could you do this! You know what? I’m out of here!

Wait! Doctor how is this possible? I haven’t cheated on my boyfriend!

I have something to confess… I’m sorry Veronica, I lied.

Wait… what? What do do you mean?

I lied. You aren’t even pregnant; there’s no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn’t help myself. Veronica I love you!

What are you talking about!!! Who are you?

It’s me! Daniel, don’t you remember me? From high school. I sat behind you every day in class! I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad!

You are insane! We never even spoke! Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

Because Veronica… It’s not fair! I love you; I have since the first day we met! Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything! I went to med school and became a doctor for you! You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor! You will be mine now… one way or another…

I heard everything, you lying bastard! Get your hands off her!

Alright, so, great stuff, jerk, bustard, all that goodn’t? words going around.

But we’ve got… also got some amazing phrases, so why don’t we take a look at those now in “fluency builder”.

Voic Fluency builder.

Alright, so in fluency builder today we have three great phrases, let’s take a look at the first one. Bun in the oven.

A bun in the oven.

A bun in the oven.

Okay, this is obviously an idiomatic phrase, right?

Right. Well, it could be literal as well, right?

Like you could actually have a piece of bread in your oven.

Right, bun is a piece of bread.

Yeah.

In the oven, but in this context we’re not using it.

No, um, it means you’re pregnant.

You’re pregnant, so the baby is the bun.

Yeah, and the oven is your stomach.

Right, so, you say she has a bun in the oven.

Yes, she’s pregnant.

She’s pregnant, okay. It could be difficult to understand if you don’t really, ah, have the explanation, right?

Yes.

You wouldn’t… you would say what? She has bread in the oven?

What? Yeah, a bun in the oven.

Okay, now let’s take a look at our second one. Couldn’t help myself. [Comment: I also like this one, can’t help but; maybe you remember this phrase in President Obama’s Inauguration Speech: “we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass”]

I couldn’t help myself.

I couldn’t help myself.

So, when you can’t help yourself, you can’t control yourself.

Right, you… you did something, be… but you couldn’t control it.

You couldn’t stop it.

You couldn’t stop it. Okay, so let’s listen to some examples of how you would use I couldn’t help myself, because i… it’s a phrase that you can use in many different ways, right?

That’s right, let’s listen.

Voic Example one.

I just couldn’t help myself when I saw you cards at the ???.

Voic Example two.

I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself, I just started laughing.

Voic Example three.

The cake was so good I couldn’t help myself I ate it all.

Alright, perfect, couldn’t help myself, easy.

Now, the doctor, he couldn’t help himself from lying to Veronica.

Uhu.

Because he was angry that her boyfriend Steven came into the picture.

Came into the picture.

To come into the picture.

Okay, so, what does it mean when somebody comes into the picture?

Well, basically, you appear in somebody’s life, you come into somebody’s life.

So imagine that, your life is a picture…

Aha.

And somebody all over sudden comes into it, so…

They come into the picture.

Come in…

They come into your life.

Come into your life.

Yes.

So, he’s angry that Steven appeared into Veronica’s life and they’re in love and all that stuff, right?

Yeah, alright, well, these are some great phases and why don’t we listen to them again in context, so let’s listen to the dialogue.

This is ridiculous! I can’t believe you’ve been sleeping with someone else! How could you do this! You know what? I’m out of here!

Wait! Doctor how is this possible? I haven’t cheated on my boyfriend!

I have something to confess… I’m sorry Veronica, I lied.

Wait… what? What do do you mean?

I lied. You aren’t even pregnant; there’s no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn’t help myself. Veronica I love you!

What are you talking about!!! Who are you?

It’s me! Daniel, don’t you remember me? From high school. I sat behind you every day in class! I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad!

You are insane! We never even spoke! Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

Because Veronica… It’s not fair! I love you; I have since the first day we met! Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything! I went to med school and became a doctor for you! You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor! You will be mine now… one way or another…

I heard everything, you lying bastard! Get your hands off her!

Okay, so, Veronica’s not pregnant, that was a closed? one.

Yeah.

Okay.

Phewh, hoo.

A… actually they’re not married, so this is a very controversial topic, right?

Yeah.

Being knocked up.

Yes, nice phrase.

Nice phrase.

So… there’s a lot of interesting phrases and, um, an… and ways you can talk about pregnancy, so if you’re knocked up, you are pregnant.

Right, so, you could hear that in movies. It’s not really…

Yeah.

I would say, a proper way of saying.

No, it’s not that polite.

Right.

Because it… it… it gives you the idea that it was a mistake.

Right.

Uh.

So, you would say she got knocked up.

Yes, another common phrase is, um, pregrous?.

Pregrous.

Yeah.

I heard this is, ah, more Australian, right?

Uh, she’s pregrous, so she’s pregnant.

Aha. So, it’s actually a pretty interesting topic, I know that, for example, in Latin America if a girl that’s maybe in her early twenties…

Uhu.

Gets pregnant accidentally by her boyfriend…

Aha.

Usually the family is expected them to get married.

Really?

Yeah, so, it’s kind of like should they get married, should they not…

So, there’s a lot of pressure.

A lot of pressure, but it’s different in other countries, right?

Yeah. So, I d… I don’t know for you guys, wha… what’s it like in… in your country, where… where you live. Is there pressure on the… the guy and the girl to get married? I mean should Steven and Veronica get married in this situation?

Or what about just living together?

Yeah.

Or as they say living in sin, right? [Living in sin = Living together without official marriage]

Living in sin.

Hehe. Living together, living in sin.

Yep.

So, is it okay to just live together with your… girlfriend or should you get married before?

Uhu.

This is the controversial topic, so we’ll have a lot of different opinions, but it should be interesting.

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