Background: This ESL podcast is about a relationship problem a guy is having with a girl. We talk about The guy making a "rookie mistake" in his relationship. Find out what his mistake is and what he should to about it. Have fun with us while learning English vocabulary and real spoken English about relationships. Tell us what you think on the discussion forum linked below.
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English Learning Conversation
| A: I need your advice about something. I’ve been dating this girl for a few weeks and it’s been going great. She’s really beautiful and I’m treating her incredibly well. I call her every night to make sure she’s ok and I’ve been taking her to really great restaurants. I’ve even bought her some really nice gifts to show her how much I like her. Lately I feel she’s been avoiding me and I can’t really figure out what I’m doing wrong.
B: If she’s really beautiful like you say she is, she probably has tons of guys hitting on her and sucking up to her. You’ve got to be different. You need to be more nonchalant about the whole thing. If you stop calling her she’ll probably wonder why and have more desire to talk to you. A: She told me she needs a lot of attention. I’m afraid if I don’t call her and pay a lot of attention to her, she’ll find someone else.
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Phrases and Vocabulary used:
Avoiding me: If someone is "avoiding you" it means that they are trying not to see you or talk to you. If they don’t return your calls and don’t go to your favorite places because they are afraid they might see you there, then they are "avoiding you".
I’ve been avoiding that new girl at work who likes me because I don’t know what to say to her.
Hitting on her: "Hitting on someone" means flirting with them.
Sucking up: "Sucking up" to someone means to act overly nice to them because you want something from them.
Shirley is always sucking up to the boss because she wants to get a promotion.
Nonchalant: Acting nonchalant about something means that you are acting like it is no big deal and you don’t really care about it.
Rookie mistake: This is the type of mistake that a beginner or a person with no experience would make.
On his first day of work, he told his boss that the company should make a lot of changes. That was quite a rookie mistake.
Walk all over: If someone "walks all over" you it means that you allow someone to treat you very poorly.
He always let’s his girlfriends walk all over him. (This means that he allows the girls to treat him very poorly)
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