ESL Podcast: In this ESL podcast we talk about getting a job. It is a great way to find a job by networking with friends and people you know. In this ESL podcast we talk about getting a job through a friend and some great English vocabulary to use in the workplace and in your daily life. Improve your English even more and sign up for the VIP section today!Discussion forum
Lesson Below
ESL Conversation
| A: What are you up to later?
B: I’m going to ask Scott for a job at his company. A: Are you serious? B: Ya, why not? A: I think you are barking up the wrong tree. B: What are you talking about? A: I think you blew your chances when you offended his girlfriend last week. She was really upset. B: I apologized the next and and we’re good now. It’s all water under the bridge. A: Well, I don’t know… B: You don’t know about what? A: Umm. Where was I? B: You were trying to explain why I couldn’t get a job at Scott’s company. A: Sorry. I forget. I lost my train of thought. B: Thanks for the advice. A: Don’t mention it. |
Phrases and Vocabulary used:
Barking up the wrong tree: If you are "barking up the wrong tree" it means you are using effort in the wrong place.
For example you could say, "Stop calling him. He’s married. You’re barking up the wrong tree. He won’t leave his wife no matter how hard you try".
Blew your chances: If you "blow your chances" it means that you ruined your chance. You once had a chance but now you don’t because you made some mistake.
I think you blew your chances with her. She seemed to like you at first but you called her too often. I don’t think she’s interested anymore.
We’re good now: This is a slang phrase. It means that two people have gotten over some disagreement or problem and don’t have any problems anymore.
We used to fight a lot but we’re good now.
It’s all water under the bridge: If something is water under the bridge it means it is a problem in the past and is no longer a problem now.
Oh, don’t worry about that. That happened years ago. It’s all water under the bridge.
Where was I?: If you are in the middle of a conversation and forget what you were talking about you can ask, "where was I?"
If you are talking to your friend, then you answer the phone to talk to someone else, you may want to go back to the same spot in the conversation you were at before you got interupted by the phone. You can ask your friend, "so where were we?"
I lost my train of thought: If you started to talk about something and then in the middle of it you forget what your point was you could say, "I lost my train of thought". It means that you already forgot the ending of the story you started to tell.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
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thanks…………*_-
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Hi,
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October 6th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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Nice to hear from you soon
Edlira
October 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Which english accent do you speak in? American, canadian, what is the difference between the two..
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later
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October 13th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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October 14th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Nothing new!
To be honest, these slangs and expressions aren’t useful enough to me…(I’m not being sarcastic just don’t gather from my words like that!)
October 14th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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Keep on this good job!
Cheers from Brazil!
October 14th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Correcting: *I have found
just in time!
October 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
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October 31st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
i think there is a mistake in the conversation .
A: Sorry. I forget. I lost my train of thought.
correction:
A: Sorry. I forgot. I lost my train of thought.
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hi to Andy and andrew
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November 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 am
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November 26th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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