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Ticket On The Train - Vocabulary Lesson

Hello and welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the conversation “Ticket on the Train.” In this

conversation Joe and I are talking about how I got a ticket one day riding the train here in San Francisco.

Now let me first explain that there are two kinds of tickets, two different kinds of tickets. The first is a

ticket that you can buy to go to something like a concert or a play. Or a ticket you buy to ride a bus or a

plane, airplane, or a train. That’s the first kind of a ticket. The second kind of a ticket is one that you can

get if you do something wrong, which means that you then have to pay money to the government. So in

this conversation, both kinds of tickets are talked about. And I just wanted to clarify that before starting

with the conversation so that it wouldn’t be too confusing.

Okay, let’s begin with the conversation.

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Joe first says, “So, uh, how’s your day goin’?”

Now so, uh, at the beginning of the sentence… These are two words that are just filler. They’re not really

needed. They have no meaning in the sentence. And then when he says how’s... How’s is short for how

is. So you won’t really see that in written English but you’ll definitely hear it in conversational English.

"how’s your day goin’?"

Now, goin’... This is short for going. Again you won’t see that in written English but you will hear it in

conversational English.

And then I say, “Oh, it could have started off better.”

Now when I start off the sentence by saying oh... Here again, that’s not really needed. It’s just filler. It

you take it away from the sentence, the sentence will still make sense.

And then I say, “Actually...”

This is filler also. It’s not really needed.

I go on to say, “I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.”

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed. This means to feel a little angry at the start of the day or the

beginning of the day. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed. For example: I can remember waking up

one morning and yelling at Joe for no reason. So I think that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed that

morning.

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And then Joe says, “Why, what happened?” And I say, “Well...”

And this is just a filler word. It’s not needed.

And I go on to say, “things were going okay. I mean…”

Or what I’m trying to say is that...

“I’d gotten the e-mails done...”

Done, as in finished.

“I’d gotten all the dishes done. Took a shower. Got ready to go. Um, but…”

And those are two filler words as well.

And I go on to say, “as usual I was running against the clock...”

Now running against the clock... This means to be late. Running against the clock. For example: I

always feel like I’m running against the clock when I have to be somewhere early in the morning.

Running against the clock.

And then I go on to say, “trying to, uh...”

And uh is just a filler word. It’s not really needed.

And I go on to say, “get down and catch the train on time.”

Now get down... What I’m saying here is to go to. To go to the place where I would catch the train. Get

down. For example: I was running to get down to the train before I left. Get down. And when I say catch

the train... Catch the train on time. Catch the train. What I’m saying here is to get on the train. I’m not

really trying to catch it with my hands. I’m just going... I’m trying to get on the train. So catch the train.

For example: I usually try to catch the train near my house at 20th and Church Streets. Catch the train.

And Joe says, “Yeah.”

Now yeah is just casual or informal for yes. So he’s just agreeing with me.

And then I say, “So, I got on the train. I go in the back like I usually do because I have a pass.”

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Now pass here... This is a ticket that allows you to ride the train. Or allows a person to ride the train. So

in this situation, me. It’s my pass. I usually buy a pass that will last me for one month. So I buy a ticket

and I can ride the train for one month, as many times as I want. So that’s pass. For example: I always

try to get a pass so I do not get in trouble for riding the train without paying. Pass.

So I go on to say, “I sit down, we go one stop. We, we’re actually coming up to 18th...”

And this is supposed to be 18th Street.

And then I say, “y’know...”

Y’know is short for you know.

And I go on to say, “just the next stop. And I see the, the ticket checkers, for lack of a better

word...”

Now I’m saying for lack of a better word just because I’m not sure exactly what they’re called, so… They

probably have a certain name. But I just say ticket checkers because I’m not sure what that name is.

Ticket checkers. These are people who make sure that you paid to ride the train. Ticket checkers. For

example: I saw the ticket checkers going up to everyone on the train, making sure they had a ticket or

pass. Ticket checkers.

And Joe says, “Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I know who you’re talkin’ about.”

And when he says talkin’... This is short for talking.

And I say, “People who are always checking for passes...” And Joe says, “Right.”

Or he’s saying correct. He’s just agreeing with me.

And then I say, “they’re on and I thought, okay, great, yeah, I’ve, y’know, I’ve got my pass on me.

So one of them comes up to me asking to see my pass. I start looking in my bag for the place that

I always keep it, and it’s not there.” And Joe says, “Oh, are you serious?”

So he’s saying, oh no, really?

And I say, “So, yeah! I’m looking, looking, thinking, oh where is it? Then suddenly...”

Or I’m saying then right away.

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“eh, y’know, and this is after, too, I start checking my pants…”

Or I start looking in my pants.

“and just racking my brain…”

Now racking my brain. What this means is thinking. Thinking really hard about something. Thinking.

For example: I was racking my brain trying to remember the directions to the airport. Racking my brain.

And I go on to say, “tryin’…”

Tryin’ is just short for trying.

“tryin’ to think of where, where my pass could be. Then suddenly it dawned on me…”

It dawned on me. This means I recalled or I remembered. It dawned on me. It dawned on me that I

forgot to turn off the oven before I left the house today. It dawned on me.

And I go on to say, “it dawned on me that I had left it in the pocket of a pair of pants that I’d worn

two days before to work.”

Now pair of pants. We say this whenever we are talking about one pants. We just say a pair, even

though pair usually means two. Pair of pants.

And then Joe says, “Oh, and they were still at home, I’m sure.”

So he’s talking about my pair of pants that I wore two days earlier. He’s saying they’re probably still at

home because I’m wearing a different pair of pants the day this happened.

And I say, “Yes, they were still at home. So, I start explaining…”

Or I start telling.

“this to the woman…”

The woman being the ticket checker.

“and, she, um, she whips her clipboard out.”

Now whips her clipboard out. This means she took her clipboard out. A clipboard is something to write

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on.

And I go on to say, “And I’m like...”

Now like here is just filler. It’s not really needed.

“I’m like, 'y’know, I just got on.' And she’s like, 'oh right here?' 'Coz...”

And ‘coz is short for because.

“’Coz, y’know, we’d just gotten to 18th Street. And I was like, 'no, no, no, no...'”

So I’m telling her, no, no, no, no, no.

“'I, I, um, I got on just one stop back at 20th Street. But I always have my pass on me…'”

Now on me... That means with me. I always have my pass with me or on me. For example: After I left

the house I realized that I did not have my wallet on me.

And then I go to say, “'and that’s why I got on the back. I’ve got money. I can go up and pay right

now.'”

I’m saying all of this to the woman but I’m just repeating it to Joe.

And I go on to say, “and she’s like...”

Or what this means is she said. The ticket checker said to me.

“'Oh, just hold on a second...'”

Or she’s saying wait a minute.

“And she starts writing.” And then Joe says, “Let me guess, I’m gonna…”

And gonna is short for going.

“I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that she still gave you the ticket.”

Go out on a limb. This means to say something that seems unlikely. To say something that seems like it

didn’t really happen. Unlikely. So Joe is actually joking when he says this because he’s pretty sure, or

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