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Grandmother Vocabulary Lesson

Hello and welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the conversation “Grandmother.” Now in this conversation

Joe has just gotten off the telephone with his grandmother. So he’s just telling me about their conversation,

what they… what they spoke about.

Okay, let’s begin.

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I first start off saying, “Hey, how's it goin’?”

Now how’s... This is short for how is. As I’ve said in many, many lessons you won’t see this really in written

English. It’s more something that you would hear in conversational English. And goin’ is short for going.

Again, you wouldn’t see this in written English but you would hear it in conversational English. Anytime

something is shortened, you won’t really see that in written, formal English. But you’ll definitely hear people

when they’re speaking making something short, or shorter.

So I say, "Hey, how’s it goin’?"

What I’m saying here is, hi, how are you doing?

And then I go on to say, “I’m home.”

So I’ve just come in the apartment. I’ve just gotten home.

And Joe says, “Hey, yeah, I’m in here.”

Yeah. This is slang or casual or informal for yes. And when he says, I’m in here... He’s just telling me what

room of the apartment he’s in. I think he was in the living room actually.

And then I say, “Oh. Okay.”

Now oh here. That’s just a filler. It’s not really needed.

And then Joe says, “How are you doin’?”

Doin’, Doin’ is short for doing.

And I say, “Pretty good.”

Now pretty here means very good.

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And then Joe says, “Nice. Where you comin’ from?”

Comin’. This is short for coming. What Joe is saying here is, where are you coming from?

And then I say, “I have just been out and about doin’ some shopping.”

Out and about. This means going from place to place. Out and about. For example: I was out and about

shopping downtown. Out and about.

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

Uh is just filler here. It’s not really needed.

And I go on to say, “here in The Mission and then I went to Haight Street...”

Now The Mission... This is short for the Mission District. The Mission District is just a neighborhood in San

Francisco. The Mission. For example: Joe and I live in The Mission. We live in the Mission District. The

Mission. And when I say that I went to Haight Street… Haight Street is a street in San Francisco. For

example: I like to go to the bars on Haight Street. I really like the atmosphere of the bars on Haight Street.

And then I go on to say, “just goin’ to some secondhand stores.”

Just. In this situation, just is just filler. It’s not really needed. Secondhand stores. Secondhand stores are

stores where used clothing is sold. Secondhand stores. I like to shop at secondhand stores because the

clothes are so cheap. Secondhand stores.

And then Joe says, “Oh, okay.” And I say, “One of my favorite things to do.”

So I’m saying I really like shopping at secondhand stores. It’s one of my favorite things to do.

And Joe says, “Yeah, cool.”

Cool meaning good.

And then I say, “So who are you just ge-, gettin’ off the phone with?”

Gettin’ is short for getting.

And Joe says, “Oh, I was speakin’ to my grandmother.”

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Speakin’ or talking to my grandmother. Speakin’ is short for speaking.

And then I say, “How’s she doing?” And Joe says, “Yeah, she’s doin’ okay. She was actually feelin’

under the weather last week but, uh, now she’s alright.”

Actually is just filler here. It’s not really needed. She was actually feeling under the weather. Feeling under

the weather. Now feelin’ is short for feeling. Feeling under the weather. That just means being sick. For

example: Ben was feeling under the weather. I could hear him coughing. Feeling under the weather. And

then when Joe says now she’s alright. Alright just means okay or good. Alright.

And then I go on to say, “Oh, did she just have a cold or somethin’?”

Have a cold. This means to be sick. Have a cold. For example: I do not like to leave the house when I have

a cold. Have a cold. And when I say somethin’… This is short for something.

And then Joe says, “Yeah, she said that there was somethin’ goin’ around.”

Something going around. This is when people you know are sick. Something going around. An example of

this would be: My mother told me that she and my father are both sick. She said that there must be

something going around.

And then Joe goes on to say, “Uh, my aunt had it and my niece had it. So she might have caught it

from one of them.”

Might have just means maybe. Now caught it... Caught it means got sick. Caught it. For example: David is

sick. I think that he caught it from his wife because she was sick last week. Caught it.

And then I say, “Oh, okay.” And Joe says, “Yeah. Y’know...”

Y’know is short for you know.

And Joe goes on to say, “speaking with my grandmother on the phone, sometimes I feel like I’m a

little kid again...”

Or sometimes I feel like I’m a child again.

And I say, “Yeah, why is that?” And Joe says, “I get like…”

Like here is just filler. It’s not really needed.

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So Joe says, “I get like transported back…”

Transported means... Transported here means taken. I get transported back. I get taken back. For

example: When I was looking at old family pictures, it felt like I was transported back to when I was a child.

Transported.

And Joe goes on to say, “transported back to the time when we used to live close together and, uh,

y’know, and I was a kid. I mean…”

Or he’s saying, what I’m trying to say is that...

“my grandparents, when I was growin’ up...”

Growin’ is short for growing. And growing up just means getting older.

And Joe goes on to say, “they lived just like a stone’s throw away from us.”

Now stone’s throw away... This means very close. A stone’s throw away. For example: Joe and I go to the

park a lot because it’s just a stone’s throw away from our apartment. Stone’s throw away.

And Joe goes on to say, “Maybe like, I don’t know, two miles or somethin’. So we used to...” And

then I say, “Wow.”

And I’m just showing emotion such as, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe you lived so close to your

grandparents.

And Joe says, “see them all the time.”

So he’s saying, so we used to see them all the time. Or we used to visit them all the time.

And I say, “Yeah.” And Joe says, “Yeah, it was awesome.”

Awesome means very good or great. Awesome. For example: Robbie is an awesome guitar player.

Awesome.

And Joe says, “I mean, y’know, when you’re a kid one of your favorite things is to see your

grandparents.” And I say, “Yeah.”

Agreeing with Joe.

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And Joe says, “Y’know, it’s like you get to escape the discipline of your parents for a little bit.”

Escape. This means to get away from. Escape. For example: The prisoner escaped from jail. Escape.

And discipline... This means punishment. Discipline. For example: When I was a child my parents always

disciplined me whenever I did something wrong. Discipline, or in this example, disciplined. And when Joe

says a little bit... A little bit means a small amount. Here specifically it means a small amount of time. A little

bit. Let’s say I want to go to a music festival but I have a lot of work to do. I might tell my friends, I can meet

you at the festival but I can only stay for a little bit. A little bit.

And then I say, “Right.”

I’m just agreeing with Joe, saying, yeah. You’re correct. That’s right.

And then Joe says, “And...”

And here is filler. It’s not really needed.

And Joe goes on to say, “y’know, your grandparents, they’ll always shower you with attention.”

Shower you with attention. This means give you a lot of attention. Shower you with attention. For example:

My grandparents always showered me with attention. So shower you with attention, or in this example,

showered me with attention.

And Joe goes on to say, “And, y’know, my grandmother would always, y’know, make us some

sweets.”

Now sweets. This means food that has a lot of sugar like cookies, cake, candy, ice cream. Sweets. For

example: I really like to eat sweets even though I know it’s not very healthy. Or I know it’s not very good for

me. Sweets.

And Joe goes on to say, “And, y’know… she was just always like, uh, always really, uh, uh, happy to

see us, y’know?”

So he’s saying she was always... She was always very happy to see us.

And then I say, “Uh-huh.”

And I’m just agreeing with Joe, saying, yeah, uh-huh.

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