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GLOSSARY

to promise – to guarantee; to tell someone you will do something

* Gwen, please promise that you won't tell anyone about the mistake I made in

the report before I have a chance to fix it.

sorry – regretful; feeling bad about something; usually used in cases when

someone did or said something wrong

* She was sorry to have broken the vase that belonged to her friend’s

grandmother.

a crush – to think someone is attractive, usually used for teenagers who feel a

temporary attraction; to want to date someone

* Dana has crushes on three players on the baseball team.

to slip out – to say something accidentally, without intending or wanting to

* She didn’t plan on telling anyone that she was quitting her job, but during a

lunch meeting, it just slipped out.

in confidence – in secret, so that no one else knows

* If I tell you something in confidence, I don’t want you to repeat it to anyone.

totally – completely

* I totally forgot that I was supposed to go over to Martin’s house today to help

him set up for the party!

to regret – to feel sorry for something; to wish that something had not happened

* After losing the most important game of the year, the team regretted not

practicing more.

to take it back – to wish that you had not done something after you’ve done it; to

want to make things as they were before

* I was trying to help him when I told his boss that he was sick, but his boss fired

him. I wish I could take it all back.

to accept (someone’s) apology – to forgive someone; to recognize that

someone has regret; to not feel angry with someone anymore

* Will you accept my apology for insulting you earlier tonight?

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what's done is done – you cannot change what is in the past; now that an

action has been taken, you cannot change the results

* What's done is done. It won’t help anyone to be angry about it.

to be pissed off – to be very angry

* Of course I’m pissed off at you. You said that my husband eats like a pig!

to be over it – to stop being angry; to feel little or no emotion about something

that made you very emotional in the past

* She was very disappointed when she wasn’t given the job, but she’s over it

now.

hold on a sec – wait a moment; please wait

* Hold on a sec. Let me see if I can find that contract.

guess who…? – do you know who…?; asking someone to guess the identity of

someone else

* Guess who tried to take credit for my work during the meeting?

to be interested in – to be romantically interested in someone; to want to date

someone

* Ronald asked me out, but I'm really interested in his brother.

Don't let your imagination run away with you. – don’t let yourself believe what

you imagine; don’t believe that something is there when it is only in your mind

* You think that at the concert, you’re going to get to meet the band? Don’t let

your imagination run away with you.

to keep (one’s) fingers crossed – to be hopeful, to wish someone good luck

* Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the teacher won’t find out about the trick we

played on her until after the school year is over.

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. Why is Becky apologizing?

a) She knows Curt's secret.

b) She told Curt's secret to Joyce.

c) She told Joyce to call Curt.

2. How does Curt feel about Becky at the end of the conversation?

a) He is still angry that Becky shared his secret.

b) He is angry with Joyce.

c) He was angry but he is not angry anymore.

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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?

to slip out

The phrase “to slip out,” in this podcast, means to say something by accident: “I

didn't want to tell him that I like him, but it just slipped out.” This phrase can also

be used to talk about physical things, like when you accidentally let go of

something you are holding or something falls out of your hand: “The pot slipped

out of my hand when I was carrying it across the backyard.” The phrase is also

used informally to mean to leave a place quietly, without many people knowing:

“I didn't know Dan left the room. He must have slipped out through the

backdoor.” Or, “The speech was so boring that during the middle of it, my friend

and I slipped out.”

to take it back

In this podcast, the phrase “to take it back” means to make things as they were

before the action was done, to take away the meaning of the act. It is used for

things that were done that should not have been done, or for things that

someone regrets doing: “I was wrong to insult you. I wish I could take it back.”

This phrase can also be used to talk about objects that need to be returned to

their original place: “This book is on the wrong shelf. Could you please take it

back to the right one?” Another meaning of “take it back” is to return an item to

the store where you bought it so that you can get your money back: “I bought the

wrong case for my cell phone. I need to take it back to the store.”

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CULTURE NOTE

Many governments around the world have made “reparations” for things that the

government has done wrong in the past. Reparations are usually made with

money paid to the “victims,” or people who were harmed, and by giving them a

formal apology.

In the past 30 years in the U.S., the government has made reparations to several

groups. One case of official U.S. government reparations occurred in 1988. In

Word War II, Japanese Americans were put into internment camps and held

prisoner because the U.S. government thought that they would be dangerous

during the war. The U.S. government formally apologized to these Americans

and passed a law that gave payments of $20,000 to each of the “survivors,” or

people still alive, who had been put into the camps. This was not the only

reparation for this mistake. When Japanese Americans were moved into the

camps, they had to leave behind most of what they owned, including their land.

In 1968, the government began reparations for the property that Japanese

Americans lost.

In the 1980’s, Native Americans also began receiving reparations for being

forced to leave their land more than 100 years before. In many cases, there

were “treaties,” or formal government agreements, that the government signed to

get Native Americans to leave their land, but that they did not “honor,” or follow.

In many cases, reparations were decided by the terms of these old treaties. The

reparations included large sums of money and the ownership of their own

property to live and to work on.

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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – b ; 2 – c

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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 197, “An Apology.”

You're listening to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 197. I'm

your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational

Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

Remember to visit our website at eslpod.com. There you can get a copy of the

Learning Guide to this podcast, which is an eight to ten page guide that includes

all of the vocabulary words, definitions, additional information that we don't talk

about on the podcast, cultural notes and a complete transcript of this podcast.

Today's podcast is about someone who is making an apology, saying that they

are sorry to another person. Let's get started.

[Start of story]

Becky: Curt.

Curt: Oh, hi.

Becky: Can I talk to you for a minute?

Curt: I’m really busy right now.

Becky: Just one minute. I promise it won’t take long.

Curt: Okay. Let’s talk over here.

Becky: Curt, I’m really sorry that I told Joyce that you had a crush on her. We

were just talking last Friday and it just slipped out.

Curt: But, I told you about Joyce in confidence.

Becky: I know. It’s totally my fault. I really regret saying anything. I wish I could

take it back. I just want you to know that I’m really sorry and I hope that you’ll

accept my apology.

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