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in this edition we're going to talk about
the big bang theory, of course
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Season 1 Episode 2
of The Big Bang Theory
the first word we're going to see today is
now "swell up" can be used in two different situations
the first one is when you eat something that you shouldn't
so you're having an allergic reaction to it
and your throat or tongue are swelling up
they're becoming bigger and you can't breathe
the other situation is when you hurt yourself
for example you break your
finger and it becomes blue and puffy
so it't swelling up
now this is a bit of an irregular verb
and it goes:
the next verb is a very important one
used in everyday language and it's
Now this is usually used for when you're new to something
so you're doing something new
and you're having a lot of problems for
example a kid trying to ride a bike and
then a little by little you become good
so you're getting used to riding a bike
the next one is a bit of a technical one
you might to really know if you're into technology and it's
Now "peer" is used to describe a
person that is on your same social level
it's called a "peer"
you will usually hear it in TV shows or maybe in court:
"you will be judged by a jury of your peers"
which means you will be judged by a jury of people just like you
these two verbs have exactly the same meaning
and they are a clear example of when
a sound becomes a verb
and they mean to run or fly very fast
in a certain direction
the next is:
"To make an effort" means to try to do something
putting that lot of energy into it
just like this guy over here!
Yeah! ...we go to the gym together!... Yeah!
"to slice" just means to cut
a slice is also a piece of something
something round usually
like a cake
and then we have:
the "minimum wage" is the lowest amount of money you can get payed
to do a certain job, for example in UK
it's six pounds 50 per hour
the "odds" are just the percentages or chances of something happening
very common in
everyday language we hear:
"what are the odds!"
"what are the odds!" just means "what a coincidence!
then the next word is a bit of a funny one
and it's used to describe a person that
dresses like the opposite sex
the next two adjectives are used to describe places
the first one is
"Messy" means when something is disorganized
and the other one is the opposite of "messy" and it's
which means that something is perfectly clean
Now when something is "messy" and you want to make "immaculate"
so you organize it
The next two adejctives have to do with
sound
A "high pitch"is  like:
"Hi, my name is Riccardo, and welcome to: Get the Vocab!"
Where a "low pitch" voice is like:
"Hello! ...My name is Riccardo, and welcome to: "Get the Vocab!"
the next noun is:
"Label" is the piece of
paper on top of a box that tells you all the
important information about the product
for example this is a "label"
Now "label" is also a verb
So "to label" means: to put a label on something
the next one is very in the USA and it's:
"garage sale" is when people start selling their
stuff they didn't need anymore and it usually happens outside their garage on a Sunday morning.
now this two nouns have
exactly the same meaning
and they mean "to make something better"
There is also verbs to describe this which is:
this verb has two meanings:
means when something is everywhere in the room, for example!
it means when someone is very confused about something that
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