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2 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Introduction In this unit you re going to learn colloquial expressions using words related to clothes and fashion. Remember, colloquial expressions are informal use them with your friends, but not in more formal situations. Colloquial Expressions Task 1 KATIE: Hello, I m here in Tom s flat in Barcelona talking to Amanda. AMANDA: Hi. KATIE: How are you? AMANDA: Good. KATIE: OK, well, we re going to play a bit of a game. AMANDA: Good, I like games. KATIE: (laughter) I m going to describe erm, colloquial expressions, spoken expressions, in English, and, er your job Amanda is to guess what they are. AMANDA: Mmm hmm. OK. KATIE: Are you ready? AMANDA: I m ready. KATIE: OK. So...er, think about if I were to say something, not very nice to you...a bit mean. Erm...and you think, Oh that was a bit uncalled for, there s an expression in English, you could say, well that was a bit......and it s related to an article of clothing. AMANDA: OK. And...it s an insult? KATIE: Erm...it s a way to describe something I said to you...that was mean. AMANDA: Right. KATIE: What you said was a bit... AMANDA: Mmm yes...sort of lowering...the tone of the conversation. KATIE: Kind of, yeah. AMANDA: And insulting me, what you said.

3 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by KATIE: Yeah. It s not being very nice. AMANDA: And it s the article of clothing around the waist? KATIE: It is, that s correct. AMANDA: Below the belt. KATIE: That s the one, below the belt. Yes. So is it...is it something nice that somebody says to you, if it s below the belt? AMANDA: Below the belt would be...really, yeah, not called for, in this situation.. KATIE: So like a bit unfair. AMANDA: Yes. Erm, a joke is one thing and then it s changing to be a bit more insulting I would say, below the belt. KATIE: OK, so that s the first one, below the belt. Now the next one is also with belt... AMANDA: Mmm hmm. KATIE: And...erm...economically, it s not a good time at the moment, for most people. AMANDA: Mmm hmm. KATIE: So they haven t got a lot of money to spend, so...what do you do? AMANDA: And also when you lose a bit of weight...(laughter) Yes, I think you need to adjust certain erm, things in your life, to reduce, what you are using, or in this case spending... KATIE: Yes. OK. AMANDA: And I think, you would tighten your belt. KATIE: That s the one, yeah. To tighten your belt. AMANDA: Mmm hmm. KATIE: Have you had to tighten your belt? AMANDA: Oh yeah. I can t tighten it any more. (laughter) KATIE: OK good, so to tighten your belt, to spend less. AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: To economise I guess. AMANDA: Yeah.

4 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by KATIE: OK. Two down. Er, now, er, we ve done two but we ve still got three to guess in this little segment... AMANDA: OK. KATIE:...so I want you to er...concentrate. AMANDA: Right. KATIE: Come on... AMANDA: I m really concentrating. KATIE: Use your brain. AMANDA: I m using my brain. KATIE: There s an expression that means this...i want you to put... AMANDA: Mmm... KATIE:...your... KATIE: Come on, get thinking, put your... AMANDA: Ahh...I don t know. I m thinking of the brain, the head, the top of the head. KATIE: What do you wear on your head? AMANDA: A hat. KATIE: Yes, and what s another kind of hat? That you might wear for baseball? AMANDA: A cap. KATIE: Yes. AMANDA: Put your cap on. KATIE: Yeah, put your thinking cap on. AMANDA: Ah, put your thinking cap on, of course! Yes, yes, yes. (laughter) KATIE: The thinking cap... AMANDA: That was a blonde moment there, there was a blonde moment there. (laughter) KATIE: So to put your thinking cap on. AMANDA: Put your thinking cap on, OK.

5 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by KATIE: Concentrate. AMANDA: I ve got my full thinking cap on. KATIE: To use your brain. AMANDA: Yes. Exactly. KATIE: OK. Have you got your thinking cap on? AMANDA: I have indeed. KATIE: Alright...good. AMANDA: It s there. KATIE:...let s try and get two more...er, now these two are both about erm... when you get overexcited or angry about something. AMANDA: Right. KATIE: Erm...and, one of them, involves a piece of underwear for women. AMANDA: (laughter) Yes indeed, and...when you get angry...or over-excited...it means you could probably be moving around quite a little bit more... KATIE: (laughter) AMANDA:...and that might make your clothes...change shape, erm...i would say, if you re talking about knickers... KATIE: Yes. So what s the expression? AMANDA: Get your knickers in a twist. KATIE: Yes. (laughter) KATIE: Don t get your knickers in a twist! AMANDA: Don t get your knickers in a twist. KATIE: Calm down luv! AMANDA: Yes, yeah. Chill out. KATIE: Mmm hmm. AMANDA: Mmm hmm.

6 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by KATIE: So if you get your knickers in a twist, you re the opposite aren t you? AMANDA: Absolutely. Yes, yes. I no longer get my knickers in a twist about anything. KATIE: (laughter) Unfortunately I get my knickers in a twist on a regular basis. AMANDA: (laughter) KATIE: If I did get my knickers in a twist...and you wanted to say... AMANDA: Just don t wear them anymore! (laughter) That s it, that s the answer. KATIE: Yes. Hmm. I don t want to really be, knickerless, but anyway...so I m getting my knickers in a twist and you want to tell me to calm down... AMAMDA: OK. KATIE:...you could say, OK keep...your... AMANDA: It s keep your something on. KATIE: Yeah. AMANDA: Keep your shirt on. KATIE: Yes. AMANDA: It is keep your shirt on. KATIE: Yes. Keep your shirt on! AMANDA: That s true, that s true. KATIE: Don t get excited, don t get angry. AMANDA: I m not sure I...yeah, keep your shirt on. KATIE: Keep your shirt on, keep your shirt on! AMANDA: Yeah. KATIE: Actually sometimes we say keep your hair on. AMANDA: Yeah. It s all OK. Stay with it, calm...don t turn into the incredible hulk and rip it off. (laughter) KATIE: Exactly. OK, well now we re calm, we ll have a little break. AMANDA: OK.

7 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Meaning and Pronunciation 1 So you ve heard five of the expressions. Now let s see what you can remember. Try and finish my sentence and then repeat when you hear the beep. It s not very fair of you to say that, it was a bit... It was a bit below the belt It was a bit below the belt In this economic climate we need to... We need to tighten our belts We need to tighten our belts Calm down, calm down... Don t get your knickers in a twist. Or Keep your shirt on. Don t get your knickers in a twist. Or keep your shirt on. Don t you have any more ideas? Come on put... Come on put your thinking cap on. Come on put your thinking cap on. Colloquial Expressions Task 2 KATIE: OK Amanda, so let s try another five shall we?

8 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by AMANDA: Clothing. KATIE: Clothing, clothes and fashion. AMANDA: Clothes and fashion. KATIE: OK. Er, what do you wear on your feet? AMANDA: Shoes. KATIE: OK. So there s an expression with shoes that means to see a situation as though you were another person, so to be able to look at it, more objectively. AMANDA: With their viewpoint. KATIE: Exactly. AMANDA: Perspective. KATIE: Yeah. AMANDA: Yes, so it s literally, putting yourself in the other person s place. KATIE: Yep. AMANDA: Or putting yourself in their shoes. KATIE: Yes. AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: Do you find that easy to do? AMANDA: Erm I actually think I do. I actually find, that I tend to think about the other person s point of view before, overreacting to something. But only now. In the past I found it more difficult, but KATIE: I know I should put myself in other people s shoes, but generally what happens is I speak and then afterwards I think, Oh you really should put yourself in their shoes, and then I have to go and say sorry sometimes. AMANDA: I think sometimes, I put myself too much in that KATIE: Ah-huh AMANDA: place, I I will easily forget what my own standpoint was, because I m thinking about the other person too much. KATIE: Being too nice.

9 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by AMANDA: Well, I don t know if it s being too nice, I just sometimes forget about, you know that your own opinion is also important KATIE: Yeah. AMANDA: and there s no right or wrong, but KATIE: So, put yourself in the other person s shoes, but not too much. AMANDA: But not too much! (laughter) KATIE: OK. Erm, now, here is an expression where someone talks a lot but doesn t actually get down to any action. So we would describe this person as, all AMANDA: Ah clothing. KATIE: Yeah. AMANDA: It s on the tip of my tongue. KATIE: If you AMANDA: And I can t think. Can you give me a clue? KATIE: Well, erm, someone who talks a lot AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: Erm, what do you talk with? Your AMANDA: Mouth. KATIE: So you re all mouth AMANDA: And no trousers. KATIE: Yes, that s the one. (laughter) KATIE: All mouth and no trousers. AMANDA: I love that expression. KATIE: Yeah, it s great isn t it? AMANDA: This is a bit of a flashback now to real English! KATIE +AMANDA: All mouth and no trousers. AMANDA: Yes.

10 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by KATIE: Lots of talking, very little action. AMANDA: Yeah, yeah. Getting nothing achieved. KATIE: Exactly. I can be a bit like that sometimes. AMANDA: Me too. KATIE: OK. Erm we ve got a couple more to do. Erm, if I don t believe you, you say something, and I think Pha! If that s true I ll AMANDA: Eat my hat. KATIE: Exactly. Yes. I ll eat my hat! Actually my nana used to say I ll go eat hay with a donkey. But the clothing expression AMANDA: Eat my hat. KATIE: Yes. I ll eat my hat. AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: So I mean obviously, ordinarily, we don t eat our hat. AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: So, it s like, I don t believe you so much that if you re telling the truth I promise to do something very strange and stupid. AMANDA: Yes, yes. KATIE: Because I really don t think I m going to have to. AMANDA: In the in the world of sailing they often have these type of erm challenges. As in, I sort of a dare. If you do, if if that happens, then I will do this. KATIE: Mmm. So, so it s a little bit like AMANDA: It s not eating a hat, it s usually something a bit stronger KATIE: Yeah. (laughter) AMANDA: But it s exactly that meaning yeah. KATIE: OK. And a couple more. Erm and these are ways to describe people who are er into what they wear. Who it s important for. So, what do we describe er or how do we describe somebody who, really likes clothes and will wear anything, if it s cool, if it s trendy? Even if they look a bit stupid.

11 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by AMANDA: So somebody that is really following the latest articles and looks, and KATIE: Yeah. AMANDA: Fashion victim. KATIE: That s the one. Yeah. They wear anything if it s in fashion. AMANDA: I think when I look at photographs of myself in the 1980 s, I can clearly say I was an example. KATIE: You were a fashion victim. AMANDA: Definitely at some points yes. I mean there was just some awful, awful flowery jumpers and rah-rah skirts and things that KATIE: Well. Erm you might look back on that now and say Oh good grief!, but at the time, you were (mm) it. AMANDA: I was this is an expression to say that I was really on top of the latest fashion? KATIE: Yes. AMANDA: I was give me a clue. KATIE: Mmm, I might have to tell you this one it s difficult to give a clue to. AMANDA: Yes. KATIE: You were with it. AMANDA: I was with it. I was thinking with it, but yes. KATIE: With it, or we could say, you were very fashion c AMANDA: Conscious. KATIE: Yes. AMANDA: Yeah, fashion conscious. Yeah. KATIE: So we could say AMANDA: with it, with it, I think I would say, yeah. KATIE: Yeah I was really with it in the AMANDA: But now I just want to burn those photographs. (laughter)

12 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by AMANDA: Big hair and lacey gloves. (laughter) Nice. (laughter) Meaning and Pronunciation 2 So again to check, finish the sentence and repeat after the beep. I don t believe you! If that s true I ll... If that s true I ll eat my hat. If that s true I ll eat my hat. That looks terrible; you re only wearing it because it s in fashion. You re such a... You re such a fashion victim. You re such a fashion victim. You have to think about how he feels, put yourself... Put yourself in his shoes. Put yourself in his shoes. She s very interested in fashion and she always looks great, she s very... She s very fashion conscious. Or, She s very with it. She s very fashion conscious. Or, She s very with it. He says he ll do it, but can you believe him? Hmm he s... He s all mouth and no trousers. He s all mouth and no trousers.

13 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Summary You should feel a lot more confident in understanding and using ten new colloquial expressions on the topic of clothes and fashion. Well done.

14 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Extra Materials Glossary 1 = Informal, pero puede ser usada en conversaciones con la mayoría de las personas y en casi todas las situaciones. 2 = Informal, es mejor usarla solamente en situaciones muy informales y con gente que conozcas muy bien. 3 = Ten cuidado! Muy informal y puede ofender a algunas personas. No la utilices cuando estés cerca de tu suegra!!! below the belt (1)- No es justo, es decirle algo malo a alguien que ya se encuentra en una mala situación. Esta expresión proviene del boxeo es contra las reglas golpear a alguien debajo del cinturón. put your thinking cap on (1) No necesitas realmente ponerte un sombrero! Significa empezar a pensar en un problema, enfocarse e intentar encontrar una respuesta o solución. keep your shirt on! (2) No te emociones o te enojes demasiado mantén la calma. don t get your knickers in a twist! (2) - No te emociones o te enojes demasiado mantén la calma. to be / put yourself in someone else s shoes (1)- Ponerse en la situación de otra persona. Esta expresión es usada cuando quieres que una persona entienda la situación o las dificultades en las que se encuentra el otro. I ll eat my hat (2) Probablemente no me comeré un sombrero, pero esta expresión significa que no puedes creer que algo es verdad. Dices que comerás tu sombrero, porque sabes que no será necesario hacerlo. a fashion victim (2) Alguien que se toma la moda muy en serio, y puede parecer ridículo porque va a usar cualquier cosa si esta de moda. with it (1) a la última moda. fashion conscious (1) Le pone mucha atención a lo que está de moda y se asegura de lucir a la moda. all mouth and no trousers! (2) Solo palabras y nada de acciones. Este tipo de personas hablan mucho acerca de las cosas que van a hacer, pero nunca las hacen.

15 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Practice Exercise 1 Without looking at the glossary, try and rearrange the words to make an expression as quickly as you can. 1. he s /trousers / mouth / no/ and/ all 2. on / your / keep / shirt 3. your / put / cap / thinking/ on 4. in / yourself / shoes / his / put 5. twist / your/ knickers / don t / get / a / in 6. true / if / I ll / my / hat / eat / that s 7. a / he s / victim / real / fashion 8. belt / that / bit / a / was / the / below 9. very / not / it / he s / with 10. victim / not / a / fashion / I m Practice Exercise 2 Write a new sentence that means the same as the one given, using one of the expressions from this unit. We have done number 1 for you as an example. 1. He doesn t care if his clothes aren t fashionable. He isn t fashion conscious. 2. Try and see it from her point of view. 3. OK, OK, keep calm, don t get so angry. 4. I ll be very surprised if she gets that job. 5. Don t worry he talks a lot but he won t actually do it. 6. Come on; think of an idea quickly!

16 Colloquial 3.1 Zapp! English podcasts by Extra Materials - Answers Practice Exercise 1 1. He s all mouth and no trousers. 2. Keep your shirt on. 3. Put your thinking cap on. 4. Put yourself in his shoes. 5. Don t get your knickers in a twist. 6. If that s true, I ll eat my hat. 7. He s a real fashion victim. 8. That was a bit below the belt. Practice Exercise 2 1. He doesn t care if his clothes aren t fashionable. He isn t fashion conscious. 2. Put yourself in her shoes. 3. Keep your shirt on. / Don t get your knickers in a twist. 4. I ll eat my hat if she gets that job. 5. Don t worry he s all mouth and no trousers. 6. Come on, put your thinking cap on.