AEE 2554: Don’t Dawdle With Your English Goals
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2554. Don't dawdle with your English goals.
Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer. coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe. What is your walking style and what does it say about your personality and how you live your life? Today, get four ways to say that you walk slowly and take in life around you. You already speak English, but does it sound the way you want it to?
Do you understand conversations but hesitate when it's time to jump in? Do you know what to say, but the words don't come out naturally? Do fast conversations still make you feel a little unsure of yourself? If that sounds familiar, you may be stuck. This year, it's time to upgrade your English from good enough to powerful. The All Ears English B2C1 bundle helps you speak clearly, confidently, and naturally in real conversations. Plus, you'll be invited to our weekly speaking club to put what you learn into action. You can save up to $200 this week only, but the offer ends soon. Go to allearsenglish.com slash B2C1. That's allearsenglish.com slash B2C1. Hey there, Aubrey. What's going on today? I'm great.
How are you? I'm really good. Yeah, feeling good today. But I'm curious. I have a question. You ready? Okay.
Yes.
Aubrey, have you been known to dawdle?
Oh, I am not one to dawdle. I am one that makes a beeline for where I'm going.
Hmm.
I think I'm a born New Yorker. I really belong there still.
I love that. I love that. I've been known to dawdle. I've been known to waddle as well, which is a combination of running and walking. I always say like when I don't go to the gym, I'm just going to go for a jog around the park, but it's kind of more of a waddle, which is kind of like a jog and like it's a walk and a run, walk slash run, a run then walk, you know, it's lazy. Yeah. That's so funny.
So I have to let listeners know. I feel like we should do a follow up about the word waddle because I feel like there's a real negative connotation there. If someone was told me like, you look like you're waddling, I would be like, how dare you?
It's hilarious. It's so funny. We'll cover that another day, guys. Hit the follow button if you want to hear more about this weird vocabulary. But today, what are we getting into, Aubrey?
Yeah. So we are talking about doddle and other ways that we say this of kind of slowly meandering, getting our way somewhere. This came up in episode 2539, which was make a beeline for better English. You and Michelle mentioned that the phrases you were teaching were the opposite of doddle.
Yes.
Like we're doing a follow up now with all of these opposite meanings.
Ah, I love it. I love it. Perfect. So our listeners will have a very well-rounded vocabulary. So yeah, these are also just weird words, right? Especially the first one, dawdle.
Very strange. It is and it's spelled strangely. D-A-W-D-L-E. Yeah. It is strange. It kind of just means to move or act slowly and definitely without urgency. I struggle going to a museum with someone who likes to dawdle because I'm very much like making my way through. I want to see everything and a lot of people will want to dawdle and really take
more time at one painting so i'll be like let's split up i'll meet you at the cafe in two years no it's true there are people that really um we have a family member we've traveled with in the past internationally and she's a doddler she loves to go into souvenir shops and we don't like to do that and But you know, she's great. She's fun. She makes up for it in other ways, loves to just celebrate and enjoy life, but she's a dawdler. So how do you deal with that personality clash sometimes?
It's so tricky. Yes. You say, I'll meet you outside when you're done.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the key themes of English language learning discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:43
2
How can you upgrade your English from good enough to powerful?
4:43–8:53
3
What does it mean to dawdle and how does it relate to personality?
8:53–9:09
4
What are some alternative phrases for walking slowly?
9:09–10:39
5
How can you deal with different walking styles in social situations?
10:39–14:42
Speakers
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