How to talk about HEATWAVES like a (sweaty) British man π₯΅ [995]
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Hello listeners, welcome back to Luke's English Podcast. This episode, the title of this episode, is something like Hot Idioms and Expressions, How to Talk About Heat Waves Like a Sweaty British Man. That's the title I've come up with at this moment. I don't know if that's the title I'm going to use when I actually publish this, but that's the kind of working title I'm going with at the moment. I'm not sure if it's wise to use that title for the episode because, you know, algorithmically, is that the best title? I don't know. It's easy to overthink these things, isn't it? As a content creator these days, the algorithm starts to mess with your head a little bit. You just think, oh, what's the... I need to use keywords in the title.
It shouldn't be too long. Oh, dear. But anyway, this is what I'm going with. Hot idioms and expressions. How to talk about heat waves like a, brackets, sweaty British man. Is that a very attractive title for you? You might have been sitting there thinking, I want to know how to talk about heat waves and not just how to talk about heat waves. And you might be thinking, but Luke, what is a heat wave? I'll tell you that in a second. I want to know how to talk about hot weather. But specifically how to talk, how a British man would talk about hot weather. I don't think you need to be a man to use the English I'm going to be teaching you. You get the idea. That's me, isn't it? That I'm a sweaty British man today.
I am very much so. A sweaty British man. So I taught how to talk about hot weather, also vocab relating to the word hot and also loads of idioms and expressions that include the word hot. You get the idea. That's the general idea. I've got some notes that I'm reading from and I'll be reading from them as I record this. OK, how does that sound? That sounds brilliant, Luke. OK, great. I'm very happy that you're on board. So there is a heat wave over large parts of Europe at the moment, and it is extremely hot. A heat wave. This is just a period of unusually hot weather. We call it a heat wave. Heat wave. Not heat wave. There is a T in there, but generally that's not pronounced. So you end up with heat wave. That's not a glottal stop.
That heat wave. So I'm not being a cockney there. That's just how most people would pronounce that word. Heat wave. A heatwave, yes, over large parts of Europe at the moment, and it's extremely hot. It is absolutely boiling. I'm baking, babe. I am absolutely sweltering, mate. That's the last time I'm going to say that in this episode. I understand that I probably say those things too much, and you might listen and think... Oh, he's doing it again. He's saying that thing again. It's baking Dave. Who is Dave? I'm absolutely sweltering, mate. If you don't understand why I keep saying that, go back and listen to an old episode about Paul Chowdhury, the comedian. Anyway, so the weather is so hot that it's making life really difficult.
Tempers are high. That means if your temper is high, it means... Your temper is like your mood, especially an angry mood. So if tempers are high, it means people are irritable, people are getting angry. And I mean everyone, you know, just like you can see it, people in the street, cyclists. I was on a bus yesterday with my son. And the bus was going along the street and a cyclist, I don't know who was at fault, I don't know who was wrong and who was right, but there was a cyclist coming down the street and he ended up having to squeeze through a very narrow gap between the bus and, I don't know, another car on this side. It seemed to me the bus was just sort of doing its normal thing. And that this cyclist had decided to try to squeeze through this gap.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:00β12:10
2
How does Luke describe the current heatwave conditions?
12:10β24:03
3
What are the common British expressions related to hot weather?
24:03β57:41
4
What challenges do British people face during a heatwave?
57:41β1:00:20
5
What are the common phrases used to describe hot weather?
1:00:20β1:01:36
6
How do British people typically respond to extreme heat?
1:01:36β1:03:32
7
What idioms and expressions relate to being hot?
1:03:32β1:48:29
Speakers
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