Ed Mabaya finds himself in danger while visiting his girlfriend in South Africa | The Moth – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.In 1998, the hit song “Get Jiggy With It” by Will Smith was to get on the dance floor
2.See, it was my business to know these things because as a graduate student at Cornell University, I used to DJ at student parties just to make a little extra cash
3.So at one of these parties, a good friend of mine me to this cute and rather shy girl named Christa
4.Later on, I danced with her that evening, and before the night was over, I got her digits as we called it back in the days
5.Not wanting to sound too desperate, I waited for exactly 48 hours before I called her, and we agreed to meet for coffee right here in the Commons
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR A2)
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"for this very important"
polarized
A2To cause to have a polarization.
Example:
"racially polarized?"
guaranteed
A2To give an assurance that something will be done right.
Example:
"Smith was guaranteed"
everybody
A2All people.
Example:
"to get everybody"
introduced
A2(of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
Example:
"introduced me"
afternoon
A2The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
Example:
"much of the afternoon"
beginning
A2The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Example:
"at the beginning"
transitioning
B1To make a transition.
Example:
"were both transitioning"
lingering
A2To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
Example:
"kind of lingering"
fieldwork
A2Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
Example:
"and do a PhD fieldwork"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| polarized | A2 | To cause to have a polarization. |
| guaranteed | A2 | To give an assurance that something will be done right. |
| everybody | A2 | All people. |
| introduced | A2 | (of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). |
| afternoon | A2 | The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. |
| beginning | A2 | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
| transitioning | B1 | To make a transition. |
| lingering | A2 | To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter. |
| fieldwork | A2 | Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office). |
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