Feast on another five episodes of our comedy drama, The White Elephant (the restaurant with no customers), while you improve your English listening and vocabulary so you can talk confidently about sickness, fashion, empathy, competition - and hope!
Episodes:
00:00 Episode 26: Sick
Vocabulary:
sick to death = very unhappy about something that keeps happening
off colour = feeling slightly ill
queasy = feeling that you might be sick
a sick joke = a nasty or unkind joke
I'm sick of this = I don't like it any more
as sick as a dog = very ill
as sick as a parrot = very disappointed or unhappy
2:20 - Episode 27: Fashion
Vocabulary:
old-fashioned = not modern or fashionable
down with the kids = behaving and thinking as a young person would
all the rage = very popular
after a fashion = only to some extent
old hat = not modern; boring
a fashion statement = something you wear to show others you know a lot about fashion
a fashion victim = a person who wears fashionable clothes even if they don't look good on them
a fashion faux pas = a mistake related to wearing clothes that look stupid or silly
04:20 - Episode 28: Empathy
Vocabulary:
empathy = being able to understand how someone else feels because you can imagine being in their situation
to be in someone else's shoes = to experience something from someone else's point of view
from where I'm standing = from my point of view; in my opinion
I hear you = I can hear what you're saying
spare me a thought = think about me as well
I see where you're coming from = I understand your situation
take pity on him = feel sorry for him
06:40 - Episode 29: Competition
Vocabulary:
pulled out all the stops = made a special effort
ahead of the game = in an advantageous position
up for grabs = available
blow the competition away = surprise the other competitors by being much better than them
in competition with = trying hard to beat an opponent
may the best man win! = hopefully, the person who deserves to win, will win
you win some, you lose some = bad luck; too bad
08:50 - Episode 30: Hope
Vocabulary:
our last hope = our final chance (to do something)
don't get your hopes up = what you expect to happen probably won't
on its knees = struggling; in a bad condition
pin your hopes on (something) = expect or hope something will happen
to be honest = I'm saying what I really think
live in hope = hope that what you want to happen will eventually happen
not a hope in hell! = absolutely no chance of succeeding
a glimmer of hope = small chance of something succeeding
dashed my hopes = let me down; stopped me expecting something good
the last straw = the last of a number of events that has gone wrong
Credits:
Gordon Grater: Neil Frost
Ceilia Spatula: Amina Zia
Peter Peppermill: Darren Benedict
Marigold Marcelo (Mary for short): Stacha Hicks
Written, produced and directed by: Rob Carter
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