{"id":342,"date":"2025-02-28T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:11:28","slug":"english-pod-5-%e2%80%90-daily-life-%e2%80%90-cut-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 5 \u2010 Daily\u00a0Life\u00a0\u2010\u00a0Cut\u00a0In\u00a0Line\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/static.eudic.net\/MediaPool\/39df2514-ac02-47fc-ba9d-5e3ed414497c\/data\/25ae15db-3c0b-4603-a1ae-ffcd35999516.m4a?stamp=1718621755667\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: I can\u2019t believe it took us two hours to get here. The traffic in New York is unbelievable. <br>B: Yeah, but just relax honey, we\u2019re here and we\u2019re going on vacation. In a few hours we\u2019ll be in Hawaii, and you\u2019ll be on the golf course. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Oh no!Look at that line! It must be a mile long! There\u2019s no way I\u2019m waiting for another two hours. <br>B: Honey\u2026 don\u2019t\u2026 <br>C: Hey man, the end of the line is over there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Yeah\u2026 <br>C: No seriously, I was here first, and you can\u2019t cut in line like this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Says who?<br>C: I do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: So sue me! <br>C: Alright\u2026that\u2019s it\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/static.eudic.net\/MediaPool\/54c1bba7-1e6f-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b\/data\/bb90c83f-8743-4205-af0e-43dcea23b16b.m4a?stamp=1726911231942\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>unbelievable \u2014 Adjective incredible, amazing<br>relax \u2014 principle verb, imperative calm down<br>be a mile long \u2014 phrase is very long<br>cut in line \u2014 phrase move in front of someone waiting in line<br>there\u2019s no way \u2014 phrase it\u2019s impossible<br>Sue me \u2014 kind of rude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>there\u2019s no way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A: There\u2019s no way I can have those reports finished today.<br>Example two.<br>B: The stadium is so crowded that there\u2019s now way we\u2019ll find a seat.<br>Example three.<br>C: Do you think Michael\u2019s gonna buy that house?<br>D: There\u2019s no way he has enough money to buy it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cut in line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example one.<br>A: Excuse me, I\u2018m really late. Can I cut in line, please?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example two.<br>B: I hate it when people cut in line at the bank. It\u2019s so rude.<br>C: I think it\u2019s okay when a pregnant woman cuts in line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: I can\u2019t believe it took us two hours to get here. The traffic in New York is unbelievable. B: Yeah, but just relax honey, we\u2019re here and we\u2019re going on vacation. In a few hours we\u2019ll be in Hawaii, and you\u2019ll be on the golf course. A: Oh no!Look at that line! It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}