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Dialogue

A: This sucks; I hate buying lingerie. Okay, just find something and get out of here. Alright, these are fine. Oh, no, don’t come over here, don’t come over here.
B: You look a little lost, can I help you?
A: Um, I’m just having a look around. It’s my girlfriend’s birthday tomorrow. I’m trying to find her something.
B: Well, you can’t give her granny panties. Have you thought about getting her some sleepwear? We’ve got these lovely, silky nighties. Or, how about a nice panty-and and-bra set. Look, here’s a nice satin push-up bra, and you can choose a few different styles of undies to go with it.
A: Sure that’s fine.
A: This is so awkward... what ones do I pick? What size is she?
B: Well, do you want a thong, some bikini briefs, maybe this nice pair of lacy boy shorts?
A: Just pick something and get the hell out of here.
A: Um, I’ll go with these two.
A: This is mortifying; I just want to get this over with. She better thank me for this... Here you are, sir. I’m sure she’ll enjoy them.
B: Finally!
A: I’m sorry, sir. I’m going to have to take a look inside your bag.

M: Hello, everyone! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.
E: And I’m Erica.
M: And today we’re bringing you a very… I would say, embarrassing lesson for us men.
E: Right, embarrassing for men, but, I think, uh, it’s okay for women.
M: Hehe. That’s right. We’re gonna be talking about buying underwear, specifically women’s underwear.
E: Right, so, um, obviously not the favorite thing for men to do.
M: Well, apart from being a little bit uncomfortable, it’s also boring. [NOTE: apart from = besides]
E: Yeah, it involves shopping, right?
M: Involves shopping, so we… we’re not really big on that.
E: Alright, but… well, even though it might be a little bit of an uncomfortable, um, topic, there’s some great language in here, isn’t there?
M: Yeah, there’s some really good words and, of course, ah… the different types of underwear, that we’re gonna be looking at.
E: Yeah.
M: But we also have some words that we’re gonna take a look at before we get into our dialogue, so let’s start with vocabulary preview.
Voice: Vocabulary preview.
E: Well, we’re gonna look at two words that will appear in our dialogue. And the first one is lingerie.
M: Lingerie.
E: Lingerie.
M: Okay, so, lingerie. This is a nice fancy word.
E: Uhu.
M: Basically for underwear, right?
E: Right, for women’s underwear.
M: Women’s underwear.
E: Yeah.
M: So, lingerie, but it’s very nice, very…
E: Like pretty sexy.
M: Sexy underwear.
E: Yeah, yeah. Now, the spelling of this word is interesting, isn’t it?
M: Yeah, it’s spelled L-I-N-G-E-R-I-E.
E: Lingerie.
M: Lingerie.
E: Yes, don’t you love English spellings?
M: Hehe. So, women’s nice, pretty sexy underwear.
E: That’s right. And our second word, awkward.
M: Awkward.
E: Awkward.
M: Awkward.
E: So, this is a feeling that men have, especially when they’re buying women’s underwear.
M: Well, yeah, you feel a little bit uncomfortable…
E: Yeah.
M: Or it’s a strange situation.
E: Or weird…
M: Yeah.
E: Or out of place. [NOTE: out of place = inappropriate]
M: It’s awkward.
E: Yes. Alright, so, we’re gonna be hearing both of these two words in the dialogue. Now, Marco, where are we here?
M: We’re gonna be at a department store at the section, where they have women’s, uh, lingerie and we have a guy buying underwear for his girlfriend.

E: Alright, well, let’s find out what happens.
DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME
E: Oh, the poor guy, I totally feel bad for him.
M: Yeah, he was really nervous and, of course, it was very uncomfortable for him.
E: I know and then the security guard shows up and…
M: Hehe. Exactly. But we have an opportunity to take a look at some really great words and phrases, so let’s start off with our first on in “language takeaway”.
Voice: Language takeaway.
E: Alright, we’re gonna look at words here that mostly have to do with underwear, describing underwear.
M: Right.
E: And the first one is granny panties.
M: Granny panties.
E: Granny panties.
M: This isn’t like a real, real word, right? It’s not something that you find in the dictionary.
E: No, it’s a slang word, um, and we use it to describe really big, ugly underwear like your grandmother would wear.
M: Alright, so, they’re not like the sexy little underwear.
E: No.
M: It’s more like long and it’s not very appealing ??? [NOTE: appealing = attractive]
E: Just picture what your grandmother would wear.
M: Hehe. No.
E: Hehe.
M: Alright, so, granny panties.
E: So, obviously, uh, this guy doesn’t want to be buying any of those, but the saleswoman suggests that he try some sleep wear.
M: Sleep wear.
E: Sleep wear.
M: Sleep wear. Okay, so, sleep wear.
E: Obviously, clothes you wear when you’re sleeping.
M: Now, this is really interesting, because men aren’t really that complicated when they come to sleeping. Just… throw on a t-shirt and that’s it. [NOTE: throw on = put on quickly]
E: Well, obviously, for women there’re more options an… and more different things you can chose from, so…
M: Okay.
E: It’s a whole separate category for women.
M: I know. Even when you’re sleeping, you must wear something nice.
E: Yes.
M: One type of sleep wear is silky nighties.
E: Nighties.
M: Nighties.
E: N-I-G-H-T-I-E-S.
M: Okay, so, a nighty.
E: Um, it’s basically a dress that you wear when you sleep.
M: Okay. Now, the pronunciation is interesting, because the first five letters are night.
E: Right.
M: Right? But you don’t say nighT.
E: You don’t say nighTy.
M: You say nighDy.
E: Yeah, you… you make the T a D.
M: Hm.
E: NighDy.
M: Now, she offered him some silky nighties.
E: Right, so, silky. Obviously, we know silk.
M: Right.
E: Is a soft, shiny fabric, right?
M: Right.
E: So, when something is silky, it’s either made from silk or it’s…
M: The similar.
E: Soft and shiny.
M: Okay, so…
E: Yeah.
M: Some silky nighties - very soft, shiny, uh, nighties.
E: Exactly.
M: Okay. What about our next word?
E: Well, the salesgirl offers different styles of undies.
M: Undies.
E: Undies.
M: Undies.
E: So, undies is an interesting word. It’s basically short for underwear.
M: Underwear, okay.
E: Uhu.
M: So, you can just call underwear undies.
E: Yes, but I think you mostly use this when you’re talking about women’s underwear.
M: Oh, really?
E: I mean I don’t know I would say undies when I’m talking about men’s underwear.
M: No, I don’t think so. Maybe children’s underwear.
E: Yeah, yeah, yeah, for children. Yep.
M: For children, right?
E: Yep.
M: Okay. Alright, so, we saw some of the different types of clothing, but now, let’s take a look at this interesting adjective, mortifying.
E: Mortifying.
M: This is mortifying.
E: Mortifying.
M: Okay, so… when something is mortifying…
E: Well, I think, we’ve got some examples to show you what that is like.
Voice: Example one.

A: And then I fell in front of everyone. It was mortifying!
Voice: Example two.
B: I was completely mortified, when I realized what I had done.
Voice: Example three.
C: It must’ve been mortifying for her, when she realized that her underwear was showing.
M: So, basically, it’s very embarrassing.
E: Super embarrassing.
M: You want to die almost.
E: Yeah.
M: Okay.
E: Which is… I… interesting. I mean, mort.
M: Right, from…
E: French.
M: Mourir.
E: Yeah.
M: Uhu.
E: Interesting. Alright, well, um, etymology, here at EnglishPod.
M: Hehe. Alright, so, some interesting… Okay, so, we saw the different types of underwear, we saw this really great word for when you’re really embarrassed.
E: Uhu.
M: So, now, let’s take a look at some of the phrases that you would use, when you’re really embarrassed in “fluency builder”.
Voice: Fluency builder.
E: Alright, we have two phrases to look at here. And the first one – get the hell out of here.
M: Get the hell out of here.
E: Get the hell out of here.
M: Okay, so, if I say I want to get the hell out of here…
E: You wanna leave this place really quickly.
M: Really quickly. Just…
E: Yeah.
M: I wanna leave.
E: Right now.
M: Now, when you’re using this… this phrase of this sentence, uh, “get the hell out of here”, is it really polite?
E: No, of course not, it’s… it’s impolite.
M: Okay, so…
E: It’s really negative.
M: Very negative and informal, right?
E: Yeah, yeah.
M: So you would use this maybe with your friends or th… like in this case think it to your self.
E: Yes, but it’s not a good idea to use with your boss or your mother.
M: Hehe. Right.
E: Yeah.
M: Okay. I guess, sometimes depending on the tone you use…
E: Uh.
M: How you say it, you can sound really angry, right?
E: Definitely.
M: Right, okay.
E: Alright, well, let’s listen to some examples.
Voice: Example one.
A: This place is scary. Let’s get the hell out of here!
Voice: Example two.
B: What are you doing in