Posts tagged A housewarming party
Party time
01/20/2013
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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Parties can be thrown at any time of the year in North America, but they are especially common over the holidays. At this time of the year, there are all kinds of gatherings with family, friends, and colleagues. In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about the different kinds of parties you might be invited to. Harp also talks about planning parties and about all the details you may need to consider. The girls also talk about a bunch of expressions with the word party in them. People love to party, so there are many expression about it!
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| Maura: | My family always gets together around Christmas and most of my family gets together for other holidays too, like Thanksgiving and Easter. |
| Harp: | Yeah. Same thing for my family We have a lot of parties during the holidays. |
| Maura: | Oh, really. Usually, my mom and my dad’s families, they just have one big party with everyone who’s invited. |
| Harp: | Yeah. I see a lot of people doing that. |
| Maura: | Yeah. It makes sense because everyone is together. Everyone gets to see each other at the same time. |
| Harp: | The holiday season, it’s a nice time. It’s a nice excuse to see each other when you’re so busy the rest of the year with your own lives and work and all of that. |
| Maura: | A lot of the time, I actually don’t see much of my extended family except for the holidays. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| A holiday party | Extended family |
| A potluck | A Secret Santa |
| A housewarming party | Finger food |
| To take the pressure off | Decorations and décor |
| A tasting | To throw a party |
| To crash a party | To be the life of the party |
| To break the ice | To party hard |
| A party pooper |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Photo Cherry Pop Studio
Buying a home according to Harp
08/12/2012
by Culips
in Chatterbox
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If you’ve ever bought a home, you know just how complicated it can be. And if you never have, here’s your chance to learn about the process… in English! Harp recently bought a condo, and in this episode, she tells us all about how she was looking for a place with character and what set the place she eventually bought apart from the others. For vocabulary and expressions related to buying a home, listen to this one!
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| Maura: | One little thing I wanna point out is that, often, we call a place where someone lives a house. It might be a house, but it might be an apartment or a condo. I don’t know why we do this, but any place, any home that someone has, sometimes we just call it a house. So, if we start calling Harp’s condo a house, it’s not because it turned into a house, but it’s just because it’s the place where Harp lives and it’s just a habit to naturally call it a house. |
| Harp: | Good point. |
| Maura: | So, Harp, when you were looking around, what kind of things were you looking for in a home? |
| Harp: | Well, I had my basics. I wanted two bedrooms. I was really hoping for an open concept. I really, really wanted something that had the Montreal charm, you know, the stained glass windows, the old moldings, nice wood floors. But in end, I didn’t get it. |
| Maura: | So what kind of things, or how many things, did you have to compromise on when you finally found a place? |
| Harp: | The character was the big thing that I compromised on. I ended up buying a newer condo rather than an older place that had character. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| A house | Open concept |
| When it comes down to it | To have character |
| To luck out | To never want to step foot somewhere again |
| To put an offer in | To set something apart |
| To close the deal | A piece of cake |
| To cut costs | On top of it |
| A housewarming party | Don’t you worry |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Photo: marriageadvicenow
