Posts tagged To come in handy
I’ve got you wrapped around my finger
11/11/2012
by Culips
in Catch Word
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Some people are able to control others. This could happen because one person really likes another person, because they want to make a good impression, or because they have been manipulated by the other person. When one person is under another person’s control, sometimes it doesn’t take much for the controlled person to do just what the controlling person wants them to. In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about these controlling relationships.
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| Harp: | When you have someone wrapped around your finger, it means you have control over them. |
| Maura: | Right. You can manipulate the person and get them to do things that you want them to do or get them to act in a certain way. |
| Harp: | Or get them to buy you what you want. |
| Maura: | Oftentimes, when one person has someone wrapped around their finger, they have a relationship and the person who is being in controlled really likes the person who’s controlling them. |
| Harp: | Yeah, exactly. It’s one of the reasons why they do things for the person, because they like them. |
| Maura: | It makes sense. If you like a person, you wanna help them out, but sometimes if you notice that someone is helping you a lot, you could get them to do more and more things for you and so then you have someone wrapped around your finger. |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| A hashtag | To be trending |
| To have someone wrapped around your finger | To help out |
| To take advantage of someone or something | To mother someone |
| To sweet talk someone | To come in handy |
| To have someone eating out of the palm of your hand | To get something out of it |
| To milk it | To make up for something |
| To have someone in your back pocket | To play favourites |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: ©Silje Ekstrom
An interview with Georgina
09/9/2012
by Jessie
in Chatterbox
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Here’s another friend of Culips—Georgina! She speaks English, French, Cantonese, and Japanese, all fluently! In this episode, we talk to her about her experiences learning these languages, and we find out what she recommends for learning to speak another language. This episode is sure to motivate you. Georgina is proof that we can all learn to speak other languages
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| Maura: | So we always try to choose someone to interview that has something a little bit interesting about them that we can talk about. And I have to say that out of all the people that we’ve interviewed on Culips, I think that Georgina speaks the most languages, which is pretty cool and I’m pretty jealous of, I have to say.. |
| Georgina: | Thanks. That’s very flattering of you.. |
| Maura: | So, first tell us a bit about yourself. You’re from Montreal and what else do we need to know about you? |
| Georgina: | Uh, I’m from Montreal. I’ll tell you how many languages I speak. Because I was born in Montreal, obviously I speak English and French. Um, I’m Chinese, so I also speak the Chinese dialect of Cantonese. And because I love Japan, I, uh, for the past five years, I have been learning how to speak Japanese. So I speak those four languages. |
| Maura: | Very impressive |
| Georgina: | Thank you. |
| Maura: | So, you grew up in Montreal and you grew up speaking three different languages then, right? |
| Georgina: | Basically, yes. |
| Maura: | And how did you learn and manage three different languages at the same time? |
Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials:
| To come in handy | Um and uh |
| Every know and then | Like |
| Might as well | Canadian and Chinese food |
| For starters | CEGEP |
| I would say | To break into something |
| To do something on the side | An open door |
Podcast/Learning Materials: Culips English Podcast, Image: ©Song cast
