English Cafe 1 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 15:28 Topics: Introductions, baby boomers & Gen X, King Kong, and pronunciation are all discussed in this episode. English Cafe 2 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:08 Today's topics: New Year's Resolutions, Earbuds for the iPod, U.S. Bestsellers from the New York Times, "Oh, my goodness!" and "against all odds." English Cafe 3 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:17 Today's topics: Meeting the Queen, the Oscars, Smoking and Driving in the U.S., Audio Index, "At this point" English Cafe 4 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:52 Today's topics: Filming in LA, Howard Stern, Worst Dressed Americans, Lolita, New Macs, Dove or Pigeon?, Color Bracelets, "Do you get it?" English Cafe 5 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:55 Today's topics: New Software, Brunch, Oprah's Book Club, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, How to End a Letter or Email, Can vs. Can't Some words from today's podcast: brunch Oprah Winfrey bestselling A Million Little Pieces talk show memoirs civil rights national holiday Sincerely yours, Cordially, & Love English Cafe 6 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:24 Today's topics: Cats, Maps, Health Care in the US, Johnny Cash, Song Lyrics, Use of "as if," Getting Your Ya-Yas. Vocabulary in this podcast: putting to sleep meow (cat sound) Medicare Medicaid elderly uninsured

diabled low income Walk the Line Golden Globes song lyrics rural ya-yas English Cafe 7 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:09 Todays topics: Television in the US, Spelling Bees in Schools, Policy versus Politics, Pronunciation in Minnesota Words: station channel network ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, WB PBS (public television) non-profit Masterpiece Theater contest English Cafe 8 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 19:50 Topics today: Charles Dickens, Night, Dr. Phil, Sundance Film Festival, Donald Trump, Very vs. Really, Pretty vs. Quite Words: Bleak House Fleet Street Press Follow-up Indie Studio To sue Real estate magnate Apprentice Biography English Cafe 9 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 18:30 Today's topics: Lunar New Year, British English, Quincenera, Schools in the US, Well, Good, and Bad, Effect versus Affect, Maybe versus Perhaps. Words: Sweet 16 Latino Dropout Grade School Tuition Kindergarten Diploma

Tracking Electives English Cafe 10 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 20:18 Today's topics: Coretta Scott King, Super Bowls and Pizza, "We will rock you" by Queen, You bet versus I bet, Gonna, woulda, coulda, Speaking of which Words: Advocate Widow/ widower Delivery Seattle Seahawks Pittsburgh Steelers Plant Chicken wings Halftime show Buddy Playin' Disgrace Chorus Take on the world English Cafe 11 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 19:19 Today's topics: Three Strikes, Groundhog Day, Lost and CSI, Regards and Cheers, Amazing versus Awesome, "On the heels of..." Words: Take away Woodchuck Shadow Marooned Plane crash Victim Fingerprint Toast English Cafe 12 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 20:23 Today's topics: Stealing art, Religions in the US, "Walk the Line," I've had versus I had had, Jump across the pond, "She's a complete knockout!" Words: Archeological dig Artifact Curator To be on trail Getty Museum (Los Angeles) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) To doctor Catholic Protestant

Baptist English Cafe 13 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 22:10 Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, "In terms of," Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downhill upset set to wrap up English Cafe 14 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 21:12 Today's topics: Spelling words, Popular baby names in the US, Britney Spears and Seatbelts, "Don't get mad, get even!", To spoil someone, To undertake, Compared to or with?, How to end an email Words: Speaking of... Car seat To strap Lap To fasten Ticket To get revenge Sincerely yours Cordially English Cafe 15 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:46 Today's topics: Wasting time at work, California's reputation, Carpet in the US, Call signs, Yet vs. Still Words: Employee Blog To kill time Hollywood Venice Beach "Land of fruits and nuts"

To migrate Rug English Cafe 16 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 15:44 Today's topics: Taking a survey, Special bonus podcast "Secrets to Improving Your English," Housing prices in the US, To have vs. To be and the past participle. Words: Condo Condominium Mortgage Real estate Long-term To afford something English Cafe 17 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:35 Today's topics: Nicknames and shortened names, 'To kill two birds with one stone' and 'The early bird gets the worm,' May vs. Can, Using do + verb, "Suite," and to wash down. Words: Sponsor Nick, Nicky Mike, Mikey Kathy, Kath Dave Alex Frank, Frankie Liz, Beth, and Lizzy Stone Mini-mart To fill up Worm Agatha Christie English Cafe 18 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 18:07 Today's topics: Mardi Gras, Getty Villa, Have to v. got to v. going to have to, Hype, "No brainer," Would in the past tense Words: To reopen To restart Renovation To take down To tear down Courtyard To house Antiquities Lent To fast Ash Wednesday

English Cafe 19 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:22 Today's topics: The Oscars, Pimps, "Down to the wire," "And so forth," and I or It? Words: To come down with a cold Academy Awards To give out awards "It's hard out here for a pimp" To be nominated Pimp my ride To sell out Smog inspection/check Headlights Tailpipe Emissions Negotiations English Cafe 20 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:05 Today's topics: Feeling under the weather, Common abbreviations, Using initials, Now vs. right now Words: To catch a cold e.g. = for example i.e. = that is etc. = et cetera RSVP = please respond/reply FYI = for your information ASAP = as soon as possible LOL = laugh out loud IMHO = in my humble opinion English Cafe 21 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:08 Today's topics: Minnesota, Interjections, Would rather, rather than, and rather prefer, "smoking gun" Words: Fargo curling Geez! Man! Whoa! Oops! Ugh! Boo! Aha! Duh!

English Cafe 22 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 16:05 Today's topics: Bob Dylan, More interjections, in vs. into, indeed, "mail-in rebate," on time vs. in time, administer vs. manage vs. administrate Words: Oh-oh! Ouch! Whew! Brr! D'oh! English Cafe 23 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:51 Topics: St. Patrick's Day, British versus American English, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," Going to vs. will, "Pod" Words: patron AD missionary convert Harvest Festival public school coach = bus Tube, The Underground = subway lorry = truck proverb container pea pod English Cafe 24 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 17:08 Topics: Smoking Bans, British and American English II, they and he, wage vs. salary, blue vs. white collar, now vs. right now Words: secondhand smoke boots golashes Wellies trunk bonnet hood pants underwear trousers manual English Cafe 25 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 20:30 Topics: Spring Break, Movie Ratings in the US, "Stay tuned," Frightened vs. Afraid, Customer

vs. Consumer Words: rowdy resorts Cancun Mazatlan Easter binge drinking motion picture MPAA G = General PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Parents Strongly Cautioned R = Restricted NC-17 = No one 17 or under X = Pornographic: English Cafe 26 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 20:04 Topics: Political parties in the US, How to begin an email, Even vs. odd, Unless, "Six feet under" Words: Democratic Democrat Republican liberal conservative left-wing right- wing 3rd party Green Party Ralph Nadar consumer advocate legislature title Mr. = man Ms. = woman Mrs. = married woman Dr. = doctor Fr. = priest revenge to get even English Cafe 27 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 29:53 Topics: Illinois, checks and bills, periods and full stops, April Fools Day, just vs. only, to make up ones mind, in the eye of the beholder, behind vs. beyond, MIA, for vs. on my part, pronouncing sheep/ship, feet/fit Words: clip Lake Michigan "Windy City"

breeze barbecue pork and beef ribs slavery running tab rude to play a trick on someone practical joke hoax acronym English Cafe 28 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 32:33 Topics: Easter bunny, Income Tax Day, immigration protests in the US, actually, zero vs. nil, to be on your last legs, third straight time, despite versus in spite of. Words: Lent rabbit mall secular to deduct 1040 to prepare tax returns Benjamin Franklin bill riot gear ordinal number in a row even though English Cafe 29 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 32:37 Topics: New movie by Spike Lee, Ice Age, how Americans buy groceries, "Catch 22," can vs. to be able to, no longer, period vs. bottom line, "freak on a leash" Words: Inside Man Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee movie) bank heist bank teller to stick up a bank to hold up hostage bandit masked sequel animated canned goods chain store shopping cart sliced bread butcher Joseph Heller profit

collar Korn English Cafe 30 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 29:06 Words: content to go away "I don't suspect" blog to dumb down opinion poll random sample Gallup Poll pollution global warming Green Party recycle proper nouns COB = Close of Business English Cafe 31 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 29:57 Topics: American Idol, Phoenix, aced out, content or contents?, to delay, if vs. whether Words: idol to look up to undiscovered spin off television season audition panel contestants round toll-free number harsh blunt rejection desert tech to migrate retiree snowbird pension trailer park table of contents English Cafe 32 Tags: English Caf Audio Index: 29:46 Topics: Rich Dad Poor Dad, how the US government works, sneak previews, this/that/these/those, "so to speak," by all means, to begin with, under a spell, down to earth

Words: self-help scheme executive legislative judicial congress branch supreme bill (vs. law) veto override overview preview to cast a spell