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This is the All Ears English Podcast, Episode 2422. Don't be loathe to speak English.
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Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.
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Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by
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focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz,
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and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.
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Reach the top 25% of all native speakers by understanding these three ways to say that
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you dislike something in English. Do you ever wish that you could just hang out with native speakers
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to connect in English. It's like grabbing coffee with us and leaving with better English every time.
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Hey there, Aubrey, what's shaking?
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Not much. How are you, Lindsay?
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Feeling great today, but I have a key question for you today. You ready?
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Yeah, let's hear it.
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So Aubrey, in your daily life or just maybe right now in this moment,
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is there anything you are loathe to do?
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You know, I am loathe to swim with my kids right now. Our pool is still ice cold,
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in my opinion. It's way too cold and they are ready to swim. They're getting in. They're like,
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mom, come swim with me. And it's way too cold for me. So I make excuses and I really, I'm like,
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I'll just dip my toes in. It's crazy. So I am really loathe to get in that cold swimming pool.
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It's funny how we lose our nerves as we get older. It becomes harder and harder to get into
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swimming pools or cold lakes or the ocean. When we're kids, we just run in like,
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we didn't mind at all. I know. Maybe our nerve endings are less sensitive when we're younger.
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I don't know. We just don't care.
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We just don't care. I don't know. We don't think about it. I don't know. We think a lot as adults,
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don't we?
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Yeah, for sure. Well, this is interesting. This word loathe came up in a recent episode.
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Stay to the end and we'll share which one it is in case you missed it. But I realized when
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proofreading the transcripts that it is spelled differently if it's an adjective or a verb.
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That's a really good insight.
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So I noticed like the misspelling and I was like, but usually I thought it did end with
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an E. So this is interesting. We're going to share this today. This is a common error
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by native speakers as well. So not something you really need to stress about. But if you can make
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this improvement, there will be times where people are impressed. If it's an email or a written memo or
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something, especially at work, and you spell this correctly, you're doing better than probably
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80% of native English speakers.
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Oh, for sure. And I think even beyond just spelling it correctly, just using it is going
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to put you probably in the top 25% of native speakers, I think. I don't think this is an
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average word. I think this is an above average word to use, Aubrey. Don't you think?
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Yes, it's an impressive word. We're going to go into both the verb and the adjective. And we're also
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going to share a few more interesting ways to share this because connection isn't just about things you have
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in common and things you like. We also connect about things we loathe, things we dread, things we hate.
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So this is interesting too. You need to also have this vocab.
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Yeah. And it doesn't mean that you're a negative person. If you're always connecting, there can be
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very positive connection around something you don't want to do, especially if you share that in
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common with someone else. That can be a true connection moment as well.
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Yes, for sure. We also want to give a shout out. There was a comment on YouTube
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from Rehaman from India. And there wasn't a question, but they just said, I love all your
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podcasts. Could you please call out my name in your next podcast? So hello, Rehaman. Thank you
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for the YouTube comment. And we wanted to give you a shout out. Wonderful. And guys, don't forget to go
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ahead and hit that follow button wherever you're listening. Now, if you're over on YouTube, you can
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hit the subscribe button. Just subscribe right there. However, if you're on Apple Podcasts or Spotify,
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go ahead and hit follow. So you make sure you get all there's English five days a week. Okay. Yes.
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Awesome. All right. Let's dive in with this interesting vocabulary. So when we use the adjective
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loathe, it's always in this chunk loathe to, loathe to do something. And this means to intensely dislike
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or hate something. So like at the top of the episode, I'm loathe to swim in our pool. Or you might say,
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I'm loathe to go through haunted houses. I really don't like them. This is true for me.
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I don't like jump scares. I don't want to be like, that's not fun. Do you like haunted houses?
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I'm kind of the same way. I love, opposite word, I love going on ghost tours.
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Oh yeah, that I would like.
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Yeah. You could be on the sidewalk and you're safe and it's happening in that house, right? It's not
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happening to you. It's very different when you're in a haunted house and things are jumping out at you.
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Right. I think this is for my brother would do this when I was young. He would jump out from behind a door,
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and grab you and scream. And I really hate that now. I'm like, please don't jump scare.
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Yeah, no jump scare. I love it.
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But what's interesting is loathe this way as an adjective is spelled without an E. It's just
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L-O-A-T-H, loathe to do something. So that's tricky. What's another example of using it this way?
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So someone's habits, right? They're nocturnal. How awake are they? What are their habits? He has always
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been loathe to get up early. Okay. Yes. He's just a nighttime person, not a morning person.
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Exactly. Right. And like Lindsay said, this is a little less common, but it is impressive. It's
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impressive vocabulary. You will hear it. You definitely can use it, but the spelling's a
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little tricky because there's no E there. What about when there is an E, Lindsay? This is when
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it's a verb in the sentence. To be honest, this is a good review for me too, right? Remembering
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where the E goes. So we put an E at the end in this case, right? L-O-A-T-H-E, and that becomes a
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verb. Okay. So for example, I loathe driving in snowy weather. And I think native speakers tend to
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punch that loathe too. I agree. That almost would be strange because it's like intense hatred or dread.
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So it would be strange to be like, I loathe driving in snowy weather. Yeah.
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Emphasize it. I loathe driving in snowy weather.
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And it's also one of those kind of full mouth words. You need everything happening. So we really
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indulge in saying that word. Okay. I agree. Absolutely. Or maybe she loathes doing homework,
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right? This has, it can't be something that you just sort of don't like a little bit.
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It really has to be a pretty intense feeling.
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Love it. Love it. All right, Aubrey, where to now? What else do we need to know?
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Yeah. So just the main thing is that these are pronounced exactly the same. So when you're
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speaking, you don't have to worry about this at all. It's like effect and effect that we've talked
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about recently. Yes. Doesn't matter when you're speaking, but they are spelled differently. So
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when you're writing, if you see the word loathe, you need to take a second. Okay. Is this being used
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as an adjective or a verb? And the big pro tip here is if it's loathe to, loathe to do something,
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that's when there's no E because it's an adjective.
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Hmm. Really good to know. So if we're taking the IELTS exam, for example,
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or if we're just writing a business email, we need to know, or even a text message to a friend,
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we need to know the difference here. Okay. Absolutely. But let's share some other
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interesting options because if you're talking about being upset about something or angry or
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something you dread or hate doing, there are so many interesting words to ways to say this,
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right? Yes. Yes. I really like the word abhor. Yeah. This is actually even stronger than loathe,
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if you can believe it, because loathe is pretty strong. But if you say you abhor something,
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that's like the most intense dislike that you can get.
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Ooh. Okay. So for example, I abhor small spaces. I'm definitely claustrophobic. Are you
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claustrophobic, Aubrey? Do you mind being in an elevator?
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I don't think so. What about you?
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No, I don't think so. I had an apartment in New York or Tokyo too.
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Right. If ever you lived in New York, you can't be claustrophobic.
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Basically living in a closet. Yeah, for sure. But if I had to be in an elevator for
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hours and hours, then I might start getting claustrophobic. I can imagine the length of
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time definitely would affect that. Yeah. Because your mind would start running,
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right? That's the key. Absolutely.
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Okay. What's another?
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Or maybe this is about Michelle. She pours olives. She doesn't even like the smell of them.
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I know. I think Michelle doesn't love olives. I love them so much.
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And I'm sure a lot of our listeners love. I mean, it's a Mediterranean food. I love olives. I can't
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imagine a life without olives or olive oil. I mean, I eat so much olive oil.
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I have a feeling Michelle does eat olive oil. I think it's just the taste of like actual olives,
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a bowl of green and Kalamata olives, but she is missing out. I love them so much.
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So abhor is a good one. And then disdain is good. This is a noun, right?
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Well, this is tricky. It exists as a noun and a verb. So let's go over the noun first. So this
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is the feeling that something isn't worthy of respect or consideration. So maybe like
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she looked at him with disdain. So this is a noun here, right? It's what she's using to look that her
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expression has disdain in it. Disdain, like not giving the person a chance, very close-minded,
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very negative, right? Absolutely.
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Or he's always treated her with disdain. Oh, strange word.
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Yes. Yeah, it is kind of a strange word. And it also exists as a verb. They are spelled the
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same, luckily, unlike loathe. Good.
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So this is like, if you treat someone like they're not worthy of respect, you can use this as a verb.
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So the main way I've seen this is if you disdain to answer questions. This is very rare
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in English that we use this as a verb. When I saw this in the dictionary, there's a verb and
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a noun. I had to think, I'm like, I don't hear that very often. So maybe if someone say like,
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I disdained to answer the questions or in present. And this is like, because you dislike the questions
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or maybe if it were like on a crime show, be like, she disdained to answer. But this is definitely a
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connotation of you are not answering them because you disagree with them. Something like that,
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right? Interesting.
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You don't respect the questions for whatever reason.
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Yeah. I mean, the courtroom idea, I know in a courtroom, well, at least on courtroom dramas,
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we hear the word sustained a lot, right? A different word, but maybe in a similar family
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sort of thing. I don't know.
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Good point. Good point. So this is really interesting too, to think about.
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Some of these we use more often in the past tense, right? We wouldn't really use abhor in
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the past tense. We're like, I abhorred that film. I loathed that restaurant. Not really, right?
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Instead, we usually use these in the present because they're such strong feelings. It's more like,
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this is something I always will always abhor or loathe because it's a strong, it's hard to like
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hate something that strongly that just happened once, like one trip to a restaurant or something,
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right? I see what you're saying. So it's almost like a state of being, this feeling.
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Yes. Almost like state of being.
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Exactly. That's how strong it is, right? If it's something we don't like, we probably would say
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like, oh, I really hated that. I absolutely detested it. Or I would say, I couldn't stand it.
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Yes.
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I mean, I really didn't like it.
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Yes. I love that. That's a really important point. So it's the things that we really hate
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and we've always hated. We just don't identify with those things. We're using abhor or loathe,
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whereas it's a single experience or a movie or a meal, lighter things like hate. I mean,
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light is not, hate is not light, but like we don't get that passionate about like an individual
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experience, right? So these words, this is what's important to, to pay attention to here is
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these words really signify that a passionate dislike. And so it is strange if you use them.
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We don't even really use them jokingly to talk about how much we dislike something. I guess you
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could be like, oh, I loathe spinach. And you're just joking, right? But for the most part, it's for
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things that you really hate, feel very strongly about.
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All right. Good to know. Excellent. Okay, Aubrey, we are back from break. Let's do a role play for
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today. Here we are discussing the foods that we dislike. Okay. Let's see.
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I'll start us out. I'm not usually picky, but I absolutely abhor eel.
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Really? I love eel rolls at a sushi place. Eel sauce is delicious.
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Yeah. It's not for me. I'm loathe to even think about eating eel. What about you? Are there any
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foods that you can't stand? Hmm. Yeah. I've always had disdain for masago.
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Oh, that's fish eggs, right? Yeah. I don't know what it is, but I loathe it.
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Okay. Nice. So this is possible that you like really dislike certain foods and we would use,
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you know, abhor, loathe, whatever. But if you just mean to say like, I don't really like that very much,
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we wouldn't use these bigger, stronger words. I think a lot of people have issues around texture,
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right? The texture of things. Even some people don't like the texture of eggs,
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but sort of fish eggs, the texture, I think people probably struggle with.
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That's why I like eel, but I know someone who doesn't and I think it's a texture thing.
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Yeah. No, eel is great. When I lived in Japan for my last meal there, my friends,
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my Japanese friends took me to an eel restaurant, a place like in the mountains that specialized just in
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eel. It was amazing. Wow. That's awesome. And I do love eel sauce. This is me. I think it's so
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tasty. It's a little bit sweeter on some rolls. Oh, so delicious. Yes, exactly. Let's go through
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this. So again, you said, I'm usually not picky, but I absolutely abhor eel. It's kind of a weird
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word too, because we are kind of pronouncing the H, aren't we, Aubrey? Yes, we do have to,
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right? You hit that H kind of hard, abhor. And this is another one where you have to like
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hit the word hard. You have to emphasize it just like loathe. It's a little strange. We're like,
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I really abhor that. No, you need the intonation needs to be powerful because the emotion,
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the passion about the dislike is powerful. The word implies that.
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Yeah. We don't want to have that flat affect, right? We want to make sure we're
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putting life into our words here. What else, Aubrey?
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Yeah. And then I said, oh, it's not for me. I'm loathe to even think about eating eel. So this is where
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it's an adjective. I'm describing myself, myself as loathe to think about something.
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Hmm. Very interesting construction too. I'm loathe to even think.
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Yeah. So it would be written without the E there, right?
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Okay. No E there. Good. And then I said, hmm, yeah, I've always had disdain for masago.
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Hmm. Yeah. Since I've always, and this is an interesting thing to say, like disdain,
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because it does often imply more of like a lack of respect. So this would be sort of joking even to
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say this about food. Be like, oh, I have such disdain for masago. Like I would probably laugh
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at that. I'd be like, that's really funny because it usually does imply more like, um,
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you, you, you are critical of something. You, you disrespect something.
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Right. For bigger things than just food. Like food is just a taste. That's all it is. It's
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sort of one dimensional. Right. But for example, like political parties or certain ways of thinking
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would be more common for disdain, right? That's where you would use it more literally,
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right? This is kind of more joking, but yeah, you could say you have disdain for a certain
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political candidate or people who agree with a certain policy. That would be more because it's
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more of a lack of respect for that for sure. And then the last thing that was said was, yeah,
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I don't know what it is, but I loathe it. Right. So they just mean like, I really hate it. Yeah.
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And this is because it's a verb. This would be spelled with an E L O A T H E. All right. Good
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high level episode for our listeners today at the B2 C1 level. I love it. Yes, absolutely. We want to
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make sure that you don't miss the episode that inspired this and 2402 right here on All There's
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English. Should you call someone cheap in English where we said sometimes people are loathe to spend
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money. So use it as an adjective there. So it wouldn't have an E. Yes. And the connection piece
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here guys for today is it's not always, it doesn't have to be about these positive, amazing things
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that you're connecting over. You can build just as strong of a connection over things that you loathe
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and have disdain for. Okay. Absolutely. Yes. Right. I feel like that would even bond you closer with
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someone if you are sort of willing to admit these more negative things. I don't love everything,
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right? The people I'm close to, I want to build a stronger connection with. I'm going to admit the things
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that I really abhor. Especially if it's very, like most people love this thing, but you actually
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have disdain for it, right? Yeah. A hot take. Yes, exactly. That could build a really strong sense
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of trust and connection right there. So that's what we're going for. All right. Good stuff, Aubrey.
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