Advanced English Conversation: What You Need for a Heatwave 🥵 - 51 Conversational Phrases (ep #15)

In this latest episode of Real English Conversations, Kate brings in a bucket containing 7 items that are related to today's topic: heatwave.

Be sure to stay to the end as Kate has a very special surprise for Jack. This is a great way to get listening practice and learn conversational English naturally.

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**Here are 51 phrases used in this conversation **

Our theme today is heatwave
Everything in this bucket is a mystery to Jack
It sounds good from what I know
You’re also going to get to test yourself
The last one is a special surprise for Jack
We had a mini-heatwave last week
Temperatures are higher than normal
How would you describe a heatwave?
I know you want to open this
We were living in Spain at the time
It felt like we had opened the oven
I’m just going to set this down
I have a cup for you… a cup for me
Maybe you need to watch it
Kate is squeezing the lemon
If this were very traditional, we would actually have lemonade
Children make money in the summer by having a lemonade stand
Stay hydrated
So, we’re stepping out of the house now…
I know what they are
One protects you from the sun
I’m just going to give you a little bit of this
I feel like I’m in duty-free at the airport
We put on a lot of this
He gets tan
Growing up we didn’t really have bug spray
I used to get bitten five times a summer in the UK
You are especially appealing to mosquitoes
Do you remember where we got those from?
You can put on sunglasses
You can take them off
Did you tell you about the time when I got those sunglasses in Colombia
They thought his indecision was him bargaining
I’ll get some for $5
This one is a tricky one
This is an aloe vera plant
If you get burnt, aloe vera feels so good
It looks like a lizard’s tail
I got sunburnt this weekend
This is the last item
I was waiting for that
I’ll rise above it
If you fill it with sand, you can make a sandcastle
It really works well if you use washing up liquid
You can get some momentum
It’s not a very sensitive way to describe dying
From that expression comes the phrase a bucket list

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