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Catch Word #282 – Makes my skin crawl

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πŸ—“οΈ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Indiana teach you two useful English idioms: "can't stomach something" and "makes my skin crawl." These expressions are perfect for describing strong negative reactions, like disgust or fear. Together, Andrew and Indiana break down the meanings of these idioms, share real-life examples, and discuss how to use these expressions in a wide variety of situations.









How this episode will improve your English:

* Vocabulary: Learn useful expressions like "gory," "to scurry," and "creeped out" to use in everyday English.
* Listening: Understand common English idioms that you will hear in everyday situations.
* Speaking: Build confidence by joining small-group English classes to discuss topics from this episode and practice these idioms.
* Culture: Discover which situations these expressions are appropriate for and when they might sound too strong or rude.
* Fluency: Spending time with real English will help you understand how the language works and train your brain to think in English.

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0:00.0

Hello there, everybody. Welcome back to another catchword episode. My name is Andrew, and in just a

0:06.8

moment, I will be joined by my co-host, Indiana, to help me teach this vocabulary lesson today. Of course,

0:14.1

catchword is our vocabulary series for intermediate to advanced English learners. And in catchword,

0:20.4

you will learn interesting and

0:22.1

useful English vocabulary, expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, all of these good things that will

0:29.0

help make your English speaking more natural and, of course, improve your English listening fluency

0:34.8

as well. So we have a very nice episode for you today. We're going to teach

0:40.2

you two expressions that you can use when you need to express something that you really intensely

0:47.8

dislike. So those two expressions are, can't stomach something and to make my skin crawl. And we'll get started with

0:57.8

this lesson in just a moment. But before we do, I want to tell you about Culep's membership.

1:04.2

When you're a Culep's member, you'll get access to helpful study guides and transcripts for

1:09.4

all of our lessons. And we have over 950 lessons in our

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1:21.1

waste any time wondering about what should I study with today. We've got you covered. We've got so

1:26.7

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Plus, there are some other amazing benefits you get when you're a member, such as weekly speaking classes,

1:35.7

where you can practice your English speaking with other Culeps members and our great teachers as well.

1:41.3

We also have our Fluency Files series, which features short stories

1:46.0

that are perfect for intensive study techniques, like shadowing or listening and repeating

1:53.0

or memorizing. And these short stories are really designed to boost your fluency faster than ever.

1:59.0

Again, that's only for members that we offer this series

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too. We also have, of course, our member-only channel on our Discord server. We have ad-free

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