RealLife Native Immersion

Lesson 14:
How to Be Successful at Anything

Intro
Hey there, citizens of the world! Welcome to the Real Life Podcast, where our mission is to
inspire, connectand empower the world to learn English the fun, natural and real life way.

We believe that English should not be a dry and boring school subject, but an inspiring, enriching
lifestyle that you can practice and enjoy whenever and wherever you want.

In this podcast you will have lots of fun, learn plenty of new expressions, and drastically improve
your listening comprehension.

We'll also teach you the secrets of native pronunciation, connected speech, and help you tune in
your listening and speakingto the rhythm and flow of English.

So sit back, relax, and let's get on with the show.

Red for Pronunciation - Blue for general Vocabulary

Green for Grammar - Purple for Phrasal Verbs

CHAD: Aww yeahh! What is going on, 1. ladies and gentlemen

lay-deez-n-gennel-men
Ladies and gentlemen 1? I'm Chad
from RealLife English where we 2. is a fun: ih-zuh-fun

believe that listening to podcasts is a 3. jam: to play a musical instrument.

fun2, effective, convenient and...

JUSTIN: Jamming 3...

CHAD: Way to learn English, so

download this podcast now and listen
to us while you are counting your 4. bills: the monthly fee you have to pay
bills 4. for services supplied.

5. snap a photo/picture : another way to

JUSTIN: Snapping some photos 5. say to take a photo/picture.

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CHAD: Taking some cough6 7 6. cough: kawf
How
medicine. to
pronounce

JUSTIN: Eating8 breakfast. 7. to cough

CHAD: Or breastfeeding9.

JUSTIN: Do you breastfeed often?

CHAD: Sometimes, yeah. So let me

introduce you guys to my co-host, the
man whose guacamole10 inspired the
famous expression, "Holy
guacamole!" It's Justin Murray. 8. minimal pairs
eat it
JUSTIN: Aww yeah! I love guacamole. /eet/ /it/
long /ee/ sound short /i/ sound

CHAD: Do you love guacamole? 9. breastfeed

JUSTIN: For sure!

CHAD: I mean it is a good dish,

something that I'm going to have to
start eating a lot of now.

JUSTIN: Now that what?

10. guacamole
CHAD: Now that I am officially
vegetarian.

JUSTIN: You're officially vegetarian,

really?

CHAD: Yeah. I'm expressing that to

the world [Wow] Do you know how to
make guacamole?

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JUSTIN: I don't but I11 should learn.
CHAD: Yeah, we can learn together.
JUSTIN: Let's do it12.
CHAD: And why do people say "holy
guacamole!13"
JUSTIN: Guacamole is a really good
dish.
CHAD: It is but why people say the
expression "holy guacamole, it's
Justin Murray”.
JUSTIN: Because I like guacamole so
much.
CHAD: But the expression "holy
guacamole" is a way to share your
surprised and excited, maybe even
very happy. Something good
happens, you’re like, "holy
guacamole," did you see that?
JUSTIN: Have you ever said that
before?
CHAD: Me, personally14, probably
once15 in my whole life [Now?] Yeah.
But I've seen it16 before, I guess it's
more of an17 American expression
because you guys are kind of
Mexican.
JUSTIN: Yeah, well. Guacamole is a
Mexican or Tex-Mex food18.
02:43
11. don't but I: don-buh-dy Stop
T
12. let's do it: lets-do-it Stop
T
13. holy guacamole!: an expression of
surprise or amazement. Like holy shit!,
holy crap! or holy cow! but more
humorous (and less offensive.)
14. personally: person-ly
15. once = one time
Though you can say one time, once is much
more common. The same applies for twice
(two times). However, if we want to say that
something happened three times, we
would rather say three times than thrice
because sounds rather old-fashioned. In
summary, you should use: once, twice,
three times, four times… a dozen times.
Linking
16. but I've seen it
buh-dive see-nit >>
17. more of an
mor-uh-vin
18. Tex-Mex restaurant
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CHAD: Tex-Mex is what exactly19? 19. what exactly: whu-dik-zAktlee

2o. make one’s mouth water: if some

JUSTIN: It's Americanized-Mexican specific food makes your mouth water,
food. But it's really good. Actually the you really want to eat it. >> The smell of
coffee in the morning makes my mouth
fact that you mentioned it right now water. >> That pizza looks mouth-
makes my mouth water 20 21. watering.
Also used with the meaning of drool: when
men are very attracted to a woman sexually.
CHAD: Oh, what do you22 mean by
21. AmE T vs BrE T
makes your mouth water?
AmE T (Justin) BrE T (Chad)
water water
JUSTIN: It makes the saliva come out /wader/ /water/
of my mouth because I'm really Shrinking
22. what do you
thinking about it23 right now. whu-duh-yuh ><
CHAD: Yeah, you're craving24 some 23. about it: uh-bow-dit
guacamole.
24. crave: to long for something; to desire
something intensely, especially food,
drink, etc. >> I’m craving a cigarette right
JUSTIN: Yeah, mouth-watering. now >> I get cravings for chocolate at
night.
CHAD: Mouth-watering guacamole.
25. totally: to-duh-lee

JUSTIN: Something that’s really 26. onion

good.

CHAD: I think it is a pretty simple dish

as well. It's totally25 raw.

JUSTIN: What does raw mean?

27. garlic

CHAD: Raw means uncooked. So I

think it's just avocado, onion26,
garlic27, maybe some tomato,
capsicum something like that.

JUSTIN: Some lemon on there, yeah? 28. squeeze some lemon

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CHAD: Squeeze some lemon28 in
there.

JUSTIN: You can throw some other

stuff in there, but a really good dish.

CHAD: Yeah. And I'm pretty excited

about being a vegetarian, so "holy
guacamole!"

JUSTIN: Chad's a vegetarian!

CHAD: Exactly. Let’s hope it lasts a

while. And let's also say holy
guacamole we have a lot of shout
outs for you guys today, so let's do
this.
29. roll through something: go through
JUSTIN: Let's roll through29 it. something.

CHAD: Aww yeah!

CHAD: All right1, guys, we have a lot 1. all right: aw-rite

of shout out today, so we're going to
go through this quickly. As quickly as
possible2. And the shout outs are for
some very awesome members of the
Fluency Circle. Me, Justin and also
Ethan... We recently did some meet-
2. pattern: as…as possible
We use this construction to say that we are
going to do the best we can in order to get
something done.
>> Save as much money as possible.
>> The company is seeking to employ as
many employees as possible.
>> Do it as fast as you can.

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ups with enthusiastic RealLife Radio
listeners. These are people that are
receiving the actual Power Lessons
that goes along with every podcast.
JUSTIN: Teaches connected speech,
vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms.
CHAD: And we actually met up with3
quite a lot of4 them last week just to
have a meet-up5, get to know6 them
more. Get them conversing, using
their English.
JUSTIN: We met up with them on the
RealLife Global social platform.
CHAD: We did too. That is
online.reallifeglobal.com just in case
you want to check it out.
JUSTIN: Aww yeah!
CHAD: Aww yeah! And obviously, me
and Justin met with some cool
people. I just wanted to say7 big
shout out to everyone who attended
my meet-up, which was Claudio from
Brazil, Julia from Russia, and also
Jose Ignacio from Spain, who is
actually currently living in Iceland
[Netherlands] Netherlands,
Netherlands? Finland. I forgot8
[Sweden] Sweden I think it is, yeah.
JUSTIN: Awesome I've met Jose, and
I've9 met Claudio too. Claudio.
05:02
3. meet up with someone: to get together
with someone in an non-formal context.
>> We should meet up with our cousins
now that we’re in this city.
4. quite a lot of Linking
kwy-duh-luh-duhv >>
5. meet-up: a get-together; an informal
meeting.
meet-up vs meeting
Both mean the same, but the difference lies
in the degree of formality each one of these
events have. A meet-up is never formal,
while a meeting can be. When you get
together with friends at a bar, for example,
it is a meet-up. A meeting could be when
you sit down with your boss and co-workers
and discuss important matters.
6. get to know
know meet
If you know a person, you probably know
just his/her name, but if you want to know
more about his/her life, you need to get to
know that person.
For example: I met Mary 2 years ago, but I
didn’t actually get to know her until last
month when we shared a coffee.
Learn more about this from Justin’s video
lesson on how to use Meet & Know
7. I just wanted to say
I-ust wanid-duh-say
Stop
8. forgot: forgot
T
9. and I've: an-dive
6
CHAD: Oh, cool. Yeah. Awesome
guys, right?
JUSTIN: Yeah, really enjoyed it,
chatted it up10 with those guys a
while.
CHAD: Gave us a lot of great
feedback and these11 people are also
helping us to improve the podcast,
and giving us feedback, ideas,
suggestions, and yeah this is why we
love connecting with you guys.
JUSTIN: And I12 met up with Monica
from Poland but she’s actually living
in the States, United States, and
Claudia who lives in Germany. I Loved
connecting with you guys. We had a13
great conversation about “what is14
fluency?”
CHAD: So yeah we really look
forward to15 having more meet-ups
with you guys all the guys from the
Fluency Circle and also building and
developing and improving on the
social network, the RealLife platform
together.
JUSTIN: Aww yeah!
CHAD: Aww yeah! Let's move on to
today's random news storeeeey!
05:51
10. chatted it up American
chA-dih-dih-dup T
11. these vs this
These differentiates from this in the fact
that it has a longer I vowel sound (and also a
z sound at the end).
/theeez/ /this/
However, in rapid speech the long I sound of
these may not be easily perceived, so the
distinction can also be made from the
surrounding grammar; that is, you will know
it is these and not this because the
accompanying noun is in plural.
12. and I: an-I
13. we had a: we-ad-uh
American
14. what is: wuh-diz
T
15. look forward to: if you look forward to
something or doing something, you are
anticipating that. >> I’m so much looking
forward to the next season of Game of
Thrones. Can’t wait.
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JUSTIN: So for today's random news 1. article: ar-tih-cul Stop

article I have an article1 about T

smartphones. Title2 of the article "'Go
Slow' Smartphone3 Walking Lane For
Dawdlers."
CHAD: Ok, can you read that title one
more time Justin?
JUSTIN: 'Go Slow' Smartphone
Walking Lane For Dawdlers.
2. smartphone: smart-fone
Remember that the stop T happens when the
/t/ is not fully articulated. If you say /wait/ with a
clear /t/ at the end is different from /wait/ with a
not fully articulated /t/. To learn more about
Stop T watch this Rachel’s English video.
Dark
3. title: ty-dul
L
4. walking lane

CHAD: Ok, so go slow. What's a

walking lane4?

JUSTIN: A walking lane is a lane on

the side of the5 street where people
can walk slow.

CHAD: Sometimes you might see a

bicycle lane which is a6 lane
designated specifically for people
riding bikes. But this is one is for 5. side of the: side-uh-thuh
smart... a smartphone lane for...
6. which is a: wich-ih-zuh

JUSTIN: Dawdlers. 7. dawdler: dawdler Dark

L
CHAD: Dawdlers. A dawdler7 is
8. you know when Linking
someone who, you know, when8
you're walking and you're9 kind of
you-no-wen >>
distracted, not looking in front of you, 9. and you're: anyur

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you're kind of dawdling.
JUSTIN: Yeah, dawdle10 is like
basically to do something without
really that much11 focus and to go
slow, right?
CHAD: When someone is at… in your
office dawdling, it means that maybe
not working at their full potential12.
JUSTIN: Yeah and there's a picture of
some people just walking there with
their eyes glued to13 their cell phones.
CHAD: Yeah, you see that all the
time. Actually, I nearly ran into a post
the other day because I was walking
and writing a message in my phone
and I kind of looked up at the last
minute14 and there was a freaking
stop sign in front of me15. Not a stop
sign but a16 post, like a light post.
JUSTIN: Yeah, it's quite a problem
nowadays, you know I don't have a
smartphone, but I don't need to walk
in a lane like this.
CHAD: Ok, so let's hear it man.
What's the article all about? What's
happening here?
JUSTIN: So "Smartphone users glued
to their screens can now shuffle along
in unison after a Chinese city gave
them their own designated walking
lane."
07:24
10. dawdle: to walk distractedly,
especially when unaware of the danger of
doing that. In a broader sense, dawdle just
means being distracted; not making
progress.
11. adverb: that
that can be used as an adverb, meaning
very, so, or to such degree. It is usually used
in negative and interrogative sentences.
> I can’t wait that long to get my passport!
> It’s not that expensive after all.
> I don’t have that much time.
> I don’t have that many children.
12. at one’s full potential: in the best way
one is able to do something. >> I’ll be able
to perform at my full potential when my
broken toe heals up.
13. glued to something: (1) attached by
means of an adhesive substance (glue). (2)
Giving something (or someone) your full
attention and being unable to stop doing
so for an extended period of time >> Glued
to the computer/television.
14. at the last minute: at the very last
moment before something happens. >> I
managed to submit the report at the last
minute.
15. in front of me: in-fruh-nuh-me
16. but a: buh-duh
17. to shuffle
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CHAD: Shuffle17 along. To shuffle
along in unison.

JUSTIN: To shuffle along is like to

move your feet really slowly.
18. drag
CHAD: Yeah, when people drag18
their heels. It makes that like, sounds
as if their feet are being dragged
across the ground.

JUSTIN: Sound effects.

CHAD: [Chad's extraordinary sound 19. next to something: immediately

effects]. beside something.

JUSTIN: Pretty good. So making that

noise as you walk along [Yeah] in
unison.

CHAD: Together. They're walking

together. cell phone lane in the Chongqing City

JUSTIN: So "Chinese city gave them

their own designated walking lane.
Right next to19 the bike lane and right
next to the traffic lane."

CHAD: Yeah, hopefully is not next to

the traffic lane because they could get 20. minimal pairs

hit by a car if they leave the lane. app up

/Ap/ /ᴧp/
big /A/ as in apple /ᴧ/ as in under or
JUSTIN: They probably have an app20 or panic (open your money.
mouth widely as if
that prevents them from that [Sure, smiling to articulate
yeah. Nice.] So "Tired of people this sound)
21. clog up: to block something up.

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clogging up21 the pavement22 at a
beauty spot, authorities in Chongqing
City divided the pavement into two
sections with the warning: 'Cell
phones - walk in this lane at your own
risk.' "

CHAD: Ok, going back there.

Clogging up, what does clogging up
mean?

JUSTIN: Clogging up means to block

something, like the sink23 can be
clogged up, right? The toilet can be 22. sidewalk pavement
clogged up [Sure]. So in this case the
sidewalks were clogged up24 with
smartphone users like every major
city in the world, right?
23. sink
CHAD: Yeah, people are becoming
zombies because they're just looking
at their smartphone and not really
focusing on what’s actually
happening around them.

JUSTIN: I saw that meme or that

quote in the Internet that’s like, 24. clogged up: clog-dup
“yeah, the world is full of
smartphones and stupid people."

CHAD: Yeah, ok. Makes sense.

JUSTIN: So "Nong Cheng, a

spokesman for the company which
manages the area, said: 'There are a
lot of elderly people and children in
25. turn out: to result in a particular way.
our street, and walking with your
09:05 11
cellphone may cause unnecessary
collisions here.' However, it turns
out25 the 50m-long lane could be
making things worse. Tourists are
now stopping to take snaps25 of the
unique divide, reports the People's
Daily newspaper, which also notes
regular incursions into the wrong
lane." So people are swerving26 out of
the smartphone lane into the other
lane because they lose track27, right?
Like you said. Elderly people? There
are lots of elderly people and children
in our street, what does elderly mean?
CHAD: Elderly is just someone who is
of an older age probably someone
over 65, 70 maybe, you'd say elderly.
70 I guess.
JUSTIN: Ok, and walking with your
cellphone may cause unnecessary
collisions here. Collision?
CHAD: Collision is when you crash
into another person.
JUSTIN: Like you with that old
woman, right? On the motorcycle.
CHAD: Sure I collided with her. To
collide, a collision. Sure. To bump into
each other.
JUSTIN: So "Tourists are now
stopping to take snaps28."
10:00
>> It turns out it was all a lie.
25. take a snap
26. swerve: to move out of your original
path.
27. lose track (of something): to become
unaware of what is happening. >> I fainted
and lost track of reality. >> I’ve lost track
of the amount of times she asked me to lend
her money.
28. stop to do something vs stop
doing something
Notice here that the different patterns in
these phrases change their meaning. If you
stop to do something, you interrupt
something to do something else. If you stop
doing something, you no longer do that
action. This example will clarify things for
you:
> I was working, but I stopped to talk to her.
(I interrupted what I was doing to talk to
her.)
> I stopped talking to her. (I am not going to
talk to her anymore.)
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CHAD: Photographs.
JUSTIN: I'd29 mentioned it earlier, I
said "listen to this while you're
snapping photos" [Exactly] Take a
snapshot30.
CHAD: Did you plan that?
JUSTIN: I didn't.
CHAD: That's a lucky coincidence.
JUSTIN: Yeap. Also to snap your
fingers31 is like *fingers snap*
CHAD: Oh, sound effects [Yep] Justin
did that sound effect with his mouth.
[That wasn’t] So what's the moral of
this story32, Justin? Why is this very
important33 for our podcast listeners?
JUSTIN: Because you guys are
probably on your smartphones.
CHAD: Right now, listening to this
podcast, maybe.
JUSTIN: Maybe even walking on the
street looking at the screen or even
the Powel Lessons.
CHAD: Yeah! So look up really
quickly, make sure you're not walking
into traffic. We don't want any of our
listeners to have some kind of bad
accident caused by the podcast.
10:44
29. I’d = I had (past perfect)
From the surrounding grammar you can tell
that I’d in this case cannot be the
contraction of I would. If I’d is followed by a
verb in past particle, that is indication that
we are dealing with an I’d contraction of I
had.
Remember the past perfect is used to talk
about an action that happened before
another action in the past.
> I went Rome last year but I had visited
there before.
I went Rome is the past action, and I had
visited there is the action which happened
before the other past action.
Past Perfect: Duration Before Something
in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)
30. snapshots: another word for photo,
photograph, picture, pic.
31. snap one’s fingers
32. moral of a story: what your learn
from a story; the lesson.
33. important: important Stop
T
Notice how Chad almost does not pronounce
the first /t/ and it evens hears /impor-ant/
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JUSTIN: That would suck. I would feel
horrible. [Yeah we would] So be safe
out there listeners.

CHAD: Don't become a smartphone

zombie or an iPhone zombie.

JUSTIN: Be a smart person with a

smartphone.

CHAD: Yeah, be smart 34. smart smartphoner Stop

smartphoner34. Not a dumb35 smart smartphoner T

smartphoner.
35. dumb: dum Silent

JUSTIN: Aww yeah! B

Do not bother to pronounce b in dumb.
Words ending in mb bomb, numb or lamb.
CHAD: Aww yeah! Don't forget you
guys can check out the article which is Read more about this story here.
from?

JUSTIN: news.sky.com

CHAD: And it will be attached in the

show notes at
reallifeglobal.com/startwithwhy Start
with why, that's it. That was today's
random news story and let's move on
to today's awesome conversation
topic.

JUSTIN: Aww yeah!

CHAD: Aw, aw yeah!

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CHAD: So today we have a very
inspiring conversation topic for you
guys. If you guys haven't1 already
realized our slogan: to inspire...
JUSTIN: empower2...
CHAD: And connect the world
through3 English. So...
JUSTIN: Both online and in person.
CHAD: That's right. Both online and in
person. And today we wanted4 to
give you guys more of5 an
inspirational message. Something
that I know we use a lot in RealLife
English and also Justin uses this kind
of metaphor with your students, this
kind of philosophy would you say?6
JUSTIN: Philosophy, it’s an7 exercise.
It's [the] first thing I do when I start
with new students.
CHAD: And what is that?
JUSTIN: Start with why.
12:12
1. haven't: ha-vin Softened T
NT
2. empower: to make someone realize
their true potential and make them go
after their goals. >> Being in a community
you feel you belong to is awesome.
Communities give you support you often
can’t find outside of it, and also inspire and
empower you to achieve big things.
3. through: by making use of, by means of.
>> Learn a language through music.
4. wanted: wah-nid Softened T
NT
5. more of: mor-uv
6. would you say: wood-juh-sei
7. it’s an: its-in
15
CHAD: Start with why. Start with 8. exactly: eggs-ak-lee
why. Start with purpose. 9. core

JUSTIN: Exactly8. To start with

inspiration, to start with something
that really touches you in your core9.

CHAD: Exactly, in your core. What's a

core?10

JUSTIN: Your core is your center

[Your center] To find your heart in
the process.

10. center: cener Softened T

CHAD: Exactly. And this is something
that we have got from a very popular
speech, a TED talk actually, it’s a guy
that we find very inspiring. He's
definitely11 inspired this idea for us.
NT
11. definitely: definly
12. goes around: go-zuh-round

13. all of them: all-uh-them

JUSTIN: The guy’s a- he’s leadership
expert. The guy goes around12 giving Ted Talk by Simon Sinek
speeches and talks on a variety of Watch it here
topics but all of them13 are attached
to this.

CHAD: His name is Simon Sinek. I

guess if you guys wanted to check out
the video before we continue this
podcast.

JUSTIN: Press stop right now. And go

check it out14. It's on the show notes 14. check it out: cheh-kid-out
at...

CHAD:
www.reallifeglobal.com/startwithwhy
13:07 16
JUSTIN: Aww yeah!
CHAD: Aww yeah! But if you don't
have time to do that right now please
continue listening and we're going to
try to fill you in15 with any necessary
information as we go. So let's start
with the why, Justin. What is why and
what is this whole process. How can
we really give them a visualization16
of something that they would learn
with the Simon Sinek speech?
JUSTIN: Well, in the TED talk he
actually draws three concentric
circles. So one circle, another circle
around that, and another circle, right?
So three layers17. In the middle is
"why" and then it’s "how" in the next
layer out, and "what" so it goes from
why, how, what. He actually suggests
that we start communicating this way
because it inspires people, because
it's actually much more intuitive.
CHAD: Intuitive. Yeah, he actually
makes some great examples straight
off the bat18 with very successful
companies like Apple and other
companies.
JUSTIN: He talks about Martin Luther
King Jr., he talks about the Wright
brothers inventing flight, but the idea
is really to be connected to your
inspiration, your purpose when you
start. Don't actually like talk about
14:15
15. fill someone in: to give someone
missing information or to explain to them
the details of something. >> Let me fill you
in about how things work over here. >> I
need someone to fill me in with the details
of the agreement.
16. visualization
vi-zhual-li-zei-shun
zh
sound
The s of visual is not /s/, /z/ not /sh/. It is actually
the voiced version of /sh/. If you pronounce she
you will notice there is no vibration in your vocal
folds. Now, articulate /zh/ in the same way to do
with /sh/ but make sure there is vibration in your
throat. Other words containing this sound are:
television, usually, measure, pressure,
treasure. To note the difference, you can
contrast those sound with the voiceless sh
sounds in: sure, show, ship, insurance, fish.
Watch Rachel’s English’s video here about the
voiced and voiceless /sh/.
Sinek’s Golden Circle: “why-how-what”
17. layer
18. straight off the bat: immediately
upon starting; straight away.
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what you're creating or what you're
doing. Talk about why you're doing it.
And I see in my life that I'm really
connected to people who have great
purpose in what they do, even if
they're not so clear on what they're
doing.
CHAD: Yeah, you're right. As a
teacher you can really see that people
who have that really strong purpose
or19 really strong why they're such
better students and they're so... And
it's so easy just to20 teach them
because it21 just kind of22 flows
because they're really inspired by
what they're doing and their objective
of speaking English is just a natural
flow.
JUSTIN: It's a by-product23.
CHAD: It's a by-product. What is a by-
product?
JUSTIN: A by-product is just the
natural result [Sure]. So if you have24
a24 strong purpose, a “why”, then the
“how” a lot of times will take care25 of
itself. The “how” in this case, right, so
your method. And then the “what” is
the result. I find that when people
really connect with their “why” that
just serves as a motivation as fuel26
for the whole rest of the process.
CHAD: What's fuel?
15:13
19. purpose or: pur-puhs-er
20. just to: jus-to Linking
>>
21. because it: cuh-zit Shrinking
><
22. kind of: ki-nuv
23. by-product: something that results
from doing another thing. If you love
doing sports because it is fun, the by-
product is going to be that you are going
to be in great shape and really healthy.
24. if you have a: if-u-av-uh Shrinking
><
25. takes care of something: (1) to look
after someone. (2) as in this case, it means
to fulfill a task, to complete something. >>
I’m going to take care of that later. >> Let’s
stop the chit talk and take care of what’s
important in this meeting.
26. fuel: (n, vb) literally, fuel is the
substance or material that an engine
needs to function (gas in a car).
Figuratively, we can use this word for the
energy that propels us to do things, like
your thirst for knowledge as the fuel that
makes you keep reading books about
something you like.
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JUSTIN: Fuel is like gasoline for a car, 27. propel: if something is propelled by
something, it is put into motion by a force.
for example. It's what fuels, what
propels27 the instrument.

CHAD: Yeah, so let's think about28

this. What is a pretty solid why for
learning language?

JUSTIN: A Lot of29 people... Well,

let's start with what is not a good
purpose, right.

CHAD: Yeah, because... Of course,

yes, Simon Sinek says that a lot of
people work from the outside in. They
start with the “what,” then “how,”
and then the “why.”
28. think about Linking

JUSTIN: Because a lot of people start

thin-kuh-bout >>
with the “what” is like I want to30 get 29. a lot of: uh-lah-duh
fluent I want to sound like a native31
30. want to: wanna Shrinking
speaker. I'm learning English because
of my job.
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31. nativ:e: nei-div American

CHAD: Or I want people to think I'm T

an intelligent person because I can 32. motivate: mow-di-veit

speak in another language33. 33. common mistake: talk in English

JUSTIN: Or my parents made me, or
something like that. And those might
be reasons, valid reasons but they
don't really motivate32 people
generally.
CHAD: Yeah, it doesn't really drive
people.
A typically mistake learners make is to say
talk in English: I’m learning to talk in
English. Languages are spoken, and so it
should actually be: I’m learning to speak
English. You could, however, say something
like I was talking to him in English. There
the main idea is the action of talking, having
a conversation with someone, and then the
fact that it was in English is extra
information.

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JUSTIN: What do you34 mean by
drive35?
CHAD: Well, drive we all know drive
as in the verb to drive a car, but to
drive you- it’s like the forcing power.
JUSTIN: So it's like fuel, right?
CHAD: It's like fuel, yeah.
JUSTIN: And to motivate, to propel.
CHAD: To propel, exactly. To drive
you. If you're a very driven person
you're motivated and you have a very
concretized and strong objective.
JUSTIN: Some people are just really
naturally36 connected to a strong
why, other people need to37 work for
it, other people need to like actually
take this as an exercise and stop, so I
actually recommend38 this to my
students. I say the first assignment, I
say, stop, take out a piece of paper
and write down39 why you're learning
English. All the reasons why... just do
a brain dump39.
CHAD: A brain dump. What's a brain
dump?
JUSTIN: To dump is to throw so brain
dump is just to take out everything
out of your head and put it on paper
and to clarify all those little reasons
why.
16:54
34. what do you: wuh-duh-yuh
35. drive: if something drives you, it is a
force that gets you to do things in order to
get to that place; you can say that the
force that drives you to do something is
your driving force, like your passion being
your driving force to learn languages. Also,
you can be driven to a different state, like
in the expression to drive someone crazy.
>> Love is the driving force of our
relationship but she drives me crazy.
36. naturally: na-trully
37. need to: nee-duh
38. recommend vs advice
You recommend something to someone
because you want something good to
happen to them. You advice something to
someone because you do not want
something bad happen to them. These
examples will help clarify this for you.
> I recommend you take the longer route
because the scenery is so much more
beautiful.
> I advise you not to take the shorter route
because it’s really dangerous.
Suggest is another word you can use that
has a similar meaning to that of
recommend/advice. But you can use it
interchangeably in any of the examples
given above.
39. write down: to write something
quickly, often so that you do not forget. If
it is a longer text, it is just to write. You
cannot say to write down an essay or a
book. You write down ideas/ comments /
notes, etc.
39. a brain dump
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CHAD: Awesome. That's your first
thing you usually40 do when you start
a new class with new students?
JUSTIN: Yeah! Dump your brain on
paper. Clarify why. All the reasons
that are big and little and dig…
CHAD: Yes it's like why the hell are41
you here in my class? And what's the
general response you get from these
people.
JUSTIN: Well, it starts a lot of times
with something superficial: "because I
need it for my job," "I need it for my
work," "I need it for my career." But's
that's really the result, right42? So
digging43 deeper then it's like, well to
communicate because you really
want to connect with people because
it makes your life better44, it makes
your life richer to have access to more
and more information. It's culture.
CHAD: Yeah, the internet is riddled
with English media.
JUSTIN: What do you mean by riddled
with.
CHAD: Riddled means it’s full of45,
it's... We generally use riddle with,
generally sicknesses right? He's
riddled with flu... with the flu.
17:46
40. usually: you-zh-ly
41. hell are: heller
42. Stop T
Hear Justin say these two words but focus
your ear to the t sounds at the end of each
word. Can you tell which one is the regular t
and which is the stop t?
When Justin says result, you can hear a
really short, hissing sound immediately
after /t/. That’s the sound of a regular t. (the
compression of air is released)
In the word right, we cannot hear the same
hissing sound after /t/, and because of that
we can say it is a stop T. The compression of
air is stopped (it is not released).
43. dig (deeper) into something: literally,
it means to make a hole in the ground, but
metaphorically we use “dig” to get into
more detail when talking about something
that is abstract. It collocates quite often
with the word deeper. For example, you
can say “Digging deeper into the problem
of poverty, we found out that the lack of
education was a common denominator
across many cultures.”
44. better: beder American
T
45. full of: full-uv
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JUSTIN: Yeah, like the cat is riddled
with flees46.
CHAD: Sure, yeah. It Generally47 it
has a negative connotation, doesn't
it48? But it's just filled with English
media. Information that is maybe not
accessible to someone who lives in, I
don't know49, Taiwan. It's maybe not
the same information you can get in
English if you don't speak English.
JUSTIN: Well the quantity50 of
information and the quality51 is just
so much greater52 in English. For
example, podcasts53, you know. I
know in Brazil here it’s just hard to
find good podcasts in Portuguese but
in English there are just a hundred
times54 better information and better
podcasts.
CHAD: Yeah, so that itself, I guess,
whether we like it or not55, learning
English is a way to connect yourself
more to the world.
JUSTIN: Absolutely and this is a really
really big purpose for RealLife
English–this is a part of our why is to
help connect people, to help people
expand their perspectives so that you
become much more than just
Australian or American or Taiwanese.
So you become a world citizen.
CHAD: And that's a very strong why.
18:43
46. a flee
47. generally: gen-lee Shrinking
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48. doesn't it: duz-nit Softened T
NT
49. I don't know: I-dunno
50. quantity: kwah-nih-dee
American
51. quality: kwah-li-dee
T
52. greater: grei-der
53. podcasts
In rapid speech native speakers sometimes
do not fully pronounce the t sound when it
is surrounded by Ss, like for example in
costs /kos-s/, lasts /laas-s/ or lists /lists/.
The same happens when it is a k sound:
asks /aas-s/; discs /dis-s/.
54. a hundred times: we use this phrase to
make the point of how much something
differentiates from another thing. >> He’s
a hundred times richer than all of us
combined. >> My dog is a hundred times
more intelligent than your cat.
55. whether we like it or not: we use this
expression to say that although
something might not be the ideal
situation, it exists and we must accept it.
>> She’s the boss and we have to put up
with her, whether you like it or not; that’s
how it is.
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If someone was... I guess not many
people say that. 56. contemplate it
con-tem-play-dit Linking
JUSTIN: If you really contemplate it56 >>
57. outside of
and start thinking about it, it's like ouh-sy-duv
wow, I'm going to actually expand my
perspective on the world and start to 58. differently: dif-ren-lee Softened T

think about my own country NT

differently because when you learn 59. positives
English, when you step outside of57 paw-zih-divz
American

where you're from, and start looking T

at your country differently58 then you
get a much more clear understanding
of the positives59 and the
negatives60. Not just become a world
citizen to see the61 world from a
different perspective but also your
own country62, right. So, again, like
information is one. To connect with
people from all around the world, you
get to to travel, maybe you don't
travel but you can communicate with
people from any country.
60. negatives
neh-guh-divz
61. to see the: tuh-see-thuh
62. construction: not only… but also
To be fluent in communicating your ideas in
English it is fundamental that you can use
this construction. We use it to add extra
information.
> Not only is she a beautiful woman, but also
the most intelligent person I know.
> Through English you won’t only be able to
pass a subject in school, you will also
discover a whole new world.

CHAD: Yeah, and I think that's a big

thing that distinguishes us from, I
don't know, maybe more traditional
learning methods because they're 63. straight away Linking

straight away63 getting you with the stray-duh-wei >>

grammar "hey learn this, learn this
academic side of the language" We
64. don't want that: Stop
don't want that64 I think we want to dont-want-that T
try to get people to, like you said, dig
deeper and find out65 why do I want 65. find out: discover, get to understand
to learn the language? What's the something.
purpose of this? What am I going to
do with this?
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JUSTIN: That's really the seed66 of 66. seed
the rest of the process, right?

CHAD: Yeah, I know me speaking

personally, I know, I've mentioned
this a few times on the podcast but
my desire to learn Portuguese was
not because I wanted to learn the
language and I thought the language
was just really interesting. I wanted to
learn about the culture, about the
music. I- we’ve mentioned it before, I
practice Brazilian Capoeira, it’s a 67. icing
Martial Arts, Dance, and just the
culture in general really interested
me. The people that I had met from
Brazil were just so kind of cool and
interesting people... I was "Hey I want
to connect with those people and
learn about that culture." How can I
do that?

JUSTIN: And then the language just

became the icing on the cake68.
68. the icing on the cake: an additional
CHAD: It became the icing on the positive aspect of something that is
cake. What does that mean? already good. >> My month-long trip
through Europe was fantastic but the icing
on the cake was meeting Todd in my last
JUSTIN: Well, when you make a cake, week.
right, it’s like you have the part you
69. bake
bake69, right, which is the bread, the
sweet part, the insides, right? And the
icing on the cake70 is like the really
sweet paste that you put on the
outside.

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CHAD: The coating71. 70. the icing on the cake

JUSTIN: Yeah, and so when you say

the icing on the cake the expression is
just like the extra part that maybe you
weren't expecting was the by-
product, the result, right? Because
really what you want is the cake.

CHAD: Yeah, it's not necessary but it

71. coating: the external layer of
makes it so much better [Yeah] Yeah, something (in this case it’s a synonym for
you're right. “icing”)

JUSTIN: So, yeah, to learn a language

because you want to, because you
have a strong purpose is just really so
much more fun and motivating and
aligned with what we do because
then it’s like, well shit you don't need
to pay for English classes your entire
life because you come to the point72
where you can't—you have to73 stop
studying and a lot of people will study
abroad74 and they’ll pay a lot of
money to study abroad and just
because they're paying for the
"what." They're never actually like
developing the "why." So they go
72. come/get to the point (where…): we
use this expression to say that after we
have been doing something for a long
time something changes. >> I love winter
but summer is about to arrive and it’s still
freezing cold. It’s come to the point where
it’s unbearable. >> She can say all she
wants but it gets to the point where she
needs to start to back up all the promises
and take action.

there, they take classes, they do their
homestay75, but they never really fall
in love with the culture.
CHAD: Yeah, you're right, and I think,
you know we're using these examples
of a why, that's... They're pretty big,
powerful examples about being able
to understand a whole different
21:35
73. have to: hafta (haf-tuh)
74. abroad: any place in the world that is
not your home country. >> My first trip
abroad was when I went to Colombia.
75. homestay: the act of staying at a
family’s home instead of a hotel when you
travel abroad.
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culture, being able to76 travel around
the world, maybe not everybody has
this why. I think maybe some people's
why can be something that’s even
quite simple, like I want to be able to
understand that song.
JUSTIN: Pink Floyd, one of my
students the other day was like, he
loves Pink Floyd [Oh, really?] And
he77 learned a lot of English through
Pink Floyd.
CHAD: Yeah, so his passion for just
that band is a strong why. The by-
product still of that is the same by-
product of learning the language,
right? [Yep. Absolutely] So your why
doesn't have78 to be such a great79
and powerful why, I wouldn't say.
JUSTIN: Yeah, but the English
language is so huge and so vast and it
represents so many different types of
experiences that if you search a little
bit it's really easy to find80 your
purpose.
CHAD: Cool, so yeah! This is an
awesome speech I definitely
recommend you guys watch if you
didn't watch it when we suggested at
the start of this conversation topic,
and even Simon Sinek himself. He has
a few81 other amazing speeches if
you really want to test your English
because he speaks quite quickly.
22:40
76. able to: ei-bul-tuh Dark
L
Because it is a dark L your tongue, preferably,
does not touch the roof of your mouth.
Pink Floyd
77. and he: n-he
78. doesn't have: duzzin-hav
79. such a & so
We probably know that so is used to say that
something has a superlative degree of
something, like she’s so tall, he’s so rich, it’s
so delicious. Such is used to express the
same meaning, but the sentence is framed
in a different way. Note the difference:
she’s such a tall girl, he’s such a rich man,
this is such a delicious dish.
Using such as, the sentence The English
language is so huge and so vast turns into
English is such a huge and vast language.
80. easy to find: ee-zee-duh-find
81. a few vs quite a few
A few is used with countable nouns, and in
a few people it means three, four, or five
people (no more than that). Now, there is
the expression quite a few, which you
should not confuse with a few. Quite a few
involves a larger number, so quite a few
people could be 30 people or even more.
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JUSTIN: He does but they have
subtitles on there in English on TED
and in every other language too, so
you can watch it82 in English and then 82. can watch it: kin-wah-chit
maybe show it to your friends and
family in your native language.

CHAD: Yeah, and also we'd really love 83. love to: luv-tuh
to83 hear about your why, maybe as a
little exercise here. Stop the podcast
right now, just dig deep and maybe 84. think a little bit
think a little bit84 about why are thin-kuh-lih-dull-bid-uh-bout
you85 learning English? And why are
85. are you: aw-you
you listening to this podcast right /r/ in are is usually very soft.
now? What's the purpose?

JUSTIN: Is it inspiring? Are you

inspired?

CHAD: And yeah, you guys, again,
we'd love to hear about your why,
your purpose, and your experience.
Maybe your how and your what.
What you're getting from the
podcast, so we'd definitely love your
feedback if you guys wanted86 to
write a87 comment for us please just
go to the show notes of this podcast
which is, again,
www.reallifeglobal.com/startwithwhy
JUSTIN: Aww yeah!
86. Remember that the –ed suffix can be
pronounced in three ways. Verbs and
adjectives that end in a t or d sound after the
suffix –ed are pronounced /id/. For
example: ejected, hated, deleted, divided,
succeeded, extended, etc.
87. write a: ry-duh
Go
to the Start With Why
show notes.

CHAD: Aww yeah!

JUSTIN: This works for your

profession as well, anything in life, so
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watch the video, take it to heart88.
CHAD: Great, so we hope you guys
get a lot of89 benefit out of that as we
have, and RealLife English has in the
past.
JUSTIN: Aww yeah!
CHAD: Aww yeah! Let's move on to
today's question.
CHAD: All right guys so today's
question is from a student of mine1,
Sami. You know Sami right?
JUSTIN: I know Sami, yeah.
CHAD: He's a cool dude, right? [Yeah]
He's actually also my guitar teacher.
JUSTIN: Does he... does he listen to
this podcast?
CHAD: I think he does... When he's
not rehearsing2 he's pretty much
playing guitar 24/7(3) but when he
finds time to practice.
24:16
88. take it to heart: to take it seriously,
sincerely.
89. get a lot of: geh-duh-law-duh
1. my student or a student of mine
You can put the possessive either before
the noun or after it.
The same goes for “my friend” or “a friend
of mine,” though the usage of the second
option is more natural in English.
2. rehearse: to practice something like a
speech, piece of music, play or other work
for later public performance. >> Let’s
rehearse the song one more time before we
go out to the stage.
3. 24/7: all the time. It makes reference to
the 24 hours of the day and the seven days
of the week.
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JUSTIN: Well, we always say like 4. playing guitar
listen to this podcast while you're...
rehearsing?

CHAD: Sure, while he's playing

guitar4. So, Sami, my man5, this
question is something that you talked
about today in class and that was the
conjunctions. He was confused with
the difference between "as long as"
and "providing." So these are6 two
common conjunctions7 that, you 5. my man: if you refer to a guy by “my
man” (or “my boy,” or if it’s a girl “my girl”)
know, we use this... I'm just going to you are saying they are your friend.
give you an example just to show you
how it's used, so "I'm going to go to 6. these are: thee-zur

the RealLife party as long as we do 7. conjunctions

the activity." So in this case it's saying
that you're making a concession for
this case. It's a concession "as long as
this happens."
JUSTIN: It's condition. Under the
condition that... right?
The most common and simple conjunctions
are and, but, or, yet, for, nor, so. They help
join ideas within a sentence. Some of the
other common conjunctions that are used
to establish a relationship between two
sentences are although, as though, even
though, after, in order that, unless.
Check out Chad’s Video Lesson about this

CHAD: Exactly, so that's better.

Under the conditions of that, so I'm
going to accept, I'm going to do this
action as long as... Under the
conditions you do the activity. So In the RealLife parties, the activity we do
it's... this is commonly used in at the beginning of the party is to give
negotiating you might see this a lot in everybody a piece of paper with questions
on it. To answer these questions people
legal documentation. It's the same need to walk around the party and ask
word as providing. So let me give you people these questions and meet new
more of a legal example. Maybe a people.
lawyer, he might write into a contract
something like "My client will commit
to doing that providing he's paid
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efficiently." Something like that, so if
he gets paid... It's like "if," if he gets
paid efficiently8 he'll do that.
JUSTIN: So that's probably less
formal.
CHAD: It's probably the most least
formal way to say that: if.
JUSTIN: Or the most like, maybe
direct.
CHAD: Sure. But you wouldn't really
see "if" in a more formal document,
would you9?
JUSTIN: Yeah, I think "as long as" is
probably more common. People say
"if" and people "providing," in legal
situations.
CHAD: Yeah, "providing" does11
sound a lot more formal. "As long as"
is common. Yeah. Now that I'm a
vegetarian I will eat anything as long
as it doesn't have meat12 in it. All
right?
JUSTIN: Providing that it doesn't have
meat in it.
CHAD: Providing it has no meat13 I
would eat that. Maybe not anything,
but anything that is edible14. So that
is two common conjunctions similar
to "if" they are "as long as" and
"providing."
26:31
8. efficiently: ee-fish-ent-lee
9. question tags
We use question tags to get affirmation
from the other person on something we
said.
> It’s such a hot day, isn’t it?
> You didn’t do your homework, did you?
> You wouldn’t really gamble again, would
you?
The way this works is that if the statement
is affirmative, the question mark is in the
negative (first example); if the statement is
negative, the question mark is affirmative.
(second and third example).
10. as long as: az-lawn-giz
11. auxiliary do
The auxiliary verb do (and all its conjugated
forms) is frequently used to give emphasis
to a verb. To say “he did look tired” conveys
a stronger meaning than “he looked tired.”
Also, notice that by placing the auxiliary
verb before the main verb, it takes the
conjugation and the main verb remains
unchanged:
> He does love his work. (correct)
> He does loves his work. (incorrect)
12. meat
13. negating with the noun
You can make a negation with the verb: It
doesn’t have meat. Or can negate with the
noun: It has no meat.
14. edible: that can be eaten.
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JUSTIN: Aww yeah!

CHAD: So if you guys want to learn a 15. either

little bit more about common
conjunction which many people
either15 don't understand or confuse,
we're going to link a video I made
recently about this. And...
JUSTIN: Actually that you're going to
make before we release16 this, right?
We use either to talk about one of two
possibilities. If you contrast it with both, you
will learn that with both we mean two: Both
Mark and Todd are lying. But with either
we mean one: Either Mark or Todd is lying.
The pattern either + [statement] + OR +
[statement] work the same way. Only one
of those two statements is actually the case.
> Either I didn't set my alarm OR it just
doesn't work anymore.

CHAD: Yeah. And I'm just going to 16. release: to make it available to the
public. >> To release an album.
explain some of these less used
conjunctions. You know not the
"and," "if," "but," but some less used
and commonly confused
conjunctions. Check that out, you're
going to get a lot of value from that.

JUSTIN: As long as you listen.

CHAD: As long as you pay close

attention.

JUSTIN: Providing that you really

have a strong why.

CHAD: Definitely, yeah. Awesome. All

right guys. Thanks a lot for being here
today. Hopefully we have inspired
you, with this, this episode of RealLife
Radio.

JUSTIN: And we'd love to hear from

you with your why, your purpose.

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CHAD: We're going to play you out Vance Joy
today with a song by Vance Joy, it's
called Riptide and it's actually a remix
by FlicFlac. So hopefully17 you guys
can get inspired by this awesome
song.

JUSTIN: Aww yeah!

CHAD: Aww yeah! You'll hear from us

next week on RealLife Radio.
17. so hopefullyso-op-fully Shrinking

><
JUSTIN: See you soon!

CHAD: Take it easy guys!

Lyrics
"Riptide (FlicFlac Edit)"
Vance Joy

I was scared of dentists and the dark

I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Oh, all my friends are turning green
You're the magician's assistant in their dreams

Oh, and they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat because
You're gonna sing the words wrong

There's this movie that I think you'll like

This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
This cowboy's running from himself
And she's been living on the highest shelf

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 Oh, and they come unstuck

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat because
You're gonna sing the words wrong

I just wanna, I just wanna know

If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
I just gotta, I just gotta know
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
I swear she's destined for the screen
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

Lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat because
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat because
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Oh lady, running down to the riptide

Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song and
I got a lump in my throat because
You're gonna sing the words wrong
I got a lump in my throat because you're gonna sing the words wrong

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