In this episode of The Official Teachify English Podcast
- Lewis speaks about Ghosts, one of the topics studied in class this week, he discusses what image we have of ghosts, recommends a few scary movies and gives some useful vocabulary to express disbelief but also expressions which mean to joke with someone.
Below, you have some of the more complex vocabulary used...
- Spooky - scary, haunted or related to ghosts.
- Concerned - worried.
- Roughly - more or less, approximately.
- There is bound to (verb) - there is guaranteed to (verb)
- Graveyard - a place where there are graves.
- To be my cup of tea - to be something I like.
- Haunted house - a place where there are supposedly ghosts.
- Freak someone out - scare someone.
- Gullible - innocent, naive, believes everything.
- Take something with a pinch of salt - not believe something or not take seriously.
- Pull your leg - joke with you, take the piss/Mickey or trick you.
- You must be kidding - you have to be joking.
- Fishy - difficult to believe, suspicious.
- Dessert - sweet, pudding // Desert - Sahara, Atacama, Gobi.
- Scream - shout, cry at a high pitch.
Last but not least, the joke...
What's a ghost's favourite dessert? I scream!
Thanks for listening guys :)