THE PODCAST NAME HAS CHANGED, THIS IS AN OLD TITLE

Hey, you guys, how are you? So happy you're here. Welcome to today's episode of Fast English Made Easy. I hope you're all doing super, super well. Today I am going to be going through a dialogue between two roommates who are discussing grocery shopping. And they're putting a list of groceries together. So as always, I'm going to say the dialogue, normally not too fast, not too slow, and then at the end, I will go through it one more time. A little bit slower. But you can always use the speed modifier on Spotify. You know, you can speed it up, slow it down to whatever is easier for you guys. Understandable for you guys. One thing that I noticed in this dialogue is that a lot of phrasal verbs are used. So I will be explaining to you how to use all the phrasal verbs. And lastly, I want to mention that the entire dialogue will be in the description. And I will also put a list of the phrasal verbs that I go over in the description as well. So. With that. Let's go. Let's do it.

Alright... I'm weird.

Hey, Sarah. We're running low on groceries. I think it's time we make a shopping list. Roommate two Sarah. Yeah, you're right, Alex. I noticed we're almost out of milk and eggs. What else should we get? Well, we're out of bread too. And I finished the last of cereal this morning. So let's add those to the list. Okay. Milk eggs, bread and cereal. Got it. Anything else? Yeah, we should definitely pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables. Maybe some apples, bananas, lettuce, tomatoes. Good call Alex. How about some chicken breasts for dinners this week? That sounds delicious. Chicken breasts it is. Do you think we should stock up on any pantry staples like pasta or rice? Yeah, let's grab some pasta rice and maybe a couple of cans of tomato sauce. It's always good to have those on hand for quick meals. Agreed. And speaking of quick meals. We should get some frozen pizzas for those lazy nights when we don't feel like cooking. Yeah, you read my mind frozen pizza as it is. Oh, and I noticed we're running low on toilet paper and dish soap. Should we add those to the list too? Absolutely. Can't forget the essentials. Toilet paper and dish soap are a must. Great. So to recap, We need milk, eggs, bread, cereal, apples, bananas, lettuce tomatoes, chicken breasts, pasta rice, tomato sauce, frozen pizzas, toilet paper, and dish soap.

That sounds like a pretty comprehensive list. I'll grab my phone and start making a checklist. Should we plan to go shopping together this week? Yeah, that works for me. Saturday morning? Sounds good. Saturday morning. It is.

Okay.

Don't freak out.

don't freak out if that is a lot. I will say it all slower. Okay. And I will also explain what the phrasal verbs are here. Okay? Alright.

Alright. So. Hey, Sarah. We're running low on groceries. I think it's time we make a shopping list. Hey, Sarah. We're running low on groceries. I think it's time we make a shopping list. So a phrasal verb here running low.

So, this is like, I think it officially, I don't know if this officially came from, but like, this is uh not literal, I guess. Running low. Literally. Makes sense for a car for example. Like your car has turned on the engines on it's running. And you're low on fuel. You have very little fuel. That's what I think of in a literal sense when I read running low. But you can use it for a ton of different things. So this is an example, we're running low on groceries. That is a super common thing to say. And, um, it's just like, Hey. We have something that is consumable. Right. Like. Groceries are consumable. Toilet paper is consumable. Like it goes away as you use it. So that is something that can run low. If that makes sense. You're not going to say. I'm running low on clothes. Like.

The only time that would ever make sense is if you are on vacation and you don't have an option of washing your clothes. Does that make sense? So it's something that you use and as you use it, It goes away. As like an option or something you can consume. So in this case, groceries. They go away as you eat them. So you're running low. You have little of them left.

That's a long way of explaining it, but I hope that makes sense.

Okay. So. Yeah, you're right, Alex. I noticed we're almost out of milk and eggs. What else should we get?

Yeah, you're right, Alex. I noticed we're almost out of milk and eggs. What else should we get? So. Out of is like, You're running low. You're almost out of something. It's gone. So when you're out of something, It's out of stock. They're not available anymore. It's no longer. Available.

Um, yeah. So out of you, is it. All the time. Okay.

Well, we're out of bread too. And I finished the last of the cereal this morning, so let's add those to the list.

Well, we're out of bread too and I finished the last of the cereal this morning. So let's add those to the list. To the list. I can't help, but say that quickly. Just practice that. To the list. Add those to the list. It's no longer to its ta-tha ta-tha to the list.

Okay. Milk, eggs, bread, and cereal. Got it. Anything else?

Yeah, we should definitely pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables. Maybe some apples, bananas, lettuce and tomatoes.

We should definitely pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables. So pick up is so common, use it all the time. You can use it for many things, so you can use it to say. I'm going to go and purchase this at the store, or maybe you called ahead to a restaurant and you placed an order for food at the restaurant and now you're going there to go pick up the food.

Another example, if you're a parent or whatever. Um, and you're picking up your kids from school, like after school. You go to their school and get them. You're picking them up. You know, there are many different ways. To use the phrasal verb pick up. So many. When in doubt, just use it. You probably won't be wrong.

So good call Alex. How about some chicken breasts for dinners this week?

Good call Alex. And how about some chicken breasts for dinners this week?

That sounds delicious. Chicken breasts it is. Do you think we should stock up on any pantry staples like pasta or rice? So stock up. It's like, you're getting more than you need. You're preparing for the future, when you might need it as well. Okay, so you're getting more than you need right now. You're stocking up so you don't have to go pick it up again soon. Okay. Like, maybe you only need one package of toilet paper, but you stock up and get four. Now you're good for a month instead of a week.

So moving on. Yeah, let's grab some pasta, rice and maybe a couple of cans of tomato sauce. It's always good to have those on hand for quick meals. Yeah. Let's grab some pasta, rice and maybe a couple of cans of tomato sauce. It's always good to have those on hand for quick meals.

Have those on hand. That is like,

Just having them available as an option to use when you might need something. Okay. Have those on hand. Agreed, and speaking of quick meals, we should get some frozen pizzas for those lazy nights when we don't feel like cooking. And speaking of quick meals, we should get some frozen pizzas for those lazy nights. When we don't feel like cooking. So. Um, I wanted to go over. feel like. Ah, it's so useful. You can use it for so many different things. So. And this situation, this example. When we don't feel like cooking. That literally means like when we don't want to cook. We don't feel like it. We don't want to. So. That's the same thing of saying like, Oh, I, I want to, like, I feel like it it's like you can use it for a positive or a negative thing, but it's just a lighter way of saying I want, or I don't want. Okay.

Hahaha, you read my mind frozen pizzas, it is. Oh, and I noticed we're running low on toilet paper and dish soap. Should we add those to the list too?

There's another example of running low. So, like I mentioned. It's like something that is consumable. So toilet paper, as you use it, it goes away. Dish soap. As you use dish soap, it goes away. Right. It's not like clothing where, you know, you can wash it and reuse it. So clothing doesn't run out. Okay. Or run low.

Absolutely. Can't forget the essentials. Toilet paper and dish soap are a must.

Toilet paper and dish soap are a must. When you say something is a must is like it's essential. Not an option. We have to get that.

Great. So to recap, We need. Milk, eggs, bread, cereal, apples, bananas, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken breasts, pasta, rice, tomato sauce, frozen pizzas, toilet paper, and dish soap.

That sounds like a pretty comprehensive list. Comprehensive comprehensive. That sounds like a pretty comprehensive list. I'll grab my phone and start making a checklist. Should we plan to go shopping together this weekend?

Yeah. That works for me. Yeah, Saturday morning. Sounds good. Saturday morning. It is.

We made it.

I hope this is helpful. I think this is super helpful. And this is a normal natural conversation that you will have one day. Go to the description. Look at the whole dialogue. Give me some feedback. You guys, I want to know if this is helpful because. For me, it would be helpful. I would love to have a podcast for all of my languages that I'm learning, that have these dialogue practices. Anyways, have a good one. Thanks for listening. Bye.