Episode 65 – Bonfire Night ???

‘Remember remember the 5th November’ we say in English… but why?! ? Listen to today’s show and find out! ? PLUS… we talk about BABY NAMES for Dan the Man ?, watching PORNOS with your Nan ?, confusion about QUEEN names ? aaaaand there is a ⚠️ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ⚠️! Not to mention the RnR Vocabulary and Grammar…. you could describe this episode as ON FIRE baby! ????????

Here is today’s RnR vocabulary:

I’m changing the order of the podcast to keep you on your toes
I just thought I would mix it up a bit (the order of the show)
“Danielle the woman” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it (as Dan the Man)
You’d just lie down and take it wouldn’t you? (if the King didn’t change the law)
I think I made that one up (the quote of ‘every day is a school day’)
I’ll let you have your moment of limelight
Guy Fawkes took the rap
He grassed on his friends and they got killed too
We found some old videos in the LOFT
I was watching this with my Mum and my Nan

RnR Grammar

In the show I said:

“I’m about to make a fire”

We use the construction of “subject + to be + about to” A LOT in English, and it means “I will do it in the next few seconds / minutes”.

For example, we could say the following:

“It’s about to rain”

“I’m about to punch him”

“They’re about to close the restaurant”

It is a very EASY construction to learn (for meaning and grammar), but not many students use it, so ADD it to your discourse and sound more RnR when you speak! ?