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Speaker 1: Oh man, it's a scorcher out there. I just came

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back from walking Max and I am melting. I mean,

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it's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.

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How's the weather where you are? Oh, it's hot there too.

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Why don't we beat the heat together with this podcast

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English Lesson.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael oh Raye.

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Speaker 1: Thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from

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Happy English and I help people speak English better. And

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this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight forty six. Summer

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Slang Cool Words for Hot Weather. Thanks so much for

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joining me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast.

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So it's July, and if you're in a place like

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Japan or France or even New York in the summer,

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you know what I mean when I say it's hot,

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like step outside and regret it hot. And sure we

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can say it's hot today, but come on, English has

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some fun ways to talk about this kind of weather,

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and that's what we're going to check out today. Cool

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words for hot weather. And let's kick things off with

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this one. It's a scorcher now, scorch literally means to

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burn the surface of something like if you are ironing

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a shirt and you get distracted and leave the iron

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on the shirt, you may end up with a burn

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mark on that shirt. Words you scorched the shirt. So

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with this image, when we say it's a scorcher, we're

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saying the heat is intense, like don't touch the car

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door handle kind of intense. Like last weekend, I was

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walking with Tina and I said, whoa, it's a scorcher today,

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and she just nodded and said.

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Speaker 2: You can say that again.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of rethinking this whole outdoor thing. You'll also

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hear this used in conversation like I checked the forecast,

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tomorrow's gonna be a scorcher, or even something like it's

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only ten am and it's already a scorcher. You get

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the idea we're baking out here, and when it gets

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that hot, you might hear people say I'm melting now.

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Of course, people don't actually melt unless you or the

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wicked Witch of the West, but it's a fun dramatic

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way to say I'm too hot. The other day, Nick

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got in my car after walking for like ten minutes

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and just flopped on the seat and said, dude, I'm melting.

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I think he was two minutes away from turning into

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a puddle. Another time, I was waiting in line for

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ice cream and I heard this little kid say to

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his mom, Mommy, I'm melting. It was adorable, and honestly

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I felt the same way. Now, let's say you don't

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want to melt, you want to cool off. That's when

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we say beat the heat. To beat the heat means

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to find a way to stay cool, like going to

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the movies, swimming, or staying inside with the ac blasting.

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I told Lisa last week, let's beat the heat and

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go hang out in the mall, and she was like,

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I'll go, but only if there's iced coffee involved. You

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could also say something like we're gonna beat the heat

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this weekend and stay at a hotel with a pool.

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Nice Right now, on the flip side, if you're not

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hiding from the sun, you might be out soaking up

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the sun dance for people who actually like being outside

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on a sunny summer day. When you soak up the sun,

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it means you enjoy the sunshine, especially when you're relaxing,

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like when I visited the park last Sunday, David brought

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a towel, laid back on the grass and said, ah,

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time to soak up some sun. Meanwhile, I was just

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hunting for a shady spot under tree. Soaking up the

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sun is what people do with the beach, the pool,

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or even just sitting on a bench during a lunch break.

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And if you like cooking yourself like that, please just

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don't forget the sunscreen. Speaking of summer days, have you

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ever heard the expression the dog days of summer. It's

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kind of an old school term but still popular. The

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dog days of summer. It refers to the hottest, slowest,

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and laziest part of the summer, usually late July or August,

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like the days when the heat and muggy weather just

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make everything move a little slower. I was talking with

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Tommy about how tired I felt, and he goes, yeah, man,

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it's the dog days of summer.

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Speaker 2: How much you can do in this weather?

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Speaker 1: And Jessica even said to me last weekend, the dog

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days of summer always make me want to take a

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nap after lunch every day. Yep, I can relate. Now.

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If you're near the coast or a lake or a pool,

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you'll probably hit the beach. We use hit in slang

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to mean go to when you hit the beach, well,

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that just means you go to the beach. Simple like

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it's thirty five degrees, let's hit the beach. You can

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also hit the pool if you have one or know

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someone that does. Hit is a pretty convenient slang word

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in English. If you need cash, you can hit the atm.

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And if you drink too much iced tea, well you

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might need to hit the john. You know the john

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means the toilet. So quick recap today we talked about

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it's a scorcher, I'm melting. Beat the heat, soak up

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the sun the dog days of summer, and hit the beach.

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These phrases are super common, especially in the summer, and

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using them will definitely make your English sound more natural

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and maybe even a little cooler, no pun intended. What

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about you? What do you do to beat the heat

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where you live? Do you hit the beach, chill with

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laid back vibes or just stay in with the ac

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on full blast. Come tell me on Instagram at Happy

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other word or phrase in English is to take that

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for you or true in your world, and then memorize

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