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Speaker 1: I had an awesome lunch today. I went for Tay

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Food and I had green curry. It had a kick

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to it, but it was so tasty. That restaurant is

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always kicking at lunchtime. Actually, I'm kind of on a

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green curry kick these days. I go there almost every day.

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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.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven eighty one.

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Using kick, when you strike something with your foot, you

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kick it. So we use kick as a verb, like

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let's kick the ball, Hey, nice kick. Kick is also

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used as a noun, Yeah, nice kick. What an interesting

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word kick is. Let's check it out. Beyond using your foot,

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we have a lot of interesting uses for kick, Like

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when we talk about alcoholic drinks where there is a

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strong sensation from strong alcohol, you can say that it

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has a kick. Like there's a pretty famous cocktail that

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comes from Brazil. It's made with a local liquor called Kashasa,

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lime and sugar. It's a very smooth drink and sweet tasting.

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But it certainly has a kick, especially after drinking two

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of them. I like to drink Japanese sake too, and

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despite the smooth taste, it has a kick. And the

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same goes for food, especially spicy food like I like

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tay green curry, but at the Thai restaurant in my neighborhood,

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the green curry there totally has a kick. And if

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you happen to live here in the States or visit here,

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you have to try buffalo wings. No, it's not like

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the buffalo have wings. Buffalo wings are spicy chicken wings

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and depending on who's cooking, they can have quite a

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serious kick. If you know someone who has a short

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term or temporary interest in something, you can also use kick.

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This usually happens when someone gets into something trendy, like

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I remember when the vegetable kale was new. My sister

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was on a kale kick. My cousin is on a

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jogging kick. I'm not sure if she's gonna continue doing

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that now that the weather is getting cold. And I

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was on an ice cream kick for a while and

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then I stepped on the scale. Yikes. We also use

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kick when we talk about something that gives us enjoyment

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or excitement. In cases like this, you can say that

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you get a kick out of something like I'm not

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a kid anymore, but I still get a kick out

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of the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. My

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friend Fabrizio gets a kick out of driving his sports

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car on the track. My brother in law gets a

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kick playing the slot machines at the casino. I'm not

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so sure if my sister is too happy about that, though.

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You can also get a kick out of someone. Remember

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that old song I get a kick out of you.

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When you get a kick out of someone, you enjoy

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being with them. Maybe it's a friend who makes you laugh,

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like I get a kick out of my buddy Ed

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he's a riot, or like that old Frank Sinatra song.

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If you get a kick out of someone, it's because maybe,

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just maybe you're attracted to them romantically. Do you have

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any regrets? If so, you can say I could kick myself,

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like I remember back when the first iPod came out

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Applestock was around nineteen dollars a shit. I could kick

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myself for not buying it then, and then there was

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the one that got away. One of my friends often

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mentions the fact that he could kick himself for breaking

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up with his old girlfriend. He still thinks about her

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after all these years. We also have a few slang

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meanings for kicking, which we usually pronounce as kickin' kickin'.

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When something is excellent or great, you can say that

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it's kicking, like the concert we went to last night

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was totally kicking. Are you going to Jack's party on Saturday?

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You should go? His parties are always kicking. Also, in slang,

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kicking means stylish or fashionable, like Tommy's new suit is

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really kicking, and did you see Jenny's new dress? Oh man,

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it's kicking. I hope for you that this podcast English

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lesson is kicking. Keep in mind the best way to

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remember vocabulary like this and any other word or phrase

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in English is to take that word or phrase, write

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it in a sentence that's true for you or true

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in your world, and then memorize your sentences. And did

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