Catch Word #294 – Touch Grass
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Catch Word #294 – Touch Grass

B1IntermediateJuly 26, 202621 min

Have you ever looked up from your phone and realized that an hour just disappeared? In this Catch Word lesson, Andrew and Indiana teach you how to tell someone to “touch grass” and how to describe a person as “terminally online” or “chronically online.” They explain the difference in tone between these expressions, why “touch grass” can sound like a real insult, and when each one is appropriate to use. Listen to the full conversation to learn what hyperblanding is, decide if you agree with the idea, and build your English fluency at the same time. The Best Way to...

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Hello and welcome to Catchword, the Q-Lips vocabulary series where we teach you idioms, slang, expressions, phrasal verbs, and more that will help you build your English vocabulary, which will improve your speaking and listening skills. Joining me today as my co-host is Indiana. Hey there, Indiana. How are you?

0:21

Hey, Andrew. I am doing well. How have you been? I'm doing well as well. And Indiana, I think we have a couple of fun expressions today. I think maybe to an extent they are appropriate for us because I think sometimes you could use these expressions maybe to talk about the kinds of lifestyles that we have, Indiana. And in fact, maybe you don't realize it, but you are the inspiration for this episode because you used one of these expressions in a recent QLips episode.

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And I noticed that and I thought, oh, we got to expand on it and teach our listeners this expression in more detail in Catchword. And so that's what we're doing here today. Guys, we're going to teach you two expressions that are kind of new and kind of like hip,

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