luke's podcast Travelling in India

Using relative clauses is very common for giving more information. They’re really useful for fluency

I studied Social Science, which is, umm, it’s quite a mixed subject

I finished there and I worked in an office for a while

You live nearby, right?

‘they were taken over’ means that the club was bought by new owners. If a company is ‘taken over’ it means that another company buys the majority of its shares, and then becomes the boss of that company

This means that the location is next to the sea, on the edge of the country.

this means it is not on the coast, but in the country. E.g. in Brazil Rio de Janeiro is on the coast, but Brazilia is inland.

This means that the economic value of the zloty has gone down

In India, you are always hassled by people who want to sell you something, or offer you a taxi ride. Everyone wants you to use their taxi, or buy their products!

we’re not used to that sort of thing in London

“you have to haggle for pretty much everything you buy” -To haggle means to negotiate the price. E.g. £10 – no £3! -no £7 – are you crazy? £5! – OK, £5.

A missed call means that someone has called you but you didn’t answer and your mobile says ‘you have 1 missed call’.

An upset stomach means that you feel sick in your stomach.

Asprin will stop a headache, but the side effect is a bad stomach