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Vocabulary Booster: Dating Insights

The narrator went to a bar with friends and was attracted to one of the girls who sat near them. He felt she was "out of his league" but decided to talk to her anyway. He exaggerated his accomplishments to impress her. After an hour, she still seemed uninterested, so he decided to "throw in the towel." However, when she asked him to dance, he tried to "play hard to get," hoping she would insist, but she took his refusal disappointingly. He realized pretending not to be interested was a "rookie mistake" and that he is inexperienced with women.

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Vocabulary Booster: Dating Insights

The narrator went to a bar with friends and was attracted to one of the girls who sat near them. He felt she was "out of his league" but decided to talk to her anyway. He exaggerated his accomplishments to impress her. After an hour, she still seemed uninterested, so he decided to "throw in the towel." However, when she asked him to dance, he tried to "play hard to get," hoping she would insist, but she took his refusal disappointingly. He realized pretending not to be interested was a "rookie mistake" and that he is inexperienced with women.

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English Vocabulary Booster

Episode 17
The podcasts that boosts your English vocabulary and makes you sounds like a native.

Sport Out of one's league


Step up one's game
Throw in the towel
Play hard to get
Rookie mistake

I was sitting at a bar with a few friends, just like any other Wednesday, when a group of
girls sat next to us. One of the girls especially caught my attention. She was incredibly
funny and smart… definitely out of my league. I still decided to go talk to her but I knew I’d
have to step up my game. So I basically told her every single great thing I’ve done in my life.
How I became a firefighter, how I volunteer at least once a week, and about the one time I
saved a sea turtle. After about an hour, she still didn’t seem very interested in me or in what
I was saying. I decided it was probably time to throw in the towel so I got up and started
getting ready to leave and that’s when she asked me if I wanted to dance. Now, for some
reason, I thought it would be a good idea to play hard to get, so I told her I was busy and
couldn’t stay, hoping she would insist. That was a rookie mistake, she looked pretty disap-
pointed and simply left with a ‘Okay, bye, I guess’. I don’t know if you can tell but I’m not
exactly an expert when it comes to women.

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Out of one’s league - She was definitely out of my league.
• If someone is out of your league, are they a good match for you or not?
• And are they not a good match because you think they’re too good for you or not good
enough?
• Can you think of someone you’d like to be with that’s out of your league?

Step up one’s game - I knew I’d have to step up my game.


• If you step up your game, does your performace get better or worse?
• Why do you sometimes need to step up your game?
• Can you think of a time when you’ve had to step up your game?

Throw in the towel - It was probably time to throw in the towel.


• If you throw in the towel, do you keep trying to do what you’re doing it or you quit it?
• What are some reasons for throwing in the towel?
• Is it easy for you to throw in the the towel in a difficult situation?

Play hard to get - I thought it would be a good idea to play hard to get.
• If you play hard to get do you act interested or uninterested?
• Do you really not care or do you just pretend?
• Why do you pretend?
• Do you think, in love, playing hard to get is a good strategy?

Rookie mistake - That was a rookie mistake.


• Is a rookie mistake a mistake you’ve made because you don’t have enough experience or
because you don’t care enough?
• What is a rookie mistake you’ve made in the past that you wouldn’t make now?

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