• Episode 8 - Rapunzel

  • Jun 20 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
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  • Visit our brand new Ko-Fi profile now! Become today one of our backers and actively take part in the making of the of the podcast. Follow the link and feel free to give us a tip or buy us a coffee: it'll cost you almost nothing but it would mean the world to us! Thanks in advance: https://ko-fi.com/learnenglishwithfairytalespodcast#galleryItemView/ . Howdy, folks, and welcome to the forth episode of “Learn English with Fairytales''. . The story will be taking into account for today's episode is: "Rapunzel", from brothers Grimm. . You cand find the transcript of this episode here: https://masteryourenglishwithgaetano.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/learn-english-with-fairytales-ep-8-rapunzel/ . Come find us on our brand new Instagram account: http://tinyurl.com/4kj75cz4 . Here's the list of vocabulary and expressions selected from today's story: - (to) pine away, /pīn əˈwā/, (verb) missing something or someone This desire increased every day, she quite pined away. - (to) clamber down, /ˈklambər doun/, (verb) climb down He clambered down over the wall into the garden of the enchantress. - hastily, /ˈhāstəlē/, (adv.) with excessive speed of urgency He hastily clutched a handful of rampion. - (to) consent, /kənˈsent/, (verb) give permission for something to happen The man in his terror consented to everything. - tress, /tres/, (noun) a long lock of a woman's hair She unfastened her braided tresses. - willingly, /ˈwiliNGlē/, (adv.) readily, of one’s own free will I will willingly go away with you. - (to) clutch, /kləCH/, (verb), grasp or seize tightly or eagerly In her anger she clutched Rapunzel’s beautiful tresses. - mockingly, /ˈmäkiNGlē/, (adv.) in a way that makes fun of someone or something “Aha!” she cried mockingly. - (to) be beside oneself, (exp) to be in a state of very great, uncontrolled emotion The King’s son was beside himself with pain. - wretchedness, /ˈretʃ.ɪd.nəs/, (noun) the state of being unpleasant or of low quality Rapunzel, with the twins to which she had given birth, a boy and a girl, lived in wretchedness. . "Learn English with Fairytales" is an educational project by Gaetano Del Gaiso and Camilla Turco aka Chestnutmane. . Gaetano Del Gaiso is an Italian musician, composer, producer and sound designer, CELTA qualified teacher/tutor, graduated in "Musicology" at Salerno's conservatoire and graduating in "European languages and cultures" at E-Campus University, with over three years of experience in teaching English language as a second and a foreign language in Italy. Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/masteryourenglishwithgaetano/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/gaetanodelgaisocomposer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.masteryourenglishwithgaetano.wordpress.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Camilla Turco, also known as "Chestnutmane" on the net, is an Italian artist and language expert fond of horses, nature and scented candles. Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chestnutmane/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/chestnutmane⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redbubble: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/Chestnutmane/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you liked this episode, share it everywhere and with everybody. Plus, don't forget to rate the podcast and to give us your feedback writing to us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠learnenglishwithfairytales@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠
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