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Real English Discussions Course
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Introduction
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Real English Discussions Course
Week 1 - Bushfires & Australia's Ecosystems5 Topics -
Week 2 - Deadly & Harmless Australian Spiders5 Topics
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Week 3 - Political Corruption in Australia5 Topics
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Week 4 - How Climate Change Has Worsened in Dad's Lifetime5 Topics
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Week 5 - Australian Pub Drinking Games5 Topics
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Week 6 - The Australian Open5 Topics
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Week 7 - Early Exploration of Australia5 Topics
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Week 8 - Tasmanian Devils & Tigers5 Topics
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Week 9 - How Australia Got Camels5 Topics
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Week 10 - Women vs Men's Sport in Australia5 Topics
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Week 11 - Australia's Most Dangerous Animals5 Topics
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Week 12 - Australia's Worst-Ever Bushfire Season5 Topics
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Bonus SectionBonus 1 - Origins of the Coronavirus5 Topics
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Bonus 2 - Why the War on Drugs Never Worked5 Topics
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- AFLW – Australia’s Women’s Football League.
- Wind something down – draw or bring gradually to a close.
- A sports fanatic – someone obsessed with sports.
- Bloke-orientated – (Aussie slang) aimed at men.
- AFL footy – (Aussie slang) Australian Football League – Footy = football.
- Recreationally – (of an activity) done for fun or enjoyment.
- Auskick – a program in Australia where children are introduced to AFL football.
- A local football club – a sports club from a town that plays AFL football.
- Handball – (in the sport of AFL) punch the ball with your hand as to give it to another player.
- A 50/50 split – a division of equal halves.
- A participant – someone who partakes in an activity or event.
- A junior competition – a sports competition for pre-adults/children.
- To some extent – to a certain point; to some degree.
- A changeroom – a room in which you change into and out of your sports uniform.
- A season – a fixed time in the year when a particular sporting activity is pursued.
- Under-13s – (of a sporting competition) for kids below the age of 13.
- Pre-AFL – before Australian Football League.
- Switch over (to something) – change from one thing to another.
- The Commonwealth Games – an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association.
- Second favourite sport – the next sport you like the most after your favourite one.
- A view – a perspective; an opinion.
- A pool (of something) – a supply (of something).
- Talent – natural aptitude or skill.
- In the top 1% of something – in the best or highest 1% (1/100th) of something.
- A body type – a certain shape of human body.
- An element (of something) – a part (of something).
- Literal – taking words in their usual and most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration.
- Specialise (in something) – concentrate on and become expert (in a particular subject or skill).
- High-level (sport) – (in sport) at or of a level above that which is normal or average.
- Recognised – noticed.
- Muck around – behave in a silly or aimless way; have fun.
- Put into something – contribute to something.
- Give something everything – put in 100% of your effort towards achieving something.
- Lack of something – absence of something.
- Have it easy – have no difficulties; be fortunate.
- Show up (to somewhere) – arrive (somewhere).
- A bracket – the group of people who have to compete against each other in a competition.
- Close to zero – (of chances or probability) almost impossible; very unlikely.
- On top of that – furthermore.
- Transferability – the ability to move or exchange something to or from something else.
- Shoot up – climb rapidly; move up quickly.
- Saturated – completely full.
- A state title – if you have a state title, you’ve placed number 1 in a competition at the state level.
- Least-favoured – chose the least; least preferable.
- Fencing – the sport of fighting with swords, especially foils, épées, or sabres, according to a set of rules, in order to score points against an opponent.
- A scholarship – a grant or payment made to support a student’s education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement.
- Mainstream – the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.
- A handful of something – a small number of something.
- We’ll take him – we’ll accept him.
- A full-ride scholarship – an award that covers the entire cost of college.
- Enviable – arousing or likely to arouse envy.
- An advantage – a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position.
- Burgeoning – growing or increasing rapidly; flourishing.
- A contact sport – a sport in which the participants necessarily come into bodily contact with one another.
- Feminine – having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness.
- MMA – the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.
- One | The UFC – MMA fighting competitions.
- The UFC = The Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- Dedication – the quality of being committed to a task or purpose.
- Dying to… – really wanting to…
- Sponsor someone – pay some or all of the costs involved in staging (a sporting or artistic event) in return for advertising.
- Television rights – where a TV network has the rights to air a sporting event.
