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025 - Bringing Something to the Table | ESL Podcast
Conversation
A: So who’s all going tonight ?
B: You, Steve, Scott, Kim, Christy, and myself
A: Why did you invite Scott?
B: What’s wrong with him? He’s a nice guy. He’s totally harmless .
A: I know he’s harmless. I don’t dislike him. Its just that it’s Saturday
night. We’ve already got such a tight group and he doesn’t really bring
much to the table.
B: I haven’t really found that.
A: Think back to the nights he’s been there. He doesn’t joke around or
laugh much. I think it kind of ruins the group dynamic.
B: I didn’t really think of it before but now that you mention it, the girls
don’t really seem to be themselves around him
.A: Exactly. So what are you going to do about it?
B: Not much I can do. I already invited him. I can’t tell him that we find
him too dull.
A: I suppose not. But next time, I’ll do the inviting.
Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:
Who’s all going ?: This is a slang way of asking for a list of everyone who
will be going to something.
Harmless : Describing a person as harmless in this way means that they
probably aren’t great but they won’t really cause any problems. They are
not a bad person. It’s often used as a kind of polite way to describe
someone you don’t like much.
I don’t dislike him : This means that you probably don’t enjoy the
person’s company very much. Maybe because you are too different. You
don’t think too badly of the person, but you wouldn’t want to spend much
time together.
Tight group : A group of friends who are quite close and have spent a lot
of time together. They have a good time together and often don’t want to
include others.
Bring much to the table : This saying is talking about whether or not a
person adds much. If someone is boring, dull, or doesn’t really do or say
much in a group, then you can say they don’t bring much to the table. It
means they don’t add any value. It’s obviously not a very nice thing to
say about someone.
Group dynamic : The way a group of people behave together.
Sometimes one group of friends likes to act a certain way when they are
together, if someone new comes in and causes people to act differently,
then they have changed the group dynamic.
Now that you mention it : This is said when you didn’t think of
something before, but when someone else said it, you all of a sudden
realized it yourself and agree.
Be themselves : Being yourself means you act the way that feels most
natural to you and the way you want to act. Sometimes in front of certain
people it is hard to be yourself. Maybe you aren’t yourself around your
boss because you are afraid of what she will think of you.

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