Hello and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast. My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 49, Day 1 of Your English Five a Day. This is the series that gives you a healthy, daily dose of English vocabulary, so that you can expand your communication skills, your toolbox of vocabulary. You can improve your listening skills and I can keep you company while you do whatever it is that you're currently doing. So, let's get started with a phrasal verb and it is make up, make up. Two words, M A K E, make. Up, U P. To make up, today we are looking at the version that means to reconcile. So, this normally would happen after an argument or some form of disagreement. You make up. So you forgive someone and you become friendly again. Now children are often having fights and falling out with one another having disagreements and little arguments and then they will usually say sorry and make up. Sometimes they don't even say sorry. They just come back together naturally and play together once again. So the make up is almost invisible, but as adults, we normally have to make a real effort to acknowledge our part in the disagreement in order to enable us to make up with the person we fell out with. When was the last time you had an argument with someone and then had to make up? What did you do in order to facilitate the make up? Did you have to perform a grand gesture, buy flowers, or book a table at a restaurant to take the other person for dinner, buy the other person a coffee? When I was younger, if I ever upset my mum and my mum was really cross with me for whatever it was, I hadn't tidied up or I did something I shouldn't have done, then I would often make a little card, a little handmade card for my mum to say,"I'm sorry and I love you. Can we be friends again, please?" Here's another example sentence using make up,"It took them a few days to calm down, but they eventually made up and were friends again." Next on the list is the noun bond. Now I know last week, I think it was, we had the verb to bond. And this is the noun bond. B O N D, bond. A bond is a strong connection or relationship between two people. And it's often characterised by mutual affection and mutual support. Okay, so you can't have a bond with someone if they don't like you back. You have to like them, and they have to like you back and you have to have this connection that is two-way, mutual. So you don't have a bond with a celebrity that you've never met, for example. But you do have a bond with your pet dog or your friends, your family members. Here's another example,"The bond between the siblings grew stronger as they faced life's challenges together, providing each other with unwavering support." Next, we have another noun, and it is racket, racket. Now I know we had racket recently, but we're revisiting it as a very different type of racket. So this is not an instrument that you use for hitting a ball in racket sports. Instead, this is related to sound. Racket we spell R A C K E T racket, racket. A racket in terms of sound is a very unpleasant loud noise and it's not normally a single noise it's normally a lot of noise going on for example if my children are running around downstairs while I'm preparing their bath and getting their pyjamas out ready for bed. If I can hear downstairs lots of screaming and shouting and lots of banging and the items being thrown around, maybe they're in the kitchen knocking together pots and pans, I'd come running down the stairs and say,"What on Earth is all this racket? What's going on? I thought I told you to sit down and read your book. Why is there so much noise? What is this racket?" I could also complain that where I live, and work is frustrating for me because I am constantly having to deal with the racket that the builders make. I am constantly surrounded by builders or tree fellers or gardeners all out with their machinery and their tools that make so much noise. There's just a constant racket, and it's impossible to find quiet moments in order to film and record. So it's a constant battle for me to deal with the racket that surrounds me where I live. Here's another example,"The kids were making such a racket outside that it was impossible for me to concentrate on my work." Next on the list, we have the noun slam. Now again, I know we had this word as a verb. Now we have it as a noun, slam, S L A M. A slam is a sudden, loud noise. We often associate this with doors or windows. So if you shut them with a bang then you slam them. Okay, so that's the verb. And I might say,"I was lying in my bed, fast asleep, when I heard a slam. It sounded like a door. I heard a slam, and it woke me up." Or you might shut something with a slam. Here's another example,"The wind grew stronger and caused the door to shut with a slam." Last on the list is the noun row, row. We spell this R O W, row. Now when we pronounce it this way, row, then it means a fight, an argument, a very noisy argument. To have a row. Here's an example sentence,"After years of rows, my parents finally got divorced last year." Have you had a row recently? I don't really experience rows very often. I can't remember the last time I had a row. I definitely have had a row with my partner a few times. But it's not a regular occurrence. We don't do it often. But when was the last time you had a row? Who did you have a row with? Okay, that's our five, so let's do a quick recap. We started with the phrasal verb make up, which is what you do when you forgive someone and become friendly again after an argument or disagreement you make. Then we had the noun bond, which is that strong connection between people and it is a mutual connection. It is affection from both sides. Then we had the noun racket, which describes an unpleasant, loud noise a racket. We had the noun slam, which is a sudden, loud noise. And we had the noun row, which is a noisy argument or fight. Lots of noise today. Okay. Let's do this now for pronunciation purposes. So please repeat after me. Make up. Make up Bond. Bond. Racket. Racket. Slam. Slam. Row. Row. Fantastic. Okay, what is the name of the very loud, unpleasant noise that I described as being something I have to deal with on a regular basis from the builders and the gardeners? What is it? A racket. Yes, exactly. And when my children were born, I insisted on instant skin-to-skin contact with them so I could instantly form a strong connection with my babies. What noun would I use to describe this strong connection? A bond, yes, a bond. I have a bond with my children, a strong one. And if I ever fall out with someone I care about, if we have an argument and everyone's feeling bad about it, then I'll make an effort to try to forgive them and become friendly with them again. What phrasal verb could I use here? I want to make up with them. Yes, absolutely. And if I shut my door with a loud, sudden noise, I do it with a lot of force, what noun would I use? I shut my door with a what? A slam. Very good. And if I were to shut the car door with a slam, and my partner shouts at me for doing so because he respects his car and he doesn't like other people slamming the doors. And then I retaliate to him shouting at me saying, that's unfair. It was an accident. It's very windy. And then we have this really noisy argument in the street outside our house. I laugh because I would never tolerate this. But what is that? What do we call a noisy argument? A row. Absolutely. Okay, so that's our five. Please listen out for these once again during today's storytime. Theo and Lauren had been married for five years. They had a strong bond, but like all couples, they sometimes fought. One evening, they had a big row over something small."You never listen to me!" Lauren shouted."That's not true!" Theo yelled back. Their voices got louder and louder. They were making such a racket that their neighbour, Mrs Johnson, could hear everything."You always leave your dirty socks on the floor!" Lauren complained."And you never put the milk back in the fridge!" Theo countered. The argument went on and on. They were so angry that they didn't notice how much noise they were making. Suddenly, there was a loud slam. It was Mrs Johnson's door. She had come out of her apartment and was knocking on Theo and Lauren's door. When Theo opened it, Mrs Johnson looked upset."Please keep it down," she said."It's late, and I can hear everything." Theo and Lauren felt embarrassed. They apologised to Mrs Johnson and stopped shouting. But they were still angry with each other. That night, they slept in separate rooms. The next morning, Theo woke up early. He felt bad about the fight. He made Lauren's favourite breakfast: pancakes with strawberries. When Lauren came into the kitchen, she saw the breakfast and Theo's, sorry face. She smiled a little."I'm sorry about last night," Theo said."Me too," she replied."I hate it when we fight." They hugged each other tightly. Just like that, they made up. Their bond was too strong to be broken by one silly argument. As they ate breakfast together, it was as if the noisy row had never happened. They talked and laughed, reminded once again of why they loved each other so much. And that, ladies and gentlemen, brings me to the end of today's episode. I do hope you enjoyed it. If you did, can I ask a favour? Could you please take a second to leave a like if you are watching on YouTube or if you're streaming on another platform, take a second to leave a rating or review. 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