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“This has been fun.” - says Glinda. Indeed. I also said the same when I watched this movie. Welcome to the English lesson with “Wicked”. I’m Jainie, let’s watch and learn together.

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Words and phrases

• as you can imagine - means “you can probably guess” or “you can think about it.” It’s used when the speaker thinks the listener can understand without more explanation.
• attend to means to take care of or deal with something. Like when you have homework to do, you need to attend to it.
• I have much to attend to. This means “I have a lot of things to do or take care of.” Like saying you have many tasks to complete.
• unexpected means something happens that you did not think would happen. Like if it suddenly rains on a sunny day.
• departure. This is when someone or something leaves. Like when you leave school to go home, that’s your departure.
• further means more or additional. If you want to know more about something, you ask for further information.
• if there are no further questions. This is a way to ask if everyone is done asking questions, like at the end of a class or meeting.
• paths did cross means that two people met or their lives touched at some point, like when you meet someone by chance at a park.
• staring means looking at someone or something for a long time, often because you’re surprised or curious.
• let’s get this over with means, “Let’s finish this fast because I don’t like it.”
• seasick means feeling sick because you’re on a boat that’s moving a lot.
• I, for one, am so sorry. Saying you feel bad for someone, but here it might be said in a teasing or not fully serious way.
• intention means something that you want and plan to do, an aim.
• major. When you choose one big subject to study a lot in school or university.
• sorcery means magic, like what you see in fairy tales where people can do special things with magic.
• to address. When we use “address” as a verb, it doesn’t just mean to speak to someone or write on an envelope where a letter goes. Here, “address” means to pay attention to, think about, or solve a problem or situation.
• someone that you don’t know here means someone you’ve never met before, a stranger.
• duly means doing something in the correct way or at the correct time; as expected.
• impressed means feeling very good about someone because they did something amazing or cool.
• couldn’t care less the right way to say you do not care about something at all.

Thank you for joining me today! We’ve learned some new words and phrases from ‘Wicked’. Remember, practice makes perfect, so try using these words in comments or conversations. See you in the next lesson!

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