hey aubrey how's it going excellent i have a question for you jessica oh yay what i know when
you're at a party i imagine you kind of being the center of attention right but my question is does
it bother you if anybody isn't if someone's at a party and they're really keeping to themselves
does that like do you feel uncomfortable with that or are you kind of like i have to each their own
it doesn't make me uncomfortable because i have been that person you know in some circles i could
feel kind of awkward if i don't know anybody if i don't speak the language it right like
there's i have totally been in situations where i have been the wallflower surprisingly enough
so what ends up happening is like i want to talk to those people that i think are uncomfortable i
always want to like zero in and ask them about it yeah like ask them a bunch of questions
and like get them talking and stuff um what about you like you definitely are not a wallflower right
no i'm the same but there have been i i didn't even think about that but yeah there have been
times like when i was in europe and my french wasn't that good yet where i would kind of
stick to the wall and hope no one talked to me because i wasn't confident right but i'm the same
at the average party if i see someone off to themselves kind of quiet i will like
draw them and go ask about themselves like come have fun with us totally i know this is like some
sort of natural caregiver um nurturing i don't know what it is inclusive we're just inclusive
i want everyone to be having fun everyone i want to just come here come here it's okay
this is going to be really fun though guys today we're talking about vocabulary for describing
someone who is a bit more of a wallflower someone who's trying to escape attention right
and we talked about this recently not real recently but in episode 964 we talked about
introverts someone who isn't really social or extroverted and we shared that that vocab
wallflower so definitely check that one out if you missed it we're gonna give more great vocab today
to describe someone you may have to describe someone on part two who is less extroverted
yeah and as aubrey and i were planning this episode i actually thought of a lot of different
applications for this vocab on the test so describing people that are literally like the
things we're saying right maybe shire maybe yourself maybe someone you know um but also
talking about parties and celebrations which you could be asked about these things and speaking
part one like birthday parties speaking part two describe a celebration a party an event speaking
part three cultural questions about national celebrations personal celebrations right um so
very applicable there um also asking questions about your family about relationships you have
um and socializing in general so i think there are a surprising number of ielts topics that today's
idioms will be great for yes right if you ever have to compare adults and children or teenagers
or yourself as a child or an adult there's a good chance that you're either more or less introverted
now or then and this would be perfect vocab to describe that that is so true oh my gosh um yeah
like changes from the past until now definitely because i think you and i could probably both say
we were different in high school than we are now right for sure i hope everyone can say that i know
right i hope if you have to describe yourself when you were younger that you can talk about
how you've improved exactly totally um yeah don't i hope you there's not a decline you know
i hope it's all an upward trend all right so let's get to the vocab audrey so the first
phrase to make myself scarce guys this sounds so impressive um it is it's a long phrase to remember
to make myself scarce but that word scarce is such a high level vocabulary word it means rare
is difficult to find scarce so aubrey what does that phrase mean yeah it means
you don't want to be noticed so for example if you have a roommate who's studying for an exam
you might say okay i'm going to make myself scarce so that i don't bother you means you're going to
get you know go in the other room hide in the shadows you're not going to be chatting with them
or being noisy you're just trying to make yourself as unnoticeable as possible yes that's a perfect
definition make yourself unnoticeable perfect so like work situations right maybe someone says what
do you not like about your job someone i mean the examiner right just a random person on the street
stops you what do you not like about your job no so this is totally an ielts question right
you could say well um i don't like it when my boss gets really angry which he sometimes does
i know if he's in a mood then honestly i'll just make myself scarce and go hide in the bathroom
or the break room or go out take an early lunch yes and you can totally say this about
other people too right yeah co-workers have a tendency to chat with you a lot and distract you
then you might want to say something like oh it's really hard to get anything done i wish they would
just make themselves scarce sometimes i love it i love it oh so useful okay so the next phrase keep
to myself that just means like you're you're only concerned with yourself you are not focused on
other people you are just staying quiet you're not getting involved in anything else so i think this
is best used when talking about um like if other people have problems or drama or like friends are
fighting or family is as fighting with each other you're like i just keep to myself i don't want to
get involved yes right this is a very good way to describe someone who would never gossip about
someone or try to keep drama you know they they keep to themselves this is a good way to describe
a neighbor who isn't really coming out to talk to you a lot you just say oh they kind of keep
to themselves i don't see them very often that is so true because that's so great aubrey you're so
smart describing neighbors i mean that happens in speaking part one and part two yeah totally
so um a lot of people i mean people aren't as open and friendly today people definitely do keep to
themselves more than in the past so applicable to neighbors but also as i was saying that this
is also great when you're asked about technology right so like this is a disadvantage of technology
is it encourages people to keep to themselves more instead of seeking out uh connection with others
my daughter was just saying she really hates that whenever she goes to hang out with friends now
everyone just pulls out their phone and keeps to themselves and she doesn't always have hers
or doesn't want to be on it and it's such a bummer because we're all just on our phones
all the time oh i don't like that at all oh all right so last phrase aubrey what are we
what's the last phrase today yeah so this one is keep a low profile and this is really funny when
we think about um like true crime podcasts i always hear someone describe someone about
this right they say like he really kept a low profile it means you don't know much about them
they don't share a lot of personal information right so this would be a great way to describe a
friend or a family member who is not an open book they don't share return be like they kind of keep
a low profile so i don't really know much about them yeah but also i i mean that's even better
they're not an open book i think that idiom is even better right for someone who does not
share a lot about themselves um yeah i that's so true i do associate to keep a low profile with um
criminals and famous people um because so this was they don't want their face recognized
yeah right they're like not going out a lot yeah totally um i mean you're asked about celebrities
and privacy and stuff and speaking part three so this would be a great idiom to use there right
you could be like i understand why some celebrities prefer to keep a low profile
they don't give a lot of interviews they are not in the press very much because that means they
retain more of their privacy um if they keep a low profile so yeah i think that's perfect for
questions about celebrities yes good point that's totally how i would be if i were a celebrity i
would keep a super low profile i wouldn't want anyone to recognize me we talked about this once
in one of our group conversations and it was so funny to hear how everybody was different like
some people want to be recognized they'd want to be famous not me i i don't so yeah i don't think
you do either we want to be able to like no makeup go to the park not have anyone take pictures of us
the only time i put on makeup is to take videos for you guys um no that's not true but kind of is
okay so anyway guys definitely write down these phrases and especially write down the context
we gave to you for these phrases so you can practice using them before your next ielts
exam um guys today's episode is so fantastic for learning vocabulary getting ideas for
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then we need to be coming and seeing that to make it worth our effort you guys i did my
hair for this today okay like come on no you need to come sometime with your hair not done
because i feel like it would do really fun things oh it's nope too much too much hair
anyway thank you guys thank you aubry i'll see you next week all right see you later bye
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