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30 Must-Know Phrases and Vocabulary Words Part 1 of 2, Desperate Housewives Season 1 Episode 5. 1. **ultimatums**: Final demands. If not met by a set time, there are negative consequences. For example, "Do this by Friday or else." Track: 0:0 - 0:38. 2. **dirty laundry**: Literally, clothes that need washing. Figuratively, it means bad or embarrassing things about someone or a group, like family secrets. Track: 0:43 - 1:26. 3. **breach**: As a verb, it means to break a law, an agreement, or make a gap in a barrier. As a noun, it refers to a violation of a rule or an opening in a structure. For example, "They breached the contract" (verb), "a breach of trust" (noun). Track: 1:29 - 2:12. 4. **voice their concerns**: People say what they're worried about. "Voice" here means to express with words, and "concerns" are things that cause worry. Track: 2:14 - 2:55. 5. **listening in on**: Secretly hearing others talk, similar to "eavesdropping", like hiding to hear your siblings' private chat. Track: 3:8 - 3:40. 6. **egg (as a verb)**: One meaning is to encourage or incite someone to do something. The other is to throw eggs at someone or something. For example, "He egged me on" (encourage), "The vandals egged the building" (throw eggs). Track: 3:46 - 4:15. 7. **a plan of action**: A detailed guide for doing something when you have a goal. It's a list of steps to reach that goal. For example, when learning a new language, it tells you what to do first, second, etc. Track: 4:24 - 5:0. 8. **an item**: In informal English, it means two people are in a romantic or exclusive relationship, more than just friends, they're a couple. Track: 5:5 - 5:39. 9. **mixed signals**: When a person gives messages that don't match. They might say one thing but do something different, making others unsure of their true feelings. For example, saying they're happy to be with you but making excuses to leave early. Track: 5:41 - 6:30. 10. **foil**: As a verb, it can mean to stop a plan from succeeding or to make qualities stand out through contrast. As a noun, it's a thin metal sheet for wrapping food or a person/thing that makes another more noticeable by being different. For example, "The hero foiled the villain's plan" (verb), "aluminum foil" (noun). Track: 6:34 - 7:21. 11. **secret language**: A way of talking that only certain people know, made so others can't understand. Some kids or spies use it for private communication. Track: 7:39 - 8:20. 12. **break in**: It can mean entering a place by force and without permission, like thieves breaking into a house. It also means getting used to something new, like breaking in new shoes, or interrupting a conversation. Track: 8:21 - 9:13. 13. **a lose - lose situation**: The opposite of a win - win situation. It's a situation where everyone involved is losing or getting a bad outcome. Track: 9:19 - 9:54. 14. **work out**: It has multiple meanings such as physical exercise, solving a problem, calculating, or developing/turning out in a certain way. For example, "I work out at home" (exercise), "We must work out how to fix it" (solve). Track: 10:3 - 10:41. 15. **hatch a plan**: To create an idea to do something, like making a map for what you want to happen. For example, a kid hatching a plan to convince parents to get a pet. Track: 10:51 - 11:43. 16. **run a check**: To look closely at something to see if it's okay. For example, when buying a used bike, checking the wheels and brakes. Track: 11:46 - 12:25. ================= English learning is a life long journey, so it needs to be a lot of fun. Learn English expressions, phrases, idioms, vocabulary words with short videos, movies and TV shows, full of real life example sentences. Great stuff for English shadowing, mimicing, listening and speaking.