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Las Vegas Part 2 Vocabulary Lesson

Hello and welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the conversation “Las Vegas Part 2.” In this conversation

Joe and his best friend Jaeson are continuing to talk about when Jaeson was living in Las Vegas and going to

college there.

Okay, let’s begin.

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Joe starts off by saying, “I’ll tell ya....”

Ya is just short for you. It’s a casual way of saying you.

Okay, Joe goes on to say, “when I think about you going to college in Vegas....”

Vegas is short for Las Vegas.

He goes on to say, “it just, I.... It’s so hard for me to believe....”

So hard, meaning so difficult. Very difficult for me to believe.

“because I think of myself going to college when I was 18. And, y’know, I just, I would have been like

a kid in the candy store there.

Okay, when he says y’know.... Y’know is just short for you know. Y’know. Like a kid in the candy store.

What this means is to be very excited about something. Like a kid in the candy store. For example: Josh

loves books. When he goes to the library he is like a kid in a candy store. Like a kid in the candy store.

Then Jaeson laughs and says, “Yeah....”

Yeah is just casual or informal for yes.

He goes on to say, “well, you do run into a lot of temptation there.”

Run into a lot of temptation there. This is just meaning that you would have a lot of things that you would

want to do there. For example: There is so much to do and see in San Francisco that I run into a lot of

temptation living here. Run into a lot of temptation.

Jaeson goes on to say, “Uh....”

Uh is just a filler word. It has no meaning. It’s said sometimes when trying to think of more to say.

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And he goes on to say, “y’know, and especially as a college student and you’re hangin’ out with other

folks.”

Now hangin’ out. Hangin’ is short for hanging. Hangin’ out means just casually passing the time. For

example: I like hangin’ out in the park. Hangin’ out. So he’s saying hangin’ out with other folks. Folks just

means people.

And Jaeson continues, “And, y’know, the, the bars are open all night…” And Joe says, “It’s your first

time living on your own…”

Living on your own means living away from your family.

And Jaeson says, “First time away from home, exactly.”

First time away from home means the same thing as living on your own. It’s the first time living away from

your family.

And Joe says, “yeah, exactly. So is, is UNLV actually on the strip?”

Now UNLV... That means, or that’s short for University Nevada Las Vegas. This is the school where Jaeson

went to college. Actually. This just means really. And the strip. The strip is one main street in Las Vegas

where many of the casinos and hotels are.

So then Jaeson says, “Um....”

Um is the same as uh. It’s used as filler. It really has no meaning. Sometimes it’s said when trying to think

of more to say… the same as uh.

And then he says, “it’s close. You’re like about a couple of miles away from the strip.”

Now, like here. This is said in a lot of conversations. It really has no meaning. It’s just filler. Filler means it

doesn’t even have to be there. You could take like away and the sentence would still make sense. So he

says you’re "a couple of miles away from the strip,” …a couple meaning about two.

And Jaeson goes on to say, “But it’s, y’know, it’s probably like walking distance from some casinos.”

Walking distance means it’s not too far to walk to. It’s close to walk to.

And he continues by saying, “Because, y’know, not all the casinos are on the strip, uh…” And Joe,

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“Oh my gosh.”

Oh my gosh. This is showing emotion such as I can’t believe the university is so close to some casinos.

And Jaeson says, “y'know, some of them, some of them are off the strip. And there’s, y’know, there’s

even like bars where they have like video poker and…”

Video poker is a game played to win money.

And then Joe says, “On campus?”

Campus. This is the area where there is a college or university.

And Jaeson says, “blackjack. Like right across the street.”

Blackjack is another game played to win money. And what he’s saying when he says, right across the

street… he means directly across the street from the university.

And Joe says, “Oh man.”

Oh man is the same as oh my gosh. It’s showing emotion. And here it’s like he’s saying, I can’t believe there

are places to gamble so close to the university.

And Joe goes on to say, “You know that they just want to entice the, uh, students to come out and

gamble.”

Entice means get the students to come out and gamble. Just to get the students.

And Jaeson says, “Oh yeah, y’know, and some people, y’know, they get, y’know they have a problem

or whatever.”

Whatever is just a filler word. It has no meaning here. You could take it away and this sentence would still

be okay without it.

And he goes on to say, “Or they get caught up in the moment.”

Caught up in the moment. This means to become completely involved in something. Caught up in the

moment. For example: When Chad is gambling, he can get caught up in the moment and forget how much

money he has lost. Caught up in the moment.

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And Jaeson says more. “And they just start gamblin’. And then they lose and they start hittin’ the

ATM....”

Now gamblin’. This is short for gambling. Hittin’ the ATM. This means to take money out of the bank. For

example: I hit the ATM because I didn’t have any more money with me. Hittin’ the ATM. Hittin’ is short for

hitting. So hitting the ATM.

And Jaeson goes on to say, “And, and losin’ some more tryin’ to win it back and, y’know, it’s....”

So losin’ is short for losing. And tryin’ is short for trying.

And then Jaeson goes on to say, “I saw…” And Joe says, “It’s an ugly cycle.”

This just means it’s a bad situation.

And then Jaeson continues by saying, “yeah, I had a couple of good friends who, uh.... Man they just

kinda' threw their, their lives away almost just gambling, all the time, y'know.”

Kinda’ is short for kind of. It’s just putting those two words together. Kinda’. Threw their lives away. This

means destroyed or ruined their lives. For example: When Stan began to drink too much, he threw his life

away. His wife divorced him and no longer wanted him to see their children. Threw their lives away. Or in

this example, threw his life away.

And then Joe says, “Wait, did they gamble, were they gamblers before they arrived in town? Or…”

And Jaeson says, “Y’know, maybe a little bit.”

A little bit means a small amount. For example: I could not go to the concert because I only had a little bit of

money. A little bit.

Jaeson goes on to say, “but it’s just, it’s always right there.”

Right there means right in front of you.

And Jaeson says, “There’s always that temptation, y’know? And, y’know, I don’t know, none of them

really had, had the kind of money to where they should be, could be gamblin’....”

The kind of money. This means a lot of money. They didn’t have a lot of money to where they could be

gambling. For example: Jennifer wanted to stay at an expensive hotel but she didn’t have that kind of

money. Kind of money.

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And Jaeson goes on to say, “y’know the, the amounts that they were talkin’ about.”

Talkin’ is short for talking.

And he says, “Like, uh, Gina’s friend Foo, one time he had to borrow like 5,000 dollars from us to

cover some…”

To cover means to pay.

And Joe says, “What?” And Jaeson says, “yeah, yeah, he had gambled away some money off his

mom’s credit card.” And Joe says, “Oh man, did she find out?” And Jaeson says, “Uh, no, coz

that’s, that’s why he wanted to borrow the money from us. Y’know, so…”

Coz. This is short and informal for because.

And Joe says, “Oh, I got you, to pay before she saw it.”

So I got you means I understand. For example: Bridgit said, “Hey, did you hear what I said?” And I said,

“Yeah, I got you.”

And Jaeson says, “Yeah, yeah coz if his parents saw the bill and, and figured out that he was

gamblin’ away the money on their credit cards, they would totally lose their cool.”

Totally here means completely. Lose their cool. This means to get angry or upset. Lose their cool. For

example: My parents used to lose their cool when I would talk on the telephone for a long time. Lose their

cool.

And Joe says, “Yeah.” And Jaeson says, “I mean…” And he laughs.

I mean is.... What he is saying here is, “What I am trying to say."

And Joe says, “Yeah…” And then Jaeson says, “They would, they would flip out on him.”

Flip out. This means to get angry or upset. Same as lose your cool. Flip out. For example: Once when I

was 14 years old my parents flipped out on me because I did not come home one night. Flip out.

And Joe says, “Yeah, I’m not surprised. My parents would have killed me…”

Would have killed me. What Joe is saying here is his parents would have been very angry at him. For

example: My parents would have killed me if they knew I drank beer when I was 15 years old. Would have

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