Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Wright's elaborate plan to get the money back from Corcoran, the swindler who cheated Susan's mother, is set into action. "Kale," "mazuma," "moola," "lettuce," and "hay" are some of the slang words for money that the characters use in this segment.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Dorcas feigns a fainting spell and lures Stan into her hotel room. She suggests they have a Sazerac, a New Orleans cocktail made with either rye whiskey or cognac, together with water, sugar, bitters and absinthe.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Oliver and Dorcas get acquainted in the hotel room while Stan hides under the furniture. Susan worries that Chester may double-cross her, and Chester does seem to be plotting something.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Mary Lou and Oliver dance about the hotel room and are interrupted by her husband.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Oliver pretends that he's the Sheriff from Midvale County when he confronts Mary Lou's husband about the swindling of Mrs. Audrey Cowan. From under the chaise lounge, Stan saves the day.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Susan rehearses at the riverboat nightclub, singing “I've Gotta See for Myself” about “the will-o-the-wisp they call love.” A will-o-the wisp is something that is ghost-like and elusive. Vivian Blaine, who plays Susan Cowan, went on to star in the debut of Guys and Dolls on Broadway.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Stan loses at poker and is asked to play a role that he has misgivings about. However, with some coaching from Oliver, Stan admirably rises to the occasion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Susan sings “The Moon Kissed the Mississippi” to Miss Emily, her supposedly rich aunt and potential investor in Mr. Bennett's show. The song was composed for the film by Lew Pollack and the lyrics are by Charles Newman.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Latin Quarter is a British band combining pop, reggae and folk rock, well known for their political and social protest songs. The most successful of these is “Radio Africa”, which has been reissued several times and has neared the top of the charts in many countries.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Talk show host Seth Meyers delivers a comedic monologue based on the biggest stories from that week’s news on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Daylight saving time doesn’t actually benefit anyone. Strangely, it’s still observed in seventy countries around the world.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Australians Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave of the band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds sing a beautiful but macabre duet about a man who brought his sweetheart to a river and killed her. A 19th century Irish song entitled “Down in the Willow Garden” inspired Cave to write the song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"Kids in America” was the debut single for British singer Kim Wilde. Catching the mood and the imagination, this pop masterpiece defines the style and attitude of the early 1980s.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
A fun and easy video where you get to learn the words you use to describe your family members and your relationship to them. A family tree helps in visualizing the connections.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
How do you feel? This beginner video will help you find the right adjective to describe how you're feeling.
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