The hardest words for visitors are not the unfamiliar ones; they are the familiar words used with a different meaning. "Let's eat at a hotel" sounds like a hotel to a visitor, but often means a restaurant. "He passed out from IIT in 2015" sounds alarming, but means he graduated. What you will learn: • Food, places and time • Family and people • Education and work • Everyday verbs and phrases • Why these shifts happen • How to check safely • Practice: decode the sentence • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.