Learners who translate word by word say "I make the dishes," "I would like to purchase a coffee" in a kitchen, or "I am fine, thank you, and you?" to a neighbor. Americans understand, but it sounds like a textbook. Today we review the words and conversation skills of this season, with the episode to revisit. In this episode: • Word partners and phrasal verbs • Idioms, slang and set phrases • Register, pairs, false friends and american words • Conversation skills • Home scenes and listening labs • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: make the bed, make a mistake — make for creating (Episode 142) strong coffee, heavy traffic — word partners (Episode 143) get in the car, get off the bus — the GET family (Episode 144) come over — visit; look forward to — feel happy about a future event (Episode 146) run out of — have none left; run into — meet by chance; hang on — wait (Episode 147) piece of cake — very easy; hit the sack — go to bed (Episode 148) under the weather — a little sick ballpark figure — a rough number; on the fence — not decided (Episode 149) folks — your parents; you guys — you, plural (casual) (Episode 151) You bet. Works for me. — friendly ways to say yes (Episode 152) kind of, I guess — hedges that soften a statement (Episode 153) salt and pepper, back and forth — fixed pairs in a fixed order (Episode 155) actually — in fact, not currently (Episode 184) library — borrow books; bookstore — buy books pretend — act as if; not plan Let me put it another way. — fixing a misunderstanding (Episode 188) Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.