Note related to the ESL PODcast https://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=17658970 (Fast dialog: 17:41)

WORDS

interfaith conference = conferenza di più fedi, religioni

crash course = corso intensivo. crash diet = refers to one’s efforts to eat very little food in order to lose weight very quickly: “Research has shown that although people can lose a lot of weight on a crash diet, they typically gain it back very quickly.” crash landing = happens when a pilot has to bring a plane to the ground very quickly in an unsafe way, because there is a major problem with the airplane: “Passengers, please prepare yourselves for a crash landing.” crash = loud noise, especially of things falling: “Did you hear a crash when the tree fell down?” minister = prete protestante clerical collar = banda clericale robes = lunga veste how I would address him = come devo comportarmi con lui laypeople = people without specialized knowledge of a particular subject. To get the lay of the land = to assess a particular situation at a particular point in time: “The new CEO spent the first few days getting the lay of the land and determining what her focus should be.” The lay of (something) = what something looks like and how it is laid out, or where the different parts of something are: “Taxi drivers in New York City have a very good understanding of the lay of the city.”