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Imaginary businesses with tricky-to-pronounce names. Use this podcast as an exercise to warm up your pronunciation. Go slowly before you try to go fast!

1- Rudy’s Radioactive Radiator Repair

2- Thea’s Thursday Seances Featuring Thinking, Theorizing, and Theremin Lessons

3- Skip’s Sports Emporium and Unicycle Service Center

4- Terry’s Tried-and-True Temporal Toaster Tinkering

5- Harold’s Handcrafted Heated Hand Warmers

6- Bob’s Refurbished Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers

7- Joe’s Janky Junk Generators of New Jersey

8- Carl’s Cardboard Carton Crushing Company

9- Frank’s Infrared French Fries and Fricasseed Fertilizer Factory

10- Arnold’s Ambling Artificial Alien Alligators

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To “take over” has a couple of meanings. It can mean to “take control of” something, but it can also mean to control by being bossy.

1- While I was sick, weeds took over the garden. Now it looks terrible.

2- When my father died, I had to take over running the company.

3- Our children have taken over my life. I have no free time for myself.

4- One student in our class does most of the talking. He completely takes over our discussions.

5- Every time we have a meeting, my boss takes over and doesn’t let anyone else speak.

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Another expression with the verb take. Let’s practice with “to take advantage of.”

To “take advantage of” can be good or bad.

Here’s an example of the bad kind: “He took advantage of his friend’s generosity by borrowing money and never paying it back.”

And the good kind: “She took advantage of every opportunity to practice her English with fluent speakers.”

1) My friend took advantage of my ignorance to sell me defective merchandise.

2) The car salesman knew we didn’t know anything about cars. He really took advantage of us. Now we have no money and a crappy car.

3) Our supermarket is having a sale on pasta. I’m going to take advantage of the low prices and stock up.

4) My mother is friends with all the local politicians. If I ever decide to get into politics, I’ll take advantage of her connections.

5) Let’s take advantage of the beautiful weather and go to the beach this afternoon.

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