This week is a special and scary week- it's Halloween! Tim loves Halloween, so this week he brings you a real-life ghost story told by a close friend. This episode has a lot of advanced vocabulary, much of it connected with ghosts. To get the maximum effect from this episode, learn the advanced vocabulary from the list below- and then listen with the lights turned off!1 recollect = remember2 spooky = scary (usually because of ghosts)3, 4 tumultuous, fraught (/frawt/) = chaotic, complicated (relationships)5 peninsula = piece of land with water on three sides (e.g., Florida or Korea)6 desolate = empty and depressing (land, places)7, 8 marsh, swamp = land with lots of water on it9 windswept = affected by heavy wind (land, territory- a windswept beach)10 flanked by = if a road is flanked by trees, there are trees on both sides of the road11 performer = actor or singer12 creep someone out = to make someone afraid13 orchard = land where fruit trees grow, e.g. apple orchard, cherry orchard14 burial grounds = cemetery, graveyard (for Native Americans)15 suffice it to say = it's enough to say16 fraught = complicated, difficult (relationships)17 tangle = chaotic mix of different objects18 garb = clothing19 eyepatch = piece of cloth worn to protect an eye- pirates wear eye patches20 dilapidated = in bad condition, not taken care of (buildings)21 hazy = difficult to see through (for example, some beers are hazy)22 cobwebs = spiderwebs23 barn = building on a farm where animals live or food is kept24 bee = a black and yellow flying insect25 hive of bees = structure built by bees that they live in; hives contain honey26 general store = old-fashioned store that sells food, tools and clothing- common in the US until the 1950s- General store - Wikipedia27 skittering = moving quickly and noisily across a hard surface28 crescendo = climax, most dramatic moment29 vaporize = to disappear30 apparition = a ghost31 taxing = requiring a large effortNote: Episode cover created by AI.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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