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Let’s practice English conversation.
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So, when do you leave for London?
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Tomorrow night.
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So, you're taking the red eye? A
red eye is an overnight flight.
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Brutal, I cannot sleep on planes.
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I can, so I'm not worried about that, but the jet lag will be tough.
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Jet lag is when your body has a
hard time adjusting to a new time zone.
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Well, just douse yourself in lattes your first day.
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To douse something means to pour liquid over it, to soak it.
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Of course, this is a joke. I don't actually mean to pour lattes on your head. I just mean drink a lot of coffee.
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I do love a good latte.
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Then knock yourself out with sleeping pills the first night.
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To be knocked out means to be made unconscious, like if you got hit in the head with something.
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But we also use it to describe sleeping very deeply.
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Yeah, I'll do that. I do want to get on that new
time zone quickly since it's such a short trip.
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