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mari_18cf
Brazil

Vocabulary problem
 
Can somebody help me understand the highlighted part. I didn �t get it. Thanks in advance. (by the way, it �s a podcast)
 
 
 
Josh: Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I �m Josh Clark, there �s Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant, and there is Jeri. So this is Stuff You Should Know, the "Dreaming of Summer in the Middle of Winter Edition."
Chuck: [LAUGHS] Oh my friend, ice cream is a year-round treat for me.
Josh: Yeah?
Chuck: Sure.
Josh: I know. I had some last night-
Chuck: Unfortunately. Oh yeah? What �d you have? We �re going to buzz-market a lot probably.
Josh: Rocky Road and Vividly Vanilla.
Chuck: What brand is that?
Josh: Kroger.
Chuck: Oh, yeah?
Josh: Yeah, they �re delicious.
Chuck: Nice.
Josh: Yeah.
Chuck: Was it heavy or light?
Josh: It was light.
Chuck: [LAUGHS] Yeah.
Josh: Yeah, after reading this I was like, "Man, this is very light."
Chuck: A lot of air in there.
Josh: I taught myself to juggle with them.
Chuck: Oh. Well, that �s exciting.
Josh: That was a cross-reference.
Chuck: Yeah. I �m a Ben & Jerry �s guy.
Josh: Well, yeah. It �s great stuff.
Chuck: Yeah. Can �t have too much of it, though, because I got the lactose issues.
 

16 Aug 2018      





yanogator
United States

Hi, Mari,
I �m not sure if you are asking what juggling is. It is this:
 
 
 
If you know what juggling is, but are confused about juggling ice cream, I �m sure Josh is talking about containers of ice cream - probably the pint size (about 1/2 liter).
 
A cross-reference is a notation in one place (in a book or other material) that directs you to another place for more information. I can �t figure out how that works into this conversation, though. I think he �s referring to his line that starts, "Yeah, after reading this...", but I think there�s some information missing here for us to understand the reference.
 
Oh, and Kroger (a major US grocery chain with its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I live) does make good ice cream, especially their Private Selection brand. Their chocolate ganache ice cream is great stuff!
 
Bruce 

16 Aug 2018     



mari_18cf
Brazil

the vocabulary is ok, juggling and cross-reference. I just didn �t get them in the context.
 
But now the first sentence makes sense. Oh, I didn �t think of it literally, juggling the containers. That �s clear now.
 
The cross-reference sentence I didn �t get either. He might have read about air in the ice-cream elsewhere, about its lightness. Maybe. 
 
 

16 Aug 2018