Arturo González Vargas: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Approx. time	Expression	Explanation
0:31	made a name for himself	developed a good reputation
1:03	dropped names	mentioned famous people’s names in conversation
2:12	tab open	the bartender keeps track of your beverage bill while you’re drinking
2:39	bittersweet	positive and negative at the same time
3:24	reverse culture shock	difficulty adapting to life in the home country after being away
3:57	fellowship	association with friends
4:12	aptitudes	skills, abilities
4:24	C.A.R.E.	Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere www.care.com
5:35	juxtaposition	putting two things together with contrasting effect
5:43	shake things up	disrupt the current system, bring about change
5:57	Kids Food Basket	www.kidsfoodbasket.org
6:00	alleviate childhood hunger	diminish the problem of hungry children
6:33	food insecurity	constantly not having enough food to eat
6:41	thrive	to live and grow well, to flourish
7:45	www.kidsfoodbasket.org	where Arturo worked while living in Grand Rapids
8:16	artistic education	learning to be an artist
8:52	appropriated	taken in order to use
9:20	civic engagement	getting involved with the community’s activities
9:32	philanthropy	contributing money to help the community thrive
9:41	solidarity	acting as one unit, unity
10:07	gift of time, treasure, talent	doing volunteer work, donating money, contributing skills
10:25	faith community	religious organization(s)
11:26	surge of people	many people rushing (to help)
11:35	not sustained	not continued after a while
12:15	rallying	joining together for a common purpose
13:16	conjointly	together
13:24	symmetry	matching, equal on both sides
14:13	mutuality	sharing, having equal parts and equal benefits
14:31	let me at	allow me to do (something)
15:00	Buena suerte.  Mucho exito en el futuro.	Good luck. Much success in the future.
15:04	Muchas gracias a la comunidad.	Thanks to the whole community.