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219 - The Beach Aug 27, 2020

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Both of your hosts live by one, and in summertime, you can find one of your hosts there very often. What are we talking about? The beach! Learn a bit more about our local beaches, what we like to do there and find out how you can talk about the beach in English, too! Remember our new language focuses dives deeper into vocabulary so learn more about a common phrasal verb and expression and common confusions.

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218 - Respect Aug 20, 2020

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R - E - S - P - E - C - T - respect!

What is it? Is it important? Who do you respect? And who respects you? All these questions and much more are the focus of this week’s chat from your 2 favourite English language teachers. Stay tuned for exciting news about the language focus which is going to be a little different from this episode going forward. We hope you like the changes and … much respect going out to you, our dear listener!

217 - Breakfast Around The World Aug 13, 2020

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Remember when we talked about delicious ... yummy ... breakfast? And we asked you to write in and tell us about your morning dishes? Well, you did and now we're talking about breakfast around the world! Tune in this week to hear from a couple of our listeners and Gold members share their countries' dishes. Then we'll share a bit more about confusing words and phrasal verbs related to grow and bring.

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216 - Supporting Small Business Aug 06, 2020

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With the way things are during this crazy pandemic, so many people are affected outside of their personal lives, homes, and health; many people have been affected professionally as well. Forced closures and new guidelines have had a huge effect on our local business, so what can we do to help them? Tune in and find out, plus learn about a pronunciation and grammar rule in our language focus, related to the linking of "going to"

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215 - The Office Jul 30, 2020

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Hello there, while our episode title may seem like we're talking about a popular tv show - we're actually chatting about a common workplace this week, yes... an office! Tune in to hear our experiences with offices, a bit about the TV show of course, and how we'd design the perfect workplace. Stick around to hear about a common word that one of us uses a lot in our language focus.

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214 - 24/7 Jul 23, 2020

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24/7 - twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week = all the time!

Are you living a 24/7 life? Are you always busy, busy, busy? And is it healthy to be this way? Join your hosts as they consider the pace of their lives and how we can find a little breathing space amongst the 21st century madness. After the chat you can learn some advanced language all connected to the world of numbers.

Enjoy!

213 - Possibilities Jul 17, 2020

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Hello there are you ready for the wide world of possibilities? Join us as we start with a quick visualization (not if you’re moving, of course!) about your ideal place and let’s talk about the possibilities of what’s to come. We can’t talk about possibilities without modal verbs, so stick around for this week’s language focus.

Enjoy!

212 - Forgiveness Jul 09, 2020

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Hello language learners & welcome to another week of natural conversation, useful expressions and ... fun! Today we’re chatting about forgiveness and discussing questions like, Is it easy to forgive someone? Is it always the right thing to do? And today’s language focus answers a question that even native speakers find confusing. Enjoy!

211 - Breakfast Jul 02, 2020

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Prepare to drool this whole episode and get hungry, because we're talking about breakfast ... yum, yum, yum! Your two hosts have quite a different idea about the perfect breakfast, and we share some information about cultural differences with the first meal of the day, too. We also want to hear from YOU, our listeners. Send us an email, telling us about breakfast in your country and we'll give you a shout out when we do our "breakfast around the world" episode :) Stick around to learn about some additional uses of the verb HAVE in our language focus.

Enjoy!

210 - Anniversaries Jun 25, 2020

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Anniversary - a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year. Have you got any special anniversaries that you celebrate every year? Weddings? Graduations? Moving home? Join your 2 English teacher hosts for a fun chat about the special days in their lives and how they celebrate them. The language focus covers some differences between British & American English. Enjoy!

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