Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 19, day 5 of Your English 5 a Day, the second season.
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over time, build a wide vocabulary.
and start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English.
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But now it's time.
to bring together all of the vocabulary we've learned this week into one big story.
So sit back, relax and enjoy.
Socks wasn't himself.
In fact, he had been off colour for a few days.
Usually, he was full of energy.
begging to go out, to prance around the garden chasing butterflies and pounce on leaves,
batting pens off the table just to annoy me and causing all sorts of trouble around the house in his lovable,
mischievous way.
But for the last two days, he'd been quiet, too quiet.
He had stopped playing, was right off his food.
and spent most of his time curled up in a sad little ball.