English Vocabulary Lesson - Five a Day #32.3

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  Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.

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  My name is Anna and you're listening to week 32,

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  day 3 of Your English Five a Day, the second season.

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  I am here every day of the working week from Monday to Friday to give your eardrums a little tickle.

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  in order to expand your vocabulary,

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  improve your listening skills and help you to feel more like yourself when you're communicating in English.

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  So let's start, as we always do, with a snapshot.

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  Captain Morgan came from a seafaring family,

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  but as he tried to navigate his small boat through the rough waters,

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  He realised he was completely out of his depth.

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  The boat floated buoyantly on the surface until it was suddenly caught in a powerful riptide that pulled it towards the rocks.

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  Within minutes, his quiet fishing trip had turned into a dangerous situation.

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  How dramatic.

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  Well, let's now dive into our vocabulary.

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  So, today has a bit of a nautical theme.

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  We are heading out to sea and we are starting with the adjective seafaring.

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  Seafaring.

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  So, if something is seafaring, then it is connected with travelling by sea.

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  So, to move by sea.

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  For example, I've always been a seafaring person.

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