2025-09-16
19 分钟This is an All Ears English podcast episode 2479,
relationship talk in English, close to or close with.
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Are you still close with your friends from childhood?
Does this vary based on culture?
Today, a listener asks us about the difference between close to and close with.
We break it down, plus explore what's common in the US.
Listen in today.
You're in a meeting.
Someone makes a quick comment, everyone laughs, and you're still trying to catch what they said.
It's not that you don't know English,