Practise English Listening – Five a Day #45.2

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  Hello and welcome to the English Lycanator podcast.

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  My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 45, Day 2 of your English Fiver Day, the second season.

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  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the days when I release a new Fiver Day episode.

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  Five days of the week I am feeding you with English vocabulary in context so that you can expand your vocabulary,

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  improve your listening skills and start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English.

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  Build a habit, commit to your goals and over time you will make progress.

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  So thank you for turning up today.

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  Let's begin today's episode as we always do with a snapshot of what's to come.

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  Amberlight spilled through the studio windows,

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  falling across a canvas scattered with half finished brushstrokes.

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  Marina worked in efficient silence, each movement deliberate.

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  Her paints lined up in perfect order.

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  After a moment's hesitation, She added one final touch.

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  And the sunset finally came alive.

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  Okay, let's dive into our vocabulary now, starting with the noun canvas.

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  Canvas.

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  We spell this C-A-N-V-A-S, a canvas.

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  A canvas is a piece of strong, rough cloth.

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  used by artists for painting on, usually using oil paints.

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  Or the canvas can refer to the painting itself.

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