Listen to a Story in English – Five a Day #48.2

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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 48,

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  day two of your English Fiver Day, the second season.

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  I'm really glad you're here for another daily dose of English vocabulary,

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  English listening and of course a little entertainment.

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  So...

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  Without further ado, let's begin with a snapshot of what's to come.

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  Listen closely.

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  Tyler was so absent-minded that without knowing it,

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  he left his car keys in the ignition when he ran into the supermarket.

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  Realising they were missing,

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  he tried to retrace his steps and began to rifle through his pockets and shopping bags in a panic.

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  When he finally spotted the keys in the ignition, he rushed to grab them before anyone else noticed.

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  Alright, let's dive into the vocabulary now, starting with the adjective, absent-minded.

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  absent-minded.

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  Two words joined together with a hyphen.

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  We have absent-A-B-S-E-N-T hyphen-minded-M-I-N-D-E-D.

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  Someone who is absent-minded often forgets things or does not pay attention to what's happening around them

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  because they're thinking about other things.

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  Now recently I've been a little absent-minded.

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