This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2668. Do you ever question your questions?
Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.
Are you feeling stuck with your English?
We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection,
not perfection, with your American hosts, Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl,
and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, coming to you from Arizona.
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Today, you'll learn about words that are used as both a noun and a verb.
You'll learn strategies that will make your English sound more natural and details
about the six most common verbs that might trip you up.
Have you ever listened to native speakers and thought, I understand the words, but I still feel slightly lost.
That's because real English conversations include more than vocabulary.
There's speed, there's connected speech, there are cultural references and casual phrases.
Your brain has to process all of this in real time.
If conversations sometimes feel overwhelming, it may simply mean you're ready for the next level of training.
Find out your exact level with our quick, free fluency quiz.
Go to allearsenglish.com slash fluency score.
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Hello, Michelle.
How are you?