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May 2022
20m 45s

CBE 3.08 | David Attenborough | Language...

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Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Susan in England who talks to us about a very famous British person - David Attenborough. Throughout the episode we focus on irregular past tense verbs.


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