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May 2022
23m 45s

CBE 3.09 | Hollywood | Language focus: S...

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Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Kate in the USA who talks to us about Hollywood. We also focus on the words ‘something’, 'everything', 'nothing’, and ‘anything’.


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