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Mar 2021
20m 50s

AE 879 - Expression: A Bad Apple

PETE SMISSEN
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Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episode where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian!

For this episode, we talk about the expression "a bad apple".

Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression, Discover what the expression means, Learn how to use the expression, Listen to real dialogue examples of the expression in use, Go through a pronunciation exercise, and

A quick story involving my Grandpa, the 1930s, and what happened then like night and day.

Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

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