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Jul 2022
4m 13s

Minicast 04: The name of the game

Frank Carrizo Zirit
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Today's minicast is rather musical, because of the references I'm using, but all three idioms actually come from the sports world. As usual, I open with some real-life examples and tell you how you can use them in your everyday life and during speaking exams. The transcript can be downloaded from here

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