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Apr 2021
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#166 Popular words in English added to t...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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  • Today, we are going to look at some trendy words. These words have been added to the dictionary in the last decade.
  • And with a mini-story, you are going to improve your fluency. I'll tell you a story while asking you many questions that you have to answer right away. It's like talking to another person in English.

As I said today, we will look at some words added to the dictionary in the last decade. These are trendy words, and I'm sure most of them sound familiar to you.

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