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Jan 2023
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CBE 4.08 | Extra | Airport Adventures

COFFEE BREAK LANGUAGES
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In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Francesca and Mark about some bad experiences in airports. There are lots of examples of the past perfect and past simple tenses in this conversation, so listen carefully!


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