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Jun 2023
20m 12s

Podcast 160 The Quiet Man (Part 1)

M. A. Bilbrough
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Write to Mike Bilbrough to ask a question or give an opinion.Part 1 of this B1-level short story with vocabulary about the theatre. In this first part, Simon Willoughby is a very shy man but is attracted towards Phillipa, but Phillipa is also a member of the local amateur dramatics group...At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediat ... Show More
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