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Jan 2024
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Episode 231: EwK231 - Which words do you...

KIRSTY MAJOR
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Today I decided to do a short episode to ask you a question!

We talk about increasing our vocabulary, but sometimes there are words about ourselves or our language skills that don't serve us. It would be better if we stopped using them.

I give some examples of things that I often hear, or something that I want to stop saying in my Portuguese classes when the teacher asks me a question!

Are there any words that you want to banish from your active vocabulary about yourself?

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