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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 t ... Show More
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