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Apr 2024
24m 38s

This Week: The upper hand

JACK RADFORD
About this episode
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary.

In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal’s loss to Villa at home, Newcastle’s emphatic defeat of Spurs at St James’ Park and Liverpool’s slip up to Palace at Anfield.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: The upper hand
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