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Jun 2024
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Your English Five a Day #31.4

Anna Tyrie, Bleav
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E288: 🎙️ Welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast with me, your host, Anna! Tune in for Week 31, Day 4 of Your English Five a Day, where we boost your vocabulary and hone your listening skills with five enriching words each weekday.

⚫ Let's kick off today's journey with the adjective "rueful". Next up, we delve into "facetious". Now onto the verb "instigate", followed by the adverb "seldom". And finally, we explore the idiom "be in the black".

⚙️ Don't forget to stick around for a pronunciation exercise as well as a quick recap before we dive into our thrilling story, where we meet Trevor Jenkins, an ordinary man thrust into an extraordinary adventure. Awakening to a mysterious machine in his living room, Trevor's mundane routine takes a thrilling turn.

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