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Sep 2024
8m 39s

749 - 6 Ear Idioms

Michael DiGiacomo Happy English
About this episode
I hope you don’t mind if I bend your ear a little bit today. This past week, I’ve been up to my ears in new ideas for English lessons, and today’s podcast English lesson is going to be something that I hope won’t go in one ear and out the other. 

Ears! Today, we’re going to look at six idioms that have to do with how you listen to something.  

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