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Oct 2024
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764 - Just and Only

Michael DiGiacomo Happy English
About this episode
Have you ever been writing something or maybe even just talking to someone and you find yourself stuck on a couple of super common words, because you’re not sure which one is actually the right one to use? I think that happens to us language learners from time to time. 

Well, today we’re gonna take a deep dive into one set of those words, just...and only. 

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