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Oct 2024
17m 55s

Intermediate | Excuses for Being Late

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We know how it happened: you were up until the wee small hours learning Mandarin with ChinesePod. By the time you got to work the next morning, everyone was getting ready for lunch! In today's podcast, you'll learn how to talk in Mandarin Chinese about why you were late. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1153

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