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Jun 2025
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Speak Lesson 61 | Meeting on the Street

Chai & Conversation
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In this lesson, we learn some phrases that could be useful when talking to people on the street and how to talk briefly about some routine daily activities.

We also introduce Vijay, his mixtape, and his YouTube playlist, which you can find here!

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