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Dec 2015
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316. British Comedy: Tim Vine (Part 2)

Luke Thompson
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Listen to Luke explain the rest of Tim Vine's stand up routine from the video "One Night Stand". Learn some natural phrases and bridge the linguistic and cultural gap between you and native speakers of English. Click here for notes and to see the video: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-5nA 

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