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Feb 2020
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Ep. 40 How to Learn English With Song Ly...

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In this episode, I "break down" the lyrics of Billie Eilish's new song, "No Time to Die."  Some of the topics covered are: hyperbole alliteration bare vs. bear  Idioms: "I got your back," I'm in your corner," "you fell for it." Explaining what "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" means.  Song lyrics in French: https://genius.com/Genius-traductions-francaises-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-traduction-francaise-lyrics Song lyrics in Portuguese: https://genius.com/Genius-brasil-traducoes-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-traducao-em-portugues-lyrics Song lyrics in German: https://genius.com/Genius-deutsche-ubersetzungen-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-deutsche-ubersetzung-lyrics Song lyrics in Turkish: https://genius.com/Genius-turkce-ceviri-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-turkce-ceviri-lyrics Song lyrics in Spanish: https://genius.com/Genius-traducciones-al-espanol-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-traduccion-al-espanol-lyrics Also,  Today, I talk about expressions with "day."  Some expressions covered are: Day drinking Day date You made my day Dog days of summer Let's call it a day Day laborer  Day job I also go day drinking with my wife on a date date to a brewery and restaurant that sells poutine and watch a poutine eating contest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisguy4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisguy4/support
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