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Jun 2019
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#093 American vs British English - Vocab...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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Today you will learn some new words in English, and compare the differences between American and British English. This episode is part 1 of a series. Because over the next few weeks, we will continue to learn new vocabulary differences between British and American English.

I'm going to make you guess each word, and then you're going to find out if you were using an American or a British word.

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