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An English speaking challenge

lost foreign traveler in your city and you want to try to speak English with them but you feel a little nervous but you do it anyway you go to them they ask you some questions y...

Course: Sounding more naturalSection: Four American idiomsSubtitles: en

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see a

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lost foreign traveler in your city and

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you want to try to speak English with

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them but you feel a little nervous but

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you do it anyway you go to them they ask

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you some questions you didn't understand

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everything but you tried your best

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you could say well I give myself props

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for trying I give myself props for

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approaching them and trying to speak

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English you did it maybe it wasn't

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perfect but you tried so you can use

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this as encouragement for yourself so

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now it's your turn I want to know have

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you ever needed to plead the fifth

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did you ever need to take a rain check

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or maybe give props to someone who do

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you like to shoot the breeze with let me

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know in the comments below try to use

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these expressions and expand your

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vocabulary thanks so much for learning

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with me and I'll see you the next time

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bye the next step is to download my free

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ebook 5 steps to becoming a confident

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English speaker you'll learn what you

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need to do to speak confidently and

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fluently don't forget to subscribe to my

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youtube channel for more free lessons

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thanks so much

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bye

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