Talking about mistakes

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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English,

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the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English

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to help you learn.

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I'm Neil.

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And I'm Beth.

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How are you today, Beth?

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I'm OK, Neil.

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I'm a little bit tired. How are you?

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I'm very well.

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I'm fine. Great.

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Good, good.

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Well, today we're going to talk about 'mistakes'.

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So hopefully I won't make many mistakes, being tired.

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No. 'Mistakes' –

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'mistakes' can be things that are wrong

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like a mistake in a maths problem.

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But we can also use 'mistake' to talk about really big things in life.

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Decisions that you've made, actions that you've taken.

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Yes, that's true. So I think let's start the conversation.

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Let's do it. So, Beth, have you made any mistakes recently?

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Yes. So, I recently left my suitcase on a train by mistake.

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Oh no!