This is an All-Ears-English podcast episode 1,159.

You try, you think, how to prune your English for more precision.

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Sometimes extra words can get us in trouble.

Today I share a personal story about a conflict with a nurse.

We'll find out what happened and explore the layers of language that could prevent connection. action. I was just hanging out my niece last week or yesterday rather for the Boston Marathon and yeah

It's just fun being around a five-year-old, but you have a newborn now

How's it going? It's going well you know day by day I I learned something new like I feel like I'm

always trying to like figure him out right so if there's a problem always feel like

I'm investigating it or you know how can I make his sleep better how can I make

the like what's the eating situation how you know things like that and it's always trying to learn

I'm basically trying to learn him right so it's hard and you know you're trying to

Learn him I'm trying to learn him but he changes all the time right so

You have to be a savvy investigator yeah that's how I feel really but he's adorable so it's it's you know the hardest thing I've ever done but it is

definitely the best as well I love that that's awesome that's

awesome well we're gonna talk a little bit about a specific situation that you

had while you were pregnant right I'm excited to dive into that and hear about that because I like it when we tell stories on this show.

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