This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 1,233.

How to Hang On When Natives Speak Fast.

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all ears English.com slash subscribe. Why is it so hard to understand Native speech when Native speak quickly?

In this two-part series we break it down for you and show you the exact

reasons and how you can strategically build the skills to understand better. on BBC A

I player.

I am doing life.

A few more years means nothing to me.

I'm pregnant.

You're just go easy I'm pregnant women. I've had all my electricity that's all

I don't think I should even be in there. A new series of the Bafter Award winning time. You tell anyone, and I mean anyone, about me, I will kill you.

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Time. Watch on BBC I player. Hey Jessica, what's shaken?

Oh, I haven't heard you say that in a while.

Oh, well, it's still in my vocabulary. Don't worry. Hasn't gone away.

It's an oldie but a goodie.

I love that phrase, an oldie but a goodie.

I use that often for like songs.

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