This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 1302.

How admitting confusion in English can bring connection.

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Do you ever feel like you just don't understand something today get phrases to admit this and use this as a

moment of connection and to build trust in English. Hey Lindsay, how's it going?

Very good, Michelle. I am so pumped up for 2020. I can't even tell you, I'm so excited.

It's going to be such a good year.

Yeah, I am too oh my gosh but I have a

question for you Lindsay okay go for it have you been confused by anything recently I

get confused all the time Michelle. I'm constantly

confused like right now I'm researching health insurance options in Colorado. That's confusing because I don't know which to choose. I don't know, I don't have a really

good understanding of premiums versus deductibles versus co-insurance versus co-pays. Oh, insurance is the most confusing thing.

Oh my gosh.

It really gets me very anxious when I have to like talk to like a doctor's office

or something about the insurance and like how much something's going to cost it like really gives me anxiety.

Oh Yeah, we could do another episode on you know well on the huge topic of health I mean maybe when we get closer to the election coming up. Yeah that's a good idea. Yeah because we know that's a major issue right now among the primary debates is health insurance and health costs and some of the candidates want to go for Medicare for all and some don't and some of the candidates want to go for Medicare for All and some don't and so we'll get

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