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Are you feeling stuck with your English?

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent

by focusing on connection, not perfection

with your American host, Aubrey Carter,

the Isles Wiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English Adventure,

coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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Today we teach two adverbs that are especially challenging in English

for both native speakers and language learners.

We share a pro tip so you know whether to use

especially or especially in conversations.

Hey Aubrey, how's everything going with you today?

Great. How are you? Anything coming up that you're excited about?

Well, I'm excited to fly home. I'm doing a red eye,

so that part's going to be tricky.

I'm excited to be on the East Coast this weekend,

but I'm especially excited to spend Father's Day with my dad

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