This is an all ears English podcast episode 2409. Don't let it get cold. Restaurant English for

connection. Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. 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 hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan,

the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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What happens when you dine with someone at a restaurant and their food arrives at the table first?

Should you just start eating? Whose responsibility is it to communicate? And what can

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Hey there, Michelle, what's shaken?

Oh, not too much, Lindsay.

Lindsay, when was the last time you ate at a restaurant?

Oh my gosh.

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