This is an all ears English podcast episode 2417. Are your feet cold? How to talk about nerves in

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Hey there, Michelle. How are you today? I'm good, Lindsay. I have a question for you.

Okay. All right. I'm ready. Do you wear socks to sleep?

Oh, no. Unless I'm camping and it's freezing, I do not like to wear socks in my bed. What about you? Are you a socks to bed person?

I am. And they have to be the fuzzy, like they have to be comfy fuzzy socks.

I think it, and it doesn't matter how hot it is.

I think I like to sleep very encased in things.

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