AEE 2439: English for Touchy, Testy Situations

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast episode 2439, English for touchy, testy situations.
0:08.9	Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling
0:16.8	stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on
0:23.8	connection, not perfection, with your American hosts Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer,
0:31.7	and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.
0:39.7	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list,
0:46.6	try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:50.7	Start your seven-day free trial at all-earsenglish.com forward slash app.
0:59.2	Do you get angry when someone cuts you in line? Today, get expressions you can use to push back on
1:06.7	someone when they break a social norm. Find out how to do it today.
1:17.4	I have a question for you. Does knowing your English level, like B1 or B2, matter? The answer,
1:24.3	my friends, is yes. You need to know where you are to get to where you're going.
1:29.4	So take our free 10-question quiz and find out your English level immediately with tips on getting to the next level.
1:37.0	Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score now. That's fluency score, one word. AllEarsenglish.com slash fluency score.
1:52.6	Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Hey, Michelle, how are you doing today? How's it going? Good, good. Lindsay, do you think you say excuse me a lot? Oh, do you mean when I'm in
2:05.3	someone's way or just when I want to get someone's attention or either one? Either one. Do you say
2:10.2	excuse me a lot? I say it moderately, I would say, you know, not a ton, but I don't never say it, right? What about you? Do you use that
2:21.0	expression a lot? Excuse me? It's funny. Sometimes look like my son, like I might be like,
2:27.1	excuse me. Oh, yeah, sure, excuse me, right? There's a lot of different ways we could use this definitely and actually now
2:36.9	that I think about it we should do a whole follow up on that but today we're not talking about
2:40.7	excuse me we're talking about excuse you oh I love it I love it excuse you this flips the table
2:48.7	on things right yes flips the script as we say. And Michelle,
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