This is an all ears English podcast episode 2539.

Make a B-line for better English.

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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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Hey there, Michelle. How's it going today? I'm good. Lindsay, how are you? Good. I'm excited to be back on the microphone with you. Michelle, have you ever been stung by a bee? Yes. I remember the first, I still remember, like the first day of third grade. I remember I had this pretty red dress with this denim vest and I got stung three times

like in a triangle on the front of my shoulder.

Traumatic for a kid, for a little kid.

Yeah.

But I've been stung more than that, but that was like the one

very memorable one. What about you? Probably once, but it's, my partner is actually allergic

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