AEE 2550: 5 Steps to De-escalate in English

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast, episode 2550, five steps to de-escalate in English.
0:09.1	Welcome to the all-ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.2	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on
0:23.4	connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS-Wiz, and Lindsay
0:31.0	McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:39.3	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all-earsenglish.com forward slash subscribe.
0:51.3	What can you say when someone is riled up?
0:57.4	Today learn five steps to de-escalate a stressful situation in English.
1:04.6	Do you often end up in situations where you know exactly what you want to say, but you don't
1:10.6	have the English
1:11.3	vocabulary words that you need in that moment? To succeed in English, you need nuanced
1:16.0	English vocabulary. But first, you need to know your English level. Take our free English level
1:22.3	quiz to find out if you are B1, B2, or C1 to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all-eersenglish.com
1:33.5	slash F-L-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
1:44.0	Hey, Aubrey. How's it going? I'm great. Lindsay, how are you doing? Good. Aubrey, have you ever been around
1:50.0	someone that was really riled up and you had to de-escalate the situation? Does that ever happen to you?
1:55.9	Yes. I feel like I've told this story here, but when I was at an airport and someone was really mad that my friend had been like peeling the paint on the window. And I think I did. I sort of, you know, used a couple of phrases to try and de-escalate, to try and get she still, the security had to come over. It was a whole issue. But it doesn't happen very often. But every now and then, someone can get really angry.
2:18.3	Well, I would also say airports are a hot button place for that.
2:21.3	Right. If someone's had flights delayed or canceled, they're upset about other things and maybe
2:26.6	taking it out on someone else. Yeah, you have to be really careful in airports, especially
2:30.3	or boarding a plane, you know, putting your suitcase up there.
2:34.6	And it's just, you accidentally bump someone or, who knows?
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