This is an All-Ears English podcast, episode 2598.

It's been a day.

Five phrases to connect when something is a lot.

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Have you had a bad day? Today get five new ways that are native and natural to say that your day was not ideal. Listen in to build connection in English.

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Hey, Aubrey, how's your day going so far?

It's been a day, Lindsay.

We had, there are so many weird things have happened today.

We were notified yesterday that they were going to redo the street, like the asphalt.

And so we had to move all of the cars like down so it's been I almost feel like

I live in New York again having to like walk to my car to be able to go somewhere yeah that's

but also my neighbor I live next to an elderly lady who was going to receive a package and she's not

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