AEE 2645: Little Versus Small and Great Versus Big

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Language Learning, Education, Business

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Want to know your English level? Take our free English-level quiz here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podcasts here: Business English Podcast: Improve your Business English with 3 episodes per week, featuring Lindsay, Michelle, and Aubrey IELTS Energy Podcast: Learn IELTS from a former Examiner and achieve your Band 7 or higher, featuring Lindsay McMahon and Aubrey Carter with Jessica Beck in previous episodes Visit our website here or https://lnk.to/website-sn If you love this podcast, hit the follow button now so that you don't miss five fresh and fun episodes every single week. Don’t forget to leave us a review wherever you listen to the show. Send your English question or episode topic idea to support@allearsenglish.com Shopify: Stop waiting for permission to build something. Your next revenue stream starts free at shopify.com/aee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast, episode 2645, little versus small and great versus big.
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
0:23.1	on connection, not perfection, with your American hosts Lindsay McMahon, the English
0:30.3	adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts
0:42.6	write on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All-Ears English
0:48.1	app for iOS and Android. Start your seven-day free trial at all-earsenglish.com forward slash app.
0:59.2	Are you looking for big ways to have a little discussion or little ways to have a big
1:04.5	discussion? Today, learn the fun nuances between the words big, little, great, small, and
1:10.5	large based on a really
1:12.3	useful listener question.
1:15.0	Learn how to use these today.
1:22.6	Have you noticed that some English speakers seem relaxed when they speak?
1:26.9	They don't search for words.
1:28.2	They don't constantly correct themselves.
1:30.1	They simply communicate.
1:31.8	That doesn't happen because they're perfect.
1:34.1	It happens because they've built fluency.
1:36.7	If speaking English still feels like hard work,
1:39.6	it may be time to understand exactly where your skills stand today.
1:43.4	Take our free two-minute fluency
1:45.9	quiz and discover your English level. Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's
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