This is an All-Ears-English podcast episode 821.

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Today you'll get five new ways to use the word odd to create fun responses in

conversations that will make you sound interesting and natural. Hey Lindsay, how's it going?

Hey Lindsay, how's it going? Hey Michelle, not too bad, how are you?

Oh, I'm good, I'm good, Thanks. So I have a question for you.

Okay, I'm ready. All right. So, Lindsay, what are the odds that you'll go back to Japan sometime in the next five years?

I would say the odds are pretty good,

but I'm unlikely to go live there.

I might go visit because I love it so much.

I love the food, I love the culture,

I love Tokyo, so odds are pretty good that I'll go back for a visit.

Okay awesome. Yeah, I want to go back

I want to go back again too. I just met a student from a

Japan, a new student and we were just talking all about Japan and how much I love

it and all the wonderful things. So yeah but um so what phrase did we use here

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