This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 856. Do natives use likewise?

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Today find out if and how natives use the words likewise and listen in as we talk about

the most important parts of an interaction.

Is it the grammar, the vocabulary, find out today?

Hey Lindsay, how you doing?

Hey Michelle, not too bad, how about you? I'm good. I'm good. So did you drink your coffee this morning?

Oh my gosh I absolutely did. I'm drinking it right now I have to have coffee every morning

Oh likewise for sure yeah I can't go without it we are both coffee addicts. Yes, yes. I'm trying to cup down, but very important to me still.

I love it. I know it's the ritual that I love, it's the smell of it, it's the taste of it it's the taste of it it's just everything right right so

guys I don't know if you picked up on this but we used a word what was that

word Lindsay likewise awesome yes What was that word, Lindsay? Likewise.

Awesome, yeah, so we have a listener question about this word, this very special unique word.

Okay, Lindsay, could you read the question for us?

Absolutely, Michelle.

Okay, here we go.

So the listener says, hey Lindsay, hey Michelle,

I have a question about episode 857,

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