This is an All-Eirs-English podcast episode 884, how to lighten up for natural English connections.

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Today we reflect on how doing the right activities and taking the right actions

will help you take yourself less seriously which makes it easier to connect and have those conversations in English that you want to have.

At your work Christmas, do, not feeling the canner pays.

Why not get a pick me up with McDonald's limited edition chicken Big Mac

with two deliciously crispy chicken paties,

our iconic Big Mac sauce and gurkins or not.

Only available until the 3rd of January.

So from 11 a.m. subject to availability.

Hey Jessica, how you're feeling?

I'm feeling great, I got so much sleep last night.

Oh, that's so good.

That's so good.

Once in a while you need to have like a catch-up session and I did I got like 10 between 10 and 11 hours and I have so much energy today.

I want to just like work and exercise for like 10 hours straight.

Wow that's awesome it's not too much sleep sometimes I wonder of 11 12 hours I feel

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