This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 910, how to be more figurative and fun in English.

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Today find out how to use the word bookend to paint a picture in people's minds and

build the connections that you want by sounding more interesting in English.

Hey Michelle, how you doing?

Hey Lindsay, I'm good, how are you? Well, it's middle of March almost. I should be back from Nicaragua for my trip to Nicaragua.

But we're recording this in like early February, so I don't really know how it went.

Hopefully it went well. I hope it went well I'm not sure but I think so you know I

went to I talkie a bunch of times and I found Spanish tutors to prepare.

So I worked on that, worked on my Spanish, I got ready and you know the weather is supposed to be

really nice in Nicaragua so I'm excited about that.

Awesome.

All right, well, have fun in the past, in the future.

In the past.

Back to the future.

Yes.

Well, spring is coming soon, Michelle, and you guys are probably making your summer

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