AEE 930: How to Use the Word "Sheer" to Talk About a Surprising Number in English

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an All-Ears English podcast, episode 930.
0:04.0	How to use the word Shear to talk about a surprising number in English.
0:10.0	Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast downloaded more than 50 million times
0:18.0	we believe in Connection Not Perfection with your American hosts Lindsay McMahon the English
0:25.0	adventurer and Michelle Kaplan the New York radio girl coming to you from
0:30.4	Boston and New York City, USA.
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0:43.0	today we get a great question from a listener about using the word shear when it comes to describing amounts and numbers.
0:53.0	Listen in for better connection skills today.
1:00.0	Hey Lindsay, how is it going?
1:03.0	Hey Michelle, pretty busy around here.
1:05.0	I'm on the hunt for a new apartment in Cambridge,
1:08.0	so that's exciting and you know lots of good stuff going on.
1:12.0	That is exciting.
1:14.0	I have a question for you though.
1:15.0	All right.
1:17.0	Okay.
1:18.0	So when you lived in New York, I mean, because I feel like I'm dealing with this every day,
1:22.0	like were you ever just totally surprised
1:25.0	by the sheer number of people who rode the subway every day?
1:28.6	It was amazing.
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