This is an All-Ears-English podcast episode 944, three bad habits and three easy hacks to English connection.

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Hey Michelle, what's new with you?

Hey, Lindsey, I'm good, I'm good. I know I was talking about the weather yesterday and I'm still excited about it and starting to get my sandals on and good stuff.

What about you? What's new with you? Well I'm also getting not my

sandals on but I'm getting my running shoes on because I am involved in a steps

challenge. A steps challenge challenge you know how like on your phone your iPhone you can measure your

steps now you're have you ever done that yes yeah so I have a little challenge I'm moving to a new place and the person I'm going to be living with, we have a challenge going that whoever gets the most steps in the month of May doesn't have to pay, does not pay for laundry.

The other person does the laundry and we don't have a washer dryer so we're going to have to pay

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