This is an All-Eirs-English bonus episode, How to be 100% straight in English.

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Today get four easy phrases to be direct in English and find out why culture

really matters in conversation to build connection. Pepsi Max. Christmas is great but there's loads of ways to make it better like

sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint or building a playlist

that will even get your none up on the table.

Or just cracking open an ice-cold Pepsi Max.

Christmas.

Better with Pepsi Max.

Hey Jessica, what's going on? Oh, we're going to a guitar lesson tonight.

Are you taking the lesson or is James taking the lesson?

James is taking the lesson.

Wow.

Yeah, this is super exciting.

We love to rock out and I cannot play any musical instruments.

And he like, he loves, he's always loved music and he really wants to learn to read music.

And that is not something I can do.

So going for like a trial guitar lesson just to see if it's something he

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