AEE: Close to or Closed to? Can You Hear the Difference?

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Business, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Want to know your English level? Take our ⁠free English-level quiz⁠ here to find out what your current English level is. Do you love All Ears English? Try our other podcasts here: ⁠Business English Podcast⁠: Improve your Business English with 3 episodes per week, featuring Lindsay, Michelle, and Aubrey ⁠IELTS Energy Podcast⁠: Learn IELTS from a former Examiner and achieve your Band 7 or higher, featuring Lindsay McMahon and Aubrey Carter with Jessica Beck in previous episodes Visit our website⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠ or ⁠https://lnk.to/website-sn⁠ If you love this podcast, hit the follow button now so that you don't miss five fresh and fun episodes every single week. Don’t forget to leave us a review wherever you listen to the show. Send your English question or episode topic idea to support@allearsenglish.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the All-Ears English podcast. Close to or close to. Can you hear the difference?
0:07.7	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:16.8	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection,
0:23.2	not perfection, with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle
0:30.9	Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.
0:39.3	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list,
0:45.5	try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:49.6	Start your seven-day free trial at all-earsenglish.com forward slash app. Can you tell the difference
0:59.7	when a native speaker says close to versus close to? Today let's figure out how they're different
1:06.0	and how to make sure you never get confused again.
1:18.2	Many English learners focus on grammar.
1:21.0	They want their sentences to be correct. But fluency isn't just about correctness.
1:25.1	It's about sounding natural, choosing the right phrase, responding quickly
1:29.8	without translating every thought in your head. That's why someone can know a lot of grammar
1:36.4	rules and still feel uncomfortable in conversations. Real fluency comes from understanding patterns, tone, and natural expressions.
1:48.0	Our free two-minute fluency quiz helps you discover your level and what skills will move you forward.
1:56.3	Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all earsenglish.com slash
2:03.4	F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
2:15.4	Hey there, Michelle. How's everything today? Everything is good. How are you?
2:20.8	Feeling good, Michelle, is there a new friend that you've gotten close to recently in your life?
2:25.6	Yeah, actually, I've gotten close to a lot of new friends recently. You know, I've talked about how I moved to the suburbs and I was really worried that it would be
2:36.3	really hard to make friends because it's so different than the city life. But I've actually gotten
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