AEE: Jeopardize, Endanger, Compromise…Oh My!

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Business, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast.
0:03.0	Jeopardize, Endanger, Compromise.
0:05.9	Oh my.
0:08.7	Welcome to the AllEars English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:16.0	Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.0	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on
0:23.7	connection, not perfection, with your American hosts Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer,
0:31.5	and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.
0:39.6	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all-earsenglish.com
0:46.9	forward slash subscribe.
0:52.3	Can you tell the difference when native speakers say closed to versus close to?
0:58.2	Today, let's figure out how they are different and how to make sure you never get confused again.
1:18.2	Have you ever listened to native speakers and thought, I understand the words, but I still feel slightly lost?
1:22.6	That's because real English conversations include more than vocabulary.
1:25.3	There's speed, there's connected speech.
1:29.8	There are cultural references and casual phrases. Your brain has to process all of this in real time. If conversations sometimes feel overwhelming, it may simply mean
1:36.5	you're ready for the next level of training. Find out your exact level with our quick, free,
1:42.3	fluency quiz. Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's
1:47.6	all earsenglish.com slash F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
2:00.4	Hello, Michelle. How is your day going? Going pretty well, pretty normal, not taking too many
2:07.1	risks so far today. How about you? Are you, Lindsay, are you a risk taker? Yeah, I mean,
2:12.9	that's a hard, interesting one to answer. Physically, no. Like, I don't, you know, I don't don't i'm a skier but i don't love skiing
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