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We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection not perfection with your American host Aubrey Carter,

the Ialt's whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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subscribe. Do you ever feel like you want to tease someone? Maybe create some banter, but you're not sure what grammar to use?

Today, learn a super high level and connected way to do this in English. Hey Aubrey, how's it going today?

I'm great, Lindsay.

You are looking tan, spending a lot of time in the sun are we? I am actually funny you say that

We're in summertime now getting towards the end of the summer at this point and we both you and I have been out in the sun I think quite a bit this summer yeah

Definitely right getting outside hiking camping all the things I especially where I've been able to head up north so I can be outside.

In Phoenix in the summer, you're stuck inside, it's terrible.

So yeah, if you're going to get some sunshine, you've got to go somewhere.

A hundred percent.

And I love what you said to me you said you look tan spending a lot of time in the sun are we right I

wonder why you said that right because are you talking about both of us or asking me there's a lot of questions that come up when I hear it is kind of strange right because I'm saying are we when I'm not talking about myself at all I could be pale as a ghost I I'm just talking about you. So it's really a fascinating structure. This came up recently. You guys, this may sound familiar when we recorded episode 2234, which was, look at you, phrases to compliment in English.

And you mentioned this phrase.

You said, gardening a lot these days, are we?

And we were like, oh, that's such a great phrase.

So this is the follow-up. We're excited to cover this. And we were like, oh, that's such a great phrase.

So this is the follow-up.

We're excited to cover this.

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