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with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English

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What can you say when something feels average or not special?

Today, get new vocabulary to comment on experiences,

plus find out how to add some variety to your life.

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Hey, Aubrey, how are you today? I'm great, Lindsay. How are you? Good.

Aubrey, do you prefer a day that is run of the mill or would you rather have a day that's out of the

ordinary? What kind of day would you like to have in general? I love a day that's out of the ordinary,

right? I am not a fan of a run-of-the-mill day. I want something to be different,

switch it up, something exciting to happen. What about you, Lindsay? It's true. It's kind of the

feeling I get when I come back from a trip when all of my days have been so different from my typical

days at home. I've been maybe traveling abroad, different food, different air,

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