The Kit-Bag (Learn English with a Short Story) [965]
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
Luke Thompson
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 112 minutes
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[965] It is traditional to tell a scary story at Christmas time, so here is one for this year's festive season. The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood is a classic scary tale which will give you a chill, while you stay cosy and warm indoors this winter. Listen and I will explain a lot of vocabulary which comes up in the story.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, visit |
| 0:07.7 | teacher luke.com.com.com. |
| 0:14.2 | Hello listeners. Welcome back to Luke's English podcast. How are you doing today? I hope you |
| 0:20.0 | doing fine. In this episode, I'm going to tell you another short story and use it to help you |
| 0:24.7 | to learn English. First, I'll tell you the story, and then I'll summarize it in my own words, |
| 0:29.3 | and then I'll go through the story text again and explain a lot of the words and phrases |
| 0:33.5 | which came up in the story. So it's nearly Christmas and actually just before I start the |
| 0:41.1 | story, I wanted to let you know that I've got a special Christmas deal for Luke's English |
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