I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)

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Enough is enough. Something has to change. I’m sorry everyone, but I can’t do episodes every fortnight anymore.

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New Vocabulary

Binge – to do a lot of one thing in one go, e.g. to binge a TV show

A leap of faith – a big, scary decision in your life – comment and let me know what leap of faith you’ve been putting off in your life!

Watching paint dry – an expression we use to refer to a very boring activity

On the back burner – when you keep putting off an important project because it’s not urgent

‘That sucks’ – a colloquial way of saying something is bad

Fortnight – two weeks, or fourteen days (UK English)

To kick in – to start taking effect, e.g. when a medicine kicks in

Anodyne – boring, uninspired, unoriginal

Anecdote – a small story from everyday life

A preview – when you get to see/hear part of something before it’s released

Video about North Korean pop culture: youtube.com/watch?v=0T-pPPUAppk

00:00 Intro

01:24 New Vocabulary

07:37 How tastes have changed

10:45 Me vs. the other English learning podcasts

14:04 Bored of my own style

16:34 I need more time

18:19 Big plans

19:42 Story preview!

24:27 Vocabulary Recap

25:29 Tell me about your leap of faith!

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