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This is a short, daily podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners who want to build natural English vocabulary through stories and real-life usage. In today’s episode, Anna recaps Chapter 9 of Gabriel’s UK journey as he travels with Isla from Glasgow to Ullapool, visits her family home near Loch Broom, and faces harsh coastal weather on a clifftop walk. The Language Lens section teaches how to add non-essential detail using non-defining relative clauses. Listen to learn English the fun way - through story. 🎙️ New episodes are released Monday to Friday . If you’d like to go deeper…

English Like A Native Podcast

by Anna Tyrie · English · Learning

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