The English We Speak: Share your life story
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The English We Speak: Share your life story

B1IntermediateAugust 11, 20263 min

Think you sometimes over-share unnecessary details? Learn how to use 'share your life story' with Becca and Feifei. As always, find a free transcript here: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-260810 For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com We send a newsletter with our weekly highlights - subscribe here: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Bonus! Toplana! Ah, call it, go! Bonus toplana! Hoque el anon tres muy son, bonus toplana, sat as e tu cortiana e tema la bonus te opa cuminem procentia. done.

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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Becca. How are you Becca? I'm well thanks. I had such a great weekend. I caught up with my friend. Well, she lives

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outside of London with her husband now but we've been friends since we were 11 and we basically grew up together in London and we went to a market that we used to go too often because we study textiles together and used to go to this market all the time for fabric. Anyway, she now works in marketing and is doing really well for herself and…

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