Exploring the Blue Zones - Part Four: Ikaria, Greece
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Exploring the Blue Zones - Part Four: Ikaria, Greece

B1IntermediateAugust 3, 20266 min
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Hi guys, I'm Ben and welcome to today's English podcast. And today we are continuing our exploration of the blue zones. I've already looked at three of the world's blue zones. Have you heard those episodes yet? Well, if not, you can go back and listen to them now or after today's episode. Before we look at our next blue zone, let's have a look at some vocabulary. So I have three words

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or phrases that I'll be using today, which you might not know or you might not be sure about. So I'm going to give you those words or phrases now, but without the definition. And then afterwards, we'll come back to look at those words, what they mean and how I use them. If you'd like to write these words down, get yourself a piece of paper and a pen if you can. We begin with a phrase.

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and the phrase is in a hurry. What does it mean if somebody is in a hurry? The next word is a noun. A saying. What is a saying? And the third and final word is also a noun. A nap. N-A-P.

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