Come in Guns Blazing With These English Idioms
All Ears English Podcast

Come in Guns Blazing With These English Idioms

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 16, 202621 min
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This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2688. Come in guns blazing with these English idioms. Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast. Downloaded more than 200 million times.

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Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American hosts Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe. Don't be gun shy about improving your English. Today, find out how and when Americans use gun-related terms in English conversations.

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