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E363: 🎙️ Welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast, hosted by me, Anna. In Week 44, Day 3 of Your English Five a Day, we explore five vocabulary items to enhance your English skills. Join us as we dive into the meaning, usage, and pronunciation of these words and phrases, then tie it all together with a captivating story to reinforce your learning.
🎸 First up in today's list is the adjective "acoustic". After that, we delve into the noun "big break" and explore the phrasal verb "plug away". Then, to finish off, we take a look at two nouns, "riff" and "stage fright".
🎭 Stay with us till the end for a quick recap and a story that ties it all together, where we meet a struggling actor, raised in a musical household, who overcomes crippling stage fright and years of persistent effort to finally achieve their big break in the industry.
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