Simplified Speech #023 – Doin’ the laundry
In this episode, Andrew and Suzanne trade stories about a chore that everyone can relate to: doing the laundry. Since no one likes doing the laundry, today’s episode is full of colourful vocabulary and expressions that our hosts use when swapping laundry horror stories!
Fun facts
Doing your laundry is important! Did you know that the average human body produces 10 grams of salt, 40 grams of grease, and 10 grams of skin flakes every day, and that most of that waste ends up on your clothes or sheets? Expressions you’ll learn in this episode
Expressions you’ll learn in this episode:
- To be all ears
- To go nuts
- To lug
- Out of the kindness/goodness of your heart
- Heavy duty
Credit:Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free; Step On by Jahzzar; Lobby Time by Kevin (incompetech.com),
licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License
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Simplified Speech #023 – Doin’ the laundry
In this episode, Andrew and Suzanne trade stories about a chore that everyone can relate to: doing the laundry. Since no one likes doing the laundry, today’s episode is full of colourful vocabulary and expressions that our hosts use when swapping laundry horror stories!
Fun facts
Doing your laundry is important! Did you know that the average human body produces 10 grams of salt, 40 grams of grease, and 10 grams of skin flakes every day, and that most of that waste ends up on your clothes or sheets? Expressions you’ll learn in this episodeExpressions you’ll learn in this episode:
- To be all ears
- To go nuts
- To lug
- Out of the kindness/goodness of your heart
- Heavy duty
Credit:Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free; Step On by Jahzzar; Lobby Time by Kevin (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Suzanne Cerreta
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Study guide writer: Morag St. Clair
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
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