This is an all-ears English podcast, episode 2358. English vocabulary is tricky. You're telling me.

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hey aubrey how are you doing today i'm great how are you lindsay good feeling good feeling good

um yeah what do you have have going on later today?

Wow, Aubrey, I am crazy busy today. So much to do.

You're telling me, I have to take one child to lacrosse, another one to soccer.

I need to figure out a carpool. I can't be two places at once.

Wow, that makes me stressed out just thinking about it.

Honestly, that's insane.

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