AEE 2380: Keep English Straight With these Idioms

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an Allers English podcast, episode 2380. Keep English straight with these idioms.
0:08.1	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling
0:15.5	stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection,
0:24.5	with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English
0:31.5	adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:38.5	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all earsenglish.com forward
0:45.4	slash subscribe.
0:49.4	In today's episode, you'll get four idioms using the word straight to talk about being direct
0:55.7	and more in English.
1:03.6	Do you ever have to ask native speakers to repeat?
1:07.3	Just so that you can stay in the conversation and respond, maybe the first time it's
1:12.6	fine, but how do you feel the second, third, fourth time, embarrassed, ashamed? If you've studied
1:18.9	English your whole life, this shouldn't be happening anymore, but it still is. Let's make this
1:24.1	stop. Our new B2 course will get you out of this place because our connection method is fundamentally different from the old methods.
1:33.0	Get the special deal at all-earsenglish.com slash B-2.
1:38.1	Save up to $50 and get a special bonus mini-course.
1:42.6	Offer ends March 30th at midnight. All-Earsenglish.com
1:46.8	slash letter B number two.
1:53.8	Hello, Lindsay. How are you? I'm doing great, Aubrey. How are you today? How's it going?
1:58.0	I'm great. I have a question for you. Is there anything you have trouble keeping straight?
2:03.6	Oh, yeah, for sure.
2:05.6	You know, the phone, it's so funny because everyone's phone number is now in my phone.
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