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English Leap Podcast from Speak English with Klaas.
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Hello, hello, hello English learners!
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Welcome back to the English Leap Podcast, an English podcast for daily life conversation and listening practice.
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We're really happy you're here with us.
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I'm Anna.
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And I'm Jake.
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Hey everyone, really good to have you with us.
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Jake.
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Hmm?
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What is that?
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What is what?
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The cup.
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It's a coffee cup, Anna.
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I know it's a coffee cup.
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Why is it enormous?
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It's not enormous.
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Jake, I could make soup in that.
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That's dramatic.
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Hold it next to your face.
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No. Hold it next to your face.
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I'm not participating in this.
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Because you know I'm right.
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It's just a large coffee.
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That's not a coffee.
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That's a commitment.
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Okay, first of all, the size of the cup has nothing to do with… How many cups have you had today?
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What?
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How many?
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This is my first.
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Mm-hmm.
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What?
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believe you.
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Why not?
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Because you always say, this is my first, and then five minutes later, you remember another one.
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That's happened once.
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Last week.
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Fine.
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And the week before.
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Fine. So?
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Technically.
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Ah, here we go.
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I made one at home.
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Thank you.
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But I barely drank it.
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Doesn't matter.
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It absolutely matters.
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You made coffee.
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It counts.
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If I make toast and take one One bite.
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Have I eaten breakfast?
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Yes!
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No!
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Of course you have!
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One bite?
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You started breakfast and then made poor decisions.
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Wow, I'm feeling very judged this morning.
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You should.
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And how many cups of tea have you had?
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We're not talking about me.
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Interesting.
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Don't change the subject.
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One...
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Jake...
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Two...
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Move on!
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Three...
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I said move on!
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Beautiful!
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Was that sarcasm?
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Me?
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Never!
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Mm-hmm.
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Allegedly.
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Oh, today is going to be interesting.
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I have a feeling I'm going to need this coffee.
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That entire bucket?
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It's a cup.
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We'll come back to that.
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I'm sure we will.
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So, English learners, today's episode is a little different.
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We don't really have one big topic.
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No deep question.
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No problem we're trying to solve.
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We're simply going to talk and see where the conversation takes us.
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Which is pretty much how real conversations work.
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Exactly.
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You start with one small thing.
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Like somebody's perfectly normal coffee.
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Perfectly normal.
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There was a tone there.
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And before we continue, today's conversation is mainly for our B1 to B2 learners.
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But if you're around A2 and you'd like a little challenge, stay with us.
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And don't worry if you don't understand every single word.
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Listen for the little reactions, the questions, the interruptions, and the short phrases that keep a conversation moving.
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And later, we'll slow things down for Word Tour.
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Six useful words that come up naturally while we're talking.
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So we don't know what they are yet?
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We do.
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Ah.
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The listeners don't.
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Right.
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And after Word Tour, we'll have Say It Better.
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Where we take a few simple, everyday sentences and show you another natural way you might hear them in real conversation.
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Nice.
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And one tiny thing before we continue.
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If you enjoy these relaxed English conversations, give the episode a like.
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It lets us know you'd like more episodes where Anna and I simply sit down and talk.
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And apparently argue about coffee.
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Apparently?
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Allegedly.
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Oh, you're enjoying that word way too much.
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Alright, where were we?
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You were insulting my coffee.
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Ah, yes.
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Breakfast.
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We're still investigating me?
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No. Something happened this morning.
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Oh.
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Go on.
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I saw a man eating cereal.
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Normal.
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In a mug.
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Still possible.
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With a fork.
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A fork?
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Yes.
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Was there milk?
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Yes.
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Oh.
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Why did you say, oh, like that changes everything?
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Because now I'm concerned.
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Now?
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Before, I thought maybe he was eating dry cereal.
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With a fork?
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I hadn't solved that part yet.
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You really want to defend this man.
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Everyone deserves a fair trial.
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It's breakfast, Jake.
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Justice never sleeps.
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Apparently neither do you with that coffee.
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There it is.
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I had to.
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So what did you do?
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Did you stare at him?
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No. You stared.
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I glanced.
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Once?
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Maybe.
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Anna?
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Three times.
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Three?
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I was curious.
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Three glances is basically polite staring.
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There is no such thing as polite staring.
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There is now.
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Well, he didn't notice.
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Or he noticed and thought, why does that woman keep looking at my cereal?
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Great.
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Now I'm going to think about that all day.
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You're welcome.
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Do you ever do that?
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Eat cereal with a fork?
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No. See someone doing something strange and then spend way too much time wondering about it.
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Absolutely.
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Like what?
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Yesterday, I saw a man walking down the street carrying one shoe.
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One shoe?
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One shoe.
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Was he wearing shoes?
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That's exactly what bothered me.
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You didn't check?
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How am I supposed to check?
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Look at his feet.
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Anna, I can't walk behind a stranger staring at his feet.
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But now we'll never know.
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Exactly.
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Maybe he bought one shoe.
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Who buys one shoe?
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Maybe the other one broke.
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Before or after he bought this one.
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I don't know.
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Maybe it wasn't even his shoe.
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Somehow that's worse.
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Maybe he found it.
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And decided, yes, this is coming home with me.
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We're spending far too much time on this.
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See?
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You're doing it too.
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Fine.
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Humans are strange.
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Very.
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Including us.
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Especially us.
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Speaking of strange...
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That transition worries me.
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I found a spoon in my bag yesterday.
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What?
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A spoon.
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Why?
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I don't know.
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A normal spoon?
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Why does everyone ask that?
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Who else asked?
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Me, in my own head.
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Okay.
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Metal spoon?
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Yes.
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Full-sized?
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Jake, a normal spoon.
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And you have no idea why it was there?
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None.
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I pulled it out and actually stood there looking at it.
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Like it had betrayed you?
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Basically.
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Maybe Cereal Man needs it.
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Oh my goodness.
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Anna.
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No. We found him a spoon.
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Stop.
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The story has an ending.
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I am not walking up to a stranger and saying, Excuse me, I noticed you struggling with your cereal yesterday.
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Please do.
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Never.
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You could just walk up to him and say, What?
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I brought you something.
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He would leave immediately.
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Or possibly change cafes.
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Possibly change cities.
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Fair.
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Do you know the worst part?
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What?
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The spoon is still in my bag.
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Of course it is.
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I forgot to take it out!
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You found a mystery spoon, discussed the mystery spoon, and then put the mystery spoon back.
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Well, what was I supposed to do?
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Put it in the kitchen.
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But I don't know where it came from.
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Anna, that doesn't make it dangerous.
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I know.
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It just feels suspicious.
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You think the spoon has a past.
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Every spoon has a past.
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Wow.
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Don't.
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That was beautiful.
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Beautiful.
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What do you carry around?
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Almost nothing.
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Phone, wallet, keys.
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That's it.
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That's annoyingly simple.
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What else do you need?
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Tissues, a charger, a lip balm, a pen, a little notebook.
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A spoon.
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Stop adding the spoon.
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Sorry.
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Receipts.
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Ah, receipts.
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What?
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How old is the oldest receipt in your bag?
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I don't know.
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Guess.
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Maybe two months?
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Two months?
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Maybe three.
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Why?
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I might need it. For what?
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Something.
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Anna, nobody is going to call you in November and ask for proof that you bought tomatoes in August.
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Why tomatoes?
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I don't know.
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First thing that came to mind.
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Very specific.
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My brain panicked.
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You know what?
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You have a drawer full of cables.
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Completely different.
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No, same thing.
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Not even close.
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You don't know what half those cables belong to.
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I know what some of them belong to.
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Exactly.
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But one day I might need one.
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Oh.
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Don't.
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I might need it.
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Cables are different.
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Explain.
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One day, some old device stops working.
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Mm-hmm.
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You need one very specific cable.
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Mm-hmm. And suddenly...
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Your drawer saves the day.
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Exactly.
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Has this ever happened?
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Yes. When?
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I'm trying to remember.
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Jake?
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Once. When?
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I don't remember the details.
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You don't remember what happened, you just remember feeling proud.
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Exactly.
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Fine, I withdraw my criticism.
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Really?
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No. Ah, sarcasm.
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Very good.
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I'm getting better at this.
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Although, I do understand keeping random things.
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Thank you.
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I had three pens in my bag this morning.
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Useful.
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One didn't work.
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Throw it away.
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I did.
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You did?
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Eventually.
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I'm proud of you.
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Thank you.
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Big day.
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Huge.
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First the spoon, now the pen.
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We are really giving people premium entertainment today.
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And yet somehow I'm really good with names.
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Really?
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Pretty good.
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I envy you.
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You're terrible.
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Thank you.
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You are.
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I know.
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Jake, you once introduced yourself to someone you'd already met.
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Okay.
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That story needs context.
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Then there is no context that can save you.
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I'd met him once.
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Twice.
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Was it twice?
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See?
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That's not helping.
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Tell it!
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Fine.
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I was at an event.
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I recognized his face.
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Sort of.
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That's already going badly.
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But I couldn't remember where I knew him from, so I thought maybe I'd just seen him around.
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Dangerous.
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I walked over, smiled, held out my hand and said, Hi, I'm Jake. And?
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He looked at me and said, very calmly, yes, I know.
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No!
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Yep.
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That's painful.
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If he'd laughed, I could have recovered.
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Exactly.
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But he was so calm.
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Yes, I know.
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What did you say?
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Of course you do.
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Jake.
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What else was I supposed to say?
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Sorry, I forgot we'd met.
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Too honest.
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That's literally what happened.
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I was trying to preserve what remained of my dignity.
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Was there much left?
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Anna!
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Sorry.
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Sarcasm.
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A little.
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I knew it.
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Forgetting someone's name is awful when you've already been talking for a while.
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That's the problem.
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At the beginning, you can still ask.
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Sorry, remind me of your name?
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Completely normal.
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But ten minutes later...
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Too late.
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And then another person comes over.
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Nightmare.
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Because now you might have to introduce them.
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Exactly.
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What do you do?
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I try to make them introduce themselves.
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How?
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Oh, have you two met?
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Sneaky.
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Hopefully one of them says their name.
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Hopefully?
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Sometimes they both just say, no. And stare at you?
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Exactly.
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What then?
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Leave.
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Immediately?
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New identity, new city.
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With Cereal Man.
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And his spoon.
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Okay, but I've had the opposite problem.
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What?
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Clearly recognizes me, and I have absolutely no idea who they are.
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Ah.
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That happened at a supermarket once.
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What did they say?
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This woman came toward me smiling and said, Anna, I haven't seen you in ages.
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Strong.
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Very strong, and I had nothing.
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Empty room?
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Lights off, everyone gone home.
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So what did you do?
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Smiled.
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Oh my goodness, hi!
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Excellent.
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Then I started listening for clues.
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Detective Anna.
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Exactly.
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She asked about my mother.
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Okay, family connection.
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Then she asked about someone named Sarah.
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Do you know Sarah?
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I know several Sarahs.
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Very unhelpful clue.
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So now I'm giving very safe answers.
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She's good.
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Everyone's doing well.
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You know, busy.
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You were surviving.
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Barely.
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When did you remember?
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She mentioned a wedding.
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Ah.
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And suddenly I knew.
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We'd met at my cousin's wedding years ago.
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Relief?
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Huge.
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Did you tell her?
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Tell her what?
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That you'd forgotten who she was.
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Absolutely not.
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So you lied.
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I did not lie.
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You acted like you remembered.
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I was warm and polite.
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That's a beautiful way of saying it.
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Thank you.
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Very diplomatic.
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Nobody was harmed.
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Fair.
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Although, we all tell tiny social lies sometimes.
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Oh, this sounds dangerous.
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Sorry, I just saw your message.
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When you actually saw it two hours ago?
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Mmm, okay, sometimes.
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I see a message when I'm busy and think, I'll reply later.
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And then later becomes much later.
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Exactly.
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So you genuinely forgot.
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Right.
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Okay, that's slightly better.
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Thank you.
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My conscience feels lighter.
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You're welcome.
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What about you?
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Same.
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I open messages at the worst possible time.
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Like when?
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When I'm walking somewhere, when I'm about to start something, when I'm half asleep.
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And you think you'll remember. Of course.
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You don't.
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Never.
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Then two days later...
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I'm brushing my teeth and suddenly my brain says, You never replied.
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Why does the brain do that?
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I don't know.
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Completely unrelated moment.
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Exactly.
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Speaking of things you don't reply to...
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Hmm?
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You recommended a TV show to me.
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Oh no. I started it.
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Finally! And stopped.
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What?
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Eleven minutes.
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Eleven minutes?
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Yes.
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That's not watching a show.
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I gave it a chance.
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Eleven minutes is not a chance.
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Nothing happened.
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It's episode one.
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Eleven minutes is a significant amount of my life.
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You spent 20 minutes reading reviews for a toaster last week.
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That was research.
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You don't even need a toaster.
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That's not the point.
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Does your current toaster work?
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Yes.
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Every time?
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Pretty much.
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It's actually very reliable.
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Then why were you researching another toaster?
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I like knowing what's available.
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I withdraw my question.
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I don't want the answer anymore.
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Thank you.
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You need to give the show at least three episodes.
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Three?
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Yes.
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That's a commitment.
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You keep bringing that word back.
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Because it's useful.
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Two episodes.
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One.
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Two.
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One and a half.
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How do you watch half an episode?
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I stop halfway.
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That's terrible.
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Efficient.
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No. What if I still don't like it after two?
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Fine.
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Then it's not your thing.
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Deal.
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But no spoilers.
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Ah.
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What?
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I sometimes read spoilers.
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Jake.
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What?
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Why?
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Sometimes I want to know if a character survives.
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That's the whole point of watching.
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I don't always enjoy the stress.
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Then watch something calm.
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Sometimes I want the story without the emotional damage.
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That's not how stories work.
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It works for me.
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You really search the ending?
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Occasionally.
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I don't even like watching trailers sometimes.
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That's extreme.
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Trailers show too much.
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Some do.
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The funniest joke.
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The big surprise.
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Half the story.
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Then the dramatic voice.
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Oh, yes.
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This summer.
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Everything will change.
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And then it's a movie about someone opening a bakery.
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I'd watch that.
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Honestly, me too.
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Sounds relaxing.
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Much better than searching the ending before you've even watched it.
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I do not always do that.
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Allegedly.
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Okay, that was good.
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Thank you.
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You know what's embarrassing?
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What?
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I opened the wrong car once.
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You what?
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Not fully.
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What does not fully mean?
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I opened the passenger door.
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Anna.
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It looked exactly like my friend's car.
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Exactly.
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Same color.
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That's not exactly.
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Similar shape.
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That's getting worse.
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Look, my friend texted me and said, I'm outside.
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Okay.
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I walked out, saw the car, opened the door. And?
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There was a man sitting there.
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No. Yes.
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What did he do?
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Froze.
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What did he do?
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Froze.
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So you just looked at each other?
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For what felt like five minutes.
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It was probably one second.
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Then?
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I said, oh, I'm so sorry.
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Wrong car.
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Reasonable.
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Closed the door and walked away very quickly.
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Where was your friend?
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Two cars behind.
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Did she see?
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Unfortunately.
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Oh, no. She was already laughing.
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That's friendship.
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She couldn't even speak when I got into the car.
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How long ago?
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Two years.
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And now you've told all of us.
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I regret this.
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Too late.
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You have embarrassing stories too. Of course.
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Good.
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I waved at someone who wasn't waving at me once.
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Everyone has done that.
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Doesn't make it less painful.
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What did you do when you realized?
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Turned it into something else.
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What?
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Touched my hair.
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Classic.
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I had no choice.
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You really committed.
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Thank you.
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That wasn't a compliment.
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I chose to hear it as one.
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You know what's funny?
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We started with your giant coffee, and now we've somehow talked about cereal, spoons, forgotten names, TV shows, and wrong cars.
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Very focused.
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Extremely.
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What was today's topic again?
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I think this is the topic.
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What?
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Just talking.
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I actually like that.
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Me too.
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One little thing reminds you of another thing.
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And suddenly you're telling a story you hadn't thought about in two years.
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Exactly.
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Like the wrong car.
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I was hoping we'd move past that.
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Never.
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Ha ha ha ha ha.
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Or somebody arrives with a coffee cup the size of a small swimming pool.
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Exactly.
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Wait, I thought we were done attacking the cup.
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We are.
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Good.
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Can I have some?
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What?
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Just a sip.
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After all that?
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Oh, criticize the cup, not the coffee.
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Bucket.
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Description.
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Soup.
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Observation.
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Commitment.
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Accurate.
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And now you want some?
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Yes.
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Fine.
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One sip.
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Thank you.
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Mmm.
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really good.
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Of course it is!
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I withdraw some of my criticism.
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Some?
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Coffee, good.
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Cup, ridiculous.
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There it is.
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You know, we've actually used some pretty useful words today.
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We have.
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Almost accidentally.
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Which is the best kind.
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I think I know it's coming. Do you?
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I recognize that voice.
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Alright, it's time for word tour.
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Our first word is sarcasm.
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Sar-ca-sum.
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Sar-ca-sum.
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Sarcasm often involves saying something while meaning the opposite, usually to be funny, playful, or sometimes critical.
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Oh great!
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Another meeting!
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Exactly what I needed!
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The speaker probably doesn't actually think another meeting is great.
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Definitely not.
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Another example, Jake is always very reasonable about coffee. That was sarcasm.
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Very obvious sarcasm.
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You'll often hear use sarcasm, a sarcastic comment, and a sarcastic tone.
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And your tone of voice matters a lot.
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Absolutely.
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Wonderful!
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Sounds positive.
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Wonderful.
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Completely different feeling.
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Exactly.
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You're quite good at that version.
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Thank you.
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That wasn't necessarily a compliment.
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Sarcasm?
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Maybe.
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Next is allegedly.
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Allegedly.
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Allegedly.
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Allegedly means something is said to be true, but it hasn't necessarily been proved.
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The company allegedly knew about the problem.
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He was allegedly seen leaving the building.
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You'll often hear allegedly said, allegedly stole, was allegedly involved, and was allegedly seen.
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It's especially common in news and legal situations, because it avoids presenting an unproven claim as a definite fact.
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But people also use it humorously in everyday conversation.
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Like today.
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Anna drank three cups of tea.
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Allegedly.
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I saw you.
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You have no evidence.
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I witnessed the whole thing.
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You're being very dramatic.
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Three Ts, Anna.
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Our next word is commitment.
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Commitment.
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Commitment.
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Commitment.
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Commitment is a promise or willingness to give time, energy, or effort to something.
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Learning another language takes commitment.
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She made a commitment to finish the project.
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Common phrases are make a commitment, show commitment, serious commitment, and long-term commitment.
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Or apparently a giant coffee.
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That was a playful use.
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Very.
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The cup looked so big that drinking the whole thing seemed like a serious project.
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Which I successfully completed.
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Congratulations.
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Commitment.
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We get it.
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Next is glance.
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Glance.
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Glance.
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To glance means to look quickly at someone or something.
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I glanced at my phone to check the time.
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She glanced across the room and smiled.
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You'll often hear, glance at something, glance around, and take a quick glance.
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A glance is quick.
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Unlike staring.
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Yes.
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Which brings us back to Cereal Man.
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Oh, no. Anna didn't stare.
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Correct.
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She glanced.
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Correct.
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Three times.
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Jake!
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Staring polite.
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Still not a real expression.
746
Allegedly.
747
You waited a long time to use that.
748
Worth it.
749
Next is withdraw.
750
With-draw.
751
With-draw.
752
Withdraw has several meanings, but today we're using it to mean remove or take back something you previously said, offered, submitted, or supported.
753
I'd like to withdraw my earlier comment.
754
He decided to withdraw his application.
755
Common phrases are withdraw a statement, withdraw an offer, withdraw an application, and withdraw support.
756
You can also withdraw money from a bank account.
757
Exactly.
758
Today, you withdrew your criticism of my coffee.
759
Some criticism.
760
Important detail.
761
The coffee was good.
762
The cup remained ridiculous.
763
I'd like to withdraw my gratitude.
764
And our final word is reliable.
765
Re-li-a-ble.
766
Reliable.
767
If someone or something is reliable, you can depend on them or trust them to work well consistently.
768
She's very reliable.
769
If she says she'll be there, she'll be there.
770
We need a reliable internet connection for the meeting.
771
You'll often hear reliable person, reliable information, reliable source, and reliable service.
772
Like your toaster.
773
Ah, finally some respect for the toaster.
774
I said it was reliable.
775
I didn't say your 20 minutes of toaster research made sense.
776
That's different.
777
Your toaster works every morning.
778
It does what you need it to do.
779
Exactly.
780
That's what makes it reliable.
781
See?
782
My toaster has earned its place and word tour.
783
Your toaster has.
784
Your research habits haven't.
785
Fair.
786
So today we had sarcasm, allegedly commitment, glance, withdraw, and reliable.
787
Six useful words from one very random conversation.
788
Very random.
789
But surprisingly useful.
790
Exactly.
791
And knowing the words is one thing.
792
But knowing what to actually say in the moment is another.
793
Which sounds like?
794
Say it better.
795
You got there before me.
796
I'm becoming reliable.
797
Don't push it.
798
Too soon?
799
Way too soon.
800
Alright, it's time for Say It Better.
801
Today, we're keeping this one very conversational.
802
Four simple sentences that might come up in completely ordinary situations.
803
And as always, the simple sentence isn't necessarily wrong.
804
We're just giving you another natural way to express the same idea.
805
What's our first one?
806
I forgot.
807
Perfectly correct.
808
Absolutely.
809
But when something genuinely disappears from Remery, especially something you intended to do, you can say, it slipped my mind.
810
Very natural.
811
Did you reply to Daniel?
812
Oh no!
813
It completely slipped my mind.
814
Meaning you genuinely forgot.
815
You didn't deliberately ignore it.
816
Right.
817
It just disappeared from your thoughts.
818
Another example.
819
I meant to call her yesterday, but it slipped my mind.
820
Perfect.
821
Like answering a message two days later.
822
We don't need to reopen that.
823
Fair.
824
Next, I don't like it.
825
Clear.
826
Nothing wrong with it.
827
But sometimes you don't strongly dislike something.
828
It's simply not something you personally enjoy.
829
Then you can say, it's not really my thing.
830
Exactly.
831
Do you like horror movies?
832
Not really, they're not really my thing.
833
Or shopping for hours isn't really my thing.
834
That's definitely me.
835
What about spoilers?
836
Very much not my thing.
837
I knew that was coming.
838
And notice that this sounds softer than saying you hate something.
839
Right, you're just saying, that's not for me.
840
Exactly.
841
What's next?
842
I have no idea why.
843
Already pretty natural.
844
It is.
845
So this time, we're not really improving it, we're giving you another conversational option. Which is?
846
I couldn't tell you why.
847
I like that.
848
Imagine.
849
Why was there a spoon in your bag?
850
Anna.
851
I couldn't tell you why.
852
Perfect.
853
It means you genuinely don't have an explanation.
854
Why did I spend 20 minutes reading toaster reviews when my toaster already works?
855
I couldn't tell you why.
856
I could.
857
Please don't.
858
And our final one.
859
I changed my opinion.
860
Correct English.
861
Definitely.
862
But for everyday decisions and preferences, very often hear, I changed my mind.
863
Very common.
864
I thought I wanted the blue shirt, but I changed my mind.
865
Are you still going out tonight?
866
No, I changed my mind.
867
I'm staying home.
868
Powerful phrase.
869
Very useful.
870
And if you change your mind again?
871
You're allowed.
872
No paperwork?
873
None.
874
Excellent.
875
Now, change your opinion can still be useful when you're talking about what you believe or think about something.
876
But for everyday choices, I changed my mind is often the more natural choice.
877
Nice.
878
So today we had, it slipped my mind, it's not really my thing, couldn't tell you why, and I changed my mind.
879
Four simple expressions that fit perfectly into ordinary conversation.
880
Which is basically what today's episode has been.
881
Exactly.
882
You know what?
883
I still can't believe we've spent this much time talking about a spoon.
884
You spent this much time talking about a spoon.
885
You brought the spoon.
886
Accidentally.
887
Allegedly.
888
But I actually enjoyed today.
889
Me too.
890
No big topic.
891
Nothing we needed to solve.
892
Just one small story leading into another.
893
Which is how a lot of real conversations happen.
894
And hopefully, while you were listening, you noticed that natural English isn't always made of long or impressive sentences.
895
A lot of it is tiny reactions.
896
Really?
897
No way!
898
What happened?
899
You're joking.
900
I knew it!
901
Little phrases that show you're listening and give the other person somewhere to go.
902
So, English learners, tell us one random thing in the comments today.
903
Anything!
904
Something strange you saw?
905
Something embarrassing that happened?
906
Something mysterious you found in your bag?
907
Please let somebody else say spoon.
908
Or just tell us which part of today's conversation made you smile.
909
And if you enjoyed this relaxed style, give the episode a like.
910
That lets us know you'd like another episode where we simply sit down, start with one tiny thing, and somehow end up talking about everything.
911
Usually my fault.
912
Usually.
913
Wow.
914
Thank you so much for spending this time with us.
915
Keep listening, keep practicing.
916
And we'll see you in the next episode.
917
Take care, everyone.
918
Bye for now.
919
Bye.
920
Jake.
921
Hmm?
922
Seriously, where did you buy that cup?
923
I knew you'd come around.
924
I'm not buying one.
925
Allegedly.
926
Your progress doesn't end here.
927
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What You'll Practice in This English Lesson
This lesson uses a natural podcast conversation to help you master daily life English at the B1-B2 level. You'll practice understanding casual dialogue, picking up on conversational tone, and mimicking real-world speech patterns—key skills for english speaking practice. The video features a relatable chat between two speakers, making it easy to connect with the content and apply what you learn to your own interactions.
Essential Vocabulary & Phrases from the Dialogue
- Enormous: Very large (used here to describe a coffee cup).
- Dramatic: Exaggerated (e.g., "That's dramatic" when someone overreacts).
- Commitment: A serious dedication (humorously used for a large coffee).
- Barely: Hardly (e.g., "I barely drank it" meaning almost no coffee was consumed).
- Technically: According to the strict facts (used to justify a point).
These words and phrases are perfect for learn english with videos because they’re common in everyday chats, helping you sound more natural.
Pro Tips for Shadowing This Conversation
Shadowing—repeating speech immediately after the speaker—is a proven way to improve english pronunciation and fluency. Here’s how to use it with this video:
- Match the speed: The dialogue is casual, so don’t rush. Pause and replay short sections to keep up with the natural flow.
- Copy the tone: Notice how Anna teases Jake and how he responds playfully. Mimicking this tone will make your speech more engaging.
- Focus on contractions: The speakers use "it's," "I'm," and "don't" frequently. Shadowing these will help you sound less formal.
Practice daily for 10-15 minutes, and you’ll soon notice progress. Shadow speech techniques like these are why shadowspeaks is such a powerful tool for learners—they bridge the gap between listening and speaking.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.