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I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)

I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)4. Mai28 Min.

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Enough is enough. Something has to change. I’m sorry everyone, but I can’t do episodes every fortnight anymore.

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New Vocabulary

Binge – to do a lot of one thing in one go, e.g. to binge a TV show

A leap of faith – a big, scary decision in your life – comment and let me know what leap of faith you’ve been putting off in your life!

Watching paint dry – an expression we use to refer to a very boring activity

On the back burner – when you keep putting off an important project because it’s not urgent

‘That sucks’ – a colloquial way of saying something is bad

Fortnight – two weeks, or fourteen days (UK English)

To kick in – to start taking effect, e.g. when a medicine kicks in

Anodyne – boring, uninspired, unoriginal