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If you're learning English and you want to know the correct word to use in a particular situation, if you get stuck thinking of the right preposition, if you are puzzled by definite and indefinite articles, then Proper English is the podcast for you!
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
This week, we're looking at the perils and pitfalls of translation, and asking: just how accurate are translation apps? We're talking about a number of different idioms this week - and what happens when you translate them from one language into another and then back…
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This podcast uses the following music:
NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
and uses the following music as the opening and closing themes:
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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