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785. Crossword Puzzles & Word Origins (with Fred Eyangoh)

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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The First Kind of Fun One. It May Pop Before a Toast.

It may pop before a toast. A toast is when you raise a glass and say, I'd like to propose a toast. And if it goes to Freddy Ango and word quizzes, ching, and then you drink. So that would be a cork from a bottle, probably a bottle of champagne. Or Prosecco or one of the others. Cork. The next one is doze mate. So doze like D-O-E. Apostrophe S. Doelike a deer, a female deer. Buck. B-U-C-K. But what's the name of a male deer? Stag. Think of a deer with big antlers

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