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779. [2/2] Poetry Reading: Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (by Simon Armitage)

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

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I'll Give You One Free Hit, I Won't Flinch

So who's going to claim to take this axe and keep it? I afford one free hit, from which i won't flinch. No one came forward. And the green knight started scoffing like, ha. So he's saying that in a year and a day, i will come back to claim my half of the bargain. But arthur stepped up and said to this your request, he countered, is quite insane. 'No warrior worth his salt would be worried by your words' He strides to him swiftly and seizes his arm. The man mountain dismounts in one mighty leap. Then arthur grips the axe, grabs it by its haft and takes it above

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