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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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Dam, Dam and Dam?

The 1930s call, they want their vocab back. I and Ado were really like... Crossword. You just see them all the time. And then when you know you, so it's like... Kerfuffle in three letters,. When there's a block across a river. A dam. It's the same. So, for you, the expression of frustration is ... Dam. The Hoover Day. People or Beavers? Yeah, indeed. Pan. Like Beavers. Next one. Whenever I say they, I mean Beavers. They, yeah, oh no. Exactly. That's like, dam and blast. God dam, that's D-A. Same

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