Freezing to Death in Scotland (Conversation)

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So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it.

I couldn't stick around for long, though, as I had to whiz back to London on the train to take the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Sounds boring, but in fact it allowed me to process old failures, reconnect with academia, and set me up on a good mental path for my move to China. Learn all this more in this episode of Easy Stories in English!

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Vocabulary: Camper van, RV, Quaker, Ceilidh, Pass rate, Emotional breakdown, Close the loop, Peter Pan syndrome, Puer aeternus, Heart rate variability, 'It hits different', Shibboleth

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