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A woman has a loving husband and children, and she's great at her job. So why is she sad? One day, she opens the freezer door and sees the way into another world. If she goes, she will lose her husband and children. But could she be happy there?

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Level: Beginner.

Genre: Philosophical.

Vocabulary: Freeze, Freezer, Cheek, Pick at, Kid, Nightmare, Gooseberry, Cliff, Sober, Weigh something up, Parallel universe.

Setting: Modern.

Word Count: 1517.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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Today I talk to Bree Aesie from the Into the Story podcast about how to use stories in your everyday life, what makes a great communicator and some interesting memory techniques.

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In today's episode, learn all about the second-largest city in Germany with the world's largest model railway, how I'm conquering my fears with a piece of paper, the controversial new smoking bans in the UK and my fabulous new course Story Builders!

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Vocabulary: ‘How did you find…?’, Streak (record), Leafy, Suburb, Model railway, Nerd, Cityscape, VR, Overwhelmed, Demolish, Bulge out, Privilege, Cobbled, Mortar, Rest on your laurels, CV, Bubbly, Rejection, Trial shift, Bucket list, Resilient, Ban, Phased ban, Nanny state, Vaping, Second-hand smoke

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A king meets a woman who grows pumpkins. She gives him water in a dirty old jug, and then she breaks it. The king thinks this is strange, but he likes the woman. So he gives her a challenge: if she can put a big pumpkin in a small jug, he will marry her. But she cannot break the jug or the pumpkin. Can she do it?

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Level: Beginner.

Genre: Romance.

Vocabulary: Pumpkin, Jug, Pick (flowers), Poppy, Thirsty, Bow (verb), Hole, Fit, Rule (noun), Impossible, Landslide victory, A good match, Come into season.

Setting: Fairytale.

Word Count: 1348.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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Misty the Snake loves eating other people's pets. This does not make the people of the United Kingdom happy. So her owner takes her to Brazil, but really she wants to go home to Ghana...

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Level: Beginner.

Genre: Comedy

Vocabulary: Sneak, Parcel, Queue, Bubble wrap, Marmite, Lick, Ex, Prison bars, Put a bounty on someone’s head, Owner, Tongue, Yeast.

Setting: Modern.

Word Count: 1457.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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In today's episode, I talk all about how I injured my leg at my sister's wedding, the race riots currently happening in the UK, not so nice, and end with some motivation for all of you. Very nice. Keep listening to learn English!

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Vocabulary: Buddy, Nomenclature, Yap, Gen Z, Segment, Ramble, Civil partnership, Registrar, Brother-in-law, Bonfire, Cartwheel, Pull a hamstring, Ceilidh, Gaelic, Calves, Killing me, Polyamorous, Sedate, Woo woo, Stoic, Two sides of the same coin, Adman, Conscript, Eyewitness, Testify, Tabloid newspaper, Beaver, Rewilding, Double whammy, Food for thought, Ultra-processed food, A rule of thumb, Livestock, Calf (cow), Fasting

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Tobias arrives at St Gummarus' School for Nasty Children. At first, he thinks his parents might have made a mistake, because all the kids here are badly behaved and nasty. But he soon realises that deep down, they are good, and they're threatening his mission to do evil. So Tobias decides to use goodness as a weapon...

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Level: Intermediate.

Genre: Philosophical.

Vocabulary: Frame someone for something, Theology, Wet the bed, Ripple, Detention, Do-gooder, Put your head down, Oxbridge, Indoctrination, PE, Brush yourself off, A-level, ‘Even if I die trying’, Practically vibrating.

Setting: Modern.

Word Count: 4021.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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When Tobias's parents ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, 'Evil.' There's just one problem: his parents are devoted Christians! As Tobias does more and more bad things, his parents try to find ways to make him good, until finally there is only one option left...

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Level: Intermediate.

Genre: Philosophical.

Vocabulary: Evil, Lord, Mass, Hypocrisy, Rota, Seven deadly sins, Spit, Test the waters, Tabernacle, Chapel, Host (Christianity), A cross to bear, Satan, Boarding school, Bullying, Atheist.

Setting: Modern.

Word Count: 3625.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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A fisherman finds a golden fish. The golden fish says it can grant his wishes. But the fisherman doesn't wish for anything. However, when his wife gets home she says she wants a new house. So the next day the fisherman catches the golden fish again and wishes for a new house. That starts a series of events that ends in disaster...

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Level: Beginner.

Genre: Philosophical.

Vocabulary: Fisherman, Hut, Stormy, Calm (weather), Let go of, Grant a wish, Nag, Education, Politics, Revolution.

Setting: Fairytale.

Word Count: 1086.

Author: Fairy Tales.

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Today's episode comes from the Into the Story podcast. Check it out if you like the idea of learning English with real-life stories - and I'm sure you do!

Laurie Skreslet and a team of climbers face difficult conditions as they attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest — will they make it?

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Level: Upper-intermediate

Accent: Canadian 

5 words and expressions in today's story:

- TO BRACE YOURSELF: means to prepare yourself for something that might be difficult or unpleasant.  

- TO KEEP PACE WITH vs TO FALL BEHIND: To keep pace means to stay at the same speed or level. To fall behind means to not keep up with others.

- TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS: to start focusing on an important task or activity, and stop wasting time. 

- TO BE TOUCHED BY SOMETHING: used figuratively, this means to be emotionally moved or affected by something. 

- TO SINK IN: means to start to understand or realize the truth of something. 

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