This is the third and final part of the story 'The Harmonica Players'.
Here are the B2 phrases I discuss in the podcast.

1) This was not the familiar peaceful atmosphere of Oxted.

2) He found London rather threatening.

3) An awful lot of unfamiliar people who packed the streets.

4) You were swept along by dense, hostile crowds of total strangers.

5) A black man in a hat, moving quickly towards Jeffrey in the opposite direction, bumped straight into him.

6) Jeffrey, although in his fifties, was quite a well-built man, so managed to keep his feet.

frostily
coldly
icily
Which one do I use in the story?
7) 'That’s my wallet!' said Jeffrey ????. 'What do you want from me?'

8) Jeffrey felt he had no choice. He reluctantly took out his own harmonica from his pocket.

9) While Jeffrey was still trying to figure out what he had meant by that comment.

10) He wasn’t ready, but he wanted to give it a go. (I also use give it a try, which has the same meaning,)

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Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and...