Proper English

Proper English S2E5: Get to Sleep!


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Do you know what the average person spends about 26 years of their life doing? Sleeping, that's what! This week, we're talking about words and phrases associated with sleep. It'll keep you awake at nights…

There are two Idioms of the Week: 'Burning the candle at both ends' and 'Counting sheep'. You'll need to do one, if you're doing the other!

 

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We used the following sounds from Freesound in this week's podcast:

 

Male Snore 3.wav by mattyharm

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Howler Monkey call on the Yucatan Peninsula by bmccoy2

This work is licensed under the Attribution License.

Sheep_Bleat.wav by n_audioman

This work is licensed under the Attribution License.

Music box lullaby by csnmedia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

 

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