🗣️Improve your pronunciation and listening skills with this American English shadowing practice episode from the Learn English Podcast.

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My friend invited me to run a marathon with her. I didn’t want to, so I told her right away, “hard pass.” She kept asking, but I was a hard no. Some things you just don't negotiate.

Later, my friends were going out, but I was hard up for cash. I told them I had a hard out so I could leave early. It’s a hard knock life, but I do the best I can.

🎙️In this episode, learners listen first, repeat, and then shadow full conversational paragraphs containing common slang expressions like hard pass, hard no, hard up, and hard knock life. Shadowing is one of the most effective techniques for developing natural American English p ...