Easy Stories in English

I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)

May 4, 2026·27 min
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Get episodes without adverts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your support is appreciated! Enough is enough. Something has to change. I’m sorry everyone, but I can’t do episodes every fortnight anymore. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Cant for the full transcript. New Vocabulary Binge – to do a lot of one thing in one go, e.g. to binge a TV show A leap of faith – a big, scary decision in your life – comment and let me know what leap of faith you’ve been putting off in your life! Watching paint dry – an expression we use to refer to a very boring activity On the back burner – when you keep putting off an important project because it’s not urgent ‘That sucks’ – a colloquial way of saying something is bad Fortnight – two weeks, or fourteen days (UK English) To kick in – to start taking effect, e.g. when a medicine kicks in Anodyne – boring, uninspired, unoriginal Anecdote – a small story from everyday life A preview – when you get to see/hear part of something before it’s released Video about North Korean pop culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T-pPPUAppk 00:00 Intro 01:24 New Vocabulary 07:37 How tastes have changed 10:45 Me vs. the other English learning podcasts 14:04 Bored of my own style 16:34 I need more time 18:19 Big plans 19:42 Story preview! 24:27 Vocabulary Recap 25:29 Tell me about your leap of faith! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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