AEE 2627: Do You Play It Safe When It Comes to Your English?

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What does it mean to play it safe with your English?

Lindsay McMahon 0:00

This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2627. Do you play it safe when it comes to your English? Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl. coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android. Start your seven-day free trial at allearsenglish.com forward slash app.

Michelle Kaplan 1:00

What is your risk tolerance? How has it changed throughout your life? Today, find out how to talk about this and why it matters for connection.

Lindsay McMahon 1:13

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How can you become fearless and fluent in English?

Lindsay McMahon 1:48

Go to allearsenglish.com slash B2. That's allearsenglish.com slash letter B number two. Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Hey, doing great today, Michelle. How are you? The sun's shining here in Denver. How's the weather where you are?

Michelle Kaplan 2:05

I mean, we had a huge snowstorm. It's cold. Yeah, are you digging out? Are you digging out from that storm? Yeah, we're out. It wasn't as bad as I think it could have been, but I'm not impressed with the weather. But... Yeah, yesterday I actually went out in the snow with my kids.

Unknown 2:25

Wow.

Michelle Kaplan 2:26

Yeah. Lindsay, I mean, we've talked about this sometimes before. Like if we're big risk takers. Yeah. Are you a risk taker? Like when you're like in the snow. Not really.

Lindsay McMahon 2:39

No, I'm careful. I'm pretty careful. I mean, I take risks in business, I guess, but in like physical aspects of life, I mean, I'm a skier, so that's risky, but like, yeah, if I go out, I'm not going to do crazy stuff. Like I'm not a 23 year old guy, you know? Um, yeah. But what kind of risks are we talking about in the snow? Like jumping into a snow angel or.

Michelle Kaplan 3:01

No, that's not like, you know, okay.

Lindsay McMahon 3:03

If you see like an icy set of stairs. Oh, I do avoid them.

Michelle Kaplan 3:07

Do you like what do you do?

Lindsay McMahon 3:09

Well, if I have to go up them, I would take them. I just go really slow and hold the railing. Probably.

Michelle Kaplan 3:13

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's good to play it safe in the snow. You know, guys avoid the ice and things like that.

What is your risk tolerance when speaking English?

Michelle Kaplan 3:19

But yeah, play it safe, by the way. That is the expression that we were talking about today. Yes.

Lindsay McMahon 3:26

What does that mean to play it safe? Well, it can mean a lot of things. That's why today's episode is going to be interesting. It's not just about physically being safe, right? Sometimes it's about leaving extra time so that you're not late. Sometimes it's about double checking details so you don't make a big mistake, right? Yeah. Yeah. It just means to do something while being careful, right? To not be too cautious.

Do you feel your English is good enough?

Lindsay McMahon 3:51

Yeah, you're cautious.

Michelle Kaplan 3:51

Yes. You got cautious. Not too risky. Yeah. So, for example, let's play it safe and leave a little early. Lindsay, do you tend to leave early?

Lindsay McMahon 4:00

Yeah, I usually leave on the earlier side. I was watching something or maybe it was something I saw on social media. Someone was explaining... They were saying they're a late person and how that happens. They were saying that they'll have a moment where they're like, hmm, I should leave right now. I should leave this event starting. I should leave.

How can you express complex ideas more naturally?

Lindsay McMahon 4:23

But they feel this sense of greed for their time. And maybe they're reading a book and they want to finish that chapter. So they'll override the intuition and they'll say. Override. Oh, no, no. I just want to finish this chapter. I deserve this. Like I deserve my time.