AEE 2652: When to Call It- The American Narrative Toward Perseverance
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2652, When to Call It, The American Narrative Toward Perseverance.
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Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Hi, Michelle, I'm doing pretty well. How are you? How's it going? Yeah, I'm doing well, thanks. Lindsay, what is something you tried but gave up on recently? So it could be something like sweets, learning something, a good habit.
No, I did not give up on sweets, Michelle. I have more ice cream than ever in my fridge these days. But I would say the getting up early, I was doing it for a while and I've tried to sleep a bit more in the last few months. And so I've been like adjusting that a bit. So my walks are a little shorter in the morning. So I gave up on getting up super early to get more sleep.
Sleep is, I'm just realizing how unbelievably important it is. It is.
It's almost more important than anything in a way, right? What about you, Michelle? Is there anything you've given up on lately?
I've tried to give up on like, I've been trying to eat more in a clean way. I mean, even when I have processed food, it's with like cleaner ingredients. I'm really, really trying not to buy things with like, you know, the whole long list of ingredients. I'm not perfect. But I like really pay attention to that stuff more. I don't know if it's going to help. But try, so that's something. But today we're gonna talk about an expression we use when we stop something or give up. So what we can say is call it. And this was inspired by another podcast episode. We use this phrase in the role play. So if you want to check that out, that was All Ears English. No dice. Fun ways to say something didn't work. I love that.
Yes. No dice. That was fun. That was a fun episode to record. So guys, at the end of this episode, go and check that one out. But that is where the idea here came for today's episode. So do we have an excerpt from that roleplay then, Michelle?
Yeah. So this is how it came up. All right. All right. Wow. It sounds like tonight is not our night. I know. I say we just call it and try again next week. Agreed. All right. Call it, right? I say we just call it.
That is what we're focusing on today, right?
Right. It's like we announced that it's officially over somewhat, right?
Make the official announcement and there's no going back at that point. Essentially, it means to decide, right?
Yeah.
To decide something.
Yeah. I mean, you might hear this with like, I'm just thinking now when there's like rain at a baseball game. Oh, yeah. Yes. And they're trying to decide, are they going to keep it going? Are they going to wait?
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