AEE 2657: What Happened When You Were About to Leave?
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2657. What happened when you were about to leave?
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On today's episode Aubrey and Michelle answer a listener question about we were about to leave and we went to leave. What's the difference? Find out today to make your stories much more engaging.
Have you ever met someone whose English wasn't perfect, but they sounded incredibly fluent? That's because fluency isn't about perfection. It's about flow. It's about expressing ideas clearly, responding naturally, and staying engaged in the conversation and generally feeling connected. If you're ready to move beyond accuracy and into true fluency, start by finding your current level. Take our free two-minute fluency quiz today. Go to allearsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's allearsenglish.com slash f-l-u-e-n-c-y-s-c-o-r-e. Hello, Michelle. How are you?
Hi, Aubrey. I am doing well. How are you? Well, I accidentally turned my tattoo purple.
So you guys can see it's purple if you're looking on YouTube. It was this beautiful brown henna, but it was fading. But that's a great accident. I mean, I love the purple.
I agree.
It's a happy accident. You remember Bob Ross?
That's what I would think.
He'd mess up a tree and be like, happy accident. Yes. That's my tattoo. It's a happy accident.
I like the purple. I think it's fun. I do too. I do too. But I do have a question for you. Okay, let's hear it. Do you ever go to leave your house and then remember or realize that you forgot something like maybe car keys or wallet, purse, phone, whatever it may be?
Constantly. Yesterday, I went to leave and my car wouldn't start. So I just realized I didn't have the keys in the car because now it's a push start. So if my keys are in my purse, it'll just start. But I was like, well, I just got to go back inside and get the keys. That happens pretty much constantly. What about you?
Yeah.
um yeah of course oh my gosh especially with kids like little kids then someone is asking oh i needed a snack and you realize oh i didn't bring the suntan lotion i didn't bring this i didn't bring that i forgot in fact my stuff the reason my henna was fading is because i kept forgetting to bring a long sleeve shirt and i was going to be outside playing volleyball or pickleball or something and if i could wear a long sleeve shirt it would be fine because it's Went to leave, didn't have the long sleeve. And so it made my henna fade really fast. Sad. But I got tattooed and thought they were black. They were purple. But you know what?
What language question kicks off this episode about 'we went to leave' vs 'we were about to leave'?
Happy accident. Happy accident. So this is interesting. We say this a lot. I went to leave or I always go to leave and this happens. We got a great question on YouTube about this.
And this question comes to us from Sophia, who we absolutely love, sends us amazing questions. Thank you, Sophia. Aubrey, would you read the question for us?
Absolutely. And this might have actually been emailed in. I didn't realize it was Sophia. Hello, Sophia. Shout out and thank you for all of your amazing questions. She said, hi, Lindsay, Michelle and Aubrey. I was listening to your episode. Don't let English vocabulary break down on you. And I had a quick question about one part. Aubrey said, we went to leave and it wouldn't start. It's the same thing.
How do Aubrey and Michelle introduce fluency and the episode's learning goals?
I went to leave and my car wouldn't start. I'm a little confused about went to leave. Does it basically mean we were about to leave? Is there any difference between those two? Thanks so much. I love the show and learn a lot from you guys.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:45
2
What language question kicks off this episode about 'we went to leave' vs 'we were about to leave'?
3:45–4:29
3
How do Aubrey and Michelle introduce fluency and the episode's learning goals?
4:29–8:42
4
What personal stories do the hosts share about forgetting keys and leaving the house?
8:42–12:53
5
What exactly did Sophia ask about 'went to leave' and 'were about to leave'?
12:53–18:16
Speakers
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