Listen "What Getting a Tattoo Feels Like"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, I sit back and trace the ink etched into my skin.I speak about reckless choices, the sting of the needle, and the strange calm that follows pain.This is a story about tattoos - how they mark time, how they fade, and how they hold memory in the body.If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to carry your own diary on your skin, this one’s for you.✨ Get this episode’s transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138721327🧠 Today We Learn:Vocabulary: Pain, Body & Sensations, Art, Expression & Stories, Informal & Colloquial SpeechGrammar: Inferred Conditionals / Conversational If-Omission where the word if is dropped but the meaning is still clear from context, Pragmatic Hedging with Modal-like Verbs / Expressions to soften a statement or make it less absolute by using modal verbs or cautious expressions, Mixed Conditionals (Time-Shifted) where the time in the if-clause and the result-clause don’t match.🐣 Too difficult? Search:“Beginner English with James” (beginner)“Slow English with James” (intermediate)
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