Odds and ends | Learn English with real-life stories | Bonus 108

In this episode, Andrew shares a story about trying to clean out his junk drawer and exchange some of the coins he's been saving up for the past few years at the bank. What seemed like a simple task turns out to be surprisingly complicated. Tune in to hear all the details of this everyday adventure and improve your English at the same time!
This episode will help you improve your English in several ways:
✅ Listening skills: Practice understanding naturally spoken English through Andrew's storytelling about his junk drawer cleaning and coin exchange adventure.
✅ Vocabulary building: Learn new words and expressions related to household tasks and banking. You will learn useful expressions like "odds and ends," "spare change," "cash out," and "paid off."
✅ Pronunciation practice: Use the episode to shadow Andrew's pronunciation to become a clearer speaker.
✅ English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.
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[@njkang5906]

I'm a Korean, and I'm glad to listen to your podcast for being fluet in English. It's interesting.

[@Culips]

Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you enjoyed this episode.

[@almouataztech195]

Hi Andrew! My name is El Mouataz from Morocco. I've been listening to you for almost one year, and I have improved my listening skills thanks to your podcasts. Thank you so much, and keep it up!

[@Culips]

Hi El Mouataz! That's awesome, I'm glad your finding Culips helpful. Thanks for learning English with us.

[@user-fw1lr6zq7d]

Whenever I travel, I always end up with some leftover coins. Since they are useless when I return home, I usually drop them into the donation box at the airport.

[@Culips]

Donating them at the airport is a wonderful idea. I'll do that next time!

[@micheledeschamps804]

So many coins in our junk drawer (after 46 years of marriage)! The idea was to use them every time we would return to a specific country. But alas, the coins we have kept are usually not valid any longer ...

[@Culips]

46 years! I'm sure you have quite the coin collection. That's a good point, I'm sure many of the coins I've collected during my travels are also no longer usable.

[@JonasL_]

👍

[@user-pp1yq6uo1n]

I have many little things ,so I have many boxes like junk drawers to conserve

[@Culips]

It’s so easy to save junk and so hard to organize it or throw it away 😭

[@karolbadzielewski3266]

I knew that the word for today would be "coin"

[@Culips]

You read my mind. Maybe I should make the completion code more difficult next time 🤔Thanks for checking out this episode!

[@BiboyArcasitas]

Coin

[@Culips]

Well done!

[@Sidr706]

In my country, there is no coin. we only use cash or credit card

[@Culips]

Nice! That's definitely an easier way to do it.