# Spoken English | Polite Requests in English: Useful Phrases for Asking \[481\]

An episode of [Speak Better English with Harry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1474389130), 1 May 2024, 12 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/11803a930/podcast/play/126673507/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-2%2F433146747-44100-1-efcb93fdd0eb3319.mp3

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