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A Small Café in the Afternoon — Calm English Listening — Calm English Listening (B1)

· 30 min

Episode A Small Café in the Afternoon — Calm English Listening — Calm English Listening (B1)

0:00 29:38

Relax with calm, slow B1 English listening: a small café in the afternoon. Gentle stories, useful everyday phrases, and quiet repetition — for the evening, a walk, or before sleep.

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In this session:

00:12 Intro

00:12 Introduction

01:32 A Tuesday afternoon

09:46 Phrase review

12:49 Behind the counter

20:13 Quiet repetition

23:14 An afternoon, more slowly

27:42 Final phrases and goodnight

Useful phrases from this session:

• a corner table

• the hum of conversation

• to be a regular

• the usual

• to warm your hands on a cup

• to linger over a coffee

• to people-watch

• a refill

• to get lost in a book

• the last hour before closing

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