I was laid off. Speaking English.

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English Coach Chad


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hey hey what do you say we practice speaking  English let's take a daily step forward let's  
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do it let's work on our fluency and our  pronunciation I received the news of being  
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laid off from my job today uhoh not good I  received what's another word for received I  
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got I got the news of being I was laid off laid  off you could say I was fired I was released  
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I was let go I was let go from my job today I  was fired laid off laid off is a good one all  
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right repeat repeat say it with me here we  go Shadow me I reive the news of being laid  
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off from my job today I received the news of  being laid off from my job today I received  
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the news of being laid off from my job today  all right get that Rhythm I had a gut feeling  
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it was coming during the meeting with the HR  department HR is human resources could be human  
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relations sometimes human relations department but  it's human resource department all right so they  
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handle all the employee uh rules and situations I  had a gut feeling what's a gut feeling a gut it's  
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in your gut your gut is here so you have a gut  feeling it's intuitive an intuitive feeling you  
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just know it I know it I feel it I feel it it's a  gut feeling I have a gut feeling I somehow knew I  
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knew I I just knew it I had a gut feeling I could  feel it in my gut that's another way to say it I  
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could feel it in my gut I could feel it in my gut  I had a gut feeling all right I had a gut feeling  
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was coming during the meeting with the HR  department again I had a gut feeling it was  
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coming during the meeting with the HR department I  had a gut feeling it was coming during the meeting  
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with the HR department what was coming that they  would get fired laid off right that's what they  
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had a gut feeling was going to come they knew they  were going to get fired all right despite mentally  
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preparing myself mentally preparing myself for  the possibility the confirmation hit me like a  
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ton of bricks it hit me like a ton of bricks if  something hits you like a ton of bricks it strikes  
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you very hard boom hit you like a ton of bricks  oh so despite mentally preparing myself for the  
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possibility the confirmation hit me like a ton of  bricks despite mentally preparing myself for the  
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possibility the confirmation hit me like a ton of  bricks say it with me despite mentally preparing  
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myself for the possibility the confirmation hit  me like a ton of bricks despite mentally preparing  
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myself for the possibility the confirmation hit  me like a ton of bricks a sinking feeling in my  
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heart and a chill running down my spine left me  momentarily speech L for the moment I could not  
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speak I was momentarily speechless a Sinking  Feeling a Sinking Feeling is a an unpleasant  
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feeling the a realization that something bad has  happened or something bad is about to happen and  
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you get this sinking feeling in your heart and  a chill like a coldness running down my spine  
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running going down my back a chill running down  my spine all right so running down my spine what  
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would that be that would be like a sudden and  intense feeling of fear unease anxiety a moment  
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a chill running down my spine I'm trying I'm  trying to think think what it could be it's it's  
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it's a feeling an intense feeling of fear unease  or anxiety that's what it is all right we got it  
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let's say it together a couple of times ready a  sinking feeling in my heart and a chill running  
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down my spine left me momentarily speechless a  sinking feeling in my heart and a chill running  
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down my spine left me momentarily speechless a  sinking feeling in my heart and a chill rning  
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down my spine left me momentarily speechless the  company's Focus was on cost cutting and improving  
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efficiency the company's Focus was on cost cutting  and improving efficiency the company's Focus was  
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on cost cutting and improving efficiency I didn't  Linger on the details and quietly left the room  
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I didn't Linger on the details linger I didn't  think too much about the details if you Linger on  
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something you you you you stay there too long you  think about it too much you Linger on it I didn't  
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Linger on the details and quietly left the room  as I sat outside trying to collect my thoughts  
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it took me a while to calm down but the worry  wouldn't leave me I sat outside trying to collect  
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my thoughts trying to become calm and organize  my thinking collect my thoughts organize my
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thinking it took me a while to calm down but  the worry wouldn't leave me I continued to
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worry as I sat outside trying to collect my  thoughts it took me a while to calm down but  
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the worry wouldn't leave me as I sat outside  trying to collect my thoughts it took me a  
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while to calm down but the worry wouldn't leave  me suddenly the reality of next month's rent  
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and other expenses hit me and I couldn't shake  off the stress shake off shake off means to to  
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deal with it to recover from it so I couldn't I  couldn't deal with the stress I couldn't recover  
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from the stress I couldn't shake off the stress  suddenly the reality of next month's rent and  
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other expenses hit me and I couldn't shake off  the stress suddenly the reality of next month's  
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rent and other expenses hit me and I couldn't  shake off the stress it became clear that I  
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wouldn't have a source of income in the near  future it became clear that I wouldn't have  
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a source of income in the near future it became  clear that I wouldn't have a source of income in  
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the near future all right it's an unfortunate  situation but hey that's our practice session  
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today let's go ahead and work with that text  you're going to Shadow me now you're going to  
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say it with me I'm going to try and say it nice  and natural my natural speed clear voice try to  
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say it with me here we go I received the news  of being laid off from my job today I had a gut  
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feeling it was coming during the meeting with ahr  Department despite mentally preparing myself for  
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the possibility the confirmation hit me like a  ton of bricks a Sinking Feeling in my heart and  
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a chill running down my spine left me momentarily  speechless the company's Focus was on cost cutting  
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and improving efficiency I didn't Linger on  the details and quietly left the room as I sat  
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outside trying to collect my thoughts it took me  a while to calm down but the worry wouldn't leave  
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me suddenly the reality of next month's rent  and other expenses hit me and I couldn't shake  
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off the stress it became clear that I wouldn't  have a source of income in the near future boom  
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good workout guys way to go keep moving forward  one little step at a time that was our practice  
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session for the day um I didn't mean to make  the slide like this oh well let's go to this one  
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all right join us on this 10,000  step journey to fluency get all  
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the steps at englishcoachchad.com  and I'll see you in the next step
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