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📕 Part 1: Songs

Can everyone sing? Maria puts Rory on the spot about his musical talents, leading to a hilarious confession about sounding like someone is 'murdering a cat'. Find out what he really thinks!

Maria & Rory

· 4 min read

This episode’s vocabulary

Pumped

adj. — excited about something.

Flights of fantasy

idiom — an imaginative but unrealistic idea.

To hum

verb — to sing without opening your mouth.

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