a promise

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,252 – Reneging on a Promise.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,252. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue between Jean-Paul and Charlene about someone who says he’s going to do something, who promises to do something, and then doesn’t. Let’s get started.

Jean-Paul: What’s going on? I thought it was a done deal.

Charlene: I think you misunderstood. The last time we talked, I said I would think about partnering up, but now that I have, I’m going to beg off.

Jean-Paul: What you said was that you were agreeable to the idea and that