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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 991 – Describing Distances.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 991. 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 Sandra and Roger that will include vocabulary we use in English to describe distances. Let’s get started.

Sandra: Where will we be staying when we visit Trumanville?

Roger: We’ll be staying in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the town, but a stone’s throw from some of the major sites we’ll want to see.

Sandra: I hope there’ll be a lot of taxis around. You know I hate to walk.

Roger: Trumanville is a very walkable city, and we’ll be within walking distance to everything. We’ll be able to go nearly