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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 394: Describing Hatred and Anger.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 394. 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 Danica and Neil about anger and hatred, some common vocabulary we use when we are angry with someone. Let’s get started.

Danica: Calm down! Stop throwing things! Have you gone berserk?

Neil: Calm down?! Calm down?! You don’t know what just happened.

Danica: I’ve never seen you lose your temper like this before. Take a deep breath and tell me what happened.

Neil: Okay, you know that I like Samantha, right? Well, I told Malik last week. I just