About this episode

This episode features the classic story of Orpheus and Eurydice while teaching 13 uses of the word 'long'.

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Topics covered

• classic stories
• language learning
• uses of long
• English stories
• education

Keywords

• Orpheus
• Eurydice
• long
• classic story
• English learning
• BBC Learning English

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio

Books & works: Orpheus and Eurydice

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