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  • 21: Mountain Dream

    21: Mountain Dream
    Jun 6 2025
    In this episode, you’ll learn some ways of talking about your dreams. Sometimes dreams are hard to describe. This story shows how our character, Karl, uses English to describe things that are out of the ordinary. Karl goes to the mountains with his grandmother. They rent a little house by a stream. It’s quiet there and Karl sleeps very well. And as he and his grandmother have breakfast, he tells her about a very strange dream he had… Support the podcast at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast and take lessons with me! Send Karl an email. His address is karl@boxcarenglish.com
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    9 min
  • 020: Eleven Deer

    020: Eleven Deer
    Jun 3 2025
    Karl sees eleven deer in his yard. He wishes they would let him pet them. They, of course, do not. Then he thinks about one time when he ate deer meat. Support the podcast at patreon.com/BoxcarEnglishPodcast. You’ll get access to all the transcripts! And more things. Great things. Visit Boxcarenglish.com to take lessons with me. I can teach you all kinds of stuff about English. I love teaching writing, and how to be a creative writer. Do you want to write a novel in English? Let me help you.
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    6 min
  • 019: The Doctor

    019: The Doctor
    May 30 2025
    Karl gets sick and goes to visit the doctor… He’s worried he didn’t really need to go. But it’s important to see the doctor when you’re sick. This is a great way to learn about how to speak in an important situation. This podcast works even better with the transcript! You can get them for just the price of a cup of coffee at the Boxcar English Patreon page !
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    7 min
  • 018: Action Movie

    018: Action Movie
    May 26 2025
    This episode is about how watching a movie makes you feel. It’s about watching an action movie. It’s about feeling like you can do all the things you see in an action movie… Have you ever felt this way before? Tell me about it, at karl@boxcarenglish.com
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    11 min
  • Boxcar English - 017 - Police Stop

    Boxcar English - 017 - Police Stop
    May 23 2025
    There are some essential phrasal verbs in here! Especially if you’re in the USA. Such as : “pull over” – this means to stop your car on the side of the road. It’s what you have to do when a police car flashes its lights behind you. Fortunately, nothing bad happens during this police stop. But it’s never fun being stopped by the police! And it’s better if you know what to do in case it happens. And if you drive in the United States, it is very likely to happen!
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    7 min
  • Boxcar English - 016 - Jazz House

    Boxcar English - 016 - Jazz House
    May 20 2025
    Sometimes life encounters jazz. And it stops to listen. And sometimes listening makes you want to do. Listening is doing! Please write to me about what you think about jazz. Do you listen to jazz? Do you play jazz? Send me an email at karl@boxcarenglish.com Let me hear how your English is coming. You could be featured in a future episode.
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    7 min
  • Boxcar English - 015 - The Sun Comes Out

    Boxcar English - 015 - The Sun Comes Out
    May 16 2025
    Listen to this story and soak up some authentic American phrases! The weather changes everything. It changed my day today. I had a lot of work to do. I also had to do something outside. It was raining outside, and I got wet. Finally, I was able to start working! But then the sun came out. And I couldn’t stand to stay inside.
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    6 min
  • Boxcar English - 014 - Catching a Ride

    Boxcar English - 014 - Catching a Ride
    May 13 2025
    You’ll find a surprisingly emotional story in this episode, and some interesting, authentic phrases too. I was walking with my dog when it started to rain. A car drove by — and I caught a ride with it… Listen to the episode to find out what happened. Please send me a message at karl@boxcarenglish.com, and tell me if you’ve ever been hitchhiking (some places call this “autostop”).
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    7 min