{"id":53234,"date":"2014-05-07T01:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T01:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/survive-fast-native-english-speaker-situations\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:56:49","slug":"survive-fast-native-english-speaker-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/survive-fast-native-english-speaker-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 110: Do you Feel Clueless? 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