{"id":70554,"date":"2023-07-27T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=70554"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:44:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:44:51","slug":"a-lot-of-smores-or-just-a-few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/a-lot-of-smores-or-just-a-few\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 2033: Do You Want a Lot of S&#8217;Mores or Just a Few?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When reaching 99% fluency, \u2018a few\u2019 and \u2018a lot\u2019 are staples for your language repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen in today to learn the difference and find out how Aubrey cooks her s\u2019mores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"2033 - Do You Want a Lot of S&#039;Mores or Just a Few?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-yeGLsR3E4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-review-of-few-and-a-few\"><strong>Review of \u2018few\u2019 and \u2018a few\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay asks Aubrey how her summer is going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey answers she has had a very busy summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She shares that she always thinks when her kids are done with school for the year that things will slow down for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this never happens and things seem to just get busier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s episode, Lindsay and Aubrey answer a question sent by an All Ears English listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cHi guys! 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