{"id":12,"date":"2007-05-26T23:25:37","date_gmt":"2007-05-27T06:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/05\/26\/bep-50-int-softening-negative-replies-part-2\/"},"modified":"2007-07-20T23:48:50","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T15:48:50","slug":"bep-50-int-softening-negative-replies-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/05\/26\/bep-50-int-softening-negative-replies-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 50 (Transcript &#038; Exercises) &#8211; Softening Negative Replies 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/05\/26\/bep-50-int-softening-negative-replies-part-2\/\">Click here to listen to the related podcast.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This is the second in a two-part series on softening negative replies. 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