English Addict Live Lesson 030 - Wed 22nd January 2020 - test your grammar - there, their, they're.

4,717 views ・ 2020-01-22

English Addict with Mr Duncan


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mmm-hmm look outside look at the terrible
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weather it is very murky very misty here today incredibly humid here in the UK in fact
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there it is look at that now right now outside my window everything is
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looking very misty very foggy welcome once again to another english addict
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live and today unfortunately I'm not feeling very well
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so I'm looking for your sympathy today I need your sympathy I'm not feeling too
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well I've caught a cold two days ago I felt ill I felt slightly unwell and I
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knew straight away that a cold was on the way you know what I'm talking about
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it's that feeling that you get when your nose is burning and your throat is sore
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and suddenly your head feels like it is spinning round and round and that is how
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I feel right now I didn't sleep very well last night either so that hasn't
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really helped my health and temper to be honest I stayed up for about three hours
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in front of the log fire keeping myself warm trying to comfort myself as I
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coughed sneezed and white my nose many many times so I suppose the big question
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today must be how many times will I sneeze on the live stream I don't know
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how many times it will be but I'm sure it might be quite a few so it's very
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murky misty outside there is another view looking into the back garden you
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can see everything is very strange today it is very I suppose the word is
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atmospheric it is a very atmospheric day here in the UK everything is looking
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rather murky I love that word by the way murky if something is murky it is hard
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to see or it is hard to tell what the reality is so maybe if you are looking
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out of your window and everything is murky
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it means misty however something can also be murky when we are talking about
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things that are done that maybe shouldn't be done things that are
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breaking the law so maybe a person is involved in some murky business
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something that is not completely legal so hello everyone I hope you are having
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a good week we have made it all the way halfway through the week yes it's
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Wednesday
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hello to you all thank you for joining me so I hope you will bear with me I
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hope you will understand the fact that if I make some mistakes if I suddenly
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sneeze or maybe cough or collapse on the floor the reason is because I'm a little
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bit under the weather so I suppose I should have stayed in bed this morning
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because I didn't sleep very well last night and I've got a stinking cold
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stinking cold so if you have a very bad fever or a very bad illness you can say
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that something is stinking so at the moment I have a stinking cold and I feel
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not very well to be honest anyway enough about me who wants to hear about me
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moaning about my health I'm sure no one does to be honest hello to the live chat
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hello all a big special hello to Martha Martha Poland hello to you guess what
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you are first on today's live chat
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I only just have enough energy to clap my hands I'm feeling very weak today
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unfortunately hello also sweetness hello also to
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Vitesse Elinor Alamgir Cecilia hello Cecilia welcome to my little sick corner
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at the moment not feeling very well I will try not to mention it too many
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times because I'm sure you don't want to hear about it I have my special sweets
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to help my throat also I have lots and lots of tissue paper as well just in
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case I have to wipe my nose blow my nose
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so I'm all prepared for that hello also to buy an hello also Belarusian nice to
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see you here today mervy Luis Mendez nice to see you back
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as well Pedro Belmont Petro it's Pedro Pedro
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Belmont is here Cristina Cristina I hope everything is
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ok the sound is not good now isn't it good oh I wonder why let me just have a
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look the sound is not good apparently oh let's have a look
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apparently something is wrong with the sound well at this end at this end
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everything is alright maybe you are talking about my cold perhaps I think so
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maybe you are talking about my slight illness hello Rosa Irene also sweetness
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again Costel hello crystal Robert nice to see you back again as well
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Tan Chang says you have a fantastic garden well it normally looks fantastic
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however today it is looking a little bit murky and misty so that is the view
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right now outside the window it looking rather murky how many more times
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will I use that word today I don't know Irene hello Irene
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today we will be having another round of our new grammar quiz if I survive called
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grammar llama dingdong and today we are talking about these words so I will be
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testing you on the uses of these words I will ask you some questions I will give
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you some sentences with certain words missing and what you have to decide is
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where those words go and which one is the correct word to use yesterday the
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weather was lovely actually yesterday in fact all this week we've had some lovely
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weather would you like to have a look at the glorious sunset that I had just two
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days ago so this is something I filmed from my my window at the top of the
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stairs in the house so here it is so that is the view the other night as the
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Sun was setting and as you can see this the sky was rather lovely in fact
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apparently the sunset was so nice even people on Twitter were talking about the
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sunset so that was the sunset two days ago
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and it was rather nice a beautiful sunset and looking rather serene and
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peaceful as well unfortunately there is no sound to go with that so
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unfortunately all you have to do now is imagine the birds singing and try to
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forget about my voice talking over the top so I hope you enjoyed that the view
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out of the window the other night a very nice view it was so nice it was actually
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trending on Twitter but then again I suppose most things nowadays are
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trending somewhere on Twitter hello Theo I wish you get well soon did you have
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the flu vaccine well fortunately this is not flu this is just one of those
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seasonal colds that lots of people get at the moment and because of this of
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course I can't go to visit my mum in hospital so my mother sadly is still in
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hospital and because of my cold I can't even go to the hospital to see my mum
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because I can't spread my my cold to all the people in the hospital ward so
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that's a real shame I was looking forward to going yesterday to see my mum
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but I couldn't do it I was feeling too ill and of course if you are unwell it
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is always a good idea not to visit the hospital I think so pal Mira
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Noemi also Belarusian again Jimmy from Hong Kong oh hello Jimmy from Hong Kong
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apparently the year of the rat is on its way
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oh yes this weekend on Saturday it is the Chinese New Year the Lunar New Year
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kicks off once more and this year or should I say during the next lunar year
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it will be the year of the rat oh dear and apparently this particular star sign
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this lunar astrological sign apparently is supposed to be unlucky for those who
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had their birth sign the year before so if last year it was your birth sign a
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lot of people believe that the rats year will be unlucky for you well that took a
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lot of explaining so Thank You Jimmy for telling us all and yes of course this
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weekend a lot of people in China ian's and millions of people will be
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setting off to visit their family a lot of family reunions take place during the
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Chinese New Year and it is the largest movement of people anywhere in the world
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millions and millions of people will be heading home to visit their family and
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of course you may have heard in the news that there is another outbreak of a
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serious illness which has so far affected quite a few people in China and
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also the first cases have been reported in the USA as well which reminded me of
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my time in China when I first arrived in China way back in 2003
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you may remember there was an outbreak of something called SARS which is very
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similar to the thing that is spreading at the moment the corona virus so it's
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very similar apparently it's not the same as SARS but so far no one is
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calling it's ours but it does remind me a little bit of my time in China when
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everyone went home everyone left China all of the foreign students all of the
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foreign teachers and the foreign workers everyone left China in 2003 they all
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returned home I stayed behind so I decided to risk it so I didn't go home
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and I had a rather nice couple of months and they paid me as well so they paid me
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to stay and do nothing and everywhere I was closed so all of the restaurants all
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of the places to eat were actually shut down because of the transmission of SARS
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so that's what happened to me during my time in China way back in 2003 so time
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will tell whether this is something similar we will have to wait and see
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what happens so a happy new lunar year of course in
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other countries as well people celebrate the Lunar New Year as well Muhammad
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Mustapha also Irene and Maria I'm saying hello to Maria considering my my very
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sore and rough voice at the moment I thought that was very good
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what did you think I hope you are feeling well today my home is far away
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from China but I can find Chinese walking everywhere says Pedro I would
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imagine there are a lot of people in Brazil maybe working you will also find
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very similar situations in Australia and certain parts of Africa as well so
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certain African countries have a very strong tie with China
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hello also - and dear mr. Duncan I'm glad to join you I'm glad to join your
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English lessons you are more than welcome I don't know how long I will be
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here today because I'm not feeling great I'll be honest let's cheer ourselves up
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yesterday I was in the garden and I decided to do something I haven't done
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for a long time I decided to do some filming of the birds on my bird feeder
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but not far away I wanted to get close up and personal with the birds so there
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you can see in my garden some birds coming along to feed some blue tips and
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Oh aren't they lovely I don't know why I love seeing birds very close up there is
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something magical about getting this close to a bird because quite often
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birds are very I they don't like they don't like
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getting too close to human beings so there you can see a couple of blue tits
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on my bird feeder and they look very happy don't you think
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and here's another view Oh
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come on birds and there they are that looks like that looks like a blue tit as
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well a lot of blue tits feeding in my garden at the moment because there are
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no insects for them to eat unfortunately nothing for them I'm afraid I suppose
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the thing that makes this particular video clip so magical is the fact that
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you can hear the sounds as well I love it I love the sounds of nature I saw I
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hope you enjoyed that something to cheer us all up at the moment hi Lee Kwang
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says I prefer I prefer it if you call it the Lunar New Year instead of the
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Chinese New Year well I was talking about the Chinese New Year because I
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wanted to refer to the fact that I know a little bit about it because I lived in
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China but yes of course we call it the Lunar New Year
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so that refers to the cycle not of the Sun but of the moon hence the word Luna
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ESCA hello mr. Duncan I am sorry I couldn't see your lair livelesson less
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time because I didn't have time it's all right don't worry I understand that you
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have lots of things to do I have things to do you have things to do so if you
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can't always join my live streams it's okay I understand it's fine I love the
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English language you may have noticed that I am a little bit of there it is
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I'm a little bit of in English addict do you like English
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there are some very interesting words in the English language and here are some
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words that I'm going to show you now what I want you to do is tell me what
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all of these words mean so all the words that you are about to see have the same
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definition they have the same meaning and there it is
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the words are kerfuffle pallava a ruckus brouhaha and these are all real English
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words they are honestly so these things describe a certain situation but what
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kind of situation do these words describe kerfuffle pallava ruckus
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brouhaha I will keep them on the screen for a few more minutes
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and then you can have a look at them kerfuffle pallava ruckus brouhaha
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they are all used in the English language but what do they all mean they
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all have the same meaning they mean the same thing
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Rossa says mr. Duncan what does it mean Blue Monday ah this is something that
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people were talking about at the start of this week so on Monday
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apparently the Monday that we've just had this week apparently is supposed to
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be the saddest day for most people I don't know why but they were calling it
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Blue Monday so quite often on Monday I suppose people feel unhappy because they
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have to go to work they don't want to go to work
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can you blame them really so blue monday means a day that leaves a lot of people
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feeling unhappy and miserable and blue so we can use the word blue to
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mean unhappy your spirits are quite low your feeling is not good so Blue Monday
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apparently last Monday the Monday that we've just had this week apparently is
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is the saddest day of the year maybe it has something to do with the fact that
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January tends to be a very cold and very dull month as well so a lot of people
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don't like wintertime especially here in the UK because it can be a little bit
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and dull and there you can see outside now everything looking very murky and
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Misty so I suppose I can understand why they would say that I can understand it
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so what do these words have in common they all mean the same thing kerfuffle a
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pallava ruckus brouhaha dude dude mr. Duncan these are like magical words like
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abracadabra Open Sesame
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kerfuffle pallava ruckus brouhaha but what do they mean I will give you the
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answer in a few moments and then we will kick off with our super duper
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grammar quiz grammar llama ding dong hello also super boss hello super boss
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hi mr. Duncan what time can I learn English effectively every day well if
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you learn English every day of course you will improve quicker than if you
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only do it maybe twice a week so I always suggest that you should use
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English in your daily life you should learn new words every day and I
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never say that you can learn it in a certain period of time because learning
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is something you do gradually so I would never say to anyone you can learn
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English in two years because some people might not be able to for various reasons
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so I always say that learn every day learn some new words every day so
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learning is a process that happens gradually over time it happens slowly so
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never give yourself a time limit just carry on learning don't stop don't give
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up that's probably the best advice anyone could give you today
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fruit zombie yes ruckus loud noises kerfuffle being in a city sticky
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situation yes so these words actually refer to maybe an argument taking place
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or maybe a lot of people fussing over one particular issue so a kerfuffle
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there is a lot of pallava there is a ruckus there is a brouhaha so an
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argument may be people are discussing a certain subject heatedly they are having
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an angry conversation we can say that they are having a kerfuffle there is a
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bit of pallava a ruckus and also brouhaha so these words all have similar
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meanings if there is an argument or a fight or maybe there is something
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chaotic happening outside maybe a group of people are arguing with another group
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of people we can say that there is a kerfuffle taking place there is a bit of
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a pallava taking place there is a ruckus happening right now outside there is a
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bit of a brouhaha so I hope you enjoyed those words and yes they are real words
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honestly they're not made I haven't made these up I wish I wish I
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could make these words up but I can't because they already exist here's
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another good word I like this word as well here's another word do you know
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what this word means I love this word because it's small and it looks nice and
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cute I might wear it on my hat like that the word is fickle fickle is it a real
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word yes the answer to that question is yes it is a real word but what is it
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it is something you might see if you go to hear live music being performed o
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people what is a fipple does anyone know if you are a musician if you are a
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person who likes performing music with musical instruments you might know what
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this is you might actually know what this is so what is it what is a Sippel
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fipple Christina says brouhaha seems to be an American native word well it's
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used in the United States and also here as well it just I suppose you could say
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it is used in an amusing way to give a little bit of a lighthearted meaning to
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a situation who there was there was a brouhaha next door last night people
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what does fit or mean I like to hold my fipple and sometimes I will put it in my
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mouth and blow it fickle the word fipple is actually the mouthpiece of a wind
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instrument so such as a clarinet or a recorder so anything that you put into
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your mouth the small opening at the end is called the fipple people
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and it is found on almost every wind instrument something you blow here's
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another one one more nacht ambulance nacht am you list what is a nacht
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ambulance a nacht ambulance oh I like this one does anyone know what
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the joke is about - a bit - do knock tambi list oh I suppose we can also say
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NOK tambul ISM nacht embolism what is a nacht ambulance does anyone know does
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anyone know what it is when we talk about a person who is a knock Tam be
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do Rina hello mr. Duncan nice to see you long
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time no see a long time later hello Rina nice to see you as well
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I really do hello also to Noemi yes
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are not Tambi list well then Netra Noemi also sweetness there we go knocked
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ambulance personnel sleep knocked ambulance so this literally means night
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Walker nocturnal ambulance a person who walks around at night when or while they
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are asleep so knocked embolism is the action of sleepwalking and the person
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that does it is called a knocked ambulance so I hope that helps you
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oh my goodness oh what's this this this is a word apparently apparently this
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this is a word wait there a moment it's such a big one it is a very big word so
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big I can't get it into my hand here is a word apparently this is the longest
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word in the English dictionary or in the English language would you like to see
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it so there it is there is the longest word that you can use in the English
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language I will show you again
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oh my goodness that is a long word but I suppose the big question is how do you
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actually pronounce it well I will show you I'm going to cheat slyly so please
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excuse me for cheating so this particular word I wish I could get it on
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the screen it's so big look at the size of that
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word it is a big one but how do you pronounce it how do you pronounce this
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word this is how you pronounce it floccinaucinihilipilification yes it's
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what that man said just one more time floccinaucinihilipilification and here
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is the word I will try to keep it on the screen so you can write it down look at
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that that is a really big word and this is how you say it
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floccinaucinihilipilification so I hope that helps you has it helped you I hope
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so what have big word but what does it mean this particular word means to spend
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time working out if something is worthless so you spend time researching
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or finding out whether something has no value some people might say that it is a
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waste of time to do this so this might be a waste of time in some people's
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opinion so this is the action of finding out or working out whether something is
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worthless and that's a big word I thought I would throw that in today is
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something different and special so I hope you enjoyed that Thank You Hana
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Hana just asked what does the word mean I just told you the meaning I think
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there might be a delay on the live chat to study the uselessness of something
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whether or not it is useful or not is that word which I'm not going to try
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Alamgir says I guess it is bigger than supercalifragilistic expialidocious well
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first of all that's not a real word that is actually made up so that is not a
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real word acmad is saying goodbye bye bye
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Ahmed goodbye goodbye goodbye we are now going to have a look at something that
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I'm fairly excited about I'm actually quite excited to do this you probably
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know what it is anyway already but here is something that I can't wait to show
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you and I can't wait to play with you Valentin says printing that word was a
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waste of time thank you Valentin I saw what you did there ah very clever I like
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it I like it a lot hello gu10 boy Gil Gil 10 or gree 10 I
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am Japanese a big hello to you I have a lot of people watching in Japan so here
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we go then it is time to play the game that I know you will love playing now
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out there in YouTube land it's time to play grammar Lama ding dong
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oh I'm very sorry about this I really am I'm not feeling too well today I've got
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a stinking cold however I'm still with you and right now we are going to play
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the game that everyone is talking about I heard someone yesterday talking about
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this game they were talking to a policeman at the time unfortunately so
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here it is grammar Lama ding-dong and today we are going to take a close look
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at these three words and how they are used in the English language a lot of
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people make mistakes when they write including native English speakers so
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even native English speakers get these words wrong quite often so we have the
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first word which is there and that particular word is used as an adverb
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then we have their same sound different spelling and also different meaning this
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is a possessive determiner so it talks about the possessive nature of something
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if something belongs to someone you can say it is their thing it belongs to them
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it determines the possessive clause and finally we have there again this also is
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pronounced there it is a contraction of they are so they were the words and the
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meanings there or there or there but which ones are they as we start today's
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game of grammar all lamo ding-dong and you can play along I will give you
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plenty of time to come up with the answer so here is today's first question
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it question all about the use of those
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words once again I will put the words on the screen so you can see them there or
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there or there they are all pronounced the same way are you ready for the first
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one the first question coming up right now oh so here it is you will see that
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there is a word missing but which word is it something are many flavors that
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can be detected by your sense of taste something are many flavors that can be
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detected by the sense of taste but what is the answer which form of
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this word are we going to use I will give you a few moments to work it out
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something are many flavors that can be detected by your sense of taste but
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which one is it which one is thank you melena where Pedro Luis tan Chang fruit
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zombie hello fruit zombie I like your name I love your name in fact okay
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that's it time's up what is the answer something
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are many flavors that can be detected by your sense of taste but which one is it
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is it this one is it this one or is it that one which one is it the answer is
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this one so we are using it as an adverb there are there are many flavours that
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can be detected by your sense of taste so there is the answer to the question
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would you like another one okay then no problem here we go again here is the
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next one we are playing crema llama ding dong goo Rama Lama ding dong oh ok
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do you know where something going tomorrow do you know where something
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going tomorrow all you have to do is tell me which one it is
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which one is it which one is it which one is it
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is it this one is it this one or is it this one which one is this is going very
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well it's one of these but which one which one is it
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marina Noemi mr. David also Julie the
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pronunciation of these words are really the same yes they are they are the same
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and you will find them listed as having the same pronunciation even in the
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oxford english dictionary so there is it this one is it this one
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oh is it that one which one is it okay times up
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time is up which one is it the answer is it's a
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contraction do you know where they're going tomorrow do you know where they're
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going tomorrow do you know where they're going tomorrow now some people might say
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they are there but the standard pronunciation is there there do you know
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where they're going tomorrow so we are using the contraction form of they are
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do you know where they are going tomorrow do you know where they're going
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tomorrow hmm that's what we're doing today we're looking at the differences
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between these words they are all used in different ways and that's what I'm
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testing you on right now shall we have another one okay let's have another one
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why not that's what I say hmm we will meet outside something house at 2:00
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p.m. I hope you're not because that's when I hang on you can't do that but
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which one is it which one is it is it this one is it this one
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or is it this one which one is it dudu Luis Munoz says I can't run the live
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stream because my PC is overheating Wow well a lot of people say that I'm hot
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stuff I think maybe you need to cool down your
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computer I think it might be overheating it's just all the excitement I think
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that's what it is your your computer is getting very excited there it is
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so which one is it used in this sentence
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which one is it the answer is coming in a moment
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citrus Eric Danny Leah Lena hello Lena nice to see you here again RHS welcome
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back nice to see you here as well but which one is it which one is it okay
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times up the answer is well a lot of you got it right well done we are using the
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possessive form and it is there we will meet outside their house at 2:00 p.m. so
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this is the possessive use there refers to something belonging to a person or
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people we will meet outside their house at 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
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quite often nowadays if you don't know the gender of a person you will often
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use there as well so you'll often use this when you are unsure of what the
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person's gender is and we all know how careful you have to be with that so
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there it was let's have another one would you like another one ok I don't
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mind I don't mind I'm feeling very happy about it here we go here's another one I
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think something will be trouble over these changes but which use of the word
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although they're there
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but which one is it
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which one is sit which one is sit which one is it
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which one is sent which one is it which one
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I think something will be trouble over these changes fruit zombie Noemi
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Cristina Daniella good wishes oh good wishes mmm you might have got it
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wrong there
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Ernesto hello Ernesto welcome back nice to see you here as well
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hello also to Cecilia hi Cecilia I hope you were enjoying today's round of
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grammar I'm a ding dong okay times up
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time is definitely up which one is it I think something will be trouble over
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these changes the answer is there as an adverb I think there will be trouble
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over these changes a lot of people saying this particular sentence in
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regards to YouTube hmm I think there will be shape
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dribble I think there will be trouble over these changes so there it is the
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answer to that one I hope you're enjoying this if you're not enjoying it
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I'm ever so sorry I'm trying the best even though I'm not feeling well today
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Alan gear also Sybaris thank you for your answers here is another one
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I will be going in around about ten minutes time here's another one
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I don't like how something always making fun of my clothes this is something that
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I have to put up with quite often hmm when I walk down the road people are
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always pointing at me and they are saying what are you wearing
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what are you going to the circus it's the circus in town
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so which one is it which one is it is it this one
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is it this one or is it that one which one is it I don't like I don't like how
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always making fun of my clothes but which one is it Ramzi Nora thank you and
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thank you very much sweetness hanim also Luis Mendez Luis Mendez nice to see you
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here again today thank you for joining me
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Berlin for you welcome back also I am enjoying the lesson very much mr. Duncan
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thank you very much for that so which one is it which one is it which one is
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it I don't like how they are always making fun of my clothes so in that
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sense we are clearly going to be using
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the contraction they are so they're I don't like how they're always making fun
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of my clothes I don't like how they're always making fun of my clothes so this
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is the contraction of they are I don't like how they are always making fun of
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my clothes in that sense we are using their spelt differently as a contraction
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of they are
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we have five more oh I'm going to have a drink of water
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because my throat is getting very dry if you want to get in touch with me by the
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way if you want to send me an email or follow me on Facebook or perhaps you
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want to make a small donation to help my work continue here are the addresses
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it doesn't matter you can answer I don't exclude anyone so don't worry
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about that it's fine by me it's fine Julie no problem
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hello Irene hello also flower hello Pat you hello Pat you nice to see you back
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here today as well I please accept my apologies my voice is not too good today
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because I've had a stinking cold in fact I still have it now so after my lesson
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has finished I'm going to take some more of my lovely sweets to help my throat
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and maybe blow my nose a few more times shall we have another one let's have
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another one shall we I think it's something choice whether or not to come
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to the party I think it's something choice whether or not they should come
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or come to the party but what is it do you know what it is I think it's
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something choice whether or not to come to the party Thank You Hiroko hello hey
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Rocco have you just joined me thank you very much you have missed one hour of
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today's livestream I started it two o'clock
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UK time so which one is it which one is it my dear classmates please press the
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like button underneath this amazing livestream yes don't forget to give me a
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let's have a look what we have here I think it's something choice whether or
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not is it I think it's their choice and this is the spelling a possessive
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determiner so a person's decision is their choice so if you make a decision
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and another person is talking about what you have decided to do it is their
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choice so your choice will be described as a third party as their choice
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there I think it's their choice whether or not to come to the party it is their
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choice I suppose also you could say it is their decision as well
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well that's interesting that's very interesting
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something very strange just happened to my livestream did you see it I don't
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know what that was anyway I think it's their choice as a
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possessive and there is the sentence shall we have another one yes why not
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here it is if I was something teacher I would make them sit something all day ah
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there are two possible answers okay if I was something teacher I would make them
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sit something all day but which one is it which one is it I wouldn't be
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surprised if my internet connection just disappeared I wouldn't be at all
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surprised I really wouldn't Thank You Luis Thank You Pedro thank you
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also to Nestor so you have two answers here if I was
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teacher I suppose you can also see if I were if I were if I was if I were
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something teacher I would make them sit something all day but the rich one is it
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which one is it you see this one this one or this one
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which one is it so you have two to give me I need two answers
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zhuzi car racer Anderson Julie also good wishes thank you very much for your
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answers there but which one is the first missing word and which one is the second
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time's up
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you should see the mess that that cockerel has left on the floor I have to
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clean all of that up later they're disgusting
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it really is so there is I if I was if I was what if I were their teacher I would
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make them sit I would make them sit there all day if I was their teacher I
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would make them sit there all day so the first one is the possessive the second
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is the adverb I if I was their teacher I would make them sit there all day thank
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you very much I'm not sure if there was a break in the
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transmission then but I I apologize if there was I don't know why we have three
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more just three more if something not here in five minutes we will go without
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them if something not here in five minutes we will go without them if
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something not here in five minutes we will go without them which one is it
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which word are we using in this sentence there
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is one word missing which one is it this one this one or this one which one is it
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which one you know I really didn't think that I would be able to do today's live
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stream because I didn't sleep very well last night my mum is still in hospital
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and I can't go to see her because I'm ill and they won't let me into the
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hospital just in case I make other people and well because they are already
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unwell so I'm sure they don't want me going into the hospital spreading my
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nasty bugs
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leavis says I like the rooster singing cockadoodledoo
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if something not here in five minutes we will go without them time's up what a
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mess and there's an egg there as well it's unusual okeydoke no problem fine
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Rosa thank you very much for your message there if something not here but
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which one is it if they're not here in five minutes we will go without them if
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they're not here in five minutes we will go without them if they are so we are
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using the contraction here of they are if they are not here in five minutes we
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will go without them we will we will leave them we will go without them fruit
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zombie thank you for the live stream I imagine that it can't be easy to talk
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whilst being sick or under the weather that's very true
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you are you are not kidding it's not easy to do this I will be
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honest with you especially when you feel unwell thank you anyway for your lovely
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wish there thank you fruit zombie we are having
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just two more and then I'm going so here is another one oh we have two possible
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words so I want something resignations on my desk tomorrow morning or something
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will be trouble I want something resignations on my desk
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tomorrow morning or something will be trouble which words are we using there
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which ones there are the choices which words are they which ones are they I
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want something resignations on my desk tomorrow morning or something will be
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trouble Martha Cristina Netra Maria thanks for your guesses Julie I think
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Julie is an expert to be honest I think so there there or there and as you can
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see the Spelling's are different as are the definitions as
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well Thank You Maria Thank You Ramsey Nouah
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thank you very much time's up
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thank you
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he's a very very excited cockerel I think so I want something resignations
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on my desk tomorrow morning or something will be trouble I want and we are
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talking well first of all we are talking possessive there I want there resin
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Asians on my desk tomorrow morning or
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there will be trouble I want their resignations on my desk tomorrow morning
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or there will be trouble we have one more just one more and then I'm off I'm
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going I'm going to crawl back into my sick bed and go to sleep
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here it is the final one today oh oh my goodness there are three three words
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missing three words are missing but which one are they which ones are they
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here we go is it this one is it this one or is it that one which one is it which
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one is it I don't know do you
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well actually I do know one is it which one which one is it something all saying
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that something is reasonable doubt as to where something car was parked last
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night oh now this is not an easy one this is not an easy one something all
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saying that something is reasonable doubt as to where something car was
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parked last night but what are the answers thank you my MA e Thank You
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Julie thank you fruit zombie that's a nice nice answers today thank you for
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getting involved isn't that lovely Ernesto Farrar rhs thank you very much
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which ones are they in fact one of them might be the same would I really be that
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sneaky yes yes I will time's up time is up the answer first of all to
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the first one there they're all saying that there is reasonable doubt as to
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where their car was parked last night
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they're all saying that there is reasonable doubt as to where their car
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was parked last night did you get them all right how many did you get right how
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many did you get wrong hopefully this will help you to remember the
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differences between these words thank you very much for your lovely answers
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today and also thanks for getting involved
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I must apologise again for my slight croaky voice and also the fact that I
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have a temperature of 120 as I stand here talking to you now I can't believe
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I haven't collapsed on the floor to be honest so I'm going now I'm going to
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have a well-deserved lie down on the bed I will see you later
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of course I'm back on Friday aren't I yes so Friday 2 p.m. UK time hopefully I
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should be feeling much better I really hope so
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Christina Thank You Sebastian Thank You Valentin thank you very much to nest or
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geo ten watching in Japan sweetness thank you so much mr. Duncan thank you
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mr. Duncan I don't want to be rude but it is very easy task for all of us here
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well I suppose I could make them harder but then people will be complaining that
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they're too hard I tell you what you can do until Friday you can learn how to say
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this word is that a good idea there we go so there is the word on the screen
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right now so all you have to do is take a screenshot of that word and your
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homework is to pronounce that word before Friday so there is something for
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you to do that is a very big word a very big one thank you very much to
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row sir Thank You Cecilia thank you Chris Dale thank you also to Julie fruit
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zombie thanks also to Martha grace Rose sir and also to everyone else I'm going
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now before people start telling me to go someone got very angry the other day
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because I was taking too long to say goodbye I'm going now
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take care see you on Friday 2:00 p.m. UK time this is mr. Duncan in the
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birthplace of English saying thanks for watching have a good week and I will see
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you on Friday and of course until the next time we meet
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ta ta for now 8-)
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