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okay let's do a little bit of English practice
vocabulary these are words that you probably
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know but might be a little difficult to use how
about how about let's say listen yeah all right
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all right let's look at that how about how about
is a way of making a suggestion for example I want
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to play the violin how about taking lessons I
never have time to exercise how about waking up
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earlier I want to go shopping how about going with
me this afternoon how about going with me this
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afternoon do you have those shoes in a size
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six no but how about these they're very similar
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no but how about these how
about these shoes they're very
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similar all right let's say let's
say is a way of making a more
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forceful suggestion so it's a strong
suggestion mom can I have my phone
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back let's say you do your homework
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first H so the mother says do your homework first
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and then I'll give you your phone back
so let's say you do your your homework
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first can you pick me up at 5:00
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p.m. let's say 5:30 I can't get there by
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5 I can't get there by 5:00 so let's say 5:30
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instead is break time over
yeah let's say we get back to
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work let's say we get back to
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work all right look is an expression
that indicates that you wish something
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weren't true look I wish it weren't
true or you wish it hadn't happened
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look I wish it hadn't happened you
got here late look I said I was sorry
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why did you cancel look I wish I could go
but I can't look I wish I could go but I
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can't that's it I'm done look I know
it's not easy but you can't give
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up look I know it's not easy but you can't give up
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up listen Okay so saying listen indicates
that you want the person you are speaking
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to to pay attention to what you are going
to say next it's just a it doesn't have
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any meaning it's basically I'm going to
say something listen to me listen I don't
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like it but it has to be done listen
I don't like it but it has to be done
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but Mom all my friends are
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going listen you're not going and that's
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final listen you're not going and that's
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final you won't believe what I just heard about
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Carrie listen I don't want to hear any more gossip
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or you say listen tell me all the gossip come
on tell me tell me no I'm just kidding I don't
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want to hear any more gossip listen I
don't want to hear anymore don't tell
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me though though can be used
to mean however indicating that
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there is another answer like this
are you good at basketball are you
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good at basketball no I'm good at at
football though I'm good at football
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though is he in the band no
he does play guitar though
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no he's not in the band but he does play guitar
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though do you have an opening at 100 p.m
no but we do have an opening at two though
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no but we do have an opening at two
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though all right having too much on one's
plate to have too much on one's plate is an
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expression that indicates that someone is very
busy probably because of an unusual project an
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event or many things to do too many things
to do so busy have too much on one's plate
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too much food you can't eat it all we wish we
could go but we have too much on our plate right
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now okay say it with me say it together we
wish we could go but we have too much on our
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plate right now again we wish we could go but
we have too much on our plate right now we've
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got you can say that to we have have we've got
we've got too much we have too much look I'd
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like to help you out but we just mooved to a
new house and I just have too I just have too
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much on my plate right now let me try that
again say it with me look I'd like to help
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you out but we just moved to a new house and I
just have too much on my plate right now let's
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try again look I'd like to help you out but we
just moved to a new house and I just have too
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much on my plate right now yeah right that's
sarcasm yeah right that's a sarcastic answer
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that indicates that what was said previously is
ridiculous so what was just said is ridiculous
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oh that's ridiculous yeah right hey Mom
I'm going to clean my room after I play
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I'm going to clean my room after I play
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mom yeah right how about you clean it before you
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play how about we used that didn't we
yeah right you're not going to clean
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your room after you play you're going to
clean your room before you play how about
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that Jill got a perfect score on the math test
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yeah right I don't believe it Jill's
not very good at math yeah right I
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don't believe it a perfect score really
they want you to wear a tie yeah right
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that's not going to happen yeah right I
will not wear a tie that's not going to
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happen so this is kind of um conversational
so you would probably say it like this yeah
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right that's not gonna happen that's
not going to happen that's not going to
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happen all right perfect of course
and no problem let's finish it up
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with these words right here can we
discuss this further at the meeting
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tomorrow perfect sounds good
will you go over my homework with
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me of course let's take a look
at it of course let's take a
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look at it is it okay if I come in
late tomorrow I have a dentist's
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appointment no problem take your time no
problem take your time I hope it's not a
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bad appointment where you have to to get
drilled in the mouth boom good work out
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bad ending keep moving forward one step
at a time I'll see you in the next step
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