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Did you know that reading is one of the  best ways to expand your vocabulary?
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And that's exactly what we'll do today.
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We'll read an interesting news article together.
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Welcome back to JForrest English.
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Of course, I'm Jennifer.
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Now let's get started.
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First, I'll read the headline.
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Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith Healing  Relationship I'm sure you recognize these  
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two celebrities and I've talked about  them on my YouTube channel before.
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Now let's talk about healing relationship.
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This is what we call short form and is often  used in bullet points and news article headlines.
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This is when you want to be concise  and you exclude necessary grammar.
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Now there are some words missing.
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We need the auxiliary verb are because  this is the present continuous are healing.
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We need are because we have two people.
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They they are healing Relationship.
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We need a possessive.
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The possessive would be their relationship  because the relationship belongs to them,  
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so is their relationship.
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Now, technically the sentence is  grammatically incorrect without  
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this information, but we just  call that short form, which,  
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as I said, is very commonly used in  newspaper headlines and bullet forms.
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But for you, you should always use all  the necessary grammar when you're writing.
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Now, don't worry about taking these  notes because I summarize everything  
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in a free lesson PDF so you can look  for the link in the description.
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Now let's continue.
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Jada Pinkett Smith has said she and Will  Smith are working very hard on their marriage.
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Now notice here, because we're no longer  in the headline, we're in the story.
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They are going to use full grammar.
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So you see the auxiliary verb  are and you see their marriage,  
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just like we needed their  relationship and our healing.
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So as soon as you get into the body of the  article, they will use proper, correct grammar.
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Because it's no longer short form, they're  working very hard on their marriage.
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So it's always important when you're reading  to pay attention to the prepositions that you  
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need to complete a sentence, because often  students use the incorrect preposition.
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But to a native speaker, it's very  noticeable if you have the wrong preposition.
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So you work on something,  I'm working on the report,  
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and then you can add more information  to describe how you're working.
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We're working very hard on our report, our  proposal, our presentation on our relationship,  
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our marriage, after revealing last  week that they separated in 2016.
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OK, so only last week they  revealed, they revealed.
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Let's talk about this verb.
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When you reveal something, usually  information, it means that you make it public.
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So you announce it.
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You make it known.
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Now, public could be just to your  family, just to your friends.
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It doesn't have to be to the entire  world like the actors did in this case.
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So you make that information known.
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But previously that information was a secret,  
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so they purposely didn't tell  anyone that they were separated.
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But then they revealed last week that they  separated in 2016, quite a long time ago.
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Now notice here they separated.
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This is a verb to separate.
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When you separate, it means  you and your your spouse,  
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your husband, your wife decide to  no longer live together and you're  
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considering whether or not you're going  to get a divorce or try to reconcile.
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So that's the verb to separate.
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But notice I think I said they  revealed that they're separated  
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because you can also use this in  the to be form, so to be separated.
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You're describing your current state.
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Oh, I'm not married.
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I'm separated, which means my husband and I know  longer live together, which for me is not true.
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It was just an example.
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But for this couple it is true.
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They have been living separately.
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Like I said, when you separate,  that's kind of the word, right?
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To separate.
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You separate your lives.
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You live separately.
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They've been living separately.
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Now we know the time reference 2616.
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So I could add.
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Do you know what I need to add 2016?
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What word do I need here?
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They have been living separately 2016 since 2016.
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Hopefully you got that right  because this is the present  
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perfect continuous and we know our time reference.
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They have been living separately since 2016,  she said, despite regularly appearing together.
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So they would be in public together.
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Their photos would be on magazines online.
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So you and I as the general public, we  would think that they're still together,  
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they're married, they're happy  because that's how they appeared.
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But in fact, in reality they separated in 2016.
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So notice here despite notice the  grammar because our verb is appear,  
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but you need it in the gerund form because  despite is a preposition, so you need that.
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Gerund regularly is the adverb that describes how  frequently they were appearing together regularly.
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It happened often.
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Now let's continue with our lesson.
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The couple made headlines last  year when Will Smith stormed the  
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stage at the Oscars and Slapped host Chris Rock.
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Now, I'm not going to explain  what this means or discuss it  
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because I have a full lesson on this exact topic.
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I included the link to that at the end, so I  have one on that exact news headline and then  
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there's another one when they discuss  it a few months after the incident.
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So there are two other articles you can  review about Will Smith and this issue,  
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so I won't discuss it now.
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So let's go on to this paragraph here.
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Speaking to NBCS Today Show, she said that she  being Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith's wife Jada,  
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she said we are working very hard at bringing our  relationship together back to a life partnership.
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So they still have a relationship  together now as their their parents.
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So they have the relationship  with their their children.
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They still communicate with each other regularly.
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So they still have a relationship, but they want  
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to bring their relationship  back to a life partnership.
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So before their relationship was as life partners.
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Now it's most likely their relationship  together is more like friends.
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Friends perhaps.
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So they want to take it from where  they are now, friends and back to  
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life partnership and we're using back  because this is what they previously had.
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So it's a little bit difficult  because we have relationship together.
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Let me just put this this is the  thing, their relationship together,  
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this is what they want to bring back to a  life partnership, so I'll put that there.
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A life partnership, she explained.
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He can't be this perfect, idealized husband.
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Let's talk about idealized.
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When you idealize something or someone,  
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you think about that something or someone  in a way that's better than the reality is.
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So we all have idealized ideas  of what a relationship is,  
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what a husband is, what a wife is.
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Especially when we have so many romantic movies  
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where the relationships are  just perfect in these movies.
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But then in reality, it's very different.
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So we have an idealized version of what a  relationship should be, is what she's saying.
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And I see this a lot with my students.
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I feel like a lot of my students  idealize living in North America  
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when it comes to being able  to improve their English.
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Not about the life in North America specifically,  but a lot of students think that the only reason  
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why they're not fluent is because they don't live  in North America and English speaking country.
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However, I am many students who have been  in North America for 10-15 years and still  
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struggle with their English as much as  someone not living in North America.
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So I feel like students outside of  North America have this idealized  
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version of how their English will improve  as soon as they move to the United States.
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Now notice there is a minor  difference here in spelling.
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In North America American English  we spell idealize with a zed,  
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where as in British English they  spell it with an S There's no  
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difference in pronunciation and honestly  I didn't think this looked weird at all.
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So if you use the S or you  use the Z, it does not matter.
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They're both correct and the  pronunciation is exactly the same.
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I have to be able to accept  him for the human he is.
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So she's saying in reality,  he's not this perfect person,  
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this perfect husband that  you might expect from movies.
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He's a person now he has to  accept me for the human I am.
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So she's saying the same thing about herself  
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and we want to love each other  There, the there in this place.
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It's not overly clear what location she's  talking about, but to me, I read this as  
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there being a place where they understand that  both of them are just people who have flaws.
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They're not perfect.
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Their relationship isn't a fairy tale romance,  they're regular people with regular issues.
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That's the there, the location.
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She wants to have the relationship  because that's reality.
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When asked if the couple might live in  the same house again, because remember,  
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currently they're separated to be separated.
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They separated the verb form.
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They separated in 2016, so now they are separated.
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When asked if the couple might  live in the same house again,  
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she agreed they might notice  this very important word choice.
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Might might is a modal verb.
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So just remember grammatically you  need the modal and then the base verb.
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So might live, might live.
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This is the base verb because  there's no two in front of it.
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Might live.
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Now as a modal verb, might represents  probability, how likely something is to happen.
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When I hear might in my  mind it's not very certain.
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There is about a 50% chance it will happen,  
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but then there's equally a 50%  chance that it won't happen.
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So if my friend said to me I might come to  the party, that doesn't sound very certain.
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I most likely would not make plans with  my friend if I needed a ride to the party.
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I would not count on my friend if she said I might  come to the party because that's only about 50%.
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That's not very high.
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If my friend had said I'll likely come to  the party, well then I would feel a lot more  
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confident having my friend as my ride, my form  of transportation because likely is about 80%.
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Now this isn't an exact science,  but close to 80%, close to 50%.
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So the fact that she said they  might, there's an equal chance  
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that they might not on Wednesday, as  part of a book, launch, A book launch.
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When you launch a book, it means you introduce  that book to the public for the first time.
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So to launch something, you can launch a  business, you can launch a new project.
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But in this case, she launched a book.
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She made that book public for the very first time.
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But notice, grammatically, we're  not using this as a verb form.
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We're using this as a noun, and it's very  common to use a launch as a noun as well.
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Let's review these two sentences.
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I launched my new book last week,  
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which means I made my book available to  the public for the first time last week.
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So this is the verb.
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I launched my new book last week,  
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and that's why it's in the past  simple form, because of last week.
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Now I could also say, hey, are  you coming to my book launch now?
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In this case, I'll launch.
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This is the noun form my book launch.
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This is either an event where you launch the  book, so at this event I make the book publicly  
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available for the first time, or is simply an  event where we celebrate the launch of my book.
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So my book is already available, it's already  been launched and we're just celebrating the fact.
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Now hopefully you don't say I might come to your  
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book launch because then  there's only a 50% chance.
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So hopefully you say something like,  I'll definitely come to your book launch,  
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you can say I'll definitely  come to your book launch.
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And then if you want to  make it sound even stronger,  
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I remember this really great  expression we have in English.
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You can say I wouldn't miss it for the world.
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This is an expression, so you have to  use all of these words just as they are.
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I wouldn't miss it for the  world, which means 100%.
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You're coming to my launch.
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It is extremely strong.
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So if I needed a ride from you, I would  feel very confident if you said that.
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And then the IT you can replace  that with whatever you want.
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I wouldn't miss your book launch.
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I wouldn't miss your wedding.
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I wouldn't miss your retirement party.
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I wouldn't miss your graduation  ceremony for the world.
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And again is just an expression to say how  likely it is and you are 100% going to attend.
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Now thinking about how likely you  are to watch my next YouTube video.
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My next learn English with the news YouTube video.
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I hope you're thinking, Jennifer,  I wouldn't miss it for the world,  
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which means you are absolutely going  to watch my next YouTube video.
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So put this in the comments since  I wouldn't miss it for the world,  
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Jennifer, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
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And then I'll feel very confident that  you are going to watch my next video  
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and it will motivate me to make the video for you.
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So put that in the comments.
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Now let's continue on Wednesday  as part of a book launch.
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She said she had considered a  legal divorce but could not go  
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through with it because she was  determined to work through it.
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So notice we have the past perfect because this  is an event that happened before another event.
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So she had considered it in the past.
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But now let's talk about to  go through to go through with  
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something and also to work through something.
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Because notice we both we have two expressions  with through, but they have different meanings.
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So let's talk about each of these.
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First, let's talk about to  go through with something.
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This is when you do something and that  something is always unpleasant or difficult  
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and you do something unpleasant and  difficult that you committed to.
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So you said you were going to do something  like get a divorce, but in this case,  
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which is obviously unpleasant and difficult, but  in this case, I could not go through with it,  
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which means that she didn't get  divorced even though previously  
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she said she was going to get divorced  but she couldn't go through with it.
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So we often use this expression in the negative  and we often said, we often say, I know I said  
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I was going to quit my job, but I couldn't go  through with it, I couldn't go through with it.
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So for thinking of Jada and Will,  maybe they said this is not true.
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They did not say this.
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It's just an example.
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But we agreed to tell our kids about our  separation, but we couldn't go through with it.
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We can't go through with it.
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So which means they didn't do it.
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Even though they committed to it.
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They didn't do it.
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Why?
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Because it was just so unpleasant and  difficult to have to tell your kids that.
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So they couldn't go through with it.
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Even though this was just my example.
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It's not true, OK?
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So she couldn't go through with it because  she was determined to work through it.
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So now let's talk about to work through something.
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This is a positive expression 'cause when you work  
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through something it means you  find a solution to a problem.
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We commonly use this with relationships.
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So let's say your best friend  came to you and said my husband  
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and I or my wife and I are having difficulties.
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You might say, oh, don't  worry, you'll work through it.
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You'll work through it, which means  you'll find a solution to that problem.
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Let's continue.
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She put the relationship breakdown.
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So the breakdown of the relationship, that's  when the relationship started to become negative.
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It took a turn for the worse.
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It was no longer a loving positive relationship.
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It was more negative than positive.
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The breakdown.
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So this is the noun form, the breakdown.
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Another word for that is simply deterioration.
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So you can say when the relationship  started to become negative,  
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that would be the relationship breakdown.
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She put the relationship  breakdown to a lot of things.
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And by 2016, remember this is  when they separated in 2016.
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By 2016 they were exhausted with trying.
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So that's why they separated.
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They just didn't want to try anymore and  the relationship officially broke down.
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Previously there had been speculation  about the couple's marriage.
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So speculation is when people  say things, they guess things,  
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but they don't actually know if it's true.
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So the media probably said  things like Jada and Smith.
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Jada and Will Smith are not happy,  
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but they're just speculating because  they don't actually know if that's true.
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Maybe because they didn't see  them together in public a lot.
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And maybe people started speculating  that the marriage was in trouble,  
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that the marriage was  breaking down, deteriorating.
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Previously, there had been speculation  about the couple's marriage in 2020 after  
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the Red after the pair discussed on her  Facebook show Red Table Talk that Pinkett  
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Smith Jada had been in an entanglement  with artist August Alsina Entanglement.
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This seems to be a term that Jada created  because it's not one I had heard before.
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The more common way of saying it is that  she had been in a romantic relationship,  
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which we refer to as an affair.
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When you're married and you have a  romantic relationship with someone else,  
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we call that an affair, an affair.
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So here's an example.
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We separated the verb to separate.
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We separated because she had  an affair or he had an affair.
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So you have an affair.
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An affair is just a romantic relationship  when you're already with a romantic partner.
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The actors met in 1994.
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This is Will and Jada.
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Wow, that's a very long time ago.
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The actors met in 1994 when she auditioned  for The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, which,  
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if you don't know, this is the show that  Will Smith became very popular from.
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It's a great show if you've never watched it  and it's old, though it's from the 90s then  
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later married in 1997, so that's how long  the couple has been together since 1997.
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It's a long time the pair,  
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of course they mentioned it before and  I didn't explain it, but pair means two.
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Another word that's commonly used,  
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which I believe was already in this  article I didn't explain either,  
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is the couple, which means 2 pair is commonly  used with a lot of clothing and accessories.
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For example, a pair of mittens, a pair of  shoes, a pair of boots, Things that come in too.
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I guess for your hands and feet,  that's when they generally come in too.
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So I bought a pair of mittens  and and a pair of boots.
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So notice the pair part is  singular because one pair.
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If you bought 2 pairs of boots.
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Trick not trick question.
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A real question.
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How many boots do you have?
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If you bought 2 pairs of boots,  how many boots do you have?
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Well hopefully that's easy for you.
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You have four boots, but if you bought a pair,  one pair of mittens, how many mittens do you have?
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Two mittens just to help you learn that.
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OK, so remember pair is singular, but it can be  
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plural because you can buy 2 pairs or  three pairs, or 4 pairs if you want.
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So the pair more commonly  referred to as the couple.
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But I do hear pair from time to time the couple.
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The pair have two children together,  
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Jaden Smith and Willow Smith,  along with Trey Smith, Smith's son.
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So in this case, the Smith is Will  Smith's son from his first marriage.
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I didn't know Will Smith was married before and  I didn't know he had a child with another woman.
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You learn something new every day  and that's the end of our article.
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And I did share the two links to the previous  previous articles I've done on Will Smith,  
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The Oscar Slap, Chris Rock  and the whole situation.
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So this is available and the free lesson PDF,  
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so make sure you download that  the links in the description.
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I'll also leave these two links  in the description as well.
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So that's the end of the article.
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What I'll do now is I'll read the  article from start to finish and  
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this time you can focus on my pronunciation.
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Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith  Healing relationship Jada Pinkett  
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Smith has said she and Will Smith are working very  
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hard on their marriage after revealing  last week that they separated in 2016.
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They have been living separately, she  said, despite regularly appearing together.
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The couple made headlines last  year when Will Smith stormed the  
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stage at the Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock.
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Speaking to NBCS Today Show,  she said we are working very  
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hard at bringing our relationship  together back to a life partnership.
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She explained.
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He can't be this perfect, idealized husband.
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I have to be able to accept  him for the human he is.
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He has to accept me for the human I am  and we want to love each other there.
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When asked if the couple might live in the  same house again, she agreed they might.
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On Wednesday as part of a book launch, she  said she had considered a legal divorce but  
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could not go through with it because  she was determined to work through it.
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She put the relationship  breakdown to a lot of things,  
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and by 2016 they were exhausted with trying.
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Previously, there have been speculation about the  
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couple's marriage in 2020 after the pair  discussed on her Facebook show Read Table  
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Talk that Pinkett Smith had been in an  entanglement with artist August Alsina.
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The actress met in 1994 when she auditioned for  
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air  and later married in 1997.
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The pair have two children together,  Jaden Smith and Willow Smith,  
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along with Trey Smith, Smith's  son from his first marriage.
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Did you enjoy this article?
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Do you want me to make more lessons  where we review news articles together?
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If you do, then put more news, more news,  
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put more news in the comments and of  course, make sure you like this video,  
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share it with your friends and subscribe so  you're notified every time I post a new lesson.
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And you can get this free speaking guide  
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where I share 6 tips on how to  speak English and confidently.
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You can click here to download it or  look for the link in the description.
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And why don't you keep improving  your English with Will Smith?
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Because I have another news article  on him and you can watch it right now.
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