ENGLISH FLUENCY: MASTER THESE WORDS AND SPEAK LIKE A PRO

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In this lesson, I'm going to teach you words and a bonus expression.
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You must learn this week.
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These words are going to help you speak English more fluently,
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like a native English speaker.
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Are you ready?
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Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.
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Let's jump right in.
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Here we go.
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The very first word for Sunday after me, catalyst.
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Good again, catalyst.
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Great job.
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Now let's say it faster at a normal pace.
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Catalyst.
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Ooh, excellent.
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Now, what does this word catalyst actually mean?
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It literally means a person or thing that precipitates or
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comes before or causes an event.
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Or change in other words, an agent of transformation, something happens.
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What was the cause?
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What happened before it?
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What was the catalyst?
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Check out this example, sentence, his innovative vision served as a
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catalyst for the company's rebranding.
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It led to the amazing rebranding.
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Sentence number two, the new policy acted as a catalyst for widespread industry
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reform and sentence number three.
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Technological advancements have been a catalyst for
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change in educational methods.
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You got it again, what came before, what led to this change?
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Catalyst.
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Excellent.
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All right, let's move on now to Tuesday's word, not Tuesday, Monday,
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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
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It's an older song.
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Here we go.
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Monday's word.
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Here's Monday's word fortitude.
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Good job.
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Again, fortitude.
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Excellent.
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Now let's say it faster at a normal pace.
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Fortitude, I know a little bit of a tongue twister, right?
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Let's do it again after me fortitude.
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Excellent.
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All right.
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What does this word actually mean?
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It just means courage in pain or adversity.
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You're going through a challenge.
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You're going through a difficulty.
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You're going through a hard time, but you stay strong.
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You have courage, you keep moving forward, even though it's difficult.
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This is called fortitude.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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All right, here's the first example sentence.
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She showed great fortitude in dealing with her challenging circumstances.
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She pushed through, she moved forward.
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She didn't stop.
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What about sentence number two?
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It takes considerable fortitude to stand up for what is right
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in the face of opposition.
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It's not easy.
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People are coming against you.
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They're coming at you, maybe saying unkind words, but you have courage.
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You stay strong fortitude and sentence number three, business leaders need
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the fortitude to weather, to stand, to withstand economic or economic storms.
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Fortitude being able to push through.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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Monday's word fortitude.
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What about Tuesday's word?
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Another great one in genius.
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Good job.
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I like it again in genius.
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Excellent.
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Last time after me in genius.
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Great job.
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Now this word, what does this word mean?
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It literally just means speaking of a person, someone who's
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clever, original and inventive.
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Think about Pablo Picasso.
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So.
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Ingenious when it comes to art, then you have Einstein,
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extremely intelligent, right?
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Clever, original, and inventive.
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Many say the iPhone.
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Wow.
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Inventive, innovative.
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Wow.
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Ingenious.
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Absolutely amazing.
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Check out this first example sentence.
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He devised an ingenious solution to the engineering problem.
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Sentence number two, her ingenious use of limited resources was commendable.
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And finally, sentence number three, the ingenious marketing campaign increased
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the company's visibility exponentially.
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Again, in genius.
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Makes sense.
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Good job.
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All right.
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So Tuesday's word, once again, Tuesday, we have in genius.
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What about Wednesday's word?
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Another great one.
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Pinnacle.
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Good job again.
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Pinnacle.
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Great.
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Last time after me.
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Pinnacle.
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Excellent.
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Now this word pinnacle, it just means the most successful point,
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the culmination, the highest point.
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The pinnacle, what was the pinnacle of his life, his greatest success,
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greatest achievement, the culmination of all of his hard work pinnacle.
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There you go.
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Here's the first example sentence.
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She reached the pinnacle of her career with her fourth best selling novel.
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Secondly, we have.
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The company was at the pinnacle of success, dominating the market.
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No one could beat them.
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And sentence number three, winning the gold medal was the pinnacle of
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his lifelong dedication to the sport.
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You got it again, in English, we say pinnacle.
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Great job.
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Now let's move on to Thursday's word.
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Thursday.
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We have this word strategic.
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Good again, strategic.
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Excellent.
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Last time after me, strategic.
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Great job.
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Now, before I give you the meaning of this word, remember each and every
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time I teach you a lesson, you can actually practice what you're learning.
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Via my app, English with Tiffani.
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The link is in the description, or if you already have it, Just
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go to the app and you'll find the weekly English lessons, and you
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can practice what you are learning.
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So for today, again, for Thursday, we have strategic.
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This word literally just means relating to the identification of long
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term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them.
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How are you going to achieve your goal?
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Remember last week, right?
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Talked about the nine steps.
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If you haven't seen that video, go back and check it out.
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Nine steps to achieving English fluency.
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So what's your plan?
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What's your strategy to achieve your goal?
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Strategic first example, sentence, the company's strategic plan
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included international expansion.
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Sentence number two, her strategic approach to the campaign secured her
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the election and sentence number three, investing in education is a strategic move
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for any society aiming for sustainable.
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Development again, strategic, great job.
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Now we have a bonus.
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For Friday, a bonus expression.
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Remember learn these throughout the week, the expression
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after me, go the extra mile.
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Good again, go the extra mile.
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Great job.
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Now, what does this expression go the extra mile actually mean?
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It literally means to do more than is required or expected
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in order to achieve something.
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You're going above and beyond.
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They only needed three, but you said, I'm going to give them five.
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They only needed you to do this much work, but you did this much work.
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You're going the extra mile doing more than is expected.
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Now check out these examples and instances that use this expression.
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Sentence number one, this is a great example of how to use this
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expression, go the extra mile.
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Keep in mind.
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This is an expression used by native English speakers.
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Here we go.
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She always goes the extra mile to ensure her customers are satisfied.
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She wants to make sure her customers never feel like they're not being served.
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She always goes above and beyond.
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She always goes the extra mile to ensure her customers are satisfied.
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Are satisfied next sentence.
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Number two employees who go the extra mile are generally the ones who gain
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more recognition, the employees who work harder, who give more than they're
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asked, who do more than the others.
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They generally get more recognition employees who go
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the extra mile are generally the ones who gain more recognition.
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We're talking about using this expression to describe real life
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situations and sentence number three, if you're willing to go the extra
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mile, success is virtually guaranteed.
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Listen, if you're willing to work hard, if you're willing to It's inevitable.
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It's definitely going to happen.
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You will succeed.
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Once again, if you're willing to go the extra mile, success
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is virtually guaranteed.
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Number six for Friday.
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Go the extra mile.
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You got it.
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Excellent.
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All right.
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I hope you enjoyed this lesson.
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I'm looking forward to seeing you next time.
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Don't forget to practice with the English with Tiffani app, and I
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will talk to you in the next lesson.
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You still there, you know what time it is, but today's actually not a story.
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I'll sing the song, but I'm also going to sing another song.
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It's story time.
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Hey, I said, it's story time.
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So short, I guess, story as I lead into the song, I have always loved music.
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I've always loved singing.
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I am a person who enjoys seeing people smile and music brings
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a smile to people's faces.
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So there are many songs that I really, really love.
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Enjoy many songs that I love, but one of my favorite songs
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is called, he knows my name.
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So if you're new to the channel, if you're new to me as an English
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teacher, I am a Christian.
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And the very reason why I teach English is because I feel that
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God put me on this earth to help you achieve your English goals.
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So I want to sing you one of my favorite songs.
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I have the lyrics right here with me, and I hope you enjoy.
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It's called He Knows My Name.
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I have a make
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and before my heart,
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before even time began, my life was in
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and he knows.
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My name, and he knows my every thought.
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And he sees each tear that falls, and he hears me when I call.
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I have a father, and he calls me his own.
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He'll never leave me, no matter where I go.
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And he knows my name, and he knows my every thought.
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He sees each tear that falls and he hears me when I call my friend.
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The fact that my God lives in heaven and looks down on me and smiles.
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That's what keeps me going each and every day.
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That's what leads me to teach you each and every week.
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My purpose is to help you and God is giving me the energy.
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I love you.
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Let's keep going on this journey.
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