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Using repetition for emphasis

Father's son but again we use that to emphasize that you know I have a lot of sim similarities to my father I take after my father so usually when you do something that your fat...

Course: Cambridge language skillsSection: Avoiding redundancy in essaysSubtitles: en

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I am my

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Father's son but again we use that to

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emphasize that you know I have a lot of

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sim similarities to my father I take

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after my father so usually when you do

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something that your father would do then

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you're really emphasizing oh look I'm my

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Father's son I'm very similar to my

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father of course you could be your

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mother's son or your mother's daughter

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your father's daughter Etc another quite

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common expression boys will be boys boys

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will be boys so again it's emphasizing

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boys will do the things that boys do

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it's that's just typical of boys okay I

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hope that helps you with your writing

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compositions I know a lot of you

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struggle with the writing part of the

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exams uh don't forget I have my online

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preparation courses which uh which will

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help you even more because I look at

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every single part of the exam uh sharing

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my my tips and advice on strategy and

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approach and we look at sample papers uh

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that's for the B2 first C1 Advanced and

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C2 proficiency Cambridge English exams

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okay thank you for joining me again and

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I'll see you very soon for another

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