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hey neighbor

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oh hi uh Connie was asking after you

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that you hadn't been over in a while

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make him happy

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hey neighbor

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oh hi Connie was asking after you that

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you haven't went over in a while

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to make him happy

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in this part we are going to talk about

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a pronunciation tip

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the phrase make em happy is a

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contraction of make them happy

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m is a shortened version of them that is

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commonly used in spoken English

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especially in informal contexts like

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conversation or text messaging

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in this case the th sound in them will

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be dropped and the word is pronounced

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more like

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um

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people may use M instead of them for a

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variety of reasons including to save

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time or because it feels more natural or

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comfortable for them

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more examples

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I saw them at the store yesterday

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I saw em at the store yesterday

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can you hand them to me

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can you hand them to me

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to ask after somebody means to ask about

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how someone is doing or feeling

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it is a way of showing that you care

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about their well-being and want to know

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if they are doing okay

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examples

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after I heard that my co-worker had been

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sick I asked after her to see how she

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was feeling

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when my aunt called she asked after my

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mom and dad to see how they were doing

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in the phrase in a while the word while

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refers to a period of time

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so in a while means after a period of

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time has passed

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in the sentence you haven't been over in

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a while the speaker is expressing that

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they haven't seen or spent time with

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Sarah for a significant amount of time

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in this sentence the word over means to

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someone's place or residence

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in other words the speaker is saying

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that Sarah has not visited their home or

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come to their place for some time

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examples

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I'll come over and help you with your

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homework tonight

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we're having a barbecue this weekend so

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feel free to come over and join us

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hey neighbor

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oh hi Connie was asking after you if you

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haven't been over in a while

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make them happy