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hello lovely students and welcome back

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to English with Lucy I have really been

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enjoying the little series I'm making

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about C1 level English Advanced English

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and from your feedback you've been

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enjoying it too so today I decided to

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really push myself and push you to and

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see if I could write a lesson about

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ordering a coffee in English at a C1

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level how advanced can we make ordering

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a simple full cup of coffee oh just

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watch me it's going to get Advanced

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before we begin as always I want to let

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you know that I have lovingly created a

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free PDF for you it goes with this

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lesson it contains all of the phrases

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and grammatical structures that I'm

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unsubscribe at any time right let's get

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started so we all know that ordering a

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coffee is one of the first things you

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learn in English and it can be very

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simple can I have a coffee please this

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way of ordering a coffee is absolutely

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fine it's perfect in fact although it

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probably wouldn't work in somewhere like

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Starbucks where an order is more like

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can I get a dopo half CF skinny mocka

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ventti to go you love one of those I

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know I do but that's not what we're

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talking about today I want to order a

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normal coffee in advanced English and I

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know what some people are going to say

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when they hear my order people never

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speak like that I agree I agree it's not

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necessary but it's fun and it's cool and

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if we can't have fun cool English

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lessons then what have we got I think

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it's it's fun to see how far we can take

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it and more importantly for you I think

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it's a fun and memorable way to

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introduce some Advanced grammatical

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structures and vocabulary are you ready

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we're going to move up through the

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levels level one black coffee please

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this is the simplest way to order a

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coffee and it's perhaps not the most

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polite way to order in a coffee shop but

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if you're ordering as part of a group

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after dinner for example I think it's

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fine the addition of please at the end

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though is important let's take it up a

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notch level two can I have a black

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coffee please here the request is

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formulated as a question using the modal

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verb can which makes it more polite than

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the first one you will often hear this

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said as can I get a black coffee please

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this is slightly more common in American

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English but it's making its way into

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British English some people don't like

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the use of get here but a lot of native

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speakers use it now let's say this more

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politely level three may I please have a

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black coffee with a splash of milk all

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right we're getting a little bit more

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complex here this is a very polite way

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to order a coffee using the modal verb

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may you can also replace May with the

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modal verb could which is a more polite

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way to make requests than can you can

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also see that the word please has moved

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from the end to directly after mayi this

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front loading of please emphasizes the

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politeness of the request and sets a

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formal tone from the outset we are also

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now asking for a splash of milk and a

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splash means a small amount of liquid in

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this context okay can I go further level

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four could you kindly prepare a black

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coffee with a splash of milk and Two

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Sugars okay we're getting closer to

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advanced level here and further from

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reality now we have the modal verb could

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which I talked about in level three and

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instead of please we can see the adverb

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kindly this is another way to soften a

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request and make it more polite let's

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add a little more advanced language

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level five would it be possible for you

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to brew a medium-sized black coffee with

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a splash of milk Two Sugars and a

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sprinkling of cinnamon on top all right

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this one is even more polite and a bit

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poetic as well would it be possible is a

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very polite way to form a question we

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also have some more advanced vocabulary

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including to brew meaning to make a hot

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drink like coffee or tea and sprinkling

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which means a small amount of liquid or

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powder that is dropped onto a surface

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can I make it even more advanced level

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six and we're not even at the end yet if

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it's not too much trouble could you

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please craft a medium-sized black coffee

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enriched with a splash of organic milk

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and precisely two cubes of raw sugar

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while ensuring it's bru to the optimum

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temperature and then garnish it with a

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delicate sprinkling of cinnamon on top

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we're moving into Nightmare customer

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territory now if it's not too much

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trouble is a very polite way of asking

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someone to do something we often add it

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to the beginning of a request often when

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we know the request is going to cause

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some extra effort now we're asking for

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the Barista to craft the coffee not just

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make one craft this means to make

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objects in a skilled way

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especially with your hands and the

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coffee is to be enriched with a splash

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of milk to enrich means to make the

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quality of something better by adding

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something else then it is to be brewed

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to the optimum temperature Optimum means

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best possible you might hear the synonym

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optimal or optimal used in American

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English and then we have garnished with

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cinnamon to garnish means to decorate

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food or drink with a small amount of

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food can this customer get any worse yes

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the answer is yes if you've ever worked

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in retail or Hospitality you know the

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answer is yes here is my coffee order in

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its final form level seven would you be

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so kind as to commence the artisanal

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preparation of a medium-sized black

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coffee Sauced if possible from single

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origin beans and brewed precisely 89° C

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it should be complemented with a splash

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of organic locally saued milk sweetened

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to a modest degree with exactly two

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cubes of raw sugar and adorned with a

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subtle yet discernable sprinkling of

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handr cinnamon finally because I'm not

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done yet I request that it be presented

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in a ceramic mug featuring a handle

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ergonomically designed for a

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right-handed individual someone is

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definitely going to spit in this

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customer's coffee let's look at the

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grammar would you be so kind as to is a

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very very polite and formal way to make

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a request and in the final sentence you

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saw the structure I request that it be

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presented this sentence uses the

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subjunctive mood which is a formal

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structure in English and appears after

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certain verbs like request and the

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vocabulary first there is to commence

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which means to begin we had artisinal

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artisanal meaning prepared in a

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traditional way we have complimented

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this is the verb to complement with an E

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it's different to the one with I if one

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thing compliments with an E another it

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goes well with the other thing and it

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makes it better we complement each other

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we go well together we make each other

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better we compliment each other means we

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give each other compliments I like your

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dress I like your hair I like your

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coffee what did you ask for I'm going to

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ask for that little did she know we also

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have adorned with the verb to adorn

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means to add something decorative to a

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person or thing to make it more

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attractive we also have the adjectives

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subtle and discernable subtle means not

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obvious or noticeable while discernable

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means able to be recognized so I wanted

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it subtle but discernable uh Nightmare

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and finally perhaps the most egregious

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request an ergonomic Ally designed

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handle ergonomically means in a way that

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makes something off an equipment or

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Furniture comfortable and effective for

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people who use it you'll see all of this

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grammar all of the vocabulary along with

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example sentences in the PDF that goes

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with this lesson so remember to download

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that by clicking the link down below

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what did you think of my C1 level coffee

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order is it realistic no is it

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interesting I think so and I hope it

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will help you to remember some of the

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structures and vocabulary that I've

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presented we really do use all of these

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words and phrases in real life I really

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hope you enjoyed this lesson if you have

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