Taking up painting

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So, you can take up a sport or take up learning a new instrument.

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Mm-hm. I'd like to take up painting, I think.

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I think painting is a really nice way to boost your creativity.

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Let's recap the vocabulary we learned during the conversation.

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We had 'next' to talk about 'a future plan', like next weekend.

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We used 'last' to talk about 'a past plan'.

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Like last weekend, last month, last week.

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It's usually the most recent.

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And we had 'take up', which means 'start a new hobby'.

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Yes, and I'm going to take up painting, which is exciting!

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