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hey there i'm emma from

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english

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today you and i are going to do some

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conversation practice you're going to

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speak with me

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we're going to practice speaking

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together using a dialogue and it's going

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to be a conversation between two friends

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two friends who haven't seen each other

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in a little while so it's about catching

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up this is such a great conversation

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topic to practice i feel like it happens

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so often these days inside my english

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speaking community i have this

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conversation all the time

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with friends that i haven't spoken to in

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a few weeks or even a few months

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it's actually one of those conversations

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inside that community that sparked the

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idea for this lesson but before we get

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into it i want to teach you five useful

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english expressions first and you can

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listen out for them in the dialogue that

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we'll practice together all right this

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lesson is going to be short and sweet so

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let's dive straight in

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hey ladies do you want to practice

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english in real conversations with

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really lovely speaking partners

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your free trial today there are five

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really common english expressions that

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i'm going to teach you first before we

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practice speaking together in our

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dialogue and i want you to listen out

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for them because they're used in context

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and we're going to talk together using

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them later on are you ready

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long time no see so this is an informal

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greeting one that's used when you

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haven't seen someone for a long time

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it's been a long time since you last met

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so you use it when you greet someone you

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say their name you say hello and then

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you use this expression

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hi steve long time no see

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fancy seeing you here

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this is another really useful expression

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especially when you're surprised to see

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someone but it's a pleasant surprise

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like you've run into them in a place

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where you didn't expect to see them now

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it is important to note that this

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expression can be used with a sarcastic

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tone and then it can mean the exact

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opposite

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listen out compare

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fancy seeing you here

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fancy seeing you here

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so a friendly greeting would signal a

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genuine expression of surprise when you

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meet someone and that sarcastic tone is

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really to sort of humiliate or mock

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someone or suggest that you're actually

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not very excited to see them at all it's

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much more common to use it in the

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positive way and that is how you'll hear

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it in today's conversation as well

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listen out for the adjective promising

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if someone or something is promising it

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seems likely

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that it will be very good or very

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successful

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and it's often used with some of these

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verbs like look

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seem

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sounds and feel

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so a situation feels or seems promising

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an idea

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sounds promising and the result

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looks promising a blessing in disguise

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this is a very useful idiom to know

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if you say that something is a blessing

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in disguise

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then something that seems bad or unlucky

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at first

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actually results in something

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being good or something good happening

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later

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so it can be a really good one to use

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when someone shares bad news

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like they just lost their job

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then you can use this expression to

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suggest that even though

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the situation is bad right now it might

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become better in the future

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what's been happening in your world

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so this is just a really informal

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question to find out the latest news

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about someone else's life and it's

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usually used with someone who is a

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friend they're very familiar to you it's

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not used in professional contacts at all

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okay it's time for you to speak with me

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out loud okay we're gonna pretend that

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we are two friends catching up you'll

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say one line and then i'll say the next

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just like we would if we were having a

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real conversation together you and me so

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i'll start and you'll see your part of

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the conversation appear up on screen

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and once we get through it once we

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complete the conversation we'll swap

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places and we'll practice it through one

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more time make sure you listen up for

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those five natural english expressions

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during our conversation too ready

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lauren

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long time no see

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too long do you have a minute to grab a

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coffee

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so what's news what's been happening

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i'm so sorry to hear that

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it's been a really tough time hasn't it

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no

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this sounds promising

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don't tell me it turned out to be a

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blessing in disguise

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oh lauren that's fantastic news

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incredible i'm so happy for you

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okay so now we'll swap i'll be lauren

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and you be me

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emma fancy seeing you here

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it's been such a long time since we last

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caught up

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sure i'd love to

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well actually the last few months have

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been pretty tough

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because i lost my job late last year

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thank you i was really discouraged for a

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while it was hard to be optimistic

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because there were so many lockdowns and

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many people lost their jobs

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yeah

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but it's not all bad news

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well

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after a month of feeling really sorry

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for myself

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i knew i had to change my mindset

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i needed to look for the positives

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kind of

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i've been training to be a life coach

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thanks

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i know what it's like to feel stuck or

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like

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important decisions in your life are

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being made by others

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i just want to help people take back

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control of their life

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anyway enough about me what's been

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happening in your world

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nice work i hope that you enjoyed

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practicing with me like this today

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if you want to grab the full transcript

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of this dialogue so that you can

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practice with your friends at another

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time head over to the english website

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the link is in the description below or

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if you're inside the hey lady community

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and you're watching this video the

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transcript is right below you can click

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on it open it and get started in your

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study groups all right now i'm going to

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let you watch me do the conversation

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from start to finish so i'm both emma

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and lauren in this conversation

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lauren

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long time no see

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emma fancy seeing you here

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it's been such a long time since we last

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caught up

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too long do you have a minute to grab a

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coffee

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sure i'd love to

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so what's news what's been happening

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well actually the last few months have

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been pretty tough

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because i lost my job late last year

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i'm so sorry to hear that

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thank you i was really discouraged for a

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while it was hard to be optimistic

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because there were so many lockdowns and

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many people lost their jobs

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it's been a really tough time hasn't it

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yeah

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but it's not all bad news

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no

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this sounds promising

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well

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after a month of feeling really sorry

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for myself

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i knew i had to change my mindset

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i needed to look for the positives

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don't tell me it turned out to be a

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blessing in disguise

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kind of

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i've been training to be a life coach

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oh lauren that's fantastic news

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thanks

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i know what it's like to feel stuck or

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like

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important decisions in your life are

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being made by others

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i just want to help people take back

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control of their life

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incredible i'm so happy for you

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anyway enough about me what's been

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happening in your world

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make sure you let me know if you enjoyed

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speaking with me today say hello down in

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the comments i love popping down there

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reading your comments catching up with

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what's happening in your world

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make sure you're subscribed to the

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channel and check out this lesson next