Using “A blessing in disguise”

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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