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hi everybody Welcome to ingvid.com I'm

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Adam in today's video I have a very very

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important lesson for you and the reason

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I say that is because we're going to

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look at some questions that especially

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for beginner and even even intermediate

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students have a very difficult time

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trying to answer and it's not because

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they don't understand the question the

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problem most of the time is they they

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don't know how to structure the answer

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in relation to the question you'll

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understand more when I show you the

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types of questions we're looking at so

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basically these I call these tricky

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questions now for native speakers

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they're not tricky they're just natural

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questions for English Learners they

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could be very tricky so we're going to

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start with Tag questions now Tag

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questions are the way they are built is

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you have an uh basically a expression or

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a statement followed by a short question

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uh yes no question so you like pizza

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don't you

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you don't like pizza do you now you'll

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notice that I have a positive verb and a

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negative verb or I have a negative verb

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and a positive verb so that's how we

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structure it so I'm not going to focus

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too much about the tags now I want to

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just show you how to answer this

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question every time

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the key is to basically understand

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what are you being asked so if you look

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at both of these questions try to make

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it a very simple straightforward

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question like

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if you understand the meaning we're

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talking about liking pizza so the

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question actually is do you

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like

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Pizza

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okay that's the actual question you're

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being asked if I say it like this this

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is the meaning if I say it like this

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this is still the meaning so it doesn't

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matter how the tag is structured the

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meaning of the question does not change

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so it's very important to understand

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what the meaning of the question is not

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the structure of the question so it

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doesn't matter what you want to say what

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however you would answer this question

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answer this question these questions as

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well

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so I like pizza for example I love pizza

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actually but you like pizza don't you

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yes

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you don't like pizza do you yes yes

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doesn't mean

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I agree with it don't like it means yes

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I do now if you're not entirely sure

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that the person will understand you

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with the negative just stress the

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positive verb you don't like pizza do

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you yes I do

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now let's pretend I don't like pizza

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you like pizza don't you no

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you don't like pizza do you no right so

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the answer doesn't change the depending

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on the question the answer will always

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be the same because you this is the

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actual question that you're answering

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right so don't be afraid to just simply

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answer yes or no regardless of how the

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question was structured as long as you

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actually understand what you're being

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asked right it's it's not cold out today

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is it yes it is

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minus 10. it's cold out today isn't it

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yes it is right

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-10 doesn't change yes it is cold

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doesn't change I can change the question

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many times the answer will always stay

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the same so I had a lot I have a lot of

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students and you ask them you like pizza

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don't you

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uh yes I don't

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or no I do like they get a little bit

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confused because they're not sure do

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they answer this verb or do they answer

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this verb

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answer the meaning of the question not

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the two verbs inside of it so that's

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tags I hope that's a little bit clear

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because I know this is a very confusing

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uh question type

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next we have this one would you mind if

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or do you mind if now you have to

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remember this word mind is a verb it's

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not a mind it's not a noun

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to mind means to be against

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if you mind something if you mind

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someone doing something you're against

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them doing it okay you don't want them

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to do it so would you mind if I smoked

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Yes means don't smoke

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so yes

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to this question means don't

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do whatever like whatever the person

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wants to do

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would you mind if I smoked no

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means go ahead

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okay so do you mind if I smoke Yes means

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don't smoke

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do you mind if I smoke no go ahead have

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a cigarette right again smoking or any

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other situation do you mind if I sit

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here

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go ahead or no do you mind if I sit here

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yes I'm saving it for my friend who's

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coming soon right so you can you can

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always say why your answer is yes or no

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but a lot of people say do you mind if I

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smoke no

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no I don't mind means go ahead and smoke

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but it means but what you're actually

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thinking is no don't smoke right so you

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have to be very careful about that

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because native speakers will take your

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answer to mean the opposite of what you

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might think it is okay I hope that's a

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little bit clear as well whatever

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whenever you hear this question think of

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the opposite of what you want to do or

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the person to do and say that yes means

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don't no means do okay so it's a little

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bit tricky now I'm going to give you a

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few more questions that are a little bit

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more I guess Street language more slangy

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therefore they're very tricky for

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non-native English speakers they're very

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hard to understand but I'll explain to

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you what they mean and how to answer

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them

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okay so now we're going to look at some

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questions that native speakers use all

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the time and we use it with each other

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but sometimes we use it with non-native

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speakers because we're just in the

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moment and the non-native speakers get a

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little bit confused because there's not

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enough information in the question so

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you have to understand all the little

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pieces right so for example someone

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suggests uh a few of us are going to go

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to the bar for some drinks are you in

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and you're looking and am I in the bar

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no I'm here am I in somewhere else no in

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means are you interested okay and that's

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very important to understand this

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basically means interested

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okay or do you want to come do you want

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to join us right that's what in in this

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particular sentence means now into

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basically means the same thing except

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that you need more information are you

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into having a few drinks are you into

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coming with us are you into coming to

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the bar with us Etc in by itself the

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information was given before into the

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information is given after but they mean

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the same thing

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so we're going to go to the bar you

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interact or we're gonna a few of us are

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gonna buy a lottery ticket everybody's

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gonna put in five dollars and we're

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gonna share the winnings if we win are

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you in or out

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means do you want to be involved or do

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you want to stay out of this particular

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Adventure or project or whatever it is

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right do you want to join or do you not

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want to join

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do you want to take part or do you not

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want to take part

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down with now down with is very slang

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you're not gonna write like this and

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you're not gonna use it in formal

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situations but with friends very

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commonly used maybe a little less

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popular than it used to be but people

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still use this down with basically means

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the same as in or into are you

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interested so are you down with coming

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to the bar are you down with putting in

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five dollars to buy lottery tickets and

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the same thing you need the information

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after

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you can also say we're going to do this

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are you down with that and that would

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refer back to the information that came

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before but same meaning more common are

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you down with doing something right are

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you interested

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cool with same idea are you cool with

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that

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are you okay with that do you agree do

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you want to participate do you want to

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join so uh I'm gonna I'm gonna take your

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homework and submit it like I'm a bully

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right you're a little person in the

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school I'm going to take your homework

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and give it to the teacher are you cool

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with that if you say no I will beat you

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up if you say yes I will say thank you

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and take your homework right are you

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cool with that are you okay with that

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are you comfortable with that

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Etc again not the best situation to

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explain it but that it works right

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that's how it happens now keep in mind

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also that native speakers as much as

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possible will always take shortcuts we

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will always squeeze the information into

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as few words as we can just because we

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can right so instead of saying are you

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in sometimes people will ask you you win

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you in and if you don't understand that

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these are two separate words shortening

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of a full question it could be very

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confusing confusing sorry so sometimes

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you'll hear people say you win you

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interact you're in or out you down with

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that you're into coming with us you cool

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with that yeah so the U becomes ya and

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they are completely taken out and this

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is very natural English for native

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speakers so if you want to understand

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what people around you are saying or

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what you hear in the movies remember

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that native speakers will squeeze the

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language as much as possible and this

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happens in your language too if I want

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to study your language I will need to

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learn all the shortcuts all the squeezed

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Expressions as well you're gonna have to

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do that in English if you want to make

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English speaking friends as well right

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so I hope these are a little bit helpful

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there is a quiz at ingvid.com if you

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want to practice uh your understanding

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of these questions especially the tags

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and the questions with mind make sure

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you take the quiz and understand all

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that if you have any questions there's

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also a comment section there please ask

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your questions I'll be happy to help out

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and that's it for the tricky questions

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remember not tricky for us tricky for

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you now and soon they'll be natural for

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you as well I hope okay if you like the

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