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i've been getting a lot of questions in

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the comments to

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my videos on the cambridge english exams

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and i always think that if

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one person has a question then it's

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quite likely that

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many other people have the same question

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so i decided to make this video to

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answer

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all your questions okay let's do this

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now one of the more common questions i

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get

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is about whatsapp or telegram groups

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people are looking for ways to

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connect with other learners other people

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preparing for the cambridge exams to to

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practice to prepare together

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to practice the speaking together and

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just to share tips and advice

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and to ask each other questions so i

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decided to set up a telegram group

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i just just set it up last night so

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there's nobody in it yet

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i'll put the link in the description um

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to click on that link

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that should notify me that you you've

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joined and then i'll send you to the

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appropriate group because

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i think we'll have a general english

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chat group and then more specific groups

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for the different

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cambridge exams for the fce cae and

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cpe so people can find

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other like-minded learners to just to

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share

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share your experiences with really and

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maybe maybe practice and speak together

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i'd like to build a community if

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possible and this is the first

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step one of the comments on my videos

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that i received

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had four questions in one comment i'm

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not going to mention the names of the

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people who

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who sent me these comments first of all

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because i will probably

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mispronounce them i don't want to offend

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anybody and second of all i don't know

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if they want

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their names mentioned in the video but

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this person asked four questions

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the first one was how many words should

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i memorize now this this student is

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studying for the cambridge advanced

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exam how many words should you

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memorize i think that's the wrong

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question to be honest

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you shouldn't be thinking about the

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number of words to to memorize to pass

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an exam

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you should just be expanding your

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vocabulary in general so by

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by reading watching film series and

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proactively expanding your vocabulary

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you should have a

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your own personal dictionary a long list

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of new vocabulary which you continuously

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add to

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so yeah don't think about a particular

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number of words to learn

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having said that it's a good idea to

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learn

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and memorize some adjectives some

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impressive adjectives as i mentioned in

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my last video

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so for the speaking adjectives that you

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think will help you

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express what you want to say and for the

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reading adjectives

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really demonstrate a high level they're

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a good way of

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really impressing the examiners so learn

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some adjectives

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and also some linking words linking

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words like however

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in spite of instead of um

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even though although those types of

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words for your speaking and

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writing if you can memorize some of

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those

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you should know them already but learn

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the grammar that goes around them

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that will give you a real real advantage

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in the exam

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so yeah don't think about a number of

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words just expand your vocabulary in

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general and learn those

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linkers and adjectives

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this person's next question was how do i

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improve my reading

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another person had a similar question as

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how to how can i

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learn to read more quickly because time

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is very limited in the reading part of

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the exam

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the only way to improve your reading is

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to read actively read

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not just read to enjoy it but you're

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preparing for an exam so you need to

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think while you're reading so pay

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attention to the vocabulary try to

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read for detail um

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you're preparing for a very difficult

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exam all

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of the exams the first certificate the

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cambridge of advance and of course the

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proficiency are very difficult so

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the best way to improve your reading is

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to read that simple

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uh can can you suggest some books was

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another question

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and i'm not sure if this was referring

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to books to read like novels or

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exercise books if it's about

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books to read any book that you like any

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book that motivates you to read

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so that you have to enjoy it you have to

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want to pick up the book and read it

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but having said that you also need to

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read a variety of texts to

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get different vocabulary especially for

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the advanced and proficiency so

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you have to enjoy it but also read a

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variety to

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to get different vocabulary

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and the last question this person asked

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is are there any extra tips

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and yes there are lots of extra tips

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i've made at least

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10 videos and i will continue to make

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these tip videos so just

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stay tuned subscribe so you don't miss

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those but

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yeah this is a i will be continuing to

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make these videos for a few more months

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so

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yeah watch those that's my big tip

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another another student asked me

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this is a very good and significant

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question

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the question is will i be able to skip

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to the fifth part

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in the online test so this this is

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referring to the fifth part of the

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reading

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and use of english because one of my big

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tips is

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in the reading and use of english don't

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go in order

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one two three four five six seven eight

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my advice is to start with part five

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five six seven eight in the advanced

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and then go back to do the use of

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english so four

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three two one that's the best order to

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do it

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and if if you're doing the paper exam

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that's very easy you just turn the page

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to part five and you start from there

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so this question is asking in the online

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test is it possible to go directly to

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part five

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and yes it is you can do the questions

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in any order you like you have the

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freedom to

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to you don't have to follow the

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numerical order

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so that's that's good news and i would

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recommend you practice that a lot before

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you do the exam

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and the final question for today is

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regarding the listening part of the exam

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um it's asking if there is a short break

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between the recordings being played for

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the first and second time

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this this student likes to have some

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time between the two listenings to be

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able to think about

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their answers unfortunately no there's

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not a short break as

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five seconds um basically the second

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the the audio is repeated almost

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immediately

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there are a few instructions that this

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the speaker says

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you will hear the recording again so one

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thing i

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one benefit you have if you practice the

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test a lot

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is that you don't need to listen to the

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instructions in the listening or read

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the instructions in the other parts of

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the

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exam so you save time the more you

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prepare the more you practice the exam

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the less time you need to spend paying

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attention to the instructions because it

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will just be

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automatic you know what they're asking

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for but yeah for the listening

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unfortunately the second audio starts

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i think it's five seconds after the the

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first audio

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don't forget to join the telegram group

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i really want to try to build this

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community for people to help each other

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um and subscribe so you don't miss

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future videos okay i'll see you soon for

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another video

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bye