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Practising approximate numbers

number 4 ballpark figure how much money do you think the Queen has and number 5 if you took the IELTS test right now what kind of score do you think you would get 4 things conce...

Course: Richer descriptions and storiesSection: Using vague languageSubtitles: en

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did you wake up today

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number 4

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ballpark figure how much money do you

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think the Queen has and number 5 if you

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took the IELTS test right now what kind

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of score do you think you would get 4

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things concepts and ideas if someone

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asks you to describe something by

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comparing it to something else this is

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how you do it it's blah blah blah or

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something like that it's a kind of sort

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of blah blah blah blah blah blah that

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kind of thing for example my favorite

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English food is a Yorkshire pudding now

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when I describe this I have to compare

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it to other things

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umm Yorkshire pudding it's it's a kind

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of savory pancake it's it's like a

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pancake but a different shape and less

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sugar that kind of thing so practice

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tell everyone in the comments what these

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things are

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remember compare them to other

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using those expressions what is an arepa

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borscht locum what is so made what is

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back so what is Majorca and what is

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canola

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