Being a nerd at school

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And one time my friend and I asked our teacher

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why we hadn't been given full marks for a presentation

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and then she said, "Oh, I'll just give you full marks".

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I think that was probably quite a nerdy thing to do, so maybe!

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Mm, that's very nerdy, Beth!

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Let's look at the vocabulary we learned during the conversation.

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We had 'qualification', 'a record that you have completed an exam or a course'.

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We had 'quite'. This usually means 'a little'.

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'Very' and 'really' are both used to mean 'a lot'.

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So, for example, I'm very good at maths.

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And 'nerd', which is an informal word for 'someone who is good at school'.

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— Like you, Beth. — Thanks!

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Bye for now.

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Goodbye.