Softening a request

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you're doing amazing keep going and

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finally this is way more advanced

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oh my god turn it down it's too loud

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can you turn it down there are so many

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little pieces of politeness that you can

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add to any question to make it sound

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more polite so all of these are optional

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use as many or as few as you like

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we'll start with sorry we'll change can

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for could and remember we'll make it a

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negative statement adding a question tag

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sorry you couldn't turn it down could

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you let's add the word just before the

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verb

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now make it sound like you're not asking

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for much

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so add a bit

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sorry you couldn't just turn it down a

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bit could you

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nice

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test time show me what you've learned

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i'm going to give you some common

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scenarios you have five seconds to say

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out loud an appropriate polite question

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using the structures i've given you so

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if you're not sure watch again if you

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need to after the five seconds don't

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worry if you can't think of one i'll

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give you a perfect example of what you

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could