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The “that smile though” pattern

you to understand what it means let's take the example that smile though here we have that plus a noun plus though what does this mean well I'd like to give you a quick example...

Course: Speaking with ease every daySection: Using though in conversationSubtitles: en

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want

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you to understand what it means let's

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take the example that smile though here

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we have that plus a noun plus though

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what does this mean well I'd like to

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give you a quick example I saw a video

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clip of a girl who got her purse stolen

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it was just a skit it wasn't really real

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but she said hey he stole my purse and

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this guy runs up to save her and to get

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her purse

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but instead he does a backflip off the

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wall and she looks really surprised and

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says hey he got away he got my purse and

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he looks at the camera really proud and

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says mmm

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that backflip though why did he use the

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word though here he's really just

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drawing attention to something

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impressive it's not a contrast it's not

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really comparing something it's just

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something that he thinks is impressive

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and he wants you to realize that it's

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impressive too so you might say this if

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you are looking at Instagram and you see

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a picture of some famous celebrity maybe

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someone would comment whoa that smile

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though and this just means they think

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that his smile is really handsome they

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want to let everyone know look draw

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attention to his smile

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it's

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