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A young British couple disagree over posting their baby daughter's photos online, until they find a compromise that keeps the family close and her privacy safe.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Present perfect with just / already / yet / everIntermediatehave just / already / never + V3, haven't … yet — how recent a finished action is, or whether it has happened at all |
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| “Would rather” / “had better”Intermediatewould rather + verb, had better + verb — preference and strong advice |
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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| Past continuousIntermediatewas/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past |
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| SuperlativesBeginnerthe -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group |
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| “See / hear someone do / doing”Intermediatesee/hear/watch + person + verb or -ing — noticing someone's action |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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| Phrasal verbsIntermediategive up, find out, end up, come up with — a verb + particle with its own meaning |
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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Question tagsIntermediate…, isn't it? / …, don't you? — a short question at the end to check or agree |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| “Have got”Beginnerhave/has got + noun — having or owning something |
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| Verb + to-infinitiveIntermediatedecide / manage / seem / try + to-verb — verbs followed by to |
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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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