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although he is 94 years old mickey mouse

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is without a doubt the most iconic of

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walt disney's animated characters and

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arguably the most popular cartoon

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character in the world

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hello

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hello

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in today's lesson we'll take a look at a

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clip from an episode of a time when

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mickey and his friends tried to surprise

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me by painting her new home but before

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we do that each week we create fun

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lessons like this to help english

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learners like you understand fast

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fellas i gathered you here today because

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this is minnie's new house and i really

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want to surprise her by painting it

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before she gets back it's got coconut

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paint big flowery hat cutesy rootsy bow

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that's good noel but i like to see where

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inspiration takes me

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oh no no i've got it all worked out all

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we need is polka dot paint an

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old-fashioned paintbrush and we'll be

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done in no time agree to disagree

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fellas i gather you here today because

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this is minnie's new house and i really

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want to surprise her by painting it

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before she gets back so mickey uses

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connected speech here when the words

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want and two are next to one another the

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t at the end of want and at the

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beginning of two both become silent

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then the o in two takes on a schwa sound

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so together these two words become

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wanna

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wanna

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the words then flow into each other to

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sound like i really wanna surprise her i

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really want to surprise her listen again

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and i really want to surprise her by

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painting it before she gets back it's

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got coconut paint big flowery hat cutesy

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boat when something is flowery it is

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covered with mini or has big flowers

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however flowery has another meaning if a

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speech or writing style is flowery it

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uses too many complicated or unusual

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words or phrases

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whoa violet if i know a thing or two

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about legends it's that all this flowery

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underworld language is just a cover for

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a con come on

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we usually refer to a flower pattern as

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a floral pattern

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for example she is wearing a floral

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dress

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this is an informal almost childish

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expression used when we want to say that

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something is extremely or excessively

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cute for example the baby looked cutesy

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wootsy in her new dress

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that's good noel but i like to see where

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inspiration takes me we say that we will

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see where something takes us when we are

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not sure what the end result will be or

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what will happen in the future so goofy

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is saying that he enjoys painting

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whatever he is inspired to do without

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actually planning the end result for

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example you could say

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i'll see where the road takes me

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which means i'll drive without planning

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the destination

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or we'll see where the relationship

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takes us

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which means we're not sure yet about the

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future of our relationship another way

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you could say this would be to see where

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a situation goes

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check out this example from friends

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you're not expecting a proposal right

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oh no no not at all

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we're just moving in right now we'll see

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where it goes

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are you feeling inspired to improve your

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english but you're not sure where to

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start well without learning with friends

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course you will have fun while greatly

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improving your understanding of false

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speaking natives learn the vocabulary

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you actually need to communicate and

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master grammar in context you can try

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our course right now for free without

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three-part masterclass simply sign up

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now by clicking up here or down in the

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description below

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agree to disagree

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so if two people who are arguing about

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something agree to disagree they decide

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to stop arguing because neither of them

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is going to change their opinions

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overhearing teenagers at the pier might

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not be the best way to get information i

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would agree to disagree because that's

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actually how i learned that green

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scrunchies are out

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this is school

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hey nick i'm all done i just let

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inspiration take me someplace mystical

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what the plan was polka dots remember

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polka dots why are you painting

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don't use a brush come on you're wasting

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time

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what is wrong with you people

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this is an idiomatic expression which

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means that a situation is easy and

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without any problems imagine a ship

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sailing through rough waters it would be

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dangerous and difficult to reach your

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destination right however when the

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waters are calm it's much easier to get

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where you need to be that's why when a

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situation is good and without any

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trouble we say that it is smooth sailing

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now go be free

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should be smooth sailing from here

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here's a quick tip about writing so when

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a writer repeats the consonant sounds at

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the beginning of a word in this case

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smooth and sailing both start with the

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this is called alliteration although

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there are several reasons to use it the

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main reason to use alliteration in

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writing is that it sounds pleasing

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it gets the attention of the readers or

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listeners let us know down in the

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comments if you would like to learn more

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about how to improve your writing in

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english

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i just let inspiration take me someplace

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mystical

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what

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things that are mystical are magical or

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mysterious usually having to do with the

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supernatural or spiritual so when

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something or some place is mystical it

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cannot easily be understood or explained

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together we would pull off the greatest

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illusion of all shut it blackheart

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i would bewilder you mere mortals with

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my mystical powers

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shut it black arts

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just use a brush come on you're wasting

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income becomes a sure as the e at the

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end of come is silent when the two words

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link together it sounds like come on

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come on

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come on you're wasting time

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so which of these do you think means the

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same as what gives

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what is happening

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what is going on

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or what is wrong

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all of them are correct

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what gives is an informal expression and

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is something you ask when you aren't

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sure why someone is doing something or

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acting in a certain way so for example

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if someone has been behaving strangely

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you could say

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you've been acting weird all week what

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gives

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here's another example from the movie

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turbo all right give me the keys i'll

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drive the first shift home

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it's common for us to shorten words when

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we speak casually with friends and

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family so here instead of saying hold on

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a second he reduces second to sec

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we usually use this expression to ask

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someone to wait for a short moment

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some other examples of words that are

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commonly shortened include laboratory

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becomes lab

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limousine becomes limo

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to the maximum becomes to the max

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and legitimate becomes legit

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i'm sorry i'm sorry i i did not mean to

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scare you i no no wait

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so when goofy asks am i right he isn't

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actually expecting an answer this is

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because he's asking a rhetorical

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question which means this is a question

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asked in order to make a statement that

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does not expect an answer in other words

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he actually believes he did a good job

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painting

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marceline

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where is she oh boy i i wish i knew it

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no love lost there am i right

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now let's test what you've learned today

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fellas i gathered you here today because

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this is minnie's new house and i really

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want to surprise her by painting it

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before she gets back it's got coconut

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paint big flowery hat cutesy bow that's

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good noel but i like to see where

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inspiration takes me

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oh no

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i've got it all worked out all we need

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is polka dot paint an old-fashioned

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paintbrush and we'll be done in no time

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agree to disagree

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which of these means the same as agree

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to disagree

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agree to differ agree to argue i beg

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your pardon

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this is smooth

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which of these options uses alliteration

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eat your egg

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fly in the pie

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baby boy bruce

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hey nick i'm all done i just let

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inspiration take me someplace mystic

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what the plan was polka dots remember

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polka dots why are you painting

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don't use a brush come on you're wasting

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time

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hold on

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what does mickey mean when he says this

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get angry

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calm down be excited

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what is wrong with you people

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if you enjoyed today's lesson why not

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watch this one next

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hey real lifers so

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many of my students ask me where's the

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best place to start learning new

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vocabulary

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my answer probably

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right at home

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so today i'm going to teach you some

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important vocabulary around the home as

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well as some interesting idiomatic

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expressions related to objects in the

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home for example do you know the

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difference between a photograph and a

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portrait