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so what do you guys want to do I want

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some ice cream

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I want some ice cream too

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me too I have a craving for ice cream

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right now

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hello my name is Maddie from POC English

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and in this lesson we are going to learn

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different ways of saying I want now is

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it bad or is it wrong to say I want all

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the time no it's quite clear however

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does it show that you have limited

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vocabulary yes now if you want to level

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up your English what you need to do is

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to learn synonyms and alternative ways

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of saying the simple sentences

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in this lesson we're going to learn 10

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alternatives to the phrase I want now

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I've divided this lesson into two parts

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in the first part we will learn five

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formal alternatives to I want and in the

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second part of the video I will teach

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you five informal alternatives before we

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now let's begin the lesson by learning

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formal alternatives to the phrase I want

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the first alternative is to use wish

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instead of want now wish in this meaning

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is very formal which has many different

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meanings one of the meanings of wish is

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to say you want something or you want to

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do something for example imagine you're

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at a restaurant and the food is not good

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you seek the manager and you tell the

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manager that I wish to make a complaint

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pay attention to this example I wish to

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make a complaint it means I really want

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to make a complaint this is a formal way

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of saying this and it's more polite I

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wish to make a complaint here's another

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example passengers wishing to take the

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king's cross train should board now

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passengers wishing to take the king's

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cross train should board now in this

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sentence this wish means want it means

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those who want to take that train those

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who are wishing to take the train

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a very common use of the word wish as a

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synonym of want is to say as you wish

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as you wish I'm sure you have heard this

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one As You Wish For example again I'm at

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a restaurant and I tell the waiter

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can I have my steak rare and the waiter

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says As You Wish sir

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As You Wish sir it means we'll prepare

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it the way you want another formal

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alternative to want is to say would like

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now would like is used to say politely

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that you want something it is very

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polite for example you're at the

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restaurant you're looking at the menu

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and you tell the waiter or the waitress

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I think I'd like the soup for my starter

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I think I'd like the soup for my stutter

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you see here I say I'd like the soup I

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could say I want the soup but it's not

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as polite as saying I'd like the soup

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for my starter or here's another example

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I'd like to travel to Venice I'd like to

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travel to Venice

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now pay attention after would like we

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use infinitive with two I'd like to

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travel to Venice or one more example I'd

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like to say a big thank you to everyone

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who has subscribed to my channel

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I'd like to say a big thank you to

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everyone who has subscribed to my

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Channel I want to say thank you I'd like

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to say thank you I can also say I wish

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to say thank you

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another way of saying I want in a formal

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way is to replace want with the verb

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desire now desire means to want

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something strongly you really want

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something you desire it for example the

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hotel had everything you could possibly

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desire the hotel had everything you

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could possibly desire

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or here's another example the

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president's desires to meet the new

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prime minister

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the president desires to meet the new

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prime minister it means the president

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really wants to meet the new prime

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minister

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another way of saying you want something

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but in a formal way is to use the word

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long now pay attention long as an

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adjective means tall or high right but

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as a verb it means to have a strong

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desire or wish now there are two ways of

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using it you can say long for something

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or long to do something for example

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she longed for a relaxing weekend she

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longed for a relaxing weekend and she

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really wanted to have a relaxing weekend

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or what I long for is success in my

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career what I longed for is success in

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my career it means I really have the

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desire of being successful I really wish

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to be successful

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you can also say long to do something

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for example she longed to see him one

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more time

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she longed to see him one more time and

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she really wanted to see him just one

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last time and number five the last

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formal alternative to I want is to use

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the verb fancy now to fancy means to

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want something or to want to do

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look at this example do you fancy a

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drink this evening it is the end of the

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working hour and I turn to my colleague

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and say uh hey uh do you fancy a drink

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this evening do you fancy a drink this

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evening do you want to go and grab some

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drinks or here's another example do you

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fancy going out for a meal after work do

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you fancy going out for a meal after

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work it is do you want to go out for a

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meal do you like to go out for a meal

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all right enough with the formal ways of

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saying I want let's learn some cool

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informal alternatives

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instead of I want you can use this

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phrase be in the mood for

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be in the mood for something if you are

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in the mood for something you want to do

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it for example we could go out to eat if

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you are in the mood we could go out to

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eat if you are in the mood it means if

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you want we could go out to eat or

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here's another example I'm not really in

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the mood for shopping I am not really in

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the mood for shopping because I don't

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really want to go shopping I'm not in

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the mood for it another way of saying

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you want something in an informal way is

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to use this phrase to feel like

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something or to feel like doing

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something this means to have a desire to

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to really want to do something

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I feel like having Chinese food tonight

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I feel like having Chinese food tonight

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pay attention after feel like if we use

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a verb the verb needs to be gerund which

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means with ing I feel like having

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Chinese food tonight

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do you feel like going out for a walk do

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you feel like going out for a walk it

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means do you want to go out for a walk

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instead of I want you can also use this

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phrase to have a craving for if you have

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a craving for something you have a

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strong desire to do something or to have

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I have a craving for chocolate right now

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I have a craving for chocolate right now

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these I really want to have a piece of

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chocolate we had a craving for pizza so

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we went out we had a craving for pizza

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so we went out it means we really wanted

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to have pizza so we went to a pizzeria

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you can also use this phrase to be dying

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for something or to be dying to do

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something you can guess what this means

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right it means you're dying you're dying

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for it or you're dying to do it you are

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so eager and you really want it

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oh I'm dying for a cup of coffee right

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now it means I'm so tired that I'm

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actually trying for a cup of coffee I

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really want it or perhaps it's the end

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of a long journey and I say I'm dying to

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get home and relax I am dying to get

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home and relax because I really want to

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get home sit on my chair and relax

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instead of I want you can say I could go

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for

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I could go for now this means that you

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want to do something but not so strongly

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it means you're okay with it

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I could go for

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I could go for a couple of drinks

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tonight yeah

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I could go for a couple of drinks it

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means I'm okay with it if you really

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want to go I could go for a couple of

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drinks or it's your lunch break at work

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and you say yeah I could go for a cup of

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coffee right now it means I'm okay it's

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not that I really desire it but I could

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go for it

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and that's it guys I hope you've enjoyed

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this lesson don't forget to practice and

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see ya

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