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if you want to understand native

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speakers then you gotta learn

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contractions

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if you don't know where to begin don't

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worry i'm gonna teach you

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let me start

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hello my name is maddie from poc piece

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of cake english and in this lesson we

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are going to talk about contractions now

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what is a contraction a contraction is a

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shorter form of two or three words that

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sit together for example i am

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i'm

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i'm is a contraction it is the shorter

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form of i am together i am i'm can not

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can't

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are not

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aren't these are contractions

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in this lesson we're going to talk about

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12 very common contractions that native

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speakers often use by learning

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contractions you will understand native

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speakers more easily you will understand

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the movies you want to watch without

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subtitles and you can also understand

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your favorite music

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alright let's start with contraction

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number one

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instead of have got to

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native speakers say godda

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gotta for example

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i have got to go i gotta go

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i gotta go

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instead of have got to you say gotta

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i gotta go

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i gotta go i gotta go

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we have got to go home

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we gotta go home

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we gotta go home

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we gotta

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we gotta go home

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you have got to do it

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you gotta do it

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you gotta do it but you gotta you gotta

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do it or we have got to go you have got

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to drive

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say it with me

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we gotta go

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you gotta drive

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we gotta go you gotta drive

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we gotta go ryan you gotta drive

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contraction number two which is very

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very common is

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gonna instead of going to

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we use be going to to talk about our

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future plans now instead of going to

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native speakers say ghana

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we are going to win

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we're going to win

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we're going to win

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we're going we're going to we're going

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to win

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we are going to die

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we're gonna die

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we're gonna die

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we're gonna die we're gonna die

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it's going to be great we are going to

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fish

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we are going to cook breakfast say it

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with me

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it's gonna be great

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we're gonna fish

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we're gonna cook breakfast

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it's gonna be great we're gonna fish

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we're gonna cook breakfast it's gonna be

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great we're gonna fish we're gonna cook

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breakfast number three which is again

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very common instead of want to

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wanna

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wanna i don't want to know

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i don't wanna know you don't want to

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know

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you don't wanna know

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i don't wanna know you don't wanna know

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i don't wanna know

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you don't wanna know

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i don't want to talk

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i want to shoot

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i don't want to talk i want to shoot

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i don't want to talk i want to shoot

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i don't want to talk i want to shoot i

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don't want to talk i want to shoot

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what do you want to do

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what do you want to do

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what do you want to do

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what do you want to do huh what do you

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want to do

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instead of have to native speakers say

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hafta hafta when they speak fast for

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example

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you have to believe me

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you have to believe me

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you have to believe me you have to

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believe me you have to believe me

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you have to help me

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you have to help me you have to you have

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to help me you have to help me and lana

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please you have to have to have to help

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me

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you just have to study hard

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say it with me you just have to

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you just have to study hard you just

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have to study hard except study hard

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the next one is very similar instead of

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has to

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native speakers say hasta

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hasta

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hafta hasta

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somebody has to do it

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somebody has to do it somebody has to

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somebody has to do it somebody has to do

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i am doing what has to be done

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i'm doing what has to i'm doing what has

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to be done i'm doing what has to be done

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i'm doing what has to be done you know

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what has to be done

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say it with me

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you know what has to

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be done you know what has to be done you

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know what has to be done you know what

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has to be done next is give me now

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give me

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give me

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give me the phone

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give me the phone

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give me the phone

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phone give me the phone uh give me a

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coffee

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give me a coffee give me a coffee

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give me coffee

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give me an espresso

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give me an espresso give me an espresso

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give me an espresso

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let me

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let me see

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let me see let me see let me see

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let me tell you something

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let me tell you something

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let me tell you something let me tell

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you something

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let me ask you something

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let me ask you something

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let me ask you something let me ask you

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something let me ask you something

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the next three are all the reductions of

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the preposition off now when you want to

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speak fast you often reduce the

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pronunciation off for example look at

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these three common contracted forms of

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he is kind of cute

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he is kind of cute

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he is kind of cute kind of cute it's

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kind of cute

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he's kind of cute

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was out of control i was out of control

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i was out of control i was out of

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control out of control

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it was out of control out of control

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cup of

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how about a cup of coffee

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how about a cup of coffee

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cup of coffee how about a cup of coffee

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how about a cup of coffee how about a

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cup of coffee

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next is don't know now instead of don't

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know native speakers say

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don't know dunno

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i don't know

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i don't know

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i don't know say it with me

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i don't know i don't know

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i don't know about that

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i don't know about that

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i don't know about that

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next one is tell them

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tell them now instead of tell them you

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can say tell him

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tell him

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tell them tommy

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tell him tommy

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tell him tommy you tell him you tell him

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what was i supposed to tell them

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what was i supposed to tell him

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what was i supposed to tell him what was

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i supposed to tell him what was i

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supposed to tell him all right let's see

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if you have learned whatever we've

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talked about look at this sentence

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you are going to have to tell them

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you are going to have to tell them

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let's see how a native speaker would

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read this sentence first

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instead of you are we can say

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you're going to have to tell them second

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you're gonna have to tell them

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third instead of have to you can say

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you're gonna have to tell them you're

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gonna have to tell them

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tell him

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you're gonna have to tell him

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you're gonna have to tell him

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you are going to have to tell them

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you're gonna have to tell them you're

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gonna have to tell him you're gonna have

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to tell him you're gonna have to tell

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him so you're gonna have to tell him

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you see

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learning the contracted forms and

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learning the linked speech will help you

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understand movies and your favorite

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music in english much better

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that's it guys i hope you've enjoyed

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this lesson don't forget to give this

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let me know in the comments down below

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if you know any other common

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contractions in english language

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see you in the next lesson

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