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Curso de Inglés Pre-Intermedio
| File 1: Tenses: present, past, and future, present perfect |
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Topic
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New grammar
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New vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A. Summer in Siberia
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What’s the weather like? It’s... |
The weather, compass points
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/w/
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B. A typical Hollywood star?
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Activities: daily routine
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Present simple endings /z/, /s/, /iz/
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C. An unforgettable holiday
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What was (the food) like? |
Activities free time
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/d/ /t/ /id/ endings of past simple regulars verbs
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D. What a bore!
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Present perfect, past participles
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Me too/ me neither
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/h/ /v/, weak forms
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E. Getting there
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FUNCTION Checking in, arriving, losing your baggage/ Airport
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Intonation (dialogue)
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Past, present, and future
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What a wonderful word
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English sounds, word stress, sentence stress, intonation
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| File 2: Present perfect or past simple, have to, con /can’t, relative pronouns |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A Classical experiences
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Present perfect v.past simple
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Ever / never, irregular past participle, classical music
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B What’s your job really like?
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Have to / don’t have to (obligation)
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Jobs: adjectives, verbs, nouns
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C Going back to the past
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Can/can’t (permission), impersonal you
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Appearance: short hair, etc., cloths
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Can /can’t: weak / strong forms, sentence stress
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D What’s the word?
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Relatives pronouns: who/which/ where
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Shapes: round, etc, materials: wood, etc.
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Word and sentence stress
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From the airport to the hotel
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FUNCTION Changing money, getting a train/ taxi High numbers, money
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Intonation dialogue
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The verb have
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Focus on listening
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Listening for the general idea / focus on key words, listening for specific information
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| File 3: Possessives, continuous forms: present/ future/past, prepositions of movement |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A Love me tender
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Possessive pronouns
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Whose...? or Who’s...?
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/s/ or /z/, Whose... (linking /sentence stress)
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B Old friends
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Present continuous (future) Invitations: Would you like to...?
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Verbs: arrive in / at, etc.
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Intonation in invitations
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C The slowest journey in history?
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How long does it take? It takes...
Prepositions of movement (along, etc.)
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Time: half an hour, etc., the country: forest, etc.
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D It was a cold, dark night...
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Past continuous, contrast with past simple
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Weak/strong forms of was / were
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At the hotel
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FUNCTION Checking into a hotel, calling Reception. Hotel: room service, etc.
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Intonation (dialogue)
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| File 4: Comparatives and superlatives, first conditional, some/any/ nothing |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A Same language, different people
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As...as, much/ a bit comparatives
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Towns/cities. Adjectives, nouns
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Er endings, weak forms of as and than, sentence stress
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B If...
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First conditional (if will /won’t infinitive)
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Confusing verbs: lend/ / borrow, etc.
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/l/
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C
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Something / anything / nothing, etc.
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else
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D
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Superlative adjectives, article the
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Adjectives, places
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Intonation (dialogue)
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At the restaurant
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FUNCTION Ordering a meal (I’ll have / I’d like...), complaining, condiments, cutlery, ways of cooking
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Focus on speaking
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Paraphrasing, fluency
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| File 5: for/ since, verb to, so /because, questions with / without auxiliaries |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A Born in USSR
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Present perfect for / since
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Towns/cities. Sport: team, etc., buy (for), give (to), nouns
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/I/ and /i:/, sentence stress, weak forms
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B As old as you feel?
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Verb to infinitive, would like to verb or like -ing
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Age-groups: middle-aged, etc. Verbs to: want, etc. verbs: lend/ / borrow, etc.
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/t/ weak forms, sentence stress
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C Love stories
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So/ because, had to / didn’t have to
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Connectors: then, etc.
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Words stress
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D Famous in the 20th century
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Questions with /without auxiliaries
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Verbs: invent, etc.
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Intonation in Wh- questions
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Asking the way
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FUNCTION Giving directions, asking the way, Buildings / places in town
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Intonation (dialogue)
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| File 6: Gerund or infinitive, like / look like, quantities, too / enough |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A pain or a pleasure?
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Verb -ing (gerund), gerund or infinitive?
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Housework: ironing, et., shopping: bargain, etc.
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B First impressions
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Look or look like?
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Adjectives of personality: shy, etc., zodiac
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C What’s in your rubbish?
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A lot of / much, etc.
Countability
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Containers and packaging, agree / disagree
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Linking, weak form
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D The day the birds died
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Too much / many, (not) enough
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Cities
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Word stress in word families
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Shopping
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Buying food /clothes, taking things back
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Intonation (dialogue)
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| File 7: yet /already/ just, to /for, should/ shouldn’t, phrasal verbs |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A business trip
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Present perfect yet /already/ just
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Irregulars verbs, verbs: book a hotel, etc.
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B Heart of gold
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Why...? to verb /for noun
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Aid organizations
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C Problems
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Should7 shouldn’t (advise / opinion)
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Feelings, -ed or –ing
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D True stories
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Phrasal verbs object
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Adjective Phrasal verbs
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Talking on the phone
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Using the phone, leaving a message on an answer phone
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Message in a bottle
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| File 8: Echo questions, so /neither will / won’t, passives |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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What types of film do you like?
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Echo questions, So / Neither do I.
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Types of film
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Intonation in echo question, stress in disagreeing
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We all make mistakes
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Uses of will / won’t, future forms
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Agree / disagree
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A passion for chocolate!
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Present passive
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Verbs: grow / produce, etc.
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The Tower of London
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Past passive by
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Verbs: build / design, etc.
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Intonation (dialogue)
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Going to the doctor’s
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Describing illness, going to the doctor’s
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| File 9: Revision, preview: second conditional |
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Topics
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Pronunciation
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A George and Mabel
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All tenses
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B A musician all her life
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All tenses
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C Going home
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All travel phrases
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Intonation (dialogue)
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D Are you a good citizen?
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Review second conditional
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Sentence stress, silent l
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