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[Assistant] If an English speaker says these two words in the opposite order, it sounds funny when I say it. It doesn't really sound like natural English. So I'll try to make sure I highlight that as I go through as well.


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[Assistant] But once again, welcome to this English lesson where we're going to talk about words that go together. Things that when we speak English, these things just naturally go together in the same sentence.


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[Assistant] Hammer and nails. So when we talk about building things, often when we build something out of wood, we need a hammer.


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[Assistant] But in order to attach two pieces of wood together, we need a nail. And you use the hammer to hit the nail. You might have heard the English phrase to hit the nail on the head.


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[Assistant] That means that, you know, literally when you swing a hammer, you hit the nail right on the head, but it also means that you got something completely right or you guessed something correctly. But when you say the word hammer, it's almost natural to say hammer and nails. I'm going to go get a hammer and some nails.


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[Assistant] In order to uh, hammer these two boards together, or to nail these two boards together.


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[Assistant] So you can see in the picture, this person is holding up a hammer, and they are holding up a nail.


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[Assistant] Two things that naturally go together when you're speaking English. Uhm, when you buy furniture from IKEA, you don't need a hammer and nails to put it together. It's kinda nice, but when you build something yourself, you sometimes need a hammer and nails in order to put things together.


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[Assistant] So we often use these two words together when we're talking about the people you know.


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[Assistant] Someone will say, is it going to be a large party? No, just family and friends. Is it going to be, uhm, a big event? No, I'm just inviting family and some friends. Uhm, sometimes too when you start a business.


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[Assistant] Your first customers will probably be family and friends. Uh, if you, let's say you bought a little cart and you were going to sell food as a street vendor.


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[Assistant] Your first customers might be family and friends. They might know that you're starting a business and they might come to buy some of your food. So family and friends simply refers to all the people who you're related to and all of the people you are friends with. And we often use these two words together, you know, oh, invite your family and friends. It'll be fun. Invite everyone, you know, invite your family and friends.


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[Assistant] Coffee and donuts. So again, this is very North American. I think the British equivalent might be tea and crumpets. I'm not sure. Don't quote me on that. I'm very North American when I speak English. But uhm,


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[Assistant] Let's see here. Coffee and donuts is something that I do like having at the same time. I don't drink coffee anymore, but when I was a coffee drinker, it was always tempting to have coffee and a donut.


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[Assistant] Uhm, sometimes at work someone has a birthday and they buy everyone coffee and donuts. So again, very North American. I think in different parts of the world there are other drinks and foods that go together as snacks.


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[Assistant] But here in Canada and certainly in the United States as well, uh, coffee and donuts seem to go together. That's why we have coffee shops and donut shops.


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[Assistant] So when we want coffee and a donut, we can just pop in and get one.


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[Assistant] Thunder and lightning. So thunder and lightning again, uhm, is something that goes together. Tonight we might have a storm and there will be lots of thunder and lightning. Uhm, we don't often say lightning and thunder. It's kind of weird how


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[Assistant] A lot of these have kind of a natural order. You know, there was a huge storm last night. There was lots of thunder and lightning.


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[Assistant] I could say there was lots of lightning and thunder, but it doesn't roll off my tongue the same way. So again, something that happens during a storm, lightning is certainly the bright flash of electrical energy that comes down and thunder is the boom ba da boom ba da boom noise that you hear afterwards.


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[Assistant] Problems and solutions. So problems and solutions. It's nice when these two go together. When you have a problem.


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[Assistant] It's nice to have a solution. So again, a problem is something


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[Assistant] My school is closed today so I don't have to go to my school. I'll talk more about that later. So, it's always nice when you have problems, uh,


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[Assistant] No, sorry, it's not nice to have problems. It's always nice to have solutions when you have problems. It's not nice to have problems, although it is part of life, isn't it?


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[Assistant] Cup and saucer. So this is something I don't do. Let me make this a little bigger. When I have a cup of tea, I don't put a saucer underneath.


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[Assistant] I think depending on how fancy you are when you drink your tea or coffee, uh, you might or might not put a saucer underneath kind of to protect the table that you're putting the cup on.


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[Assistant] Nuts and bolts. So if you put two pieces of wood together, you can use nails. If you put two pieces of metal together, you can use nuts and bolts. The bolt is the longer thing with the thread.


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[Assistant] The nut is the smaller thing that you can put onto the bolt. So sometimes, I guess even with wood, if you drill a hole through two pieces of metal, or if you drill a hole through two pieces of wood, you can put a bolt through and then you can turn a nut onto the end. You can screw a nut onto the end. Two different verbs there.


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[Assistant] But nuts and bolts definitely go together. For sure.


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[Assistant] So this is an interesting one. Depending on where you are from in Canada or the United States, you might like peanut butter and jam.


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[Assistant] We never say jam and peanut butter. We never say jelly and peanut butter. It's always peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly. Now jam and jelly are very similar.


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[Assistant] Jam is made from fruit. Jelly is made from more of the juice from the fruit, but they are both, you know, semi, semi-solid. That's not a nice way to describe food. It's a spreadable fruit, a sweet spreadable fruit.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm gonna have a few PB&J sandwiches for lunch. Uhm, so definitely something that I think is yummy. I say peanut butter and jam. And again, we don't ever reverse it. Uhm, could I have a jam and peanut butter sandwich? Just sounds really weird to my ears.


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[Assistant] Pen and paper. So pen and paper naturally go together. Even in our world of printers and photocopiers and all that kind of stuff, we still sometimes need pen and paper. Uhm, sometimes I'll say to Jen, hey, let's make a grocery list. I'll grab a pen and some paper.


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[Assistant] Uhm, or I'll grab pen and paper, we'll sit down and we'll write down what we need to buy at the grocery store. Uhm, still a pretty standard thing to grab a pen and paper when you need to make a list.


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[Assistant] When you need to, uhm, kind of write down a few things so that you don't forget them. Yesterday when I brought my van to the garage, I grabbed a pen and paper and I wrote down, oil change takes no tires off. So I used pen and paper to make a list of the work that needed to be done on my van.


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[Assistant] Soap and water, we've heard this one a lot over the last two and over two years. Soap and water is a good way to wash up or to wash your hands, uhm, when you have water.


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[Assistant] It doesn't quite clean your hands all the way, but when you use soap and water, it cleans your hands really well. So we often will have signs now that say, please wash your hands with soap and water. Uhm, please wash your hands frequently with soap and water. Uhm, a very common thing right now in the world. Uhm, still asking people to stay


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[Assistant] About two meters apart and still asking people to wash their hands with soap and water frequently as they go through the day.


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[Assistant] Track and field. So, uh, we had an Olympics recently, uh, not the Winter Olympics by the way, but the one before that in the summer. And there are events that take place that are called track and field. When you run the 100 meter dash, it's called a track event.


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[Assistant] When you do something like shot put, it's a field event, but track and field is something that naturally goes together. The reason I thought about this one is one of my children was at a track and field meet, uh, the other day. So they are on a track and field team and they went to a track and field meet, which is when a whole bunch of schools get together.


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[Assistant] And compete in track events and field events. But these two words very often go together in English. Track and field. Rest and relaxation.


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[Assistant] They say that in order to be healthy and in order to be happy, you should have a good


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[Assistant] The proper amount of rest and relaxation. Um, rest is of course things like taking a nap, uh, just laying down and looking at clouds, um,


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[Assistant] I'm usually just thinking rest is taking a nap. Relaxation is maybe reading a book or doing something where you don't need to spend a lot of energy. We've actually shortened this phrase. It's so common in English that we just call it R and R.


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[Assistant] I guess watching boats go by is both, isn't it? You're sitting and resting


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[Assistant] Let's say it this way. Rest is when you're laying down, either having a nap or just laying down or sitting down. You're not walking or running or jumping and relaxation is anything that makes you feel at peace. Bird watching, um, reading a book, all of those kinds of things.


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[Assistant] Lock and key. So when you lock something, you usually have a key. There's usually a lock and we even have the phrase, uh, it's under lock and key. So you could say, where is the, where is the suitcase with the million dollars in it?


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[Assistant] And then on the TV show, if someone said that, they might say, oh, it's back at my house under lock and key. It means that it's somewhere where there's a lock and they used a key to lock the lock. So when something is under lock and key, it means it's locked and the words lock and key.


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[Assistant] Quite often, uh, are seen together in English.


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[Assistant] I saw this one earlier in the chat. Someone mentioned bed and breakfast. So a bed and breakfast is actually a place. A bed and breakfast is a house.


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[Assistant] Where the people who live there will rent out bedrooms, the bed part for you to sleep in, and every morning they will give you breakfast. So you obviously pay money to go to a bed and breakfast, but if Jen and I went on a trip, we could decide to stay in a hotel, or we could stay out of bed and breakfast. When you stay out of bed and breakfast, they give you a bedroom, there's a bed,


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[Assistant] When you get up in the morning you go to the kitchen or dining area


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[Assistant] And they feed you breakfast. So, Bed and Breakfast is an actual type of business over here, uh, in Canada, and in the United States, and I'm sure in many parts of the world, and it might just have a slightly different name.


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[Assistant] This is something that companies, that businesses, that organizations do in order to become better.


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[Assistant] They want to become smarter. They want to know more things. They want to do things in a more efficient way. So they will do research.


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[Assistant] When you do research, you might study another organization or business that does the same thing as you. You might analyze how your production works. You might look at how people spend their time at work. You're doing research. You're collecting data. And then development is when you take that research


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[Assistant] Which stands for research and development where we look at new ways to teach and we develop ways or plan on using those new ways in our classroom.


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[Assistant] In North America is, doesn't resemble that as much anymore. Macaroni and cheese would be small noodles, small pasta noodles. They're usually curved. We call them elbow macaroni.


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[Assistant] Mac and cheese or macaroni and cheese in North America. You might be shocked. It's not the healthiest way. It's not the healthiest way to eat it. Uh, sorry, it's not the healthiest recipe, but mac and cheese is the short form.


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[Assistant] And it's so popular from one company called, uh, that calls it Kraft Dinner that we also call it KD. Uhm, but yes, it's basically little elbow macaroni noodles, elbow pasta mixed with cheese.


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[Assistant] And again, it's called macaroni and cheese. The short form is mac and cheese. And we do not call it cheese and macaroni. That just sounds funny. If we are making this for our kids, we usually say, do you guys want macaroni and cheese tonight? Or do you want mac and cheese?


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[Assistant] I don't think I've ever in my life said, do you want cheese and macaroni tonight? That doesn't sound normal at all.


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[Assistant] Needle and thread. So we also, when we have to fix something, we might need to use needle and thread. So when you have a hole in your clothes, you might say, oh, I'm gonna need needle and thread. I'm gonna need a needle and thread to fix this. Do you know where the needle and thread is?


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[Assistant] So in our house, I've sewn buttons back on. So when you do that, you need a needle and thread. But when something has a hole in it, I'm usually not the one to fix it. Usually someone else in the house with more skills will do that.


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[Assistant] But uh, needle and thread is a very common word pair to see in English.


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[Assistant] Socks and shoes. This is an interesting one. Because we're often telling our kids that they need to wear socks and shoes when they go to school. Uh, sometimes kids just want to wear shoes with no socks. But uh, I think, I'm pretty sure our schools have a rule that you need to wear socks and shoes.


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[Assistant] Socks and shoes is another thing where if someone's going somewhere, you're usually like, do you got your socks and shoes? Do you have socks and shoes? Uh, do you have clean clothes? Do you have socks and shoes? It's a common thing to go together. Again, a sock is something you put on your foot.


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[Assistant] It's uh, just made out of fabric and then a shoe of course is what you wear on a daily basis.


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[Assistant] You almost always refer to table and chairs together when you're talking about it, like, uh, or our kitchen, uh, we want to replace the table and chairs or we're going to buy table and chairs to put outside on the patio or on the deck. Uh, or you have a nice set of table, a nice table and chair set.


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[Assistant] It's very, very cool. It's made out of wood or something like that. But often people will say, uhm, yeaah, we just need to move a few things. Uh, we got all of the, uhm, we moved in the beds, we moved in the furniture. Uh, we just have to move in the table and chairs yet for the kitchen. Uhm, often these two things go together in English.


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[Assistant] Fish and chips. I think I saw this one in the chat too. I think someone was guessing a lot of these are food related.


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[Assistant] Well, not a lot, about half of them, but fish and chips definitely are often said together in English. When you go to a certain kind of restaurant, if you order fish, you might order fish and chips. Chips in this case are actually what we call french fries.


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[Assistant] But in some parts of the world, they would call those chips. It's fried potatoes.


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[Assistant] Fish and chips is generally deep fried in oil. So they have very hot oil and they batter the fish. They put like,


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[Assistant] In Canada, we call this fish and chips, but if you ordered the chip


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[Assistant] Fish and chips, if you're in a fish and chips restaurant, but if you were somewhere else and there was no fish, we would call them french fries. I hope that made sense to you.


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[Assistant] Uh, two flavors that go together are sweet and sour.


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[Assistant] It is delicious. It's a really cool flavor combination because you have


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[Assistant] Different ingredients that have a sour taste with ingredients that are very, very sweet and it just makes it super, super tasty. It's one of my favorite things to eat. Sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour chicken are super, super yummy.


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[Assistant] I thought it was funny yesterday because as I was making this lesson.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we were talking about whether, is it, you know, pizza and wings or is it beer and pizza or pizza and beer? Like, we were trying to figure out what's the most common and I, and Jen was like, it's pizza and wings. Like, do you want to get pizza and wings? And so then we went out.


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[Assistant] Types of fast food in North America. Obviously pizza is a big round thing with cheese and tomato sauce and pepperoni.


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[Assistant] And other things and wings are actually chicken wings. They're really small, uh, pieces of chicken and usually they're, they have a really yummy sauce on them. So it's very common for people.


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[Assistant] In North America, if you have a party and you're watching, uhm, like a basketball game or a football game, you might order pizza and wings. That's a very common thing to order to have delivered to your house if you're having a small party.


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[Assistant] Chips and salsa. Again, this is very North American. Again, this is a North American lesson. When I was a kid, we didn't eat chips and salsa. It was not common. But over the last


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[Assistant] 40 years in North America, eating tortilla chips with salsa, either like a red salsa or a green salsa has become very, very common.


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[Assistant] If we have a party at school for someone's birthday, there is a high likelihood that there will be chips and salsa there. It is delicious. Uhm, the salsa can be mild, medium or hot. There's different levels of spiciness or heat, but chips and salsa are definitely a very common thing.


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[Assistant] In fact, if you go somewhere and they order pizza and wings,


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[Assistant] I've probably already been eating chips and salsa before that. So in North America, uhm, we have to thank our friends in Mexico for creating, uhm, I'm sure it's very Americanized now, but chips and salsa, uhm, thank you for that gift. Uhm, my friends way down to the south in North America.


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[Assistant] Now I'm sure people from other parts of the world will claim they invented it, and maybe I don't even know who invented it, but it's yummy. You should try it.


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[Assistant] Milk and cookies. Again, I think a very, I'm gonna say a very North American thing, but maybe not. People often, when they have a chocolate chip cookie, they like to have a glass of milk with it. For some reason, chocolate chip cookies in particular,


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[Assistant] Tastes really really good when you have them with milk.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you can also eat Oreo cookies with milk, but milk and cookies is a very common thing, uh, that goes together, uhm, when you're having a snack. Uhm, I like milk and cookies, but, uhm, I don't know if you knew this, I can't actually drink milk, it makes me sick, so I drink almond milk.


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[Assistant] So if someone makes fresh cookies in our house, I sometimes will have almond milk cookies, but milk and cookies definitely.


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[Assistant] Law and order. When you live in a country, you want it to be a safe place. You want to be able to go about your day without being afraid of criminals or crime or bad things happening to you. So you want to make sure there's law and order


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[Assistant] Take something without paying for it. There's a law against that. And order means that when you go somewhere, you can expect things to happen in a normal polite way. Uhm, people aren't going to speed. There's going to be the laws are going to create a certain kind of behavior which is orderly.


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[Assistant] So it's nice to live somewhere where there's law and order.


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[Assistant] Burger and fries. This is another, I think, very North American thing. Uhm, and I have to go back and talk about in the chat someone said that


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[Assistant] Chips and salsa is originally from South America. So maybe the chips and the chips and salsa have been slowly coming up north for many many years. Uhm, but that was from Diana. She says chips and salsa are originally from South America and other Latino countries. So anyways, thank you. They're yummy.


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[Assistant] Wherever they're from. Uh, we also in North America, we eat a lot of burgers and fries. It's pretty common when you're going to have a burger to have fries with it or french fries, especially if you're buying it from a restaurant. If you order a hamburger in a restaurant, it most likely comes with fries.


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[Assistant] When you go to McDonald's or a fast food restaurant, you would need to order it separately, but often people will say, you know, I'll have a cheeseburger and with fries, cheeseburger and a small fry, uh, or something like that. Definitely they go together quite often.


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[Assistant] Over here in North America, and I'm sure this is spreading to other parts of the world as well. I like to have fries when I have a burger.


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[Assistant] Cream and sugar. So when you drink coffee in particular, you will most likely put cream and sugar in it if that's how you like to have it. Remember we talked about in Canada, a double double is when you have two


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[Assistant] Put twice as much cream in and two scoops of sugar into your coffee. If you order a coffee in Canada and order a double double it has two creams and two sugars in it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but super yummy when you have cream and sugar in your coffee. Now if you drink tea, you might put milk and sugar in, but definitely when you have coffee, if you are looking to add something to it, cream is a very common thing to put in as well as sugar.


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[Assistant] Rest and relax. If you need some rest and relaxation, like we talked about earlier, you will most likely do it wearing jeans and a t-shirt.


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[Assistant] These two words very often go together when people talk about


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[Assistant] After work or the weekend. Oh, I can't wait to get home from work and just change into some jeans and a t-shirt and sit around on the couch or I love working from home because I can just wear jeans and a t-shirt.


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[Assistant] So again, a t-shirt is a white shirt. I don't often wear them in my videos. Sorry, it doesn't have to be white. A t-shirt is a very simple shirt. There's a hole for your head and a hole for each arm and short sleeves. This man is wearing a t-shirt and jeans are blue.


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[Assistant] Take off your formal work attire if you're wearing a suit, uh, or you're wearing a dress or a skirt or some sort of, uhm,


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[Assistant] Common work clothes when you get home, you probably will change into jeans and a t-shirt if that's what you like to wear to relax.


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[Assistant] Fun and games. So we often will say that there's going to be a lot of fun and games somewhere. Uhm, so when you go, especially to a fair or a festival, you can say, oh, there's just lots of fun and games. So there's fun things to do and there might even be games to play. There's a lot of fun and games.


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[Assistant] A lot of times, a lot of times, a lot of times around here, there are certain trails where you can ride your horse. And there will be signs that say something like, um, horse and rider.


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[Assistant] Must be aware of pedestrians at all times or a horse and rider crossing those kinds of things. So when you talk about horses, you almost always talk about the rider that goes.


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[Assistant] And then the last one here, I have three things. Sun, moon and stars.


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[Assistant] I guess further away than clouds because there's clouds as well. But you will also often say, oh, I bought a nice bracelet and has the sun, moon and stars on it. Or I like looking at the sky. I love the sun, moon and stars. I love watching the sunrise or the sunset. I like walking at night and seeing the moon and stars.


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[Assistant] But definitely when you're talking about the things that are in the night sky and the daytime sky, we often will say the sun, moon and stars at the same.


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[Assistant] Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about spring. If you live in the northern hemisphere, it is spring.


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[Assistant] I have to be honest, spring just started here. I know it started three weeks ago, but it really just started a couple of days ago. Before that, it certainly felt like winter.


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[Assistant] So welcome once again to this English lesson about spring, where I'll talk about all of the things that I would see


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[Assistant] Uh, and the vocabulary I would use as an English speaker living.


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[Assistant] In the northern hemisphere where spring is just beginning.


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[Assistant] Springtime. So, springtime is basically spring. It's a word we use to talk about this time of year. A lot of times in winter, you'll say things like, I can't wait till springtime.


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[Assistant] You could say, I can't wait till spring, or you might refer to spring.


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[Assistant] Using springtime when talking about it in the past, you might say, ah,


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[Assistant] Uh, it's in full swing here in Ontario, Canada. It is, uh, beautiful outside. The weather is getting warmer. The grass is growing and so many other things are happening. I'm really happy that it's springtime, even though winter is my favorite season.


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[Assistant] So the first day of spring, uh, that's how we refer to it. The first day of spring, I hope I got this right, was March 20th, 2022, or March 20th, 2022. We usually just, in English, when we say the year, we kind of split it up.


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[Assistant] And I guess we're saying it wrong in a way, but 2022 is the current year and spring actually started on March 20, 2022.


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[Assistant] There's something that we say a lot as spring is approaching. Sometimes as winter is ending and as spring is beginning, we kind of have days where some days it feels like spring and other days it still feels like winter. So we use the English verb to feel, to talk about the season.


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[Assistant] So like I mentioned earlier, even though spring started on March 20th, it felt like winter. It didn't feel like spring on March 20th. In fact,


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[Assistant] Yesterday and maybe the day before were the first two days where I would say, oh, it feels like spring today. Yesterday felt like spring today as well. When I look outside, it just feels like spring today. So that's how we would describe


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[Assistant] It's just that nice feeling of, uh, sunshine and warmth and the opposite of winter. It feels like spring.


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[Assistant] And we start to see what we call signs of spring. There are a lot of signs of spring and I'll talk about a few of them in this lesson but one of the obvious signs of spring for me is when things start to grow


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[Assistant] And things start to turn green. So right now when you walk outside, uhm, I showed this earlier in one of my videos, uhm, that you can see daffodils and tulips starting to come out of the ground. So certainly when things start to grow, that is one of the signs of spring. A really nice sign.


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[Assistant] We also start to have longer days. So in the northern hemisphere, the winter days are really, really short. I'm sure it's the same in the southern hemisphere where it's the opposite, but specifically where I live.


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[Assistant] Uhm, when spring starts is that you can tell that the days are longer. Longer days are really, really nice. When you get home from work, it's not dark. In the middle of the winter when I get home from work, it's dark.


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[Assistant] Now when I get home from work, I can actually work outside for a few hours because it doesn't get dark till about seven or eight at night. So that's really nice. It's nice to have longer days. Another sign of spring.


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[Assistant] And then of course we have what's called a spring breeze. The only difference between a winter breeze and a spring breeze is that a winter breeze is really cold.


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[Assistant] And a spring breeze is in the spring, and it's very pleasant. If I was to go outside right now, I can see that there's a nice spring breeze. And because it's a warm day,


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[Assistant] I would enjoy the breeze and if you don't know what a breeze is, it's a light wind. So the wind's blowing just a little bit. It's really nice in the spring on a warmer day if there is a nice spring breeze to kinda keep you cool as you walk or exercise or work outside.


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[Assistant] And one thing we like about spring is fresh air. All of the windows in our house are closed during the winter. But when we start to have days where it feels like spring


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[Assistant] When we start to have days in the spring where it's warm enough.


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[Assistant] We open our windows to get fresh air in our house. We even also say, uhm, I'm going outside to get some fresh air. So fresh air, I always think of spring when I think of fresh air. You can open a window in the summer or fall to get fresh air as well, but certainly after having


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[Assistant] Windows closed all winter. It's nice to open the windows of our house to get a little bit of fresh air once spring has started.


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[Assistant] And the trees start to leaf out. So if you see this picture here, you'll notice that small leaves are starting to come out of the branch on this tree.


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[Assistant] When I go outside in the spring, the trees are just starting to leaf out. In about a month the trees will have leafed out and they'll have leaves and you can sit in the shade.


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[Assistant] But right now the trees are just starting to leaf out. They're just starting to get leaves on them. They're very, very tiny, but I can't wait because uhm, when you make videos outside, it's nice to make them in the shade and in the spring before the trees leaf out.


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[Assistant] It's very sunny and warm, but there's no shade. So I'm, I'm looking forward to a little bit of shade under the trees in a few weeks.


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[Assistant] Uh, we also have spring showers. So a spring shower is simply a light rain in the spring.


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[Assistant] It does tend to rain a lot in the spring where I live. Quite often when I go to work, it's raining. We'll have a little spring shower in the morning. We might have some spring showers tomorrow, actually. Uh, they're forecasting that there might be spring showers. All a spring shower is is it's a really light rain in the spring.


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[Assistant] Uh, if it happened in the summer we would just call it a shower. But in the spring when it rains, uh, it's usually nice to just feel the rain coming down.


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[Assistant] It's what helps everything grow. It's nice when we have a spring shower, uh, in the spring.


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[Assistant] And next, uh, we just have lots of sunshine. Probably this is one thing that people who experience a really, really strong, harsh winter, one thing they really appreciate is spring sunshine. When you can get out in the spring and you can feel the sunshine on your face, it's just very, very nice.


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[Assistant] After being inside for several months, it's very nice to go outside and to just have a little bit of sunshine. There was actually sunshine when I started the lesson, but when I look outside now I see that it has clouded over.


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[Assistant] So hopefully the clouds go away and we have a bit more sunshine later today.


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[Assistant] And then we also have what's called the spring thaw. The snow melts. If there's any ice, the ice melts. Everything thaws. So we go from a winter, uhm,


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[Assistant] But now we're at the point in spring where it's above zero all day and all night. So now everything has thawed. There's no more snow. There's no more ice. It's very, very nice outside right now.


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[Assistant] So I mentioned daffodils. Here in Canada there are three flowers that bloom really early in the spring. Uh, the first they do not have a picture of and that's I think called a crocus. But daffodils, excuse me.


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[Assistant] Another flower that blooms in the spring is a tulip. Now tulips bloom after daffodils in our area. As the daffodils finish blooming, the tulips start to bloom.


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[Assistant] Uh, and tulips are really nice because they bloom, we have like early,


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[Assistant] And late daffodils, so they kind of bloom for a longer stretch of time for us. But we definitely have, uh, daffodils and tulips growing right now and they will all bloom in the next couple of months. They will all bloom this spring. And I'll make sure I put some


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[Assistant] I'll, I'll make sure I feature some of these in videos coming up.


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[Assistant] People do a lot of planting in the spring. So whether it's planting like this, this man is planting by hand. Or whether it's planting in a big field, like farmers will plant in their fields in a couple of weeks.


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[Assistant] Uhm, first we plant corn, then we plant beans here in Canada. But right now people might be planting in the ground, but it's a little bit early.


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[Assistant] Generally in Canada, we do not plant until May in my part of Canada. Things are different in different parts of Canada. But where I live, if you planted right now, people would think you're crazy. It's a little bit


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[Assistant] Too early for most things. Now, that being said, Jen has planted a few things in the field, a few flower types that do not mind the cold. So we do have a few things planted, but for us as flower farmers, we will do a lot more planting in about three or four weeks.


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[Assistant] How Jen grows so many flowers if you can't plant early, uhm, that's because we have a lot of seeds started in our basement. So we start seeds in pots and then we later transplant them out into the field.


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[Assistant] So, definitely in spring, people buy seeds and people get ready to plant their seeds and then plant them. Uhm, if you grow a vegetable garden in my area, most people will plant their garden.


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[Assistant] So pruning is something that it depends on what you are pruning. Some things like to be pruned in the winter. Some things like to be pruned in the early spring. Pruning is when you take pruners.


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[Assistant] And you take off either some of the new growth or you take off some of the older growth or parts of the plant that are dead. So pruning is something they do with fruit trees. Pruning is something they do with vines in a vineyard, so for grapes. Uhm, but pruning is something that happens, I guess,


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[Assistant] Mostly in the winter and also in the early spring. It depends on what you are pruning. But here a lot of pruning happens, I think, when things are dormant. That means that they are not actively growing. They are waiting for spring.


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[Assistant] Pruners are dangerous by the way. Be careful when you use pruners. There's a lot of mud right now.


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[Assistant] You can see this person is walking in an area that's very muddy, uh, because there are a lot of spring showers. Because it rains a lot in the spring, there is a lot of mud.


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[Assistant] Uh, so when I go outside right now to make a video, I'm often wearing my rubber boots because even when I walk in the lawn, there are areas where there's lots of


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[Assistant] It is very muddy. Uhm, actually today is not too bad because it hasn't rained for a few days but as soon as it rains again we will certainly have mud.


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[Assistant] Again, lots of mud. I hate it when my kids track mud into the house. When you track mud into the house, it means you wear your muddy boots and you walk into the house and then the house gets mud in it.


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[Assistant] There are a lot of birds chirping. So some birds go south for the winter. There are not a lot of birds singing or chirping in the winter. But if you've watched some of my videos on my other channel,


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[Assistant] Uh, you'll notice that occasionally you can hear a lot of birds chirping in the background. Uh, birds seem to be back. Birds have returned, uh, from the south. By the way, birds do migrate. We'll talk about that in a sec. Uh, but the birds are certainly chirping. When I wake up in the morning right now, I can hear birds chirping outside my window.


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[Assistant] And there's definitely a bird nest here or there around the property. Right now, you'll often see birds flying with a little piece of straw or grass in their mouth. Uh, and they are building nests so that they can lay eggs so that they can have young.


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[Assistant] So right now, definitely, uh, I know when I was walking the other day, I saw a bird nest, a bird was building a bird nest in a tree.


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[Assistant] But I talked about this a little bit. The grass is green. We have not started mowing the grass yet. We have not mown our lawn. That's hard to say, isn't it? We haven't mowed it yet. Sorry, we haven't mowed our lawn. Sorry, I'm saying things wrong.


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[Assistant] It will be something that we will need to do in about a week or so. Our grass is very green, our lawn is very green, and we will need to mow the lawn.


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[Assistant] Is something that you, that's definitely a sign of spring.


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[Assistant] So I talked about the birds have returned. There are birds that fly south for the winter. So there's birds that live in my area throughout the spring, summer, and fall, and then they fly south. There is a migration. Birds migrate. Uhm, not all birds, but a lot of birds migrate south.


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[Assistant] So in the winter we have birds, but some birds, uh, have gone, they're, they're kinda like, uhm, people. They go where it's warm.


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[Assistant] And then often in the spring, uh, people will just wear a spring jacket. So it's not.


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[Assistant] warm enough to go outside with just short sleeves you still need to wear something but a winter coat is too warm


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[Assistant] So often you will own a spring jacket. And if you're wondering what the difference is between a fall jacket and spring jacket, for me they're the same thing. Uh, my, this is my spring jacket.


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[Assistant] Right here, it's my spring jacket. It's also my fall jacket.


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[Assistant] Generally, a spring jacket will be colorful and a fall jacket might be, uh, gray or black or brown. Uhm, for some reason a fall jacket is less colorful.


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[Assistant] That's not a hard and fast rule. A jacket can be any color, but a spring jacket is often also waterproof because there's a chance it might rain in the spring.


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[Assistant] We do a lot of spring cleaning in the spring. I think in the winter, because you can't open your windows, you keep your house clean. But a lot of people, when it gets really nice and when you can open your windows and have lots of fresh air, it also makes them want to clean their whole house


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[Assistant] But like extra clean. So we do clean our house all year, but in the spring we sometimes open all the windows on a Saturday and do some spring cleaning where we clean everything. We just do a better job of cleaning than we normally would like a deep cleaning.


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[Assistant] And then obviously this was something I mentioned earlier. Uh, spring is a time where it's a lot easier for kids to play outside.


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[Assistant] Our kids do play outside in the winter, but usually for maybe an hour, maybe an hour and a half when it's below zero, it's fun to play outside, but you don't play outside for three hours because it's just too


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[Assistant] So it's nice when spring comes because kids can play outside, uh, and they sometimes play outside for hours on end. In English, when you say someone does something for hours on end, it means they do it for several hours, for a long.


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[Assistant] Rubber boots. I talked about these a little bit earlier. I think in other parts of the world in English, they call them wellies or other names, but in Canada, we just call them rubber boots.


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[Assistant] Boots that are made out of rubber, so that when you walk outside, when it's really wet, your feet don't get wet. You shouldn't leave your rubber boot laying on its side though, that's a good way for water to get in your boots.


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[Assistant] But I have been wearing my rubber boots outside quite often lately because it has gotten a little bit warmer outside.


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[Assistant] Uh, because there are a lot of puddles. Uhm, right now the puddles are gone, but I think by tomorrow night there will be lots of puddles again. Uh, puddles in the driveway. Puddles of course are little pools of water that form when it rains. Uhm, but uh, right now, uh, things are actually


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[Assistant] Unseasonably dry, uh, right now. So that's a good word for you. Uh, it is the season of spring. Normally it's quite wet outside, but it's actually quite dry. So we would say it's unseasonably dry.


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[Assistant] In the summer when you have a really cold day, you could say it's unseasonably cold today. So basically means, wow, this is a strange temperature or a strange situation for this season.


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[Assistant] So we have buds. So there are a lot of buds on the trees right now. Buds are things that form just before a flower comes out or just before leaves come out. So right now the trees have a lot of buds on them.


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[Assistant] On some trees those buds will open and there will be a blossom or a little flower. On some trees the buds will open and leaves will come out. So again, I'm looking forward, uh, to things leafing out so that we have a little bit of shade.


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[Assistant] And then we talked about blossoms. To me, a blossom is a tiny, tiny flower on a tree or bush. So I wouldn't say


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[Assistant] Yeah, how would you say that? I would say a flower like a tulip will bloom.


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[Assistant] Uh, but a tree will have blossoms on it. So, uh, a little bit of a difference between the two. I should have asked Jen for a more formal definition before I did the lesson.


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[Assistant] And then we certainly have bees, as soon as you have flowers, as soon as there are blossoms.


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[Assistant] You will start to see bees come and visit. The bees are collecting pollen. I think this is where I should learn my science before I do the lesson. But we definitely have a lot more bees. Uhm, not so much today, but in a few weeks.


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[Assistant] Uh, in the middle of spring, uh, you'll start to see a lot of bees buzzing around outside. Busy as bees, they will be.


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[Assistant] And then we have the return of insects. These are called ladybugs in Canada and I think in the United States. I think in


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[Assistant] The UK, they might call them ladybirds. We call them ladybugs. So a small bug, it flies a little bit and it has like a red back and then some black dots on it. So the insects are slowly returning.


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[Assistant] Uh, when you go outside, you can start to see some of the early insects, uh, are active and around. Uh, soon we'll have mosquitoes. That is one of my least favorite insects.


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[Assistant] Uhm, spring break. So spring break has actually already happened. Spring break is when students don't go to school for one week in the spring. It usually happens in the early spring. It sometimes even happens late summer.


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[Assistant] We actually had spring break a week before spring actually started. So while we were on spring break, it was still technically winter. And at the end of spring break, it was March 20th, the beginning of spring.


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[Assistant] In my part of Canada and in many other parts of the world where there are maple trees and where there is winter.


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[Assistant] In the spring, you will have maple syrup. So maple syrup is made from the sap of maple trees and then they kind of boil it down into a syrup and it's very very sweet. It's one of Canada's major exports. So if you've never had maple syrup,


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[Assistant] You should try it sometime. It's, it's quite expensive, but it's also very sweet and very, very yummy.


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[Assistant] Another thing you will see a lot of in my part of the world in the spring is you will see motorcycles. You cannot drive a motorcycle in the winter. So as soon as it starts to get warm enough, usually around the first or second week of spring,


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[Assistant] Uh, you can't drive a motorcycle in the winter because it's too slippery.


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[Assistant] You will just fall over if you try to drive a motorcycle in the snow. So even, uh, the other day I was out and I saw a number of motorcycles, uh, because it was the warmest day of the week, uh, and people would come home from work and they would go and take a go for a ride on their motorcycle. By the way, an interesting thing in Canada, motorcycles aren't


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[Assistant] For some people it's their main form of transportation.


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[Assistant] But most of the people I know, they own a motorcycle and they ride it for pleasure. Or they ride it for fun. So most of the people I know don't drive their motorcycle to work.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeaah, you can't drive your motorcycle for about five months out of the year. You can only drive your motorcycle from about now till about October and then it gets a little chilly and a little cold. Uhm, and when the snow starts to fly in the fall, you can't really drive a motorcycle.


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[Assistant] The other thing you will see a lot of are classic cars. This would be like a hot rod or classic car or sports cars. So like a brand new Lamborghini or Ferrari in Canada.


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[Assistant] Winter is not a good time to drive a classic car or a sports car for a couple of reasons. Number one, if you have a Lamborghini and you try to drive it in the snow, it just won't work very good. The tires will spin a lot and you'll go off the road really easily. Number two, in the winter,


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[Assistant] In Canada, we put a lot of salt and sand on our roads so that it melts the snow or the sand gives you traction. And both of those things are not good for fancy nice cars.


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[Assistant] Uh, the salt especially will cause the car to rust really fast. So generally, people who own really, really nice cars, rich people, they don't drive them in the winter. They drive something else in the winter. But just the other day, I was making a video and someone drove by in like a 1970


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[Assistant] Uh, Chevy Nova, really nice paint job, really big engine. Uhm, that person would not drive that car in the winter. So in the spring, we tend to see a lot more classic cars. A classic car is like a really old car that someone has made to look nice again, or sports cars.


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[Assistant] So this is uhm, this is the staircase where I had to run up and down.


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[Assistant] 17 million times in a corset in the middle of July, so it was like 90 degrees, 95. Kitty! No! She's- Can you get your dog?


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[Assistant] Oh wow. Okay, so this up here is the, uhm, this is the window. It's weird, it looks smaller. I don't know if that's like a childhood thing, like.


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[Assistant] But yeaah, like running up and down in corsets and long skirt and...


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[Assistant] It's crazy, this video was uhm, god it was such an important moment in my career it turned out, but at the time it was just like, let's make a video that's so romantic and so much fun and


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[Assistant] And I was just like having the time of my life with it. I had so much fun making this video. Uhm, so it's good that it turned out to be one that people kinda like. Uhm,


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[Assistant] So yeaah, this was, this was the pining away thing and then, and then there's this moment where I see Romeo.


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[Assistant] Take off running down the stairs. And I remember like, trying not to trip over the skirt.


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[Assistant] I was like, please don't, please don't, please don't trip, please don't trip. Okay, thank god. And like every single time I would go down the stairs, I was like in my head going like, don't fall, don't fall, don't fall, cause like, it's the kind of staircase where if you fall, you're just gonna roll.


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[Assistant] You're just gonna start like a barrel roll of chiffon and...


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[Assistant] Here she's emulating the, uh, Romeo. Cutie! See? That's exactly what we did.


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to fly to Europe from here?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to fly to Europe from here?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to fly to Europe from here?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to rent an apartment in Monaco?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to rent an apartment in Monaco?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to rent an apartment in Monaco?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to have a suit custom made?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to have a suit custom made?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to eat at a five-star restaurant?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to eat at a five-star restaurant?


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[Assistant] How expensive is it to eat at a five-star restaurant?


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a warm jacket and a pair of gloves.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a warm jacket and a pair of gloves.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a warm jacket and a pair of gloves.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring some yummy snacks for the bus ride.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring some yummy snacks for the bus ride.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring some yummy snacks for the bus ride.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a bottle of contact lens solution.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a bottle of contact lens solution.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring a bottle of contact lens solution.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your passport and proof of vaccination.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your passport and proof of vaccination.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your passport and proof of vaccination.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring an extra set of clothes in case it rains.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring an extra set of clothes in case it rains.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring an extra set of clothes in case it rains.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your headphones if you want to listen to music.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your headphones if you want to listen to music.


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[Assistant] Make sure to bring your headphones if you want to listen to music.


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[Assistant] How many pillows for the bed do we need?


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[Assistant] How many sets of silverware do we need? How many sets of silverware do we need?


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[Assistant] How many tickets for the rock concert do we need?


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[Assistant] How many notebooks and pencils do we need?


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[Assistant] How many notebooks and pencils do we need?


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[Assistant] Let's meet at that donut shop near your place.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at that donut shop near your place.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the train station on 73rd Street.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the train station on 73rd Street.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the train station on 73rd Street.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the same place we met up last time.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the same place we met up last time.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the west entrance of the library.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the west entrance of the library.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the parking lot in front of the bookstore.


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[Assistant] Let's meet at the parking lot in front of the bookstore.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to watch a movie at the drive-in.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to watch a movie at the drive-in.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to make sugar cookies with Grandma.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to make sugar cookies with Grandma.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to take a family vacation to the Bahamas.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to take a family vacation to the Bahamas.


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[Assistant] It would be nice to take a family vacation to the Bahamas.


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[Assistant] What time can you pick me up from Ashley's place?


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I hate Italian food.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I never read on weekends.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I never read on weekends.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I never read on weekends.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I didn't really like you at first.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I didn't really like you at first.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I didn't really like you at first.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I think your brother is annoying.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I think your brother is annoying.


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[Assistant] I have to admit, I think your brother is annoying.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I don't understand a word of Spanish.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I don't understand a word of Spanish.


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[Assistant] I have to admit I don't understand a word of Spanish.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think staying at a resort is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think staying at a resort is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think staying at a resort is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a famous actor is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a famous actor is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a famous actor is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a billionaire is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a billionaire is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think being a billionaire is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think having the latest iPhone is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think wearing designer clothes is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think wearing designer clothes is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think eating at a fancy restaurant is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think eating at a fancy restaurant is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think eating at a fancy restaurant is overrated.


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[Assistant] I think going to an expensive university is overrated.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think going to an expensive university is overrated. Honestly.


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[Assistant] I think going to an expensive university is overrated.


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[Assistant] They are so uninterested in what I have to say.


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[Assistant] They are so uninterested in what I have to say.


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[Assistant] They are so uninterested in what I have to say.


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[Assistant] I will work on this once I finish writing the outline.


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[Assistant] I will work on this once I finish writing the outline.


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[Assistant] She is always making excuses for herself.


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[Assistant] She is always making excuses for herself.


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[Assistant] She is always making excuses for herself.


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[Assistant] She is always uncomfortable around strangers.


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[Assistant] She is always uncomfortable around strangers.


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[Assistant] She is always uncomfortable around strangers.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after I have a hot cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after I have a hot cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after I have a hot cup of chamomile tea.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a strong margarita.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a strong margarita.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a strong margarita.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a good home cooked meal.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a good home cooked meal.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after a good home cooked meal.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after I talk to my best friend.


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[Assistant] I will feel better after I talk to my best friend.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why they are firing Margaret.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why they are firing Margaret.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why they are firing Margaret.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why my rent was raised again.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why my rent was raised again.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why my rent was raised again.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why we aren't allowed to park here.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why we aren't allowed to park here.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why we aren't allowed to park here.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I'm the only one in trouble.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I'm the only one in trouble.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I'm the only one in trouble.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why the carnival shut down.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why the carnival shut down.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why the carnival shut down.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I need to clean my room.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I need to clean my room.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I need to clean my room.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I must rewrite this paragraph.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I must rewrite this paragraph.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why I must rewrite this paragraph.


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[Assistant] Are you scared of aliens from outer space?


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[Assistant] Are you scared of aliens from outer space?


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[Assistant] Are you scared of losing your job to a younger person?


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[Assistant] Are you scared of losing your job to a younger person?


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[Assistant] Are you scared of losing your job to a younger person?


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[Assistant] When is the right time to ask for a raise?


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[Assistant] When is the right time to ask for a raise?


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[Assistant] When is the right time to ask for a raise?


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[Assistant] When is the right time to apply for college?


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[Assistant] When is the right time to apply for college?


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Oliver that I said he was bad at cooking.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Oliver that I said he was bad at cooking.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Oliver that I said he was bad at cooking.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell my sister that I hate her wedding dress.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell my sister that I hate her wedding dress.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell my sister that I hate her wedding dress.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell my uncle that his jokes aren't funny.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell my uncle that his jokes aren't funny.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Sally I forgot about our anniversary.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Sally I forgot about our anniversary.


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[Assistant] Please don't tell Sally I forgot about our anniversary.


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[Assistant] I still remember what you were wearing when we first met.


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[Assistant] I still remember what you were wearing when we first met.


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[Assistant] I still remember what you were wearing when we first met.


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[Assistant] I still remember every detail of my childhood home.


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[Assistant] I still remember every detail of my childhood home.


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[Assistant] I still remember every detail of my childhood home.


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[Assistant] I still remember the first time I went ice skating.


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[Assistant] I still remember the first time I went ice skating.


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[Assistant] I still remember the first time I went ice skating.


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[Assistant] I still remember the moves to the dance we did for our recital.


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[Assistant] I still remember the moves to the dance we did for our recital.


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[Assistant] I still remember the moves to the dance we did for our recital.


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[Assistant] I still remember the taste of the banana pudding my aunt used to make.


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[Assistant] I still remember the taste of the banana pudding my aunt used to make.


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[Assistant] I still remember the taste of the banana pudding my aunt used to make.


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[Assistant] I still remember the location of the secret club.


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[Assistant] I still remember the location of the secret club.


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[Assistant] I still remember the location of the secret club.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the astrology conference next week.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the astrology conference next week.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the astrology conference next week.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to moving into my new waterfront apartment.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to moving into my new waterfront apartment.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to moving into my new waterfront apartment.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to graduating from university.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to graduating from university.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to graduating from university.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the reggae music festival.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the reggae music festival.


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[Assistant] I am looking forward to the reggae music festival.


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[Assistant] Is it okay to swim right after you eat?


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[Assistant] Is it okay to swim right after you eat?


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[Assistant] Is it okay to wash your hair once a month?


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[Assistant] Is it okay to wash your hair once a month?


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with...


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with...


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with...


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with watching Disney movies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with watching Disney movies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with watching Disney movies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with magic and fairies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with magic and fairies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with magic and fairies.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with learning about dinosaurs.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with learning about dinosaurs.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with learning about dinosaurs.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with ancient medieval history.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with ancient medieval history.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with ancient medieval history.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with pretending I was a superhero.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with pretending I was a superhero.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with pretending I was a superhero.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with playing house with my Barbie dolls.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with playing house with my Barbie dolls.


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[Assistant] When I was a child, I was obsessed with playing house with my Barbie dolls.


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of drinking pineapple juice?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of drinking pineapple juice?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of using a blue clay face mask?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of using a blue clay face mask?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of using a blue clay face mask?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of taking an ice cold shower?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of taking an ice cold shower?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of regular exercise?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of regular exercise?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of regular exercise?


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[Assistant] What are the benefits of color therapy? What are the benefits of color therapy?


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[Assistant] The first step is to wash the rice with cold water.


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[Assistant] The first step is to wash the rice with cold water.


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[Assistant] The first step is to wash the rice with cold water.


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[Assistant] The first step is to install your operating system.


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[Assistant] The first step is to install your operating system.


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[Assistant] The first step is to install your operating system.


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[Assistant] The first step is to measure the length and width of the window.


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[Assistant] The first step is to measure the length and width of the window.


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[Assistant] The first step is to measure the length and width of the window.


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[Assistant] The first step is to choose the type of coffee bean.


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[Assistant] The first step is to choose the type of coffee bean.


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[Assistant] The first step is to choose the type of coffee bean.


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[Assistant] The first step is to peel and chop the garlic.


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[Assistant] The first step is to peel and chop the garlic.


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[Assistant] The first step is to paint the wall with a primer.


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[Assistant] The first step is to paint the wall with a primer.


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[Assistant] The first step is to fold the clay in half and press it with your palms.


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[Assistant] The first step is to fold the clay in half and press it with your palms.


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[Assistant] The first step is to fold the clay in half and press it with your palms.


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[Assistant] It's not fair he got promoted for the work I did.


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[Assistant] It's not fair, she gets to go to the dance, but I must stay home.


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[Assistant] It's not fair, she gets to go to the dance, but I must stay home.


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[Assistant] It's not fair, she gets to go to the dance, but I must stay home.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I didn't get a cookie when I'm the one who made them.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I didn't get a cookie when I'm the one who made them.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I didn't get a cookie when I'm the one who made them.


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[Assistant] It's not fair she was made manager when I've been at the company longer.


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[Assistant] It's not fair she was made manager when I've been at the company longer.


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[Assistant] It's not fair she was made manager when I've been at the company longer.


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[Assistant] It's not fair everyone likes her more because she's pretty.


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[Assistant] It's not fair everyone likes her more because she's pretty.


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[Assistant] It's not fair everyone likes her more because she's pretty.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I'm the only one in trouble when I didn't do anything wrong.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I have to pay a parking ticket fee when there was no sign.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I have to pay a parking ticket fee when there was no sign.


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[Assistant] It's not fair I have to pay a parking ticket fee when there was no sign.


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[Assistant] You should try using baking soda to get out that stain.


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[Assistant] You should try using baking soda to get out that stain.


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[Assistant] You should try using baking soda to get out that stain.


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[Assistant] You should try using oat milk instead of almond milk in your coffee.


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[Assistant] You should try using oat milk instead of almond milk in your coffee.


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[Assistant] You should try using oat milk instead of almond milk in your coffee.


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[Assistant] You should try using a cast iron pan to cook.


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[Assistant] You should try using organic laundry soap next time.


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[Assistant] You should try using organic laundry soap next time.


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[Assistant] You should try using organic laundry soap next time.


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[Assistant] You should try using soft ocean sounds to calm your baby.


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[Assistant] You should try using soft ocean sounds to calm your baby.


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[Assistant] You should try using soft ocean sounds to calm your baby.


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[Assistant] You should try using a wider needle for embroidery.


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[Assistant] You should try using a wider needle for embroidery.


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[Assistant] You should try using a wider needle for embroidery.


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[Assistant] You should try using a dating site to meet up with people.


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[Assistant] You should try using a dating site to meet up with people.


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[Assistant] You should try using a dating site to meet up with people.


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[Assistant] What do you recommend for an advanced student?


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[Assistant] What do you recommend for a night out on the town?


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[Assistant] What do you recommend for a night out on the town?


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[Assistant] What do you recommend for a night out on the town?


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[Assistant] I can't find any hotels with hot tubs.


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[Assistant] I can't find any hotels with hot tubs.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to turn off the stove.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to make dinner reservations.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to make dinner reservations.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to make dinner reservations.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to submit my homework.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to submit my homework.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to submit my homework.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to pay back Amanda.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to pay back Amanda.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to pay back Amanda.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to buy cream cheese.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to buy cream cheese.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to tell them I'm vegan.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to tell them I'm vegan.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to tell them I'm vegan.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to take the dog for a walk.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to take the dog for a walk.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I forgot to take the dog for a walk.


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[Assistant] There are multiple ways to add logs to a well section once you have the wells on there. We will talk about all of them right here.


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[Assistant] The first and possibly easiest way is to expand the wells folder.


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[Assistant] In the well section template, you will see a track name and a log name inside that. The track name is automatically generated by what logs are inside it. We clicked on the gamma log, so that's why the log name is named gamma.


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[Assistant] On each one of the wells in the well section, you will see the gamma log appear also.


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[Assistant] Now, again, in the template, top to bottom, the depth track here, SSTVD, and the gamma


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[Assistant] A second way to do that is to start off the same way. Expand the Wells folder, Global Well Logs folder, and any sub-folders, and then right click on the log that you want to put in the Wells section. Say, Add to Global Well Log Template.


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[Assistant] When we click log, the right side changes of the template.


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[Assistant] The first log in our global well logs is the default right here, in this case elevation depth. If that's not what we want to use, we can click on the little black triangle to the right of it and the trail will list all the logs we have and we can click the one we want. Here we click on porosity.


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[Assistant] Porosity log, because that is the first one in the list here, and it also has a track named porosity. In the actual well section window, in this case we have our depth track and porosity, so left to right we have our depth track and porosity.


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[Assistant] Hello sunshine, happy Friday frieeey. Almost time to unwind and relax the mind before we creep into the weekend. We'll go one more time. Seeking knowledge, information with a bit of inspiration and without hesitation all for you.


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[Assistant] The next generation rise up. We start today by talking about how video games may be affecting us in a way we might not realize. Gaming is hugely popular around the world with fully committed gamers playing sometimes for hours each day. Here's the thing.


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[Assistant] They usually play with the volume cranked up. And according to a new study published this week, this poses serious risks for hearing loss.


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[Assistant] Here's how our ears work. The inner ear, or the spiral looking thingy known as the cochlea, contains thousands of sensory hairs. Loud sounds can damage these hair cells in a way that can cause temporary, even permanent hearing loss. The damage is determined by how loud the noise is and how long the ear is exposed to it. So,


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[Assistant] But if that exposure happens repeatedly over a period of time, that can lead to permanent loss. So back to video games. This new research reviewed 14 studies that included a total of 54,000 adults and children worldwide. They found that the average participant in the study gained at sound levels that often nearly surpassed


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[Assistant] We're outright exceeded what is considered a permissible level.


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[Assistant] Here's the question. How can someone game safely? Well, based off this report, we should try to monitor sound levels. There are actually apps that can help you with this, but one general tip comes from a doctor to whom CNN spoke. The doc recommended going no higher than 60% of the maximum volume, but


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[Assistant] Pay attention to your hearing, whether you're a gamer or not. If you notice any changes, especially that ringing sound in your ear, set up some time to speak with a doctor who can assess what might be going on.


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[Assistant] The Alaska Airlines plane was left with a gaping hole the size of a refrigerator with passengers inside while flying at 16,000 feet in the sky.


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[Assistant] As a result of the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded hundreds of 737 MAX 9 planes. But now it looks like those planes may soon be cleared to return to the sky. Here's our Pete Monteen with more.


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[Assistant] Pop quiz, hot shot, what was the first supersonic passenger carrying commercial airplane called? Hurricane, Concorde, Nighthawk, or Skycrane?


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[Assistant] If you pilot said the Concorde, congrats! You passed with flying colors. From its first flight in 1969 until its last in 2003, the Concorde's supersonic plane shoveled passengers at speeds far faster than traditional airlines.


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[Assistant] Next we're looking at how NASA is aiming to take commercial travel to supersonic speeds. NASA has been testing the limits of flying both in space and here on Earth for decades. In 1947, X-1 became the first manned aircraft to break the sound barrier.


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[Assistant] Now NASA has created a new aircraft called X-59, intended to become the future of supersonic commercial air travel, but they've had to spend decades researching ways to fix issues with supersonic travel, like a little thing called Sonic Boom. Sonic Boom!


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[Assistant] No, not the special attack by Guile from Street Fighter. This Sonic... An enormous amount of sound energy created when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, which is about 750 miles per hour. The boom registers at about 110 decibels, about as loud as a thunderclap, and loud enough to crack windows on a house.


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[Assistant] Even though NASA says the X-59 will cruise at about 925 miles per hour,


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[Assistant] It is designed to produce more of a thump than a boom, spreading out the sound rather than bringing it together. Besides the loud sound, like all air travel, another concern is the impact on the climate. NASA has a program looking at sustainable fuels for supersonic flight because that's going to be another requirement to truly make it a viable option in the future.


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[Assistant] For today's story, getting a 10 out of 10, a conspiracy theory swirling around online ahead of the NFL conference championships this weekend. Just four teams remain and the winners go to the Super Bowl. But are the two teams that will eventually face off in Las Vegas predetermined? And is there a clue in the Super Bowl logo?


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[Assistant] Follow me down the rabbit hole as we investigate this theory that there's more than meets the eye to the colors of the Super Bowl logo.


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[Assistant] Alright, something's going on with the Super Bowl logos. Is this magic coincidence, something supernatural, or maybe it's part of this giant league-wide conspiracy? As some have said, are the NFL seasons scripted? What's going on here?


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[Assistant] At the start of the season, the NFL launched an ad joking that the games were scripted, but many online, they think it's true. For the last two seasons, the Super Bowl logos matched the color schemes of the two teams playing in it, but the league tells us they designed these logos up to two years in advance.


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[Assistant] In 2022, the Super Bowl 56 logo had the orange of the Cincinnati Bengals and gold of the LA Rams. The following season, the colors were replaced by Philadelphia Eagles green and Kansas City Chiefs red. Is this some master plan and we're all just drinking the Kool-Aid? Was I predetermined to play for the Falcons and the Buffalo Bills before that? No.


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[Assistant] Some online are calling foul, suggesting some nefarious conspiracy theory that the league already knows what teams it wants to make the big game and they flaunt a predetermined outcome right in our faces.


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[Assistant] This year's Super Bowl logo colors purple and red, leaving only one possible outcome for this weekend's conference championships. Time will tell if the Ravens and 49ers prove the Super Bowl logo right yet again. The NFL has denied any conspiracy theory.


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[Assistant] Thanks to producer Will Edmonds. Clearly we had some fun with that. You know we are committed to telling you the what, letting you decide what to think. Thanks to my CNN 10 producers this week, Jeremy Dunn, Victoria Fleischer, Nader Nikupur, Kat Jennings, Sovi Asap, and Matthew Abshire. We thank all of you. Today we're giving a shout out to


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[Assistant] The rail splitters at Lincoln Park Middle School in Lincoln Park, Michigan rise up. And this shout out goes to


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[Assistant] The Clippers at Patterson High School in Baltimore, Maryland, rise up. Good luck to your Ravens. Have an awesome weekend superstar. Remember that you are going to be the light that someone needs someday. You are more powerful than you know. I'm Kui Wire. It's been a blessing to spend this week with you.


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[Assistant] Hello sunshine, happy Friday frieeey. Almost time to unwind and relax the mind before we creep into the weekend. We'll go one more time. Seeking knowledge, information with a bit of inspiration and without hesitation all for you.


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[Assistant] The next generation, rise up! We start today by talking about how video games may be affecting us in a way we might not realize. Gaming is hugely popular around the world, with fully committed gamers playing sometimes for hours each day.


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[Assistant] Here's the thing. They usually play with the volume cranked up. And according to a new study published this week, this poses serious risks for hearing loss.


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[Assistant] Here's how our ears work. The inner ear, or the spiral looking thingy known as the cochlea, contains thousands of sensory hairs. Loud sounds can damage these hair cells in a way that can cause temporary, even permanent hearing loss. The damage is determined by how loud the noise is and how long the ear is exposed to it. So,


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[Assistant] But if that exposure happens repeatedly over a period of time,


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[Assistant] That can lead to permanent loss. So, back to video games. This new research reviewed 14 studies that included a total of 54,000 adults and children worldwide. They found that the average participant in the study gained at sound levels that often nearly surpassed or outright exceeded what is considered a permissible level.


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[Assistant] Here's the question. How can someone game safely? Well, based off this report, we should try to monitor sound levels. There are actually apps that can help you with this. But one general tip comes from a doctor to whom CNN spoke. The doc recommended going no higher than 60% of the maximum volume.


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[Assistant] Pay attention to your hearing, whether you're a gamer or not. If you notice any changes, especially that ringing sound in your ear, set up some time to speak with a doctor who can assess what might be going on.


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[Assistant] The Alaska Airlines plane was left with a gaping hole the size of a refrigerator with passengers inside while flying at 16,000 feet in the sky. As a result of the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded hundreds of 737 MAX 9 planes.


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[Assistant] But now it looks like those planes may soon be cleared to return to the sky. Here's our Pete Monteen with more.


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[Assistant] Pop quiz, hot shot, what was the first supersonic passenger carrying commercial airplane called Hurricane, Concorde, Nighthawk or Skycrane?


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[Assistant] If you pilot said the Concorde, congrats! You passed with flying colors. From its first flight in 1969 until its last in 2003, the Concorde's supersonic plane shoveled passengers at speeds far faster than traditional airlines.


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[Assistant] Next we're looking at how NASA is aiming to take commercial travel to supersonic speeds. NASA has been testing the limits of flying both in space and here on Earth for decades. In 1947, X-1 became the first manned aircraft to break the sound barrier.