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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common modals of obligation, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: Should, Ought to, Had better, Have to, Need to, Be supposed to

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the third conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: tough, workout, out of shape, argue, get in shape, get rid of, junk food, pantry, diabetes, realize, health, salesman, negotiate, break down, fix, accident, catch on fire, fall asleep, run into, pole, firefighter, rescue, sprain, ankle, instead, prevent

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the passive voice in the past tense, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: destroy, rescue, see, inundate, injure, damage, kill, give, list, post, add, arrest, chase, investigate, catch, show, take, know, offer, bless, tell, provide, hit, ruin

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the second conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: save money, lose money, easy to say, vet/veterinarian, search, recommend, who knows, waste away, lonely, spouse, rattlesnake, poisonous, tail, warn, touch, bite, leave alone, go away

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the first conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: you’ll be sorry, don’t have time, definitely, confident, preparation, team, game, practice, win, tough, recover, injury, get used to, throw a party, sweet, news, hurricane, hit, evacuate, protect, worry, keep an eye on, bug, close, be able to, box, unless, move, unpack, relax

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the zero conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: documentary, elephant, sleep, mention, die, mourn, use, have to, sink, put, hamper, don’t get to, don’t get, ruin, the rest of, up all night, help, become, dedicated, provide, customer service, come back, extra, feel, loyal, company, hear, motivate, whenever, doctor, bad news, healthy, fault, consequence, lifestyle, treat, blame

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common superlative adjectives, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: good (best), tough, bad (worst), difficult, sad, strange, dark, humid, quiet, scary, beautiful, fast, strong, graceful, skillful, high, long, amazing, far (furthest), gorgeous, hot

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common future perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: learn, study, decide, complete, accomplish, begin, start, develop, discover, change, spend, figure out, grow, do, renovate, paint, die down, lose 

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present tense verbs in the passive voice, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

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Vocabulary: make, mix, bake, add, put on, spread, build, design, construct, buy, raise, repair, engineer, sacrifice, fix, made of, reinforce, register, take, give, send, plan, do, finish, process

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common past perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: be, leave, go, plan, want, have, try, fix, do, change, buy, put, read, assign, take, help, understand, say, write, belong, get

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: be, go, visit, leave, do, take out, change, finish, wash, study, cut, apply, accomplish, have, work, get, enjoy, settle, make, motivate, want, impress, cost, break, cause, forget, find, spend, get, hear

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common comparative adjectives, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: be, am, are, is, what kind of, married, father, uncle, children, teenagers, wife, get well soon

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the words "some" and "any," so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: thirsty, some, don’t have any, do we have any, we have some, is there any, do you have any, I’m looking for some, are there any, you’re looking for, it doesn’t have any, get some, do you think they have any, I don’t think they have any, anything else, I don’t have any time, some things, buy some groceries, do you have any money, I don’t have any cash, I have some money

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common comparative adjectives, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: small, large, expensive, good (better), difficult, hard, late, early, fast, big, bad (worse), beautiful, ugly, comfortable, cheap, important, easy, small, light

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses didn't for past tense negative statements, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: do, have, understand, try, study, explain, tell, see, ask, go, want, realize, plan, think, answer, drink, take out, vacuum, sweep, remember, look, wake up, clean, feed, follow, make, cook, help, buy, get, know, say

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This episode has three conversations. Each conversation uses common past tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: see, do, need, go, buy, come back, clean, sweep, mop, vacuum, spend, eat, watch, be, be able to, work, take, cook, need, relax, finish, look, listen, answer, study, speak, write, review

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This episode has a story uses common past tense verbs that are irregular. The story is played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: be, want, understand, wake up, sing, become, go, let, get, see, take, hold, come, fly, hit, feel, put, leave, steal, freeze, remain, drop, catch, say, keep, read

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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: believe, do, go, take, work out, clean, take out, wash, look like, give, check, fill out, answer, help, make, order, have, pick up, finish, play, eat, take, drive, walk, sing, spend, love, enjoy

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This episode has three conversations. Each conversation uses common past tense verbs that are irregular, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: be, swim, tell, choose, decide, practice, begin, drink, run, run into, build, have, cut, see, fall, hurt, put, hold, wrap, meet, ride, forget, bring, give, start, speak

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This episode has six short conversations. Each conversation uses "is there" and "are there," so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and stuck together.

Vocabulary: are there any, pantry, don’t have any, we have some, is there any, fridge, behind, left, is there a, whose, yard, friendly, we don’t drink, decide, enroll, we have a, key, is there any way, it depends, how fast, objective, have in mind, to be able to, I am glad to help

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Welcome to the first episode of Listen. Learn. Speak. !

This episode has three conversations. Each conversation uses common past tense verbs that are irregular, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice - once at a slower speed, and the second time at a normal rate of speech.

Vocabulary: fix, change, go, buy, get, do, break, have to, take, eat, make, take out, write, think, get back from , be, spend, sleep in, sit, watch, teach, know, need, forget, find, remind, drive, cut, wear, finish, sell

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