BASIC SENTENCES
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1. [How] do you like this weather? ('Do you like this kind of weather?') |
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John |
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I like [it]. |
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to be hot |
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to be cold (of weather and of personal sensation) |
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to be just right (for comfort) |
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3. It's not [too] hot [and it's] not [too] cold; it's just right. |
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Pra$si$t |
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4. Where are you going? |
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John |
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| Umbrella |
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| classifier for umbrellas |
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5. I'm going to buy an umbrella. |
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| rainy season |
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| 6. They say the rainy season's already here. ('They say it has now reached the rainy season.') |
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| in a little while (or a little more) |
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| rain (used only as a noun) |
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| to fall (or drop) |
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to rain |
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| to be heavy (or heavily) |
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7. In a little while there'll be heavy rains (ít'll rain hard'). |
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| every |
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everyone |
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| ought to (or should) |
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| to have on hand (or to keep) |
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| 8. And everybody ought to have an umbrella (on hand). |
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Pra$so&N |
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to be true or truly |
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9. [Very] true. |
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| raincoat |
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| usefulness (or advantage) |
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| to be useful |
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| at all |
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| 10. When it rains here, a raincoat isn't any good at all (ís not useful at all'). |
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to be wet |
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to use (or make use
of) |
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11. If you don't want to get soaking wet, [you] have to have (úse') an umbrella. |
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John |
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| some |
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| classifier for places |
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| somewhere (or some places) |
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12. In America, it rains a lot [in] some places, too. |
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someone (or some
people) |
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13. Some people don't like rain at all. |
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on the part of
('part') |
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| 14. But as for me, it
doesn't make any difference [whether] it rains or not. |
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Pra$so&N |
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| season and classifier for
seasons |
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| 15. You have four seasons in America, don't you? |
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John |
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16. That's right. |
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Pra$si$t |
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summer |
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| winter |
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17. Here we only have three seasons, summer, the rainy season, and winter. |
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scarcely (or hardly) |
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18. But the winter isn't very cold (ís scarcely very cold'). |
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| snow |
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| ice |
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| 19. There isn't any snow or ice at all. |
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John |
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| (interjection used to
call attention to something) |
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| 20. Look over there! |
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| cloud |
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classifier for clouds |
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to float (or drift) |
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21. There's a big cloud drifting this way. |
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| to think (or to figure) |
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| to think that |
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| 22. Do you think it'll rain? |
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Pra$so&N |
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| to know |
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| 23. I don't know. |
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word of emphasis |
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24. but I don't think it'll rain. |
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| as soon as |
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| to pass |
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| to pass by (or pass on) |
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| sunshine |
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25. As soon as that cloud passes by, the sun'll [come] out again. |
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likely to (or usually) |
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thunder |
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| 26. When it rains we're always likely to have thunder. |
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Pra$si$t |
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wind |
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to blow (of the wind) |
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to be strong (as of
the wind blowing) |
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27. And the wind blows hard too. |
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to be used to
(something) |
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to lie (or lie down) |
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to sleep (or to close
the eyes) |
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to be unable to sleep |
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28. IF you're not used to [it], you won't be able to sleep (at all). |
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| to bother (or disturb) |
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| 29. Thunder doesn't bother me at all. |
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| 30. I can always sleep. |
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| (word of request or mild
command) |
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| 31. Look! |
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| 32. The cloud's gone ('passed by') already. |
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| the sun |
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| to shine |
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| to be bright (or
brightly) |
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| such as (or as) |
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| as usual |
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| 33. And the sun's shining brightly as usual. |
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