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Welcome back to your English Toolbox, Peter, andthis is your Weekly English Recap.
Today, we will practice 38 pairs of sentences fromepisodes 175 to 181.
We will revisit time, risk, online language,choices, and everyday responsibility.
First, listen to a sentence with a usefulexpression.
Then you will have four seconds to repeat italoud.
After those four seconds, I will express the sameidea in different words.
Listen for the meaning and notice which wordschanged.
You will have a short pause after the secondsentence, too.
Use that pause to try the alternative phrasingyourself.
Keep your voice relaxed and take the full fourseconds.
Let us begin with time and the changing clocks.
We put the clocks back on Sunday, so the morningwill feel lighter.
On Sunday, we move the clocks one hour earlier andsunrise will seem earlier.
When we put the clocks forward, I need a day toadjust.
When we move the clocks one hour later, I needsome time to adapt.
The autumn clock change gives me an extra hour inbed.
The autumn change lets me sleep for one additionalhour.
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My body clock does not change as quickly as theclock on the wall.
My natural sleep rhythm takes longer to adjustthan the clock.
It takes me a few days to adjust to the newmorning light.
I need several days to get used to the differentmorning light.
Now we move from time to risk and brave decisions.
If you ignore every warning, you are playing withfire.
If you ignore all the warnings, you are taking adangerous risk.
Do not put all your eggs in one basket when youapply for jobs.
Do not depend on a single job application for yourwhole plan.
Maya stuck her neck out and defended a newcolleague.
Took a personal risk by speaking up for a newcolleague.
We took a leap of faith and opened the smallbookshop.
We made the brave choice to open the bookshopwithout knowing how it would go.
Changing course was a calculated risk, not asudden impulse.
Changing course involved a risk that we hadconsidered carefully.
Let us practice for, since, and questions aboutduration.
I have lived here since 2023, moved here in 2023,and I still live here.
Have worked with Lena for three years.
Did working with Lena three years ago.
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Still work together.
Have you known your neighbor?
Did you first meet your neighbor?
And are you still in touch?
She has studied English since January.
She began studying English in January andcontinues today.
They have been friends for a long time.
Friendship began long ago and continues now.
Next, we will look at the language of provocativeposts online.
A post is rage bait, so I am not going to shareit.
A post is designed to make people angry, so I willnot pass it on.
The headline was clickbait and promised more thanthe article gave.
The headline tried to attract clicks with apromise the article did not fulfill.
His hot take started an argument in the comments.
His deliberately bold opinion started a debate inthe comments.
Almost reacted before I read the whole story.
Nearly responded without first reading all theinformation.
Check the context before you repeat that dramaticclaim.
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Get the surrounding facts before you pass on thatstriking claim.
Our next expressions come from a story aboutdesire and difficult choices.
She was content with a modest home near herfriends.
She was satisfied with a simple home close to herfriends.
They set off at dawn to cross the fields beforenoon.
They began their journey when the sun first rose.
We ran out of time before we reached the lastquestion.
There was no time left when we got to the finalquestion.
The small garden belongs to the family next door.
The family next door owns the small garden.
We made a detour to avoid the roadworks.
We took a longer route around the roadworks.
I was out of breath after running up the stairs.
I was breathing hard after I ran up the stairs.
Despite the rain, the walkers pressed on.
Although it was raining, the walkers continued.
He wanted more land, but he did not know when tostop.
He kept seeking more land even when he had enough.
Let us practice taking responsibility.
And making things right.
That was my fault.
I sent the old version of the file and sent anearlier version of the file.
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I should have checked the address before I sentthe parcel.
I made a mistake by failing to verify the addressfirst.
I booked the wrong table.
So let me put it right.
Mistake.
So I will correct it.
I take full responsibility for the misseddeadline.
Except that the missed deadline was myresponsibility.
Thanks for flagging it.
I had not noticed the missing page.
Thank you for pointing it out.
The missing page escaped my attention.
Listen for the language of changing prices andquantities.
The packet looks the same, but it is smaller.
That may be shrinkflation.
The packet may contain less product while keepinga similar price.
He downsized the chocolate bar, but kept the oldwrapper.
He made the chocolate bar smaller and kept itsprevious wrapper.
With this smaller box, you get less for yourmoney.
This smaller box gives you a smaller quantity forthe same spending.
Compared the weights before choosing between thetwo packets.
I looked at how much each packet contained beforechoosing.
It's the same price, but there is less productinside.
The cost has stayed the same while the quantityhas gone down.
You have practiced 38 pairs from all sevenepisodes.
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Choose one expression about time.
One about choices and one about responsibility.
Make a true sentence about your own life with eachof them.
If you want a second round, listen again and saythe alternative before I do.
Remember the difference between since and for.
Since points to a starting moment, for describesthe length of time.
A hot take is a bold opinion, while rage bait isdesigned to provoke anger.
And taking responsibility becomes stronger whenyou say how you will put a mistake right.
The full pairs transcript and practice are on yourEnglish toolbox.
Thank you for practicing with me.
This is Peter, and I will see you next time.