General When you don't understand Sorry, can you say that again? Sorry, couldyou speak more slowly? Checking understanding Sorry, didyou say...? Do you mean? Couldyou repeat that? Pardon? I'm not sure I understood. Showing interest Really? That's...
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General When you don't understand Sorry, can you say that again? Sorry, couldyou speak more slowly? Checking understanding Sorry, didyou say...? Do you mean? Couldyou repeat that? Pardon? I'm not sure I understood. Showing interest Really? That's interesting. That's incredible! I see. Do you? Me too. Filling the conversation Em... Well... The thing is... I'm not (really/totally/completely) sure but. Maybe... You know... I think... I imagine... It looks like... I imagine that... Let me think. What do you think? When you don't know a word It's like/similar to... It's the opposite of... It's when you... J Talking about the past Expressions of sequence and time At first In the end First ofall Finally Then Suddenly Next A few minutes/hours/days later After that The next day О О О Using different past tenses 1 Past simple = A completed action in the past. 2 Past continuous = An activity in progress at a moment in the past. We often use it to describe scenes in the past. 3 Past perfect = An a
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