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Lesson 2 Video Vocabulary

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Lesson 1: Vocabulary we hear in this video:
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Vocabulary Term
Audio Clips
Definition
husband
wife

countable nouns
audio/husband.ra
husband

audio/wife.ra
wife
mother and father; husband & wife
Steven and Jill are married. They are husband and wife.
family
countable noun

audio/father.ra father

audio/mother.ra mother

audio/daughter.ra daughter

audio/son.ra son

a family = husband, wife, child (or more than 1 child = children)

a family

Steven is the father. Jill is the mother.

Annie is the daughter. Jimmy is the son.


originally (from)
adverb
audio/originally-from.ra not now, in the past

Jimmy is originally from Oregon. Now he's from Florida.

could you... ?
a polite formula to begin a question
audio/could-you.ra a polite way to ask

Could you...?
morning, afternoon, evening,
night

countable nouns
audio/morning-to-night.ra 4 parts of 24 hours
The 4 parts of a 24-hour day
How you doin'? (very informal) =

How are you doing?
(informal) =

How are you ?
("normal")

audio/how-you-doin.ra

audio/how-are-you-doing.ra  

audio/how-are-you.ra
Howdy = Hello + How are you doin'? = Hello + How are you doing? = Hello + How are you?

Greetings. Note that "Howdy" is American "Western" and means "Hello + How are you?"
near
far

adverbs and adjectives
audio/near-far.ra near = close

near is the opposite of far

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