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The Forgotten Letters - B2 short story + explanations + transcript

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When Mai rents a small apartment from an elderly woman, she discovers a box of old love letters hidden inside. At first, she plans to return them, but she becomes very curious. As she reads the heartfelt messages between two lovers from wartime she becomes emotionally involved in their story. The final letter mentions a long-awaited reunion, and Mai is desperate to know how it ended. When she finally hands the letters to the old lady, she’s surprised to learn the woman is Pumpkin. The touching story brings the two women together, and a simple act of curiosity turns into a meaningful connection across generations. To slow down the video: 1) Click on the settings button under the video - ⚙️ 2) Select "Playback speed" 3) Choose a slower speed (e.g., 0.75x or 0.5x) See transcript▼ https://turboscribe.ai/transcript/share/1324058290466955511/GPzCMhiVxhytmSWsFMT4tN_faHHOGOGbWHlX6Sn5PGA/the-forgotten-letters

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Hello everybody. The name of our story

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today is the forgotten letters. I'm

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going to read the story to you once and

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then again a second time with

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explanations of the vocabulary and the

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language. Okay, let's

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go. This is Let's Learn English through

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stories and I'm Tim Bryant, your English

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teacher.

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[Music]

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Mai had only been renting the tiny

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apartment for a few weeks when she

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decided to do some spring

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cleaning. As she moved a heavy dresser,

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something fell out the back, an old

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dusty

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box. Inside she found a bundle of neatly

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tied letters, their edges yellowed with

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time.

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Curious, she opened the first one. "My

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dearest pumpkin," it began. Her eyes

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widened. It was a love letter from

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wartime. The handwriting was elegant,

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yet rushed, filled with longing and

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hope. She knew she should return them to

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Mrs. Whitmore, the elderly landlady who

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lived

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downstairs. But as she turned to put the

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box away, she noticed the reply. My

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love, I miss you more than words can

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say. She hesitated. Just one more, she

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thought. But one became two, then

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three. Soon she was completely lost in

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the romance, the laughter, the sorrow,

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the

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waiting. The final letter made her heart

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stop. Pumpkin, if all goes well, I'll be

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home next month. Forever yours.

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But had he come home? Unable to bear the

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mystery, my finally knocked on Mrs.

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Whitmore's door, letters in

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hand. The old woman gasped. Oh my

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goodness, the letters. How could I have

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forgotten

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them? My stared in shock. Your pumpkin.

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Mrs. Whitmore's eyes twinkled. I was.

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Would you like to hear the rest of the

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story? Over a cup of tea? My grinned.

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Absolutely.

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Okay, let's look at the

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vocabulary. Mai had only been renting

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the tiny apartment for a few weeks when

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she decided to do some spring cleaning.

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So, she had just been renting the tiny,

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very small apartment for a few weeks

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when she decided to do some spring

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cleaning. Spring cleaning. to clean

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after a cold and wet season, opening the

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windows after a long time, allowing the

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fresh air and the sunlight in and the

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dust

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out. As she moved a heavy dresser,

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something fell out the back. A heavy

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dresser is a large chest of drawers for

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clothes, and something fell out. fell to

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the floor from the back of a

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dresser. An old dusty box, dusty, is

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covered in powder from the air or

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dust. Inside she found a bundle of

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neatly tied letters, their edges

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yellowed with time.

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So, a bundle is a group of things

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together neatly or carefully tied with a

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string. And the edges of the paper had

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turned yellow after so many years,

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yellowed with

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time. Curious, she opened the first one.

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My dear pumpkin, it began. Her eyes

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widened. Her eyes got bigger with

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surprise. It was a love letter from

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wartime. Wartime, the time of

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war. The handwriting was elegant yet

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rushed. Filled with longing and hope.

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Rushed. It had been done

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quickly. Filled with when something has

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a lot of filled with longing. This is

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desire and hope. hope for the future

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after the

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war. She knew she should return them to

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Mrs.

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Whitmore. Mrs. Whitmore

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pronunciation

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Mrs.

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Mrs. the elderly landlady who lived

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downstairs. So elderly polite form of

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old or older and landlady is the owner

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of the house uh where May was renting

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her apartment who lived

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downstairs. Uh masculine form land lord

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and for a woman land

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lady. But as she turned to put the box

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away, she noticed the reply, "My love, I

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miss you more than words can say." She

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hesitated. Hesitated is paused. Just one

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more. She thought. Irregular past simple

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of the verb to think. Thought

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pronunciation is a th sound. And then

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like bought.

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Thought. But one became two, then three.

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Soon she was completely lost in the

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romance, the laughter, the sorrow, the

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waiting. So completely lost, fully

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absorbed, fully into the romance, the

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love story, the sorrow is

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sadness and the

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waiting. The final letter made her heart

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stop. If something is very powerful, it

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can make your heart stop. This is an

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expression also to make your heart miss

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a beat. The final letter made her heart

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stop or miss a

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beat. Pumpkin, if all goes well, I'll be

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home next month. Forever yours. Forever

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yours. This is a way to end a letter.

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yours with forever

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eternally always

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yours forever yours. We can also say

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yours sincerely or sincerely yours.

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These are the standard endings of a

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letter. So yours sincerely can be for a

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business or a personal letter. Yours

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sincerely or sincerely yours.

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But what had happened? Had he come home

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unable to bear the mystery to bear to

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accept or deal with not able to accept

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the mystery pronunciation here like

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history

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mystery my finally knock on Mrs.

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Whitmore's door. Letters in hand. This

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is holding the

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letters. The old woman gasped. She

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expressed a noise of surprise to gasp.

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Past simple

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gasped. Oh my

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goodness. This is a polite expression of

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shock or surprise.

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Stronger and less polite would be, "Oh

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my god, the letters. How could I have

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forgotten

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them?" My stared in shock. Your pumpkin

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stared, looked hard, and in a state of

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shock. Stared in

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shock. Mrs. Whitmore's eyes twinkled.

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Her eyes glittered or expressed

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happiness.

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I was. Would you like to hear the rest

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of the story? Over a cup of

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tea. Over a cup of tea. So, this is a

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friendly and relaxed environment and

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especially popular in

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England. Often stories are told over a

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cup of

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tea. I

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grinned. This is the past simple of to

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grin. To smile. She smiled.

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Absolutely. She really wants to hear the

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story. I separated to the end the more

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complex grammar parts for you. So, at

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the beginning of the story, we have the

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past perfect

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tense. My had only been renting the tiny

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apartment for a few weeks. for one

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action before another in the

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past. She had just been renting the

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apartment for a few weeks when then she

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decided to do some spring

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cleaning. So, this is a past perfect

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tense. Okay. Next, the first

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conditional. Pumpkin. If all goes well,

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I'll be home next month. So yes, this is

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a first conditional tense for real

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possibilities, things that are likely to

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happen. If plus subject plus present

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simple, if all goes well, then subject

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plus will plus main verb I will be home.

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If all goes

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well, I will be

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home next month. Real possibility. If

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all goes well, you will survive the war

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and come

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home. Another example, if all goes well,

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you will learn a lot of English with me.

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So, if plus subject plus present simple,

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then subject plus will plus the main

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form of the verb. If all goes well, you

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will learn a lot of English with

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me. Can you make another sentence with

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this structure? If all goes well, for

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example, if all goes well, it will be a

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fantastic summer. Now, your turn. If all

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