Lesson 2: Vocabulary we hear in this video:
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Vocabulary Term
Definition and Audio
husband
wife countable nouns
Husband
Wife
Steven and Jill are married. They are husband and wife.
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family countable noun
Father
Mother
Daughter
Son
a family
Steven is the father.
Jill is the mother.
Annie is the daughter. Jimmy is the son.
Record:
originally (from) adverb
Originally from
Jimmy is originally from Oregon. Now he's from Florida.
Record:
could you... ? a polite formula to make a request (ask a question)
Could you... ?
Could you...?
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morning, afternoon, evening,
night countable nouns
The 4 parts of a 24-hour day
Record:
How you doin'? (very informal) =
How are you doing?
(informal) =
How are you?
("normal")
How you doin'? (very informal)
How are you doing? (informal)
How are you? ("normal")
Greetings. Note that "Howdy" is American "Western" and means "Hello + How are you?"