Vocabulary to prepare for the video in the next exercise
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| Vocabulary Term | Definition |
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| brother-in-law (1) countable noun |
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| brother-in-law (2) countable noun |
 This example is from the video: Jess is Kathleen's brother-in-law. Kathleen is Jess's sister-in-law. Jess is Susan's husband. Kathleen is Louis's wife. |
| Can and could for asking
for information (for making requests). This is very different from can as presented in lesson 15. |
 Can you...? is polite. Could you... ? is more polite. |
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husband |
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| You got it wrong. got it wrong is an expression wrong = false adverb (wrong is also an adjective, noun and verb) |
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| apostrophe countable noun The sign ( ' ) used for contractions, the possessive case, for certain plurals, and abbreviations. |
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introduce |
 Helen is introducing Jim to Laura. |
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