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- I know you'll find this video quite interesting. Did you guess correctly which word is the most difficult? It's not quite as hard as you think. I'm quite sure you will agree that this is an important word to master if you are learning English.
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00:00 Which are the candidates?
01:15 Meaning 1
02:08 Meaning 2
03:38 Meaning 3 and 4
04:08 Meaning 5
05:09 Meaning 6
08:27 Meaning 7
10:37 Meaning 8
11:16 Meaning 9
11:32 Meaning 10
12:36 Meaning 11
13:10 Meaning 12
13:44 Meaning 13
Get my book:
Middlechester Chronicles and the Story of Idioms: A witty and satirical look at 347 English idioms and their origins told through stories
To read the first chapter free and purchase the book go to aunty.co.uk
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- I know you'll find this video quite interesting. Did you guess correctly which word is the most difficult? It's not quite as hard as you think. I'm quite sure you will agree that this is an important word to master if you are learning English.
Sign up for the LetThemTalkTV newsletter here. It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free!
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00:00 Which are the candidates?
01:15 Meaning 1
02:08 Meaning 2
03:38 Meaning 3 and 4
04:08 Meaning 5
05:09 Meaning 6
08:27 Meaning 7
10:37 Meaning 8
11:16 Meaning 9
11:32 Meaning 10
12:36 Meaning 11
13:10 Meaning 12
13:44 Meaning 13




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- LetThemTalkTV presents a new series Tales From the English Language. In this episode we look at why and how the word octopus has four correct plurals. It something you might not know and it has an interesting history going all the way back to the early 18th century when octopus replaced the English words poulp and preke.
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