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[English]

hi honey I'm

home from the tequila

factory it was awful to get out of going

to dinner with Doug I told him that you

and I split up so then he took me to all

these strip clubs and sleazy bars and

then when I wouldn't give him my wedding

ring he threw a soda can at a

bird come here I can breathe through my

mouth you know what the worst part was I

got to see what my life would be like

without you you know it was like uh It's

a Wonderful Life with lap

dances please promise me that you will

never leave me that we will grow old

together and be with each other for the

rest of our

lives I

promise hey speaking of together how

about we send out a holiday card this

year o i I don't know if we're there yet

okay Chandler mon there's only one

banana nut muffin left oh we order mine

first yeah but I'm I'm so much faster

give it to me no give it to

me okay you can have

it there you go enjoy your

coffee that was there when I got

here hey you guys you will never guess

who's coming to New York quick Phoebe

tell us before you can swallow okay Ryan

that guy I went out with who's in the

Navy you went out with a guy in the Navy

yeah I met him when I was um playing

guitar in Washington Square Park Ryan

threw in saltwater taffy cuz he didn't

have any change hey is that when you

wrote saltwater taffy man

no no he is my submarine guy he

resurfaces like every couple years and

we have the most amazing three days

together only this time he's coming for

two weeks two whole weeks which means

yay

so wait this guy goes down for like two

years at a

time that'll teach you to lick my

muffin all

right oh no what happened I just spoke

to Carol Ben's got the chicken poox are

you kidding yeah so if you haven't

already had it chances are you're going

to get it well I've had it yeah I've had

it had it had it well I haven't ever had

it I Al left out oh

look die an old maid you're not going to

die an old maid maybe an old spinster

cook thanks hey now besides worse comes

to worse I'll be your

[Laughter]

boyfriend yeah

right why is that so funny

you made a joke right so I

laughed a little too

hard what am I not uh boyfriend

material no you're

Chandler you know

Chandler Okay so we've established my

name and hit

me but theoretically you know I mean say

we weren't friends say it's a blind dat

I show up at your door and I'm like uh

hey nice to meet you hey

I'd probably be scared of the guy using

a fake

Voice who sold a story to Archie Comics

oh my God that's so great oh wow you're

a poish riter I wish I had a present for

you a wait a

minute my last get get

bar you want to share it okay okay

hey hey hey Jan look I know you're mad

but I just want to say I'm sorry I I was

a total jerk completely o over the line

I just I hate pulp you know you know how

Monica feels about lowfat mayonnaise

it's not

many no way that you look like Ross's

mother then why would he say it because

he's crazy okay he came up to me earlier

and thanked me for my very moving

performance in Titanic

my mother's right never going to get

married you know what that

is who wouldn't want

you please I'm a single mom with a

30-year-old

son I'm getting married today

W morning Ross I'm getting married today

yeah y

you think you know I was

[Applause]

here well I've I've never done that with

you

before

nope so uh how are you how you how you

okay yeah yeah you oh yes yes

uh-huh

you we did you

well I better get going oh

absolutely could you not

look I don't want to look really think

this is okay well Ross and Emily aren't

going to use

it oh it's so

beautiful

oh you know I I don't know if I feel

right about this oh mama mom on

on this is the honeymoon suite the room

expects SE

the room would be disappointed if it

didn't get sex all the other honeymoon

sweets would think it was a

loser okay

okay Emily nope not under

here you know that night meant a lot to

me too and it wasn't cuz I was in a bad

place or anything it just meant a lot to

me cuz you're really hot

is that okay that's

okay and I'm cute

[Music]

too and you're cute too thank

you all right I got to go unpack

okay bye

I'm still on London time does that

count oh that counts oh

God you look cute in Bubbles N you're

just all liquored

up hey it's me I'm coming

in I've had a very long hard day

uh I'm going to go get some chicken you

want some uh no thanks no chicken

bye-bye then

okay you sure some extra crispie dirty

rice beans for the last time no get out

get out Joey

right are you okay I'm so sorry he

wouldn't leave he kept asking me if I

wanted

chicken

chicken I can eat some

chicken Hey Joe

yeah can I get a threepiece some klaa

and some beans and a coke D

[Laughter]

Coke nice try wait wait wait

wait look

Monica this is not going to work but

does will work

[Laughter]

you are so great I love

you what nothing I said I said you're so

great and then I just I just stopped

talking you said you love me I can't

believe this no I

didn't yes you did no I

didn't you love me no I don't stop it

stop it stop it stop

it see something sure what okay um this

is going to be fun watch me freak out

Chandler honey yeah listen

uh I I've been doing some thinking and I

don't know whether it's because we're

here or

Rachel's given

birth but

um I think we should try to have a

baby

okay what's that

now okay I've been thinking about it too

and I I think we're

ready are you kidding me you you you

think we're ready to have a baby now

this is fun

you're ready to have a baby my boy's all

grown

up you said you were ready too yeah but

I was just sring with you to to try to

get your voice all high and weird like

mine is now guess what haven't you

wanted a kid like forever okay just back

off

Mister hey what are you doing here

shouldn't you be at work uh they sit beh

they said I can't work if I'm

sick I'm so sorry that you're sick I'm

not

sick I don't get sick getting sick is

for weak leagues it's for

pansies honey no one thinks that you're

a Pansy but we do think that you need a

tissue I have not been sick in over

three

years I'm going to grab you some tissue

I I don't need a tissue I'm fine when

you put a d at the end of fine you're

not

fine I

fine I'm

fine you know it's a really hard word to

say okay so what do you what do you want

to do let's do something crazy I know

let's rest and drink lots of

fluids okay I'll rest but you know if

I'm going to bed then you're coming with

me see that would be impossible to

resist if you weren't

all drippy here

are you saying that you don't want to

get with

[Laughter]

this yeah I don't think you should say

that even when you're

healthy come

on don't take this personally okay it's

just that I just can't have sex with a

sick

person I'm with you Chandler I mean I

can't have sex with a sick person either

that's disgusting but I'm not sick let

me prove it to

you we are two healthy people and the

prbe of

Li see that's the thing I would like to

stay in the prime of

live

Adler oh what is it honey you need some

tea some

soup oh

calling Dr beig Dr beig to the

bed oh jeez honey I thought I thought

you were asleep how can I be asleep

knowing that you we the next

room I was

[Laughter]

asleep oh no no no honey you know what's

sexy

layers layers are sexy and blankets are

sexy and oh hot water bottles are sexy

come on get it to bed I want to prove

you that I'm not sick I want to make you

feel as good as I

feel please get some rest I'm

[Laughter]

fine Monica where is she I need to talk

to her it's urgent is she here hi Monica

I need to talk to you it's

urgent okay okay I've been doing a lot

of thinking about us you know a lot of

uh us

thinking and uh well I guess there's

only one one way to do

[Applause]

this what are you doing Monica no no no

don't don't don't don't do it will you

marry

[Applause]

me what a bad IDE oh I can't not look at

it Tayler why are you doing this

I don't

know but I know I'm not afraid to do

this

Chandler I'm doing this because I'm

sorry do you um you really think the

best reason to get married is because

you're sorry well no the best reason to

get married is

pregnancy sorry is pretty much fourth

you know behind being ready and actually

wanting to get

married will you be my wife

jaylor um I want you to take just a

minute and I want you to think about how

ridiculous this

sounds yeah I'm kind of wishing everyone

wasn't here right

now do you know that none of that stuff

came from me I mean I never said that I

wanted to have babies and get married

right now yeah I know but I was really

confused and then I talked to these guys

who two divorces and Joey

hey she's right you

know yeah but still cheap

shot you know what you know when I said

that I want you to deal with this

relationship stuff all on your own well

you're not ready for that I didn't think

I

was I can't wait for everyone at work to

see these

ow you go back to work tomorrow night

right yeah so if you want people to see

them then by definition you're not

having them taken out say at the break

of

dawn well if I had them taken out then I

wouldn't be able to do

this you like that

[Music]

right what are you singing It's Valero

from 10 it's Ride of the Valkyries from

Apocalypse Now

see here's the thing the cornrows are

really a solution to your frizzy hair

problem and now that we're home you

don't have that problem anymore so if

you think about it I hate

them what you said you like them did I

let's refresh I believe what I said was

that I could see your

scalp fine so you don't like them

everybody else does again let's Journey

back as I recall what Rachel said was

she had never never noticed the shape of

your skull before and

Joey well Joey didn't realize it was

anything

different you know what I don't care I

like it like this and and I'm going to

keep it you're just jealous because your

hair can't do

this

ow get yourself in the tooth and the

eye honey you've been in there for a

long time is everything okay

not

really I have a

problem

really what happened well I was dancing

around and singing No Woman No

Cry I got

stuck you can't move at all oh I can

move

if I untangle you will you please get

rid of the cornrow I guess

so some of these look a little Frid yeah

I I tried to gnaw myself

free so sorry please stop freaking

out I'm not freaking

out why would I be freaking out a woman

named Hildy called and said we were

getting married but that happens every

day honey

we were at this beautiful place and I I

I just put our names down for fun I mean

what's the harm in that right

here Chandler please don't think I was

trying to pressure you Phoebe and Rachel

just thought that Phoebe and Rachel so

the people that knew about our wedding

before me were you Phoebe and Rachel

Hildy and apparently some band called

The Starlight magic 7 who are available

by the

way it was a mistake please don't take

this to mean anything because it

doesn't

okay

really yes if it really doesn't mean

anything because you know that I'm just

not ready I know I

know

okay all right I'm going to go tell Joey

that that you're back you're really

worried about you

hey did she buy it totally so did Hildy

show you the place yeah it's beautiful

yeah I can't believe you're going to ask

Monica to marry you I

know 10 blocks down five to go oh wait

stop stop stop oh I'm sorry do you need

a

break my boot's in tan hey can you get a

little closer so I can can see the price

I can see it from right here it'll cost

you one

husband okay I'm sorry I think I I can

walk the rest of the way now just just

give me my

boots I don't have your boots well I

don't have them either where are they

well why don't you check in one of my

saddle bags while I chew on a bail of

hay okay come we got to go back and get

them honey are you seriously ever going

to wear the boots

again okay I'm never going to wear them

again

just didn't get a chance to say

goodbye you know what you can say

goodbye to the tan

ones

okay all

right okay bye boots wait half off what

did you just say you roll another hard a

and we get married here

tonight are you serious yes I love you

I've never loved anybody as much as I

love

you I've never loved anybody as I love

you okay so if an eight comes up we take

it as a sign and we do it what do you

say Okay

[Applause]

Go Okay that's a four and where where

where's the other one it went under the

table nobody moved you look that way I

look this

way here it is here it is

that could be a four or a

five it's your

[Applause]

call it's a

four I think so

too

everybody

loves is the most beautiful engag ring

ever yeah well you should know you

bought like a billion of

them yeah you didn't get

one okay well tonight's the big night

Hey listen how you going to ask her it

is going to be perfect I am taking her

to her favorite restaurant I'm going to

get her a bottle of this champagne that

she really loves therefore knows how

expensive it

is then when the glasses are full

instead of proposing a toast I'm just

going to propose a it sounds perfect

you're going to mess it up let me do

it I'm not going to mess it up if she

says no can I have the

ring she's not going to say no

if hey

hey I'm

M give it it's

gone phoi

[Music]

we practically

kissing I wasn't trying to open your

closet I wasn't trying to open your

closet I

swear wow Monica runs a pretty tight

ship around here doesn't

she what are you doing Monica has a

secret closet and she won't let me see

what's in it why not I don't know what

could she possibly be hiding in here

that I can't see I don't know ooh ooh I

bet it's

Richard why would Monica be keeping

Richard in here well off the top of my

head uh maybe she's having her cake and

eating it too you being the cake Richard

being the

twoo or and here we

go I saw this movie Once where there was

a door and nobody knew what was behind

it and when they finally got it open

millions and millions and millions of

bugs came p pouring out and they feasted

on human

flesh you know it wouldn't kill you to

respect your wife's

privacy stupid closet full of

bugs oh my

God Chandler

and all my

life I never thought I would be so

lucky is to fall in love with my

best my

best there's a reason why girls don't do

this okay okay I'll do it I

thought I I can do this

I thought that it mattered what I said

or where I said

it then I

realized the only thing that matters is

that

you you make me happier than I ever

thought I could

be and if you let me

I will spend the rest of my life trying

to make you feel the same

way will you marry

me yes

[Applause]

I knew you were likely to take a

wife can we come in yet we're dying out

here come in come

in we're

engag this is the least jealous I've

ever been

oh no wait no this is wrong Ross isn't

here

oh oh hell he's done this three times

she knows what it's about been acting

weird all afternoon yeah fine fine not

perfect but good

enough jeese what is with you I'm sorry

did you say

cheese all right what's going on Phoebe

thinks that you and Don are soulmates

and I don't believe in that kind of

stuff but then you two totally get along

so look I won't stand in your way if you

want to run off with Dawn and live in a

house of

cheese Taylor you don't believe in

soulmates no but I'm sure Tomatoes

does I don't believe in soulmates

either you don't no I don't think that

you and I were destined to end up

together I think that we fell in love

and and we work hard at our relationship

some days we work really

hard so you you don't want to live with

Donna and shees

house no I I I've had second thoughts

about that do you realize how hard that

would be to

clean I love you I know you know what

I'm going to take you out to dinner

tonight I found this place that makes

the greatest mozzarella sticks in

jalapeno

poppers no really they taste so good hey

what's going on I found a note on my

door come to Monica's quick bring

champagne and a Three Musketeers Bar

yeah I'll take

what's up Monica and I are

engaged my

God congratulations where is she I'm

engaged I'm

engaged yeah she's been out there for 20

minutes I'm surprised you didn't hear

her on the way over I thought it was

just a kid yelling I'm gay I'm

gay can I bring her in no no let her

stay out there it's sweet I'm getting

married

I'm going to be a

bride no I will not shut up because I'm

engaged oh big talk huh why don't you

come over here and say that to me huh

buddy yeah my fiance will kick your

ass come on apartment 20 apartment

20 okay you get her in here you Bolt the

door I'll be in the

closet hey what's the matter somebody on

the sub boy licked my neck lick my neck

oh Wily is still

alive what are you guys doing oh my mom

called they're going to run our

engagement announcement in the local

paper so they're looking for a good

picture of us oo I'm afraid that does

not

exist that's not true they're great

pictures of us no there are great

pictures of you standing next to a guy

who's going like

this oh my God that's the creep that

you're with at the Statue of

Liberty I don't know what it is I just

can't take a good picture here's a great

one yeah I'm not in that no but look at

me all

tan he why don't you guys go get

portraits done by a professional

photographer it's a great idea I bet

they have one of those wind machines you

know

like yeah that's great next to that

Chandler won't look so

stupid Chandler what do you say all

right but I should warn you I'm not

going I'm going

[Applause]

[Music]

great that's great Monica

great now Chandler you want to give us a

smile

okay I'm sorry is the seat uncomfortable

no I

am Chandler I know you can do this okay

you have a beautiful smile I do

yeah all right maybe you don't have to

smile let's try something else let's try

um try looking sexy

okay or

not I know let's try a look a far off

wonderment okay we'll we'll gaze into

our future and we'll think about our

marriage and the days to come okay

Chandler what is the matter with your

face like this picture supposed to say

Geller and being to be married not Local

woman saves drowning

hey don't laugh at him he's my

drowning

that's it that's it take it take

it I like this one it seems to say I

love you you and that's why I have to

kill

you can't all be bad find the one where

you make your bedroom

eyes oh there it is oh my God those are

my bedroom

eyes why did you ever sleep with

me do you really want to pull at that

thread s that's a great smile easy

natural now pretend I have a camera

are you changing it I can't help it all

right all right all right all right you

want to know what I do when I take

resume shots borrow money from

me yeah okay first first of all you want

to make it look spontaneous right okay

so here's what I do I look down look

down keep looking down then I look

up see all right now you try look down

you're looking down keep looking down

why is the jelly on your

shoe I had a

[Music]

donut hey there you are there I

am you okay yeah Joey said I uh I needed

to relax so he gave me an

antihistamine yeah and then I fell

asleep on the subway and went all the

way to Brooklyn Brooklyn is

far jayler what were you thinking no no

but don't worry don't worry because I

know how to take a picture

now okay see look

down look

down look

[Music]

down Chandler

yeah guys check it out my mom sent me

the paper oh let's see it

okay oh yeah that looks good you guys

make a very very attractive

couple yeah we look great together we

really do

okay wow imagine what our kids would

look like you know we don't have to

imagine I'm marrying her we just see so

we both finished our vows oh can we read

them yeah just as long as I don't hear

trailers and he doesn't hear mine okay

oh

[Laughter]

oh oh that's

beautiful funny one that's

good Monica will you marry

me what I don't get it oh

yeah oh man this is hilarious

Chandler don't worry honey we'll make

here's

funnier just realized I don't care if he

is the most perfect guy in the

world he's not you yeah he's

better no he's

not and if I can't get pregnant with you

then I don't want to get pregnant by him

or anyone

else really are you sure yeah I'm sure

thank God because I don't want to do

this either you no I was just just doing

it because I thought that was what you

wanted to do you know I'm the husband

I'm supposed to bring the

sperm that is so

sweet I love

you so you know this leaves us

with

adoption how do you feel about

that I think I feel okay about

it actually I I I think I feel really

good about it

me too I want to find a baby that needs

a home and I want to raise it with

you and I want to mess it up in our own

specific

way so this is it we we're really going

to

adopt

yeah oh my God we're going to be parents

we are going to be great parents and it

could be soon I mean I mean think about

it right now Somewhere Out There Our

baby could be being conceived

wait if we're lucky and we're really

really really quiet we may be able to

hear the sound of a condom breaking

we're already late for phoe's birthday

dinner so you're going to put out that

cigarette we're going to put this fight

on hold and go have sex fine

what sex this is the last day that I'm

ovulating and if we if we don't do it

now then we're going to have to wait

till next month you're

serious oh yeah all right fine I'll do

it but no talking a and no cuddling and

no kissing your neck oh good I hate it

when you do

that and lots of kissing your

neck

hello oh

hi oh my god really I can't wait to tell

Chandler okay

goodbye wrong

number that was

Laura she gave us a great report and we

are officially on the waiting list

that's great now we just have to wait

for a call and and someone tells us

there's a baby waiting for us

oh

hello have you seen Joey's bat okay the

turkeyy in the oven the stuffing is

ready you know you always cook this meal

all by yourself

let me help this here A Chandler that's

sweet but you don't have to do

everything Dr Phil tells you to

do I'm serious let me do something just

not the turkey or the stuffing nothing

high-profile let's see oh the cranberry

sauce it's easy to make and no one

really cares about

it tell me more okay I'm going to go

check on something across the hall you

start by washing these

okay not with salt

you obviously haven't Taste of my pal

Olive potatoes can take it from here

thanks dearly

beloved I'm sorry I'm a little

late may be confused by this now but you

won't be Memorial Day Weekend

2002 well let's get started before the

groom off again

huh we are gathered here

today to join this

man and this woman in the bonds of holy

matrimony I've known Monica and Chandler

for a long time and I cannot imagine two

people more perfect for each other

and

now as I've left my notes in my dressing

room we shall proceed to the vows

Monica he took off come on come

on

Chandler for so long I I wondered if I

would ever find my

prince my soulmate

then three years ago at another wedding

I turned to a friend for

comfort and instead I found everything

that I'd ever been looking for my whole

life and

now here we

are with our future before

us and I only want to spend it with

you my

prince my soul

mate my

friend unless you don't want

to you

go

Chandler that's

okay I thought this was going to be the

most difficult thing I ever had to

do but when I saw you walking down that

aisle I realized how simple it

was I love

you any surprises that come our way it's

okay because I will always love

you you are the person I was meant to

spend the rest of my life

with you want to know if I'm

sure you uh may now kiss the bride

so I guess by the powers vested in Me by

the state of New York and the internet

guys I Now pronounce you husband and

wife oh

wait do you take each other I do I do

yeah you

do brings oh crap okay

um uh let's do the

Rings we good yeah

good once again I pronounce you husband

and wife now kiss her again

[Applause]

hey oh my God

hey look at that it's a Christmas

miracle what are you doing here I wanted

to be with you I missed you so much hey

hey uh who' you miss the most Monica

gotcha I never want to leave you again

but I thought if you left you'd get

fired turns out they can't fire me

because I quit what what you you really

quit your job yeah it was a stupid job

and I could not stand leaving you and

why should I be the only one who doesn't

get to do what he really wants to do

what do you really want to do I have not

thought this through

oh my God I know I I should have talked

to you first about it no I think that

this is what you want to do I think it's

great

thanks Chandler your being here is the

best Christmas present I could have ever

imagined Now give me my real

gift what do we do what do you mean what

do we do

twins

twins tayor you're panicking uh-huh join

me won't you

okay what do you say we keep one and

then just like have an option on the

other one we can't split them up why not

we could give each of them half a

medallion and then years later they'll

find each

other and be

reunited I mean that's a great day for

everybody okay what if the person who

adopts the other one is horrible what if

they're not what if it's adopted by a

king yeah because I hear the king is

looking to adopt

Monica we are not ready to have two

babies that doesn't matter we have

waited so long for this I don't care if

it's two babies I don't care if it's

three babies I don't care if the entire

cast of Eight is Enough comes out of

there do you think they recognize each

other from in

there maybe unless they're like two

people who've lived in apartments next

to each other for years and then one day

they're pushed through a vagina and they

meet oh look at these little bunnies I

know you ready to

trade okay

okay all right let's see

we could trade later yeah I'm

good oh my God oh my

God my go

hey hey so what is the big

[Laughter]

surprise my

God okay okay okay awkward question the

hospital knows you took took two right

yes twins oh my God they're so cute now

what what what kinds are they are they

okay this is a boy and that's a girl her

name is

Erica hey that pregnant girl's name was

Erica yeah it's a shame you two didn't

get to spend more time

together and we named the boy Jack after

Dad it's going to be so happy ah Jack

Bing I love that well it sounds like

like a 40 newspaper guy you know Jack

Bing morning Gazette I'm going to I'm

going to blow this story wide open cute

cute no fair I don't even have one how

come they get two you'll get one oh yeah

when all right I'll tell you what when

we're 40 if neither of us are married

what do you say you and I get together

and have one why won I be married when

I'm

40 oh no no no I I just meant

hypothetically okay hypothetically why

won't I be married when I'm 40 no no no

no no what is it seriously is there

something fundamentally unmarriable

about

me uh uh

well dear God this this parachute is a

napsack mom everything's going fine

really yeah Ross is great he's a he's in

a whole other place now he's

gone no no you you don't have to fly

back

really what do you mean this might be

your only chance would you stop I'm only

26 I'm I'm not even thinking about

babies yet

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tequila /təˈkiːlə/ B1	noun - a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the blue agave plant, originating in Mexico
awful /ˈɔːfʊl/ A2	adjective - very bad or unpleasant
strip /strɪp/ B1	verb - to remove clothing or covering
soda /ˈsoʊdə/ A1	noun - a sweet, carbonated soft drink
wedding /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ B1	noun - a ceremony in which two people are united in marriage
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen
holiday /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/ A1	noun - a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done
muffin /ˈmʌfɪn/ B1	noun - a small, sweet baked good, often round and resembling a small cake
saltwater /ˈsɔːltˌwɔːtə/ B2	noun - water that contains a significant amount of salt; sea water
taffy /ˈtæfi/ B2	noun - a soft, chewy candy made by pulling sugar into thin threads
submarine /ˈsʌbməˌriːn/ B2	noun - a watercraft capable of operating underwater
engaged /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/ B1	adjective - having agreed to marry; also, involved in a particular activity
adoption /əˈdɒpʃən/ B2	noun - the legal process of taking a child into one's family and raising them as one's own
ovulating /ˈɒvjʊleɪtɪŋ/ C1	verb - to release an egg from the ovary, typically as part of the menstrual cycle
condom /ˈkɒndəm/ B2	noun - a thin sheath worn on a penis during intercourse to prevent pregnancy or disease
matrimony /ˈmætrɪməni/ C1	noun - the state of being married; a marriage ceremony
soulmate /ˈsəʊlmeɪt/ B2	noun - a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner
vows /vaʊz/ B1	noun - solemn promises made during a wedding ceremony
miracle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ B2	noun - an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws
twins /twɪnz/ A2	noun - two children born at the same birth

Key Grammar Structures

• I told him that you and I split up so then he took me to all these strip clubs.

  ➔ Reported speech with a that‑clause (past simple)

  ➔ The verb **"told"** introduces a that‑clause that reports what was said.

• When I wouldn't give him my wedding ring, he threw a soda can at a bird.

  ➔ Past habitual with "wouldn't" + simple past (conditional clause)

  ➔ The negative modal **"wouldn't"** shows a repeated refusal in the past.

• I think we should try to have a baby.

  ➔ Modal verb "should" + infinitive (giving advice)

  ➔ The modal **"should"** expresses a recommendation; it is followed by the infinitive **"try"**.

• If we haven't already had it, chances are you're going to get it.

  ➔ First conditional with present perfect in the if‑clause; future prediction in the main clause

  ➔ The verb **"haven't had"** (present perfect) shows an action that may or may not have occurred up to now.

• The only thing that matters is that you make me happier than I ever thought I could be.

  ➔ Relative clause "that matters" + noun clause "that you make me happier..." (complex sentence)

  ➔ The relative pronoun **"that"** introduces the clause "that matters"; the noun clause **"that you make me happier..."** acts as the subject complement.

• If an eight comes up we take it as a sign and we do it.

  ➔ Zero conditional (present simple + present simple) for a general truth

  ➔ The verb **"comes"** (present simple) in the if‑clause denotes a possible future event; **"take"** (present simple) describes the habitual reaction.

• We've been waiting for a call and someone tells us there's a baby waiting for us.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous + present simple (reporting) in a compound sentence

  ➔ The phrase **"We've been waiting"** uses present perfect continuous to show an action that started in the past and continues now.

• Let's rest and drink lots of fluids.

  ➔ Imperative with "let's" + bare infinitive for a suggestion

  ➔ The contraction **"Let's"** (let us) is followed by the bare infinitives **"rest"** and **"drink"** to propose a joint action.

• I know how to take a picture now.

  ➔ "Know how to" + infinitive (expressing ability/skill)

  ➔ The verb **"know"** is followed by the phrase **"how to take"**, where **"to take"** is an infinitive showing the skill possessed.