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Come on. 00:02
Come on. 00:02
Okay, come on. 00:06
Shh. Shh. 00:07
Okay, come on. 00:09
Shh. 00:12
Do you think it'll be all right 00:20
if we had some of this? 00:20
Yeah, Mum will never know. 00:21
It's not much, but it's home. 00:40
I think it's brilliant. 00:44
Where have you been? 00:47
Harry, 00:51
how wonderful to see you, dear. 00:52
Beds empty. 00:54
No note. 00:55
Car gone. 00:56
You could have died! 00:58
You could have been seen! 00:59
Of course, 01:02
I don't blame you, Harry, dear. 01:02
They were starving him, Mum. 01:04
There were bars on his window. 01:06
Well, you best hope 01:08
I don't put bars on your window, 01:09
Ronald Weasley. 01:11
Come on, Harry. 01:12
Time for a spot of breakfast. 01:13
Here we are, Harry. 01:16
Now, tuck in. 01:17
That's it. 01:19
There we go. 01:20
Um, Mummy, 01:22
have you seen my jumper? 01:23
Yes, dear. 01:24
It was on the cat. 01:24
Hello. 01:27
What did I do? 01:33
Ginny, 01:34
she's been talking about you all summer. 01:35
Dead annoying, really. 01:37
Morning, Weasleys. 01:39
Morning, Dad! 01:40
Morning, Arthur. 01:41
What a night. 01:43
Nine raids. 01:44
Nine! 01:45
"Raids?" 01:46
Dad works in the Ministry of Magic. 01:47
In the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. 01:49
Dad loves Muggles, 01:51
thinks they're fascinating. 01:52
Well, now. 01:54
Ah. 01:55
And who are you? 01:58
Oh, sorry, sir. 02:00
I'm Harry, sir. 02:01
Harry Potter. 02:03
Good Lord. 02:04
Are you really? 02:06
Well, Ron's told us all about you, 02:08
of course. 02:10
When did he get here? 02:11
This morning. 02:12
Your sons flew that enchanted car of yours 02:14
to Surrey and back last night. 02:17
Did you really? 02:19
How'd it go? 02:21
Oh, Dad, absolutely — 02:21
I mean, 02:23
that was very wrong indeed, boys. 02:24
Very wrong of you. 02:27
Now, Harry. 02:29
You must know all about Muggles. 02:31
Tell me, 02:33
what exactly 02:34
is the function of a rubber duck? 02:35
Oh, um — 02:38
Well, that'll be Errol with the post. 02:42
Oh, fetch it will you, Percy, please? 02:50
Errol. 02:53
He's always doing that. 02:54
Oh, look. 02:58
It's our Hogwarts letters. 02:59
Oh. 03:00
And they've sent us Harry's as well. 03:01
Dumbledore must know you're here, Harry. 03:02
Doesn't miss a trick, that man. 03:04
Oh, no. 03:05
This lot won't come cheap, Mum. 03:06
The spell books alone are very expensive. 03:08
We'll manage. 03:10
There's only one place 03:13
we're gonna get all of this. 03:14
Diagon Alley. 03:16
Right. Here we are, Harry. 03:18
You go first, dear. 03:21
But Harry's never travelled by 03:22
Floo Powder before, Mum. 03:23
Floo Powder? 03:25
Oh, well you go first, Ron, 03:26
so that Harry can see how it's done. 03:27
Yes. 03:29
In you go. 03:31
That's it. 03:34
Diagon Alley. 03:39
You see? 03:47
It's quite easy, dear. 03:48
Don't be afraid. 03:49
Come on. 03:49
Come on. 03:52
In you go. 03:53
That's it, mind your head. 03:54
That's right. 03:57
Now take your Floo Powder. 03:58
That's it. 04:02
Very good. 04:03
Now don't forget to 04:04
speak very, very clearly. 04:05
Diagonally! 04:10
What did he say, dear? 04:19
"Diagonally." 04:20
I thought he did. 04:22
Are you all right? 04:25
Hermione, bad dream. 04:27
When did you get here? 04:29
Just now, you? 04:31
Last night. 04:33
Wake up! 04:34
Wake up, Ronald! 04:35
Bloody hell. 04:37
Honestly, get dressed. 04:38
[Hermione] And don't go back to sleep. 04:40
Come on, Ron! 04:42
Your mother says breakfast's ready! 04:44
[Harry] Ron, where are we actually going? 04:52
[Ron] Don't know. 04:54
[Ron] Hey, Dad! 04:56
Where are we going? 04:57
[Arthur] Haven't the foggiest. 04:58
Keep up! 04:59
Hedwig. 05:26
Mum! 05:30
Ginny? 05:33
What is it? 05:33
I was only wondering 05:34
when Harry got here. 05:35
What? 05:37
Harry? Harry who? 05:38
Harry Potter, of course. 05:39
I think I'd know if 05:40
Harry Potter was in my house, 05:41
wouldn't I? 05:43
Well, his trunk's in the kitchen. 05:43
And his owl. 05:44
Well — No, dear. 05:45
I seriously doubt that. 05:46
Harry? 05:49
Did someone say Harry? 05:50
Me, nosy. 05:51
Is he up there with you? 05:52
Course not. 05:54
I think I'd know if my best friend 05:54
was in my room, wouldn't I? 05:55
Is that an owl I heard? 05:57
You haven't seen him, have you? 05:58
Apparently he's wandering about the house. 06:00
Really? 06:01
Really. 06:02
Harry! 06:03
Harry! 06:11
Hello. 06:14
What a lovely surprise! 06:15
Why didn't you let us 06:20
know you were coming? 06:21
I didn't know. 06:22
Dumbledore. 06:23
Oh, that man. 06:24
But then what would we do without him? 06:26
Got a bit of toothpaste. 06:29
So when did you get here? 06:39
A few days ago. 06:41
Though, for a while 06:43
I wasn't sure I was coming. 06:44
Mum sort of lost it last week. 06:47
Said Ginny and I had no 06:50
business going back to Hogwarts, 06:51
that it's too dangerous. 06:53
Oh, come on. 06:55
She's not alone. 06:56
Even my parents, and they're Muggles, 06:58
know something bad's happening. 06:59
Anyway, Dad stepped in, 07:01
told her she was being barmy and... 07:03
it took a few days, 07:05
but she came round. 07:06
But... 07:08
This is Hogwarts we're talking about. 07:09
It's Dumbledore. 07:10
What could be safer? 07:11
There's been a lot of talk recently that 07:14
Dumbledore's got a bit old. 07:18
Rubbish. 07:19
Well he's only... 07:20
What is he? 07:21
150? 07:23
Give or take a few years. 07:25
Voldemort has chosen 07:44
Draco Malfoy for a mission. 07:45
I know it sounds mad. 07:47
Has it occurred to you, Harry, 07:48
that Snape was 07:49
simply pretending to offer Draco help 07:50
so he could find out what he was up to? 07:52
That's not what it sounded like. 07:55
Perhaps Harry's right, Remus. 07:56
I mean, to make 07:58
an Unbreakable Vow — 07:59
It comes down to 08:00
whether or not 08:01
you trust Dumbledore's judgment. 08:02
Dumbledore trusts Snape. 08:04
Therefore, I do. 08:06
Dumbledore can make mistakes. 08:07
He said so himself. 08:08
You're blinded by hatred. 08:09
I'm not. 08:09
Yes, you are. 08:10
People are disappearing, 08:13
Harry, daily. 08:15
We could only place our trust 08:16
in a handful of people. 08:17
If we start 08:19
fighting amongst ourselves, 08:19
we're doomed. 08:20
[Molly] Ginny? 08:25
Open up, you. 08:46
Don't you trust me? 08:49
It's good. 08:57
I'll just, uh, get in there. 08:59
Pie? 09:09
Not for me. 09:10
No. 09:10
Mmm. 09:17
You'll have to forgive Remus. 09:23
It takes its toll, his condition. 09:25
Are you all right, Mr Weasley? 09:29
We're being followed. 09:31
All of us. 09:32
Most days, Molly doesn't leave the house. 09:34
It's not been easy. 09:37
Did you get my owl? 09:41
Yes. I did. 09:43
If Dumbledore's travelling, 09:46
then that's news to the Ministry, 09:48
but perhaps that's 09:49
the way Dumbledore wants it. 09:50
As for Draco Malfoy, 09:53
I know a bit more. 09:56
Go on. 09:58
I sent an agent to Borgin and Burkes. 09:59
I think, from what you described, 10:01
what you and Ron saw 10:03
at the end of the summer, 10:04
the object that 10:05
Draco is so interested in 10:06
is a Vanishing Cabinet. 10:09
A Vanishing Cabinet? 10:11
They were all the rage when Voldemort 10:13
first rose to power. 10:15
You can see the appeal. 10:17
Should the Death Eaters come knocking, 10:18
one simply had to slip inside and 10:20
disappear for an hour or two. 10:22
They can transport 10:25
you practically anywhere. 10:26
Tricky contraptions, though. 10:27
Very temperamental. 10:29
What happened to it? 10:31
The one at Borgin and Burkes? 10:33
Nothing. 10:34
It's still there. 10:36
It was delicious, Molly, really. 10:49
Are you sure you won't stay? 10:50
No, we should go. 10:52
The first night of the 10:54
cycle's always the worst. 10:55
Remus? 10:57
Sweetheart? 11:07
Has Ron gone to bed? 11:17
Um, not yet, no. 11:18
Shoelace. 11:23
Merry Christmas, Harry. 11:37
Merry Christmas. 11:40
Harry, no! 11:59
Remus! 12:01
Ginny! 12:11
I killed Sirius Black! 12:16
I killed Sirius Black! 12:18
Are you coming to get me? 12:20
Are you coming to get me? 12:24
Coming to get me? 12:26
Harry? 12:57
Stupefy! 13:16
[Arthur] Harry! 13:41
Ginny! 13:56
Molly. 14:26
[Molly] Harry. Hagrid. 14:51
What happened? 14:55
Where are the others? 14:57
Is no one else back? 14:59
They were on us 15:00
right from the start, Molly. 15:01
We didn't stand a chance. 15:02
Well, 15:04
thank goodness you two are all right. 15:05
[Hagrid] The Death Eaters 15:08
were waiting for us. 15:08
It was an ambush. 15:09
Ron and Tonks should 15:10
have already been back. 15:11
Dad and Fred as well. 15:12
Here! Quick! 15:17
Into the house. 15:21
Oh, my boy. 15:26
Oh, oh. 15:30
Lupin! 15:34
What are you doing? 15:35
Shh. 15:35
What creature sat in the corner the 15:39
first time Harry Potter visited my 15:42
office in Hogwarts? 15:44
Are you mad? 15:45
What creature? 15:46
Um, Grindylow. 15:46
[Remus] We've been betrayed. 15:55
Voldemort knew you 15:57
were being moved tonight. 15:58
I had to make sure 15:59
you weren't an imposter. 16:00
Wait! 16:10
The last words 16:14
Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us. 16:16
"Harry is the best hope we have. 16:20
Trust him." 16:23
What gave you away? 16:29
Hedwig, I think. 16:31
She was trying to protect me. 16:32
Oh. 16:47
Thanks. 16:50
[Tonks] Deserves that. 16:52
Brilliant, he was. 16:53
I wouldn't be standing here without him. 16:54
[Hermione] Really? 16:56
Always the tone of surprise. 16:58
Are we the last back? 17:09
[Arthur] Where's George? 17:12
How you feeling, Georgie? 17:34
Saint like. 17:38
Come again. 17:41
Saint like. 17:43
I'm holy. 17:45
I'm "holey," Fred. 17:47
Get it? 17:49
The whole wide world 17:52
of ear-related humour, 17:53
and you go for "I'm holy." 17:54
That's pathetic. 17:57
Reckon I'm still 17:58
better looking than you. 17:59
Mad-Eye's dead. 18:04
Mundungus took one look 18:17
at Voldemort and Disapparated. 18:18
[Arthur] How's it looking your end, boys? 18:32
[Fred and George] Brilliant! 18:36
[George] Bloody hell. 18:40
What's the Minister of Magic doing here? 18:41
To what do we owe 18:50
the pleasure, Minister? 18:51
I think we both know 18:52
the answer to that question, Mr Potter. 18:53
And this is? 19:05
"Herein is set forth, 19:14
the last will and testament of 19:16
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. 19:19
First, to Ronald Bilius Weasley, 19:23
I leave my Deluminator, 19:28
a device of my own making, 19:31
in the hope that when 19:34
things seem most dark, 19:36
it will show him the light." 19:41
Dumbledore left this for me? 19:50
Yes. 19:51
Brilliant. 19:53
What is it? 19:56
Wicked. 20:10
"To Hermione Jean Granger, 20:14
I leave my copy of 20:17
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 20:19
in the hope that she find it 20:23
entertaining and instructive." 20:25
Mum used to read me those. 20:28
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. 20:30
Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. 20:32
Come on. 20:37
Babbitty Rabbitty? 20:38
No? 20:41
"To Harry James Potter, 20:43
I leave the Snitch he caught in his 20:46
first Quidditch match at Hogwarts 20:48
as a reminder of the 20:50
rewards of perseverance... 20:51
and skill." 20:57
Is that it then? 21:19
Not quite. 21:21
Dumbledore left you a second bequest, 21:22
the sword of Godric Gryffindor. 21:28
Unfortunately, the sword of Gryffindor 21:33
was not Dumbledore's to give away. 21:34
As an important historical artifact, 21:38
it belongs — 21:40
To Harry. 21:41
It belongs to Harry. 21:43
It came to him when he most 21:45
needed it in the Chamber of Secrets. 21:46
The sword may present itself to any 21:47
worthy Gryffindor, Miss Granger. 21:49
That does not make it 21:51
that wizard's property. 21:51
And, in any event, 21:54
the current whereabouts 21:55
of the sword are unknown. 21:56
Excuse me? 21:58
The sword is missing. 21:59
I don't know what you're up to, 22:02
Mr Potter, 22:04
but you can't fight 22:06
this war on your own. 22:07
He's too strong. 22:10

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[English]
Come on.
Come on.
Okay, come on.
Shh. Shh.
Okay, come on.
Shh.
Do you think it'll be all right
if we had some of this?
Yeah, Mum will never know.
It's not much, but it's home.
I think it's brilliant.
Where have you been?
Harry,
how wonderful to see you, dear.
Beds empty.
No note.
Car gone.
You could have died!
You could have been seen!
Of course,
I don't blame you, Harry, dear.
They were starving him, Mum.
There were bars on his window.
Well, you best hope
I don't put bars on your window,
Ronald Weasley.
Come on, Harry.
Time for a spot of breakfast.
Here we are, Harry.
Now, tuck in.
That's it.
There we go.
Um, Mummy,
have you seen my jumper?
Yes, dear.
It was on the cat.
Hello.
What did I do?
Ginny,
she's been talking about you all summer.
Dead annoying, really.
Morning, Weasleys.
Morning, Dad!
Morning, Arthur.
What a night.
Nine raids.
Nine!
"Raids?"
Dad works in the Ministry of Magic.
In the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
Dad loves Muggles,
thinks they're fascinating.
Well, now.
Ah.
And who are you?
Oh, sorry, sir.
I'm Harry, sir.
Harry Potter.
Good Lord.
Are you really?
Well, Ron's told us all about you,
of course.
When did he get here?
This morning.
Your sons flew that enchanted car of yours
to Surrey and back last night.
Did you really?
How'd it go?
Oh, Dad, absolutely —
I mean,
that was very wrong indeed, boys.
Very wrong of you.
Now, Harry.
You must know all about Muggles.
Tell me,
what exactly
is the function of a rubber duck?
Oh, um —
Well, that'll be Errol with the post.
Oh, fetch it will you, Percy, please?
Errol.
He's always doing that.
Oh, look.
It's our Hogwarts letters.
Oh.
And they've sent us Harry's as well.
Dumbledore must know you're here, Harry.
Doesn't miss a trick, that man.
Oh, no.
This lot won't come cheap, Mum.
The spell books alone are very expensive.
We'll manage.
There's only one place
we're gonna get all of this.
Diagon Alley.
Right. Here we are, Harry.
You go first, dear.
But Harry's never travelled by
Floo Powder before, Mum.
Floo Powder?
Oh, well you go first, Ron,
so that Harry can see how it's done.
Yes.
In you go.
That's it.
Diagon Alley.
You see?
It's quite easy, dear.
Don't be afraid.
Come on.
Come on.
In you go.
That's it, mind your head.
That's right.
Now take your Floo Powder.
That's it.
Very good.
Now don't forget to
speak very, very clearly.
Diagonally!
What did he say, dear?
"Diagonally."
I thought he did.
Are you all right?
Hermione, bad dream.
When did you get here?
Just now, you?
Last night.
Wake up!
Wake up, Ronald!
Bloody hell.
Honestly, get dressed.
[Hermione] And don't go back to sleep.
Come on, Ron!
Your mother says breakfast's ready!
[Harry] Ron, where are we actually going?
[Ron] Don't know.
[Ron] Hey, Dad!
Where are we going?
[Arthur] Haven't the foggiest.
Keep up!
Hedwig.
Mum!
Ginny?
What is it?
I was only wondering
when Harry got here.
What?
Harry? Harry who?
Harry Potter, of course.
I think I'd know if
Harry Potter was in my house,
wouldn't I?
Well, his trunk's in the kitchen.
And his owl.
Well — No, dear.
I seriously doubt that.
Harry?
Did someone say Harry?
Me, nosy.
Is he up there with you?
Course not.
I think I'd know if my best friend
was in my room, wouldn't I?
Is that an owl I heard?
You haven't seen him, have you?
Apparently he's wandering about the house.
Really?
Really.
Harry!
Harry!
Hello.
What a lovely surprise!
Why didn't you let us
know you were coming?
I didn't know.
Dumbledore.
Oh, that man.
But then what would we do without him?
Got a bit of toothpaste.
So when did you get here?
A few days ago.
Though, for a while
I wasn't sure I was coming.
Mum sort of lost it last week.
Said Ginny and I had no
business going back to Hogwarts,
that it's too dangerous.
Oh, come on.
She's not alone.
Even my parents, and they're Muggles,
know something bad's happening.
Anyway, Dad stepped in,
told her she was being barmy and...
it took a few days,
but she came round.
But...
This is Hogwarts we're talking about.
It's Dumbledore.
What could be safer?
There's been a lot of talk recently that
Dumbledore's got a bit old.
Rubbish.
Well he's only...
What is he?
150?
Give or take a few years.
Voldemort has chosen
Draco Malfoy for a mission.
I know it sounds mad.
Has it occurred to you, Harry,
that Snape was
simply pretending to offer Draco help
so he could find out what he was up to?
That's not what it sounded like.
Perhaps Harry's right, Remus.
I mean, to make
an Unbreakable Vow —
It comes down to
whether or not
you trust Dumbledore's judgment.
Dumbledore trusts Snape.
Therefore, I do.
Dumbledore can make mistakes.
He said so himself.
You're blinded by hatred.
I'm not.
Yes, you are.
People are disappearing,
Harry, daily.
We could only place our trust
in a handful of people.
If we start
fighting amongst ourselves,
we're doomed.
[Molly] Ginny?
Open up, you.
Don't you trust me?
It's good.
I'll just, uh, get in there.
Pie?
Not for me.
No.
Mmm.
You'll have to forgive Remus.
It takes its toll, his condition.
Are you all right, Mr Weasley?
We're being followed.
All of us.
Most days, Molly doesn't leave the house.
It's not been easy.
Did you get my owl?
Yes. I did.
If Dumbledore's travelling,
then that's news to the Ministry,
but perhaps that's
the way Dumbledore wants it.
As for Draco Malfoy,
I know a bit more.
Go on.
I sent an agent to Borgin and Burkes.
I think, from what you described,
what you and Ron saw
at the end of the summer,
the object that
Draco is so interested in
is a Vanishing Cabinet.
A Vanishing Cabinet?
They were all the rage when Voldemort
first rose to power.
You can see the appeal.
Should the Death Eaters come knocking,
one simply had to slip inside and
disappear for an hour or two.
They can transport
you practically anywhere.
Tricky contraptions, though.
Very temperamental.
What happened to it?
The one at Borgin and Burkes?
Nothing.
It's still there.
It was delicious, Molly, really.
Are you sure you won't stay?
No, we should go.
The first night of the
cycle's always the worst.
Remus?
Sweetheart?
Has Ron gone to bed?
Um, not yet, no.
Shoelace.
Merry Christmas, Harry.
Merry Christmas.
Harry, no!
Remus!
Ginny!
I killed Sirius Black!
I killed Sirius Black!
Are you coming to get me?
Are you coming to get me?
Coming to get me?
Harry?
Stupefy!
[Arthur] Harry!
Ginny!
Molly.
[Molly] Harry. Hagrid.
What happened?
Where are the others?
Is no one else back?
They were on us
right from the start, Molly.
We didn't stand a chance.
Well,
thank goodness you two are all right.
[Hagrid] The Death Eaters
were waiting for us.
It was an ambush.
Ron and Tonks should
have already been back.
Dad and Fred as well.
Here! Quick!
Into the house.
Oh, my boy.
Oh, oh.
Lupin!
What are you doing?
Shh.
What creature sat in the corner the
first time Harry Potter visited my
office in Hogwarts?
Are you mad?
What creature?
Um, Grindylow.
[Remus] We've been betrayed.
Voldemort knew you
were being moved tonight.
I had to make sure
you weren't an imposter.
Wait!
The last words
Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us.
"Harry is the best hope we have.
Trust him."
What gave you away?
Hedwig, I think.
She was trying to protect me.
Oh.
Thanks.
[Tonks] Deserves that.
Brilliant, he was.
I wouldn't be standing here without him.
[Hermione] Really?
Always the tone of surprise.
Are we the last back?
[Arthur] Where's George?
How you feeling, Georgie?
Saint like.
Come again.
Saint like.
I'm holy.
I'm "holey," Fred.
Get it?
The whole wide world
of ear-related humour,
and you go for "I'm holy."
That's pathetic.
Reckon I'm still
better looking than you.
Mad-Eye's dead.
Mundungus took one look
at Voldemort and Disapparated.
[Arthur] How's it looking your end, boys?
[Fred and George] Brilliant!
[George] Bloody hell.
What's the Minister of Magic doing here?
To what do we owe
the pleasure, Minister?
I think we both know
the answer to that question, Mr Potter.
And this is?
"Herein is set forth,
the last will and testament of
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
First, to Ronald Bilius Weasley,
I leave my Deluminator,
a device of my own making,
in the hope that when
things seem most dark,
it will show him the light."
Dumbledore left this for me?
Yes.
Brilliant.
What is it?
Wicked.
"To Hermione Jean Granger,
I leave my copy of
The Tales of Beedle the Bard,
in the hope that she find it
entertaining and instructive."
Mum used to read me those.
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot.
Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump.
Come on.
Babbitty Rabbitty?
No?
"To Harry James Potter,
I leave the Snitch he caught in his
first Quidditch match at Hogwarts
as a reminder of the
rewards of perseverance...
and skill."
Is that it then?
Not quite.
Dumbledore left you a second bequest,
the sword of Godric Gryffindor.
Unfortunately, the sword of Gryffindor
was not Dumbledore's to give away.
As an important historical artifact,
it belongs —
To Harry.
It belongs to Harry.
It came to him when he most
needed it in the Chamber of Secrets.
The sword may present itself to any
worthy Gryffindor, Miss Granger.
That does not make it
that wizard's property.
And, in any event,
the current whereabouts
of the sword are unknown.
Excuse me?
The sword is missing.
I don't know what you're up to,
Mr Potter,
but you can't fight
this war on your own.
He's too strong.

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Vocabulary Meanings

brilliant

/ˈbrɪliənt/

B1
  • adjective
  • - exceptionally clever or talented; very good.

starving

/ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/

B1
  • verb
  • - suffering or dying from hunger.

window

/ˈwɪndoʊ/

A2
  • noun
  • - an opening in the wall of a building or vehicle to admit light or air.

wonderful

/ˈwʌndərfl/

A2
  • adjective
  • - inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good.

died

/daɪd/

A2
  • verb
  • - to stop living.

bars

/bɑːrz/

A2
  • noun
  • - a rigid piece of metal or other hard material used as a guard or barrier.

breakfast

/ˈbrekfəst/

A1
  • noun
  • - the first meal of the day.

jumper

/ˈdʒʌmpər/

A2
  • noun
  • - a piece of clothing worn over the upper body, typically made of knitted material.

annoying

/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

B1
  • adjective
  • - causing irritation or annoyance.

raids

/reɪdz/

B1
  • noun
  • - a surprise attack by armed forces on a particular target.

fascinating

/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - extremely interesting or attractive.

function

/ˈfʌŋkʃən/

B1
  • noun
  • - an activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person, thing, or place.

disappearing

/ˌdɪsəˈpɪərɪŋ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to cease to be visible.

temperamental

/ˌtempərəˈmentəl/

B2
  • adjective
  • - liable to unreasonable changes of mood or behavior.

betrayed

/bɪˈtreɪd/

B2
  • verb
  • - violated the trust or confidence of.

trust

/trʌst/

A2
  • noun
  • - firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Do you think it'll be all right if we had some of this?

    ➔ Mixed Conditional

    ➔ The clause "if we had" uses the past simple to talk about an unreal situation, while the main clause "it'll be all right" uses the future simple for the result – a mixed conditional.

  • If we start fighting amongst ourselves, we're doomed.

    ➔ First Conditional

    ➔ The "if" clause uses the present simple "start", and the result clause uses "will" (contracted to "we're") – a real possible future condition.

  • I think I'd know if Harry Potter was in my house, wouldn't I?

    ➔ Tag Question

    ➔ The sentence ends with the tag "wouldn't I?" which asks for confirmation. The tag repeats the auxiliary "would" from the conditional "I'd".

  • What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

    ➔ Wh‑question with inversion

    ➔ In this question the auxiliary verb "is" comes before the subject "the function" – a typical wh‑question inversion.

  • Now, tuck in.

    ➔ Imperative

    "tuck in" is a command directed to the listener; the subject "you" is omitted.

  • Your sons flew that enchanted car of yours to Surrey and back last night.

    ➔ Simple Past with adverbial time phrase

    "flew" is in the simple past, showing a completed action. The phrase "last night" tells when it happened.

  • I sent an agent to Borgin and Burkes. I think, from what you described, what you and Ron saw at the end of the summer, the object that Draco is so interested in is a Vanishing Cabinet.

    ➔ Complex sentence with relative clause

    ➔ The clause "that Draco is so interested in" is a relative clause modifying "the object". It provides extra information about the object.

  • Dumbledore trusts Snape. Therefore, I do.

    ➔ Ellipsis (omission of repeated verb)

    ➔ In the second sentence the verb "trusts" is omitted; "do" stands in for the whole verb phrase "trust Snape".

  • We could only place our trust in a handful of people.

    ➔ Modal verb of ability/possibility (could)

    "could" expresses limited ability or possibility in the past: we were only able to trust a few people.

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