today we're learning English with a
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princess diaries a shy awkward teenager
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who feels invisible at her High School
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Francisco oops I'm sorry I didn't see
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thinking suddenly finds out that her
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father is the next king of Genovia a
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small European Kingdom her life takes a
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dramatic turn and since needs to become
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a princess there are some certain rules
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she has to follow in the clip we brought
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for you today her grandmother the queen
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is helping Mia with a royal makeover and
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teaching her some princess manners Mia
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isn't used to those fancy rules so
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so please welcome princess
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Mia Amelia Circle slowly so I can
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evaluate the work to be done
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Amelia does your bad posture affect your
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hearing well Carriage obviously
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lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
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eyebrows the neck is seamly and you will
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wear stockings not tights not socks and
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I never want to see those shoes again
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again when walking in a crowd one is
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under scrutiny all the
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time so we don't slump like this we drop
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the shoulders we think
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tall we tuck under and we transfer the
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weight from one foot to why don't you
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just tuck one ankle behind the other and
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place the hands gracefully on the
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knees as a mother to a daughter this
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scene worries me a little bit as it may
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be misleading for young girls so-called
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beauty standards and being judged by
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their looks can make girls doubt
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themselves and feel pressured to change
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to fit in instead I hope you take away a
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lesson in valuing individuality for
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instance when Clarice says Mia's eyes
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are lovely eyes lovely
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it's a reminder that certain qualities
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are worth celebrating everyone has a
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unique quality to carry with pride as we
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see later in the movie now before we
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dive into today's lesson and learn some
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really great English Expressions I
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thought you might enjoy hearing an
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Hathaway's reflection on the film
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looking back over her acting career this
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was the film that changed my life like
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it's so weird to watch it I haven't seen
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this movie in maybe 20 years and
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I it's a it's a little I'm a little bit
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speechless with this one this is it's
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actually it's um it's very emotional to
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see it she says she's speechless because
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the movie proved to be so important in
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her career that she finds herself
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overwhelmed with emotion so it's hard to
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find words to express yourself we will
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return to an Hathaway but now let's
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learn English with Mia and her
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grandmother the queen Amelia Circle
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slowly so I can evaluate the work to be
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done Amelia does your bad posture affect
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your hearing turn oh sorry no no no
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slowly turn slowly you I already used
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the word to judge earlier and evaluate
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would be a more formal word to say that
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you want to judge or assess someone's
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looks Behavior performance or a
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situation in general hold up you
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evaluating us think about it how a
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baseball team get better they evaluate
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performance this is just an informal yet
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permanent record of who's contributing
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one yeah why don't we evaluate you
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evaluate me yeah yeah you know what I
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did Amelia does your bad posture affect
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your hearing turn oh sorry no no no
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slowly turn slowly you well Carriage
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obviously posture is how you hold your
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body and like body language it can say a
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lot about a person whether you're
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confident shy or afraid of something in
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this scene the word carriage is used as
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a more formal somewhat old-fashioned
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word to refer to me as posture Carriage
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is related to the word carry and the
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phrase to carry yourself is still in use
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in Modern English and it means how you
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present yourself in terms of confidence
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and elegance it's an attitude Greg it's
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a confidence it's the way you carry
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yourself that lets the world know that
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the buck stops with
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complexion stop when you want to talk
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about someone's skin tone or Texture you
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will use the word complexion the word
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complexion is often collocated with
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adjectives like clear Fair dark healthy
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or glowing when referring to skin check
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out these examples any more information
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I should know yes but not about this
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we're doctors uh we like to give out
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health tips you should wear sunscreen
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even with your dark complexion nice save
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mhm more concealing cream your
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fair now this has a touch of lavender in
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it has it happen to you that it got a
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chance to practice your English speaking
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by having a real conversation online or
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face to face and that expression that
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you know you've learned before just
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doesn't come to you at the moment when
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you need it I know how frustrating that
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feels to be in a conversation and find
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yourself pausing frequently because
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you're forgetting all the useful words
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you know that sucks I've been there
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before this feeling when you know what
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you want to say and you just want to be
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able to express your thoughts as easily
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as you can do it in your native tongue
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lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
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eyebrows the neck is seamly is
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like her father her comment about Mia's
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eyebrows was not nice at all and not
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politically correct so I would suggest
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that you avoid any comments like that
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but let me explain what she means here
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this is the bush people also known as
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the S people the indigenous hunter
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gatherers traditionally living in
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southern Africa when the queen says Mia
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has Bushman eyebrows she means they are
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very thick in everyday English we
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usually describe thick eyebrows as Bush
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Bush which comes from the word Bush
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bushes are plants usually shorter than
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trees and often have a rounded thick
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appearance bushie can also describe
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thick messy hair or beard what's that
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sir a great big bushy beard come on
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around the neck is seamly
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is like her father seemly is an uncommon
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word meaning a appropriate or proper so
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she says Mia's neck is appropriate or
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presentable looking neat who has nails
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like these everybody well tomorrow I
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would like to see clean fingers and you
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will wear stockings not tights not socks
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and I never want to see those shoes
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stockings tights and socks sometimes
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it's really hard to differentiate
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between socks and stockings right so
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just look at them again and try to
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remember interesting fact stockings were
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first used in medieval times when leg
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coverings were essential for both warmth
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and modesty and they were worn by men
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and women and this is a Christmas
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stocking they can hold more candies and
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presents than socks so maybe it helps
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you remember the difference and I never
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want to see those shoes again let's
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break down the connected speech in this
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phrase and I I never want to see those
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shoes again what happens here is we drop
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the D sound from and and Link three
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words together and I never and I never
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want to see has awah sound want to want
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to see and it can even be reduced to
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want to see want to see listen to this
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part again those shoes again those shoes
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again you can't hear the the sound from
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those because it merges into the Sho
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sound from shoes those shoes those shoes
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again the words shoes and again are
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linked together with a schw sound from
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again again shoes again shoes again now
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listen again and repeat the whole
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phrase and I never want to see those
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shoes again and I never want to see
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those shoes again and I never want see
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again when walking in a crowd one is
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under scrutiny all the
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time so we don't schlump like this under
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scrutiny means that someone's actions
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are being watched very closely often to
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check if they're doing things right or
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if there are any mistakes it's like
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having a spotlight on you where people
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are paying extra attention to what you
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do it is a Wonder then that feet do not
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Tire or heaven forbid trip under the
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scrutiny of all those attentive eyes
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keeping close watch
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indeed so we don't schlump like
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this the word schlump refers to a poor
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posture it originates from Yiddish and
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is used primarily in American English
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especially in casual or humorous
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settings a more common word would be
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slump it means to sit lean or fall
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heavily often due to tiredness laziness
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or discouragement so imagine you've had
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a very long day and you slump into your
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chair too tired to even take off your
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shoes you passed out over his arm and
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slumped onto the floor to the Bone show
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we tuck under and we transfer the weight
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to no princesses never cross their legs
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in public why don't you just tuck one
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ankle behind the other and place the
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hands gracefully on the knees tuck under
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means to pull or position something
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close to the body often to create a neat
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compact shape it's straightening your
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posture she then teaches Mia not to
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cross her legs but to tuck one ankle
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behind the other here tuck suggests
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making a small movement to keep the legs
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together in a graceful way you can often
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hear the phrase tuck in your shirt
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meaning to neatly place the bottom of
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your shirt inside your pants or skirt so
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it looks tidy and doesn't hang Loosely
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like here in this example oh thank you
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well I don't tuck in that much see golf
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makes me tuck in you could tuck I'm
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rarely tucked in no princesses never
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cross their legs in public why don't you
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just tuck one ankle behind the other and
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place the hands gracefully on the
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knees the word gracefully relates to
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Elegance it's commonly used with verbs
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that reflect movement Behavior or
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response for example move gracefully
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speak gracefully and you can picture a
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pair of swans swimming gracefully on the
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lake and finally there's some gram
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structure I wanted to comment on the
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queen says why don't you tuck one ankle
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behind the other that sounds different
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from her more direct instructions like
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we don't schlump like this or princesses
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never cross their legs if you want to
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give instruction or advice while
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sounding friendly and polite start your
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sentence with this phrase why don't you
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and if it is a suggestion rather than a
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question we don't always need a question
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mark at the end why don't you just tuck
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one ankle behind the other you can also
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practice the connected speech with this
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phrase the combination of the letters t
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plus y gives us a CH sound why don't you
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why don't you listen and
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repeat why don't you just talk why don't
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talk in this next scene you'll see a
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humorous makeover session where Paulo
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The Stylist is helping Mia to get ready
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let the work begin ah of course where is
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the beautiful girl my granddaughter
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Amilia she is gorgeous let us take a
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closer look buzy busy dizzy in the best
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right do you wear contact lens well I
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have them but I don't really like to
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wear them that much now you
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do I love your eyebrows we'll call them
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col you want to know a big secret tell
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me the Cucumber does
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nothing this is something we make
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up Majesty a princess
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she is gorgeous let us take a closer
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look Paulo we have a limited number of
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days before the state dinner Rizzy busy
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dizzy in the best sense so Pao is
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Italian you can hear he uses the wrong
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pronunciation of the word gorgeous you
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may want to repeat after me
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gorgeous gorgeous means very beautiful
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and attractive free busy dizzy it may
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sound like gibberish a random set of
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words but actually it's a playful
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rhyming phrase used by Paulo to describe
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Mia's Untamed hair Untamed means wild
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uncontrolled or not managed it often
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describes something natural or rough
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that hasn't been shaped groomed or
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organized so let's break down these
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words one by one freezy when said about
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hair it means wild Cur or
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Untamed I need you what should we do
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about my hair that lady called it frizzy
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your hair is Flawless byy normally means
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having a lot to do but here it likely
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refers to her hair being messy or full
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of texture as if there is a lot going on
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and finally DIY describes feeling a
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light-headed that sensation of spinning
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around and losing one's balance but here
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it humorously suggests her hair is
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control do you wear contact lens well I
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have them but I don't really like to
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wear them that much now you
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do you broke my glasses you broke my
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brush you see Mia wearing glasses when
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you have poor eyesight an alternative to
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wearing glasses could be wearing contact
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lenses transparent plastic lenses worn
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on the surface of the eye
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I love your eyebrows we'll call them
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Freda and Kal Paulo humorously names
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Mia's eyebrows Freda and Koo referencing
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Freda koo's iconic look Freda Koo was a
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Mexican painter known for her deeply
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personal and surreal
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self-portraits now I promised you to
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come back to an Hathaway here's how she
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commented on this part of the clip
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so he really had to break the brush in
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this they pre- broke the brush and it
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was supposed to break kind of easily but
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it didn't quite happen so that's me and
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Larry I'm kind of improving trying to
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get it to go and I don't remember if the
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ow was real or if I was just buying him
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time to buy some time means to create a
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delay to give some extra time somebody
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needs for something like in this case
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they had to improvise to save the scene
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and actually break the
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brush you want to know what biggest
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secret tell me the Cucumber does
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nothing this is something we make up
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makeup means to create or invent
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something especially story or an idea
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that didn't happen or isn't
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true Majesty Paulo is exhausted because
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Majesty only Paulo can take this and
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this and give you a
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princess when you are exhausted you're
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extremely tired or worn out with no
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energy left do you remember the word you
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can used to describe collapsing onto the
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couch when you are completely exhausted
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let's find out because now it's time for
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test Amelia Circle slowly so I can
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evaluate the work to be
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done Amelia does your bad posture affect
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turn oh sorry no no no slowly turn
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slowly thank you what is a
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posture the way you hold your body how
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fast you move your tone of voice your
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level well Carriage obviously
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hairstyle complexion
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lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
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eyebrows what would be the opposite of
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bushy eyebrows thin eyebrows sparse
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eyebrows thick eyebrows bushy eyebrows
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father really they are oh my who has
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nails like these everybody well tomorrow
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I would like to see clean fingers and
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you will wear stockings not tights not
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socks and I never want to see those
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shoes again when walking in a crowd one
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is under scrutiny all the time
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what does it mean to be under
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scrutiny to be under scrutiny means
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being closely watched or examined often
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to check for mistakes or
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problems let the work begin ah of course
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where is the beautiful girl my
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Amelia she is gorgeous let us take a
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closer look Paulo we have a limited
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number of days before the state dinner
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what does gorgeous mean very beautiful
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attractive graceful like a swan calm and
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unattractive you want to know a biggest
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secret tell me the Cucumber does
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nothing this is something we make
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up in this context what does the phrasal
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verb makeup mean use
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Cosmetics use it for
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eating invent something
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next did you know she was lady
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witha you spoke with panopy this morning
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yes she is devastated about Miss cper
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forward tell me you did not
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know no not about cresa
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you to have befriended her if you knew
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considering everything she's written
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