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This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common modals of obligation, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: Should, Ought to, Had better, Have to, Need to, Be supposed to

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the third conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: tough, workout, out of shape, argue, get in shape, get rid of, junk food, pantry, diabetes, realize, health, salesman, negotiate, break down, fix, accident, catch on fire, fall asleep, run into, pole, firefighter, rescue, sprain, ankle, instead, prevent

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the passive voice in the past tense, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: destroy, rescue, see, inundate, injure, damage, kill, give, list, post, add, arrest, chase, investigate, catch, show, take, know, offer, bless, tell, provide, hit, ruin

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the second conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: save money, lose money, easy to say, vet/veterinarian, search, recommend, who knows, waste away, lonely, spouse, rattlesnake, poisonous, tail, warn, touch, bite, leave alone, go away

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the first conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: you’ll be sorry, don’t have time, definitely, confident, preparation, team, game, practice, win, tough, recover, injury, get used to, throw a party, sweet, news, hurricane, hit, evacuate, protect, worry, keep an eye on, bug, close, be able to, box, unless, move, unpack, relax

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the zero conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

Vocabulary: documentary, elephant, sleep, mention, die, mourn, use, have to, sink, put, hamper, don’t get to, don’t get, ruin, the rest of, up all night, help, become, dedicated, provide, customer service, come back, extra, feel, loyal, company, hear, motivate, whenever, doctor, bad news, healthy, fault, consequence, lifestyle, treat, blame

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common superlative adjectives, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: good (best), tough, bad (worst), difficult, sad, strange, dark, humid, quiet, scary, beautiful, fast, strong, graceful, skillful, high, long, amazing, far (furthest), gorgeous, hot

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common future perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: learn, study, decide, complete, accomplish, begin, start, develop, discover, change, spend, figure out, grow, do, renovate, paint, die down, lose 

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present tense verbs in the passive voice, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

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Vocabulary: make, mix, bake, add, put on, spread, build, design, construct, buy, raise, repair, engineer, sacrifice, fix, made of, reinforce, register, take, give, send, plan, do, finish, process

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common past perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: be, leave, go, plan, want, have, try, fix, do, change, buy, put, read, assign, take, help, understand, say, write, belong, get