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In this American English lesson,

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we're going to sit down with my dad and talk about where he works now that he's mostly retired.

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You'll learn the phrasal verb ‘boot out’,

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how to use space and room, a shortcut to make the word ‘months’ easier to pronounce, and much more.

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We're going to listen to the first 15 
seconds or so of this conversation.

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Then we'll study some of the words—how 
they're being used and how they're pronounced.

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Pay attention to booted out, space, and 
often from home.

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Are you still going into work at all these days?

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No. Actually, I finally got booted out in my second office.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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I didn't know that.

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Well they, they're...they have all kinds of 
issues with space.

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Yeah.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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Did you hear my dad use the phrasal verb booted out?

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Finally got booted out in my second office.

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Really?

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Booted out.

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This is just like kicked out.

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It means to be asked or forced to leave a place, job or situation.

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My dad, though he was mostly retired, still 
had an office at the University where he worked.

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But after many years, they needed the office for someone else and booted him out of it.

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Finally got booted out in my second office.

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Really?

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Notice my dad isn't pronouncing the T in 
'booted' as a true T.

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That would sound like: booted, booted.

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But instead, it's: booted.

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That's a flap T.

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The tongue bounces once against the roof of the mouth

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and the teeth don't need to come together 
the way they do for a true T.

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Booted. Booted.

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This is how we pronounce the T when it 
comes between two vowels

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but doesn't start a stressed syllable in American English.

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Finally got booted out in my second office.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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I didn't know that.

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Well they, they're...they have all kinds of 
issues with space.

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The way my dad is using 'space' is 
interchangeable with the word room.

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These are nouns that mean an area that's 
available or unoccupied.

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The university doesn't have enough space.

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It doesn't have enough room for my dad 
to have an office anymore.

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Of course these words have other meanings as a noun.

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What you might think of as outer space, or a room with four walls like a living room, dining room, etc.

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But let's come up with a few more sample sentences where we're using the words to mean 'available'.

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The garage is used for storage, there's no room to park.

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Or the garage is used for storage there's space to park.

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Sometimes, when I'm reading at night to 
my son Stoney, he sits really close to me.

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So close that he's sitting on my arm, and I 
can't turn the page.

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I might say: Can you scoot over, Stoney?

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I need a little more room.

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Or I could say: I need a little more space.

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They have all kinds of issues with space.

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Yeah.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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You may also use these nouns as adjectives.

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Then they become spacious and roomy.

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Our minivan is much more spacious than 
our Volkswagen.

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Or our minivan is much more roomy than our Volkswagen.

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They have all kinds of issues with space.

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Yeah.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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'Work from home' is the phrase be used for working remotely at your computer in your home office.

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From is the preposition we usually use, though you may use at as well.

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I work at home one day a week.

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Not 'in' but 'from' or 'at'.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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And that often from home.

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Listen to how my dad pronounces 'from'.

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Its reduced.

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It's not from, longer with the full UH as in butter vowel, but it's reduced to the schwa and said really quickly.

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Often from home.

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Often from, from, from.

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Practice that with my dad.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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Do you notice how he's pronouncing often?

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Without the T sound.

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This word can be pronounced either way.

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Often or often.

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But it's a bit more common to drop the T 
and that's what I encourage you to do.

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That often from home.

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Often.

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Often.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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Now we'll listen to another thirty Seconds.

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Pay attention to stuff, how I say okay, the pronunciation of months, and the word 'bummed'.

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I now have my stuff stored in one 
bookshelf and two file cabinets.

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Why have it there at all?

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Well, these, I have a lot of things at home but these are things that I just wouldn't use very often.

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>> So if I need them, I’ll go down.
>> Okay.

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So how long ago did that happen?

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Oh, two months ago.

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Are you bummed?

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I was a little bummed about that.

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Stuff.

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This is a generic term we often use to 
mean possessions.

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I have too much stuff.

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I need a second suitcase.

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Or as my dad said, I now have my stuff stored in one bookshelf and two file cabinets.

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I now have my stuff stored in one 
bookshelf and two file cabinets.

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However, it can also refer to things that 
are not tangible, not objects.

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For example, I have a lot of stuff to deal with at work.

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This could be an employee who's not 
cooperating, a client who's unhappy.

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What I'm dealing with is the difficulty, not 
an actual thing, not an object.

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You could also say: I have a lot of stuff to do.

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That means I'm busy.

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You may also hear the phrase: He really knows his stuff.

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That means he's very smart and informed, 
relating to a specific topic.

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We also use this as a verb.

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Meaning to try to make something fit with force.

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There's no room in my bag for shoes.

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Can't you stuff them in?

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Did you notice how I use the word 'room' there?

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I could have also used 'space'.

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There's no space in my bag for shoes.

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Can't you stuff them in?

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I now have my stuff stored in one 
bookshelf and two file cabinets.

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Why have it there at all?

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Well, these, I have a lot of things at home, but these are things that I just wouldn't use very often.

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>> So if I need them, I’ll go down.
>> Okay.

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There, I said: kay, then: mmkay.

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These are both variants of 'okay'.

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I say this to show that I understand what 
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I understand his reasoning.

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You'll hear both of these variants a lot.

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They're both really common.

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Kay. Mmmkay.

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>> I just wouldn't use very often.
>> Kay.

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>> So if I need them, I’ll go down.
>> Mmkay.

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So how long ago did that happen?

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Oh, two months ago.

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Two months ago.

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The word 'months' can be really tricky 
because we have a TH sound followed by S

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and I know my students just hate this combination.

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But there's good news here.

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There's actually a shortcut that most native speakers do.

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Did you hear my dad's pronunciation?

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Let's listen again.

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Oh, two months ago.

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He said: months, with a TS ending rather than THS.

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I do this too.

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It's really common and I definitely 
recommend my students use this pronunciation.

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Tss. Tss

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Months.

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Months.

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Try that now.

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Months.

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Two months ago.

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Two months ago.

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Two months ago.

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Oh, two months ago.

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Are you bummed?

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I was a little bummed about that.

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'Bummed' this is informal, slang, but it 
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We might also use the phrasal verb: bummed out.

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It has the same meaning.

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Are you bummed?

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I was a little bummed about that.

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Now we're going to listen to the last fifty 
seconds of this conversation.

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At the end, I'm going to ask you a question to test your listening comprehension.

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Since he doesn't have an office, my dad will use the library, use a conference room,

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use someone else's office, or none of the above?

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Listen one more time to choose your answer.

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What is the answer?

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We did hear mention of the library, or a 
conference room.

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Would you like go in and work at the library? Or is there like a conference room?

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>> No. 
>> No.

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>> Not really.

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But he said no, he would not use those.

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Notice how my dad says the phrase 'not really'.

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This is a common phrase and sometimes, with common phrases, we reduce certain words

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even more than we normally would.

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He dropped the T so the AW vowel connects right into the R.

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Not really.

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Not really.

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Not is stressed even without the T.

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This would be a common way to 
pronounce this two-word phrase.

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Try it with me.

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Not really.

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Not really.

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>> No.
>> No.

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Not really.

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>> No.
>> No.

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Not really.

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>> No.
>> No.

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Not really.

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So the first two options are out.

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What about the third option?

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We did talk about someone else's office.

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This guy offered for dad to use his office sometimes.

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I can use another guy's office.

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Okay, is he also not there that much?

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No, he is there but he said he would leave 
during that time.

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Why would he do that? Who is it?

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Well, he's a new guy and his wife also 
works there and she's not there that much.

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So he would go over to her office.

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Okay.

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I would go into his office where I have my stuff stored.

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But when I asked if he would do that, dad said: no.

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>> Do you think you'll ever do that?
>> No.

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Yeah 'cause that feels awkward.

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So the correct answer is D.

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None of the above.

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My dad will just work from home.

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>> Do you think you'll ever do that?
>> No.

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Yeah 'cause that feels awkward.

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I will just work from home.

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Notice he used that phrase again.

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Work from home.

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With the reduction of the word 'from'.

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Work from, from, work from home.

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>> I will just work from home.
>> Yeah.

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Let's listen to the whole conversation one more time and listen again to the words and phrases we studied.

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Are you still going into work at all these days?

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No. Actually, I finally got booted out in my second office.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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I didn't know that.

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Well they, they're...they have all kinds of 
issues with space.

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Yeah.

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And since I'm only working one month a year...

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Yeah.

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And that often from home.

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Right.

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I now have my stuff stored in one 
bookshelf and two file cabinets.

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Why have it there at all?

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Well, these, I have a lot of things at home but these are things that I just wouldn't use very often.

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Okay.

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>> So if I need them, I’ll go down.
>> Okay.

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So how long ago did that happen?

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Oh, two months ago.

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Are you bummed?

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I was a little bummed about that.

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Because there's no place for you to go.

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Yeah.

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Would you like go in and work at the library? Or is there like a conference room?

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>> No.
>> No.

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Not really.

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So you're done?

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Now that... I can use another guy's office.

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Okay, is he also not there that much?

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No, he is there but he said he would leave 
during that time.

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Why would he do...who is it?

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Well, he's a new guy and his wife also 
works there and she's not there that much.

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So he would go over to her office.

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Okay.

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I would go into his office where I have my stuff stored.

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>> Do you think you'll ever do that?
>> No.

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Yeah 'cause that feels awkward.

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>> I will just work from home.
>> Yeah.

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Thanks to dad for being in this video with me.

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For more conversational videos like this 
one, watch this playlist.

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I hope you've learned some interesting things

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and that you'll share this video with others who are studying English.

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That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.