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Vocabulary and Reference

“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” - Albert Einstein

This section includes some words and phrases organised by theme to help increase your vocabulary, and other useful odds and ends like dates, times, and dealing with numbers. In the book, there is also a summary of all the tenses we have discussed, as well as some fully conjugated verb tables, with a selection of regular and the most common irregular verbs - handy to dip into.

Articles
Title
Colours
Numbers
Letters of the Alphabet
Days, Dates, and Times
Medical Terms
Traffic and Directions
Animals, Birds, and Insects
Summary of Tenses
Verb Conjugation Reference
Glossary

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