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Aug 2019
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“My Phone Went Off”: Learn English with ...

HARRY
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Understand “my phone went off” through a short English sentence: “He blushed with embarrassment when his mobile went off during the film.”

The phone interruption connects three language points: go off in this context, blushed with embarrassment and during to say when something happened. You’ll learn the vocabulary and grammar together, with the whole sentence giving them a clear meaning.

This early short-sentence lesson also includes repetition for English pronunciation. Its compact format suits pre-intermediate and intermediate learners who want to understand a small piece of everyday English in detail.

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