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Jan 2025
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English in a Minute: Verbs that go with ...

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Hope is the feeling of wanting and expecting something to happen. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'hope' with Neil in this podcast.

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