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Phrasal verbs

Check in for a flight: explain this airport step

Use check in for a flight, check in at a desk, and distinguish checking in from boarding.

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Phrasal verbs

Set off for a place: describe starting a journey

Use set off for a destination or set off on a journey, without confusing departure with arrival.

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Grammar

I teach or I’m teaching? Usual and temporary activities

Compare a usual activity with something happening now or around now.

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Grammar

Few or a few? Show how you view a small number

Use one small word to change the emphasis from scarcity to having some.

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Grammar

Should or must? Separate advice from a requirement

Make it clear whether you recommend an action or require it.

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Speaking

Could you…? Make a clear, polite request

Ask someone to do something with could you and a specific action.

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Grammar

Because or because of? Look at the words that follow

Give a reason with either a clause or a noun phrase.

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Grammar

If it rains, we’ll…: explain a possible future plan

Connect a possible future condition with the plan that depends on it.

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Phrasal verbs

Carry on working: say that an activity continues

Use carry on with an -ing action, or carry on with followed by a noun.

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Phrasal verbs

Take over: become responsible for someone’s task

Explain a handover with take over, take over from someone, and take over as a role.

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Phrasal verbs

Set it up: prepare a device for use

Learn the equipment meaning of set up and place it correctly in set it up.

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Grammar

Enough chairs, quiet enough: where does enough go?

Choose the position of enough by checking whether it describes an amount or a quality.

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