Conversation Notes

Make a mistake

I didn't use to make mistakes before, but now I do.

I didn't use to be so intelligent, but now I am (more intelligent than before).

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would or used to for habit in the past

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when I started university I started singing / to sing in a choir.

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for a long time

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I used to be more careful

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I gave up I dropped out I quit I stopped

I gave up university / I gave it up I quit smoking I stopped running (gerund) I dropped out of university

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actualmente -  at the moment, these days, now

non 'in this moment'

actually – in reality, as a matter of fact. Really / not really

realmente – very I'm really tired, I'm very tired _

I've recently taken up running

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to listen to _

I got most of it, I understood most of it.

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and then I have to answer (non TO)

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if I had heard the questions before, I would have understood them _

I had to concentrate on listening, not just writing

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to concentrate on

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If I'm concentrating on one thing I can't concentrate on another , despite the fact that I am a woman / even though I am a woman.

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I was distracted by having to listen to the audio while I was writing. _

to be distracted by

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