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Hi, I'm Janet.
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When I was 16, I fell in love, and it was magical.
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But before I continue, please like and subscribe.
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His name was Carter, and he was a dream come true.
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Every day I saw him, it was like the sun shined brighter.
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I miss you, darling.
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My heart aches when you're not around.
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I saw you 10 minutes ago, but it feels like an eternity.
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Babe, you're my world, my inspiration.
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The air I breathe.
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Without you, I'm nothing.
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But with you, I feel like I could do anything.
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I love you so much.
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You're so sweet, you make my teeth hurt.
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You're like cotton candy dipped in chocolate fudge with rainbow sprinkles.
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Every time Carter held me in his arms, I melted like a popsicle on a hot day.
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He made me feel like I was the only girl in the world.
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With him at my side, I was unstoppable.
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I was at the top of my class in school, I was captain of the debate team and class president, and Carter was my biggest cheerleader.
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Every time I reached a new goal, he bought me balloons and flowers and we'd waltz down the hallway.
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Ouch, my foot!
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Sure, we stepped on a few toes and a few grumpy people couldn't handle our public displays of affection.
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Jeez!
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Gotta roam for goodness sake.
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But we didn't care.
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Our love was amazing.
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At home, it was just me and my dad, who was the head accountant at a huge company.
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He made a ton of money and worked really long hours, but he always made time for me.
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We played chess, watched movies, and I even cooked his favorite meals.
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Though one time his face turned green and he spent the rest of the night in the bathroom.
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Life was perfect, but a year later, everything changed.
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Dad started having problems with his boss, Mr. Saint.
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Mr. Saint owned my dad's company, and everyone in town loved him.
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He was filthy rich and donated a bunch of money to charities, but Dad hated him.
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I can't stand that man.
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He's a crook and a thief.
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If they only knew what he does behind closed doors, he's a rotten criminal and he's bribed the police to look the other way.
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No way, not Mr. Saint.
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I've seen it with my own eyes.
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Carter is Mr. Saint's son.
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And of course, Dad has no idea that he's my boyfriend.
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Dad had to be mistaken.
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Carter was an angel.
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No way his father could be a criminal.
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Sure, Mr. Saint was a little stuck up.
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Pissed me off that he always tried to set
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Carter up with his rich friend's daughters.
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One time, Carter was on a date, and I jumped out of the bushes dressed like a zombie.
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I pretended to bite
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Carter, and then we chased his date down the block.
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Another time, I gave
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Carter a smelly shirt to wear.
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It stinks so much that his date almost threw up at the table.
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Carter and I kept our relationship a secret.
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As far as our dads knew, Carter and I were just friends.
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Carter once even climbed through my bedroom window.
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What's that noise?
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I swear I heard voices.
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Oh, it was just me.
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Hey, Janet, how are you doing this evening?
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I'm fine, thanks for asking.
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I think I'll go to bed now.
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Jolly good idea.
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Good night, Janet.
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Good night.
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One day in the 10th grade, I competed for an internship at this huge tech company.
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We took a bunch of tests and had to give a big speech.
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My scores were the highest, and my speech got a standing ovation.
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But they gave it to some rich kid because his dad was friends with the CEO.
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The whole thing is rigged.
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That kid flunked the tests, and he slept through his own speech.
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It isn't fair.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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Janet?
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This is all wrong.
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The animals are running the zoos.
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The world has gone mad.
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All hope is lost.
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We're doomed.
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No one can save us.
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I had a bit of a breakdown.
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It wasn't my best moment.
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Carter felt really bad.
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He tried to cheer me up, but nothing helped.
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A week later, Carter ran up to me at school with an acceptance letter from the tech company with my name on it.
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Your internship starts next week.
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I told my dad what happened, so he pulled some strings.
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I was over the moon.
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Carter was the best boyfriend ever.
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But when I got home from school, my dad was furious.
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Mr. Saint told my dad
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he had to help him steal money out of the company
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to pay for Mr. Saint's new yacht in exchange for helping me get the internship.
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I can't believe you never told me about your relationship with Carter.
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And even worse, that you accepted a favor like this.
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I'm so sorry, Dad.
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I didn't know.
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I'll talk to Mr. Saint.
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I'll tell him I won't accept the internship.
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It's too late.
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I already tried that.
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He'll keep hanging this internship over my head to force me to do more illegal things.
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I won't do it.
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I'm quitting tomorrow.
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We're leaving this place for good.
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I can't believe this is happening.
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I'm so disappointed in you, Janet.
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I thought I taught you better than this.
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Dad didn't speak to me for the rest of the night, and I felt horrible.
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I wanted to crawl into a hole.
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Maybe not a real one.
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I'm terrified of spiders.
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But the next day, my world turned upside down.
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When Dad went back to work to resign from the company, he was arrested and charged with fraud, theft, and embezzlement.
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The newspaper said he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Mr. Sain's company.
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At the trial, the lawyer had a ton of evidence against him.
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Guilty.
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The judge sentenced my dad to 20 years in jail.
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I didn't do it, honey.
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Mr. Saint framed me.
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We have to do something.
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We can tell the judge or go to the press.
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It'll only make things worse.
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Mr. Saint has too many connections.
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Promise me you won't tell anyone.
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He'll ruin your life just like...
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You ruined mine.
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My blood boiled at the thought of Mr. Saint getting away with it, but I promised my dad I wouldn't say anything.
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Soon, we lost our house, and I had to go live with my grandmother in a tiny apartment across town.
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After the trial, Carter came over to visit.
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I'm so sorry about your dad.
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He seemed like such a nice guy.
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I can't believe he was a crook.
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I was done.
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I wanted to slap
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Carter across the face for saying that about my dad.
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My dad's not a crook.
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It's your dad that's...
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I want you to know that I don't care about your dad's crimes,
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Even if he did try to steal from my dad's company, I forgive him.
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But most of all, I still love you and I want us to be together.
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I was about to explode.
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But before I could say a word, Carter put his finger to my lips.
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Don't speak.
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I know this is all a lie, but we'll get through this together.
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I promise.
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Our love will triumph over it all.
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Then he kissed me on my forehead and left.
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That night, Carter and his dad took their new yacht to some tropical island and he sent me a photo.
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Seeing Mr. Saint and Carter's stupid smiling faces on that dumb yacht made me so angry I could scream.
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I called Carter to dump him, but my calls wouldn't go through.
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Money was tight at my grandma's house,
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so I decided to get a summer job so I could stay at the private school for my senior year.
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I applied everywhere, but no one would hire me.
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They'd say they didn't have openings, but I'd hear them whispering about me behind my back.
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You can't hire her.
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Her father's a criminal.
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He's a thief and a liar.
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She's probably just like him.
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I wanted to punch them in the face, but I kept walking.
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Everywhere I went, people gossiped about my dad.
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After a while, I learned to ignore them.
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Eventually, I found a job at an old electronics store near the edge of town.
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My first day there, I met a boy named Vincent.
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Vincent was kind of weird at first.
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I'd catch him staring at me across the aisles.
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Every time I'd say hi, he'd walk away.
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And one time, I was walking home from work, and I caught
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Vincent taking pictures of me with his phone.
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What's your problem?
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I had a feeling it was you.
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Your dad's that crook that worked for Mr. Saint.
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Vincent showed me a news article on his phone with a horrible picture of me and my dad from the trial.
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What's the name of the jail he's in?
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The jail is called Janet Punches Weirdos.
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Hmm, never heard of it.
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Weird.
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Janet Punches...
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I'd had enough.
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I punched Vincent and shoved him to the ground.
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My dad is not a crook.
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He's innocent.
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That jerk, Mr. Saint, framed him.
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It was the first time I said it out loud.
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Vincent was shocked.
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Then he said something totally unexpected.
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Join the club.
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Vincent told me that Mr. Saint framed his dad for a crime a few years ago.
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My dad was a reporter.
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He was investigating Mr. Saint.
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He spent months working undercover as Mr. Saint's butler.
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He almost had enough evidence to take him down, but before he could finish his story,
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Mr. Saint found out and planted stolen money in my dad's office.
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My dad tried to fight it, but Mr. Saint paid off the judge.
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Vincent's dad made
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Vincent promise not to say anything too.
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I can't keep quiet any longer.
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Neither can I, but what can we do?
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We both promised our dads we wouldn't say anything.
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We can finish your dad's story and publish it anonymously.
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No one would ever know it was us.
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Yes, I just got an idea.
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We can finish my dad's story and publish it anonymously.
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Yes, I just said that.
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It was my idea.
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Nuh -uh, it was my idea.
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I literally just said it three seconds ago.
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No, it's my idea.
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You're making me angry, Janet.
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Fine, fine, I'm sorry.
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It's okay, it's not like I'm angry.
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God, such a weirdo.
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That night, Vincent invited me to his house.
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Vincent found his dad's old laptop in the attic, but when he tried to pull up his dad's story,
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he learned that the computer had been wiped clean.
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Oh no, it's not here.
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All the evidence is gone.
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It's all over.
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There's nothing we can do.
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I can go undercover as Carter's girlfriend.
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I could snoop around his house and find the evidence.
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You'd do that?
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Yeah.
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Vincent stood tall like a soldier and saluted me.
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What are you doing?
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It's just, you're my hero.
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You're so brave and selfless.
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I heard that
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Carter is the worst.
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He's a spoiled jerk.
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His voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard, and his brain's the size of a peanut.
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It's gonna be torture to pretend to be his girlfriend.
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I didn't tell
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Vincent about me and Carter.
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Carter returned to town a week later, and I invited myself to his house.
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Every time I looked at Carter's face, I thought about Mr. Saint and what he did to my dad.
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Carter tried to kiss me, and I almost gagged.
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Are you okay?
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I must be coming down with something.
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Do you mind getting me some tea and maybe some soup?
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When Carter left the room, I snuck into his dad's study and snooped around.
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I took pictures of a bunch of secret papers and files and planted a recording device.
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Just as I was about to leave, I ran into Carter and Mr. Saint.
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What is she doing here?
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Oh, Mr. Saint, I'm so glad I found you.
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You saved my life.
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You're such a good man for exposing my dad and all the horrible things he did.
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How can I ever repay you?
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I know, I'll clean your study.
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I snatched a napkin from Carter and started cleaning.
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I knocked over an expensive vase, spilled water on the floor, and tossed a bunch of important papers in the trash.
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She's so grateful, Dad.
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Isn't she the best?
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I spent weeks at Carter's house, sending him on crazy errands so I could snoop around.
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Then, I'd rush over to Vincent's to show him what I'd found.
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We spent hours combing through the evidence.
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It was strange spending so much time with Vincent.
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He and Carter were so different.
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Vincent wasn't rich, but he was really smart, and his determination was contagious.
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Vincent and I wrote a bunch of articles.. that we posted online under a fake name, and before we knew it,
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the stories went viral, and the police showed up at Mr. Saint's door.
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We did it.
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I can't believe it.
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He's finally going down.
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Vincent pulled me into his arms, and my heart skipped a beat.
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What are you doing?
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I'm not sure.
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Then Vincent kissed me, and it was magical, but I was so confused.
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Vincent wasn't even my type.
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Suddenly, my cell phone rang, and I pulled away.
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It was Carter, and he wanted to see me.
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I should go to, uh, get more evidence.
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Good idea.
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I raced out of there to Carter's house.
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I found him sitting on the porch looking really sad.
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I'm scared, Janet.
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They just arrested my dad.
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He might go to jail and we'll lose everything.
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All our money, our houses, and our maids.
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I don't know what I'll do.
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I don't know how to be poor.
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I don't even know how to use the toaster.
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What if I need toast, Janet?
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How can I eat a sandwich without any toast?
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Carter cried in my arms and suddenly I felt really guilty.
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Memories of our love came rushing back to me.
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I hated seeing him like this.
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We went to his room to watch MSA videos to cheer him up.
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Carter drifted off to sleep.
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Then, I saw Mr. Saint in his study paying off the judge.
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Drop the charges, and there's more where that came from.
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I raced over to Vincent's, but when I got there, a bunch of strange men were searching his house.
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Then out of nowhere, someone pulls me into the bushes.
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They're after me.
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Mr. Saint found out I posted the articles from my computer.
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They're destroying all our evidence.
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Tell me you found something.
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I told Vincent about Mr. Saint and the judge.
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I know that prune -faced man.
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He's the judge that put my father away.
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Mine too!
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We have to publish another article.
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This is the proof we need to get our dads out of prison.
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It's too dangerous.
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Danger is my middle name.
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Your middle name is Simon.
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Yes, that's my second middle name.
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But the third one is Danger.
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And the fourth one is Triangle.
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And, ah, forget it.
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Just text me the video and I'll finish this.
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I have to protect you.
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You're a delicate flower.
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I'm stronger than you are.
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You know what I mean.
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I texted Vincent the video.
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Then he kissed me and ran off.
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My heart raced as he disappeared into the darkness.
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But when I got home, something unexpected happened.
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I walked into my room and saw
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Carter standing there with a huge smile on his face.
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It's over.
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What's over?
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My dad caught the guy that's been writing all those lies about him.
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He'll go to jail just like his lying father.
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Carter turned on the TV.
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Vincent's face popped up on the screen.
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He'd been arrested.
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My heart sank.
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Then Carter got down on one knee.
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Will you marry me, Janet?
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You're my rock and my sunshine.
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I couldn't have gotten through this without you.
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Our love saved me.
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I didn't know what to say.
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At one time, I dreamed of marrying
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Carter, but the thought of Vincent rotting in jail made me sick to my stomach.
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I ran out of there and straight to the police station.
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I showed them my secret recordings and all the other evidence I'd saved on my phone.
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The police released
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Vincent, but when they went to go arrest Mr. Saint, he was gone.
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He'd left town without a trace.
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A couple weeks later, my dad and Vincent's dad were finally back home.
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It broke Carter's heart to learn the truth about his dad.
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I tried to reach out to him, but he refused to take my calls.
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I heard he and his mother moved away to a farm where
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Carter learned to make bread.
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As for Vincent and I, we fell in love.
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We studied journalism in college, and after we graduated, we became investigative journalists.
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We make a great team.
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You're an excellent sidekick.
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I'm not a sidekick.
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You're the sidekick.
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You're standing by my side, and when we first met, you kicked me.
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Actually, I shoved you and punched you in the face.
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Details, details.

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15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

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internship sostantivo/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/stage, tirocinio
steal verbo/stiːl/rubare, derubare
horrible aggettivo/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/orribile, terribile
punch sostantivo/pʌnt͡ʃ/pugno
publish verbo/ˈpʌblɪʃ/pubblicare
yacht sostantivo/jɑt/panfilo, yacht
rush verbo/ɹʌʃ/affrettarsi, correre
hire verbo/ˈhaɪɹ/assoldare, noleggiare
marry verbo/ˈmæɹi/sposare
pretend verbo/pɹəˈtɛnd/fare finta, fingere
ruin sostantivo/ˈɹuː.ɪn/rovina
unexpected aggettivo/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/inaspettato, insperato
toast sostantivo/toʊst/pane tostato, toast
thief sostantivo/ˈθiːf/ladro, ladra
undercover aggettivo/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/clandestino

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find out verboscoprire
get through verbo/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/superare, farcela
pay off verbocorrompere
come down with verboprendersi un malanno
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go through verboattraversare
knock over verborovesciare, far cadere

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Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • My heart aches when you're not around.
  • Babe, you're my world, my inspiration.
  • Neither can I, but what can we do?
  • How can I ever repay you?
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La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fabe mistaken · is rigged · is lost
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've seen · has gone
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppomy biggest · the highest · my best
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingstarted having · keep hanging · kept walking

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 93 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: thief /ˈθiːf/, breathe /bɹiːð/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, theft /θɛft/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, shove /ʃʌv/, shock /ʃɔk/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, hire /ˈhaɪɹ/, nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, honey /ˈhʌni/, forehead /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, punch /pʌnt͡ʃ/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, yacht /jɑt/, rush /ɹʌʃ/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: marry /ˈmæɹi/, magical /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/, charity /ˈtʃæɹɪti/, trash /tɹæʃ/, candy /ˈkæn.di/

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