English in a Minute: Verbs to use with the word ‘fact’
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
A fact is something we know to be true. But do you know which verbs we most commonly hear with 'fact'? Learn about them in this podcast with Georgie.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:05.1 | Are you ready to face the fact that learning English is difficult? |
| 0:09.7 | A fact is something we know to be true. |
| 0:13.2 | To know if something is true, we have to check the facts, |
| 0:16.8 | which means we analyse information that's presented |
| 0:19.5 | and then decide if it's true. |
| 0:22.6 | Before publishing the article, the author made sure to check the facts carefully. |
| 0:28.6 | Once we have the facts, we then decide to accept or deny the facts, |
| 0:34.6 | to acknowledge the truth or refuse to admit the truth. We have to accept the fact that we're all getting older. |
| 0:41.3 | Even with clear evidence, people still deny the facts about climate change. |
| 0:47.3 | Facing the facts is like accepting the facts, but it has an added sense of accepting a difficult reality. |
| 0:56.3 | Facing facts can be difficult, but Learning English isn't when you have us to help you. |
| 1:02.6 | BBC Learning English. |
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