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Six-minute vocabulary.

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Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary. I'm Finn.

And I'm Alice.

In today's show we're going to look at chunks of language.

Yes, and by chunks of language, we mean groups of words that naturally go together.

And we're going to do that by listening to Kirsten, a student from Germany,

talking about her typical morning.

We'll look closely at the chunks of language Kirsten uses.

We'll have a quiz to see what we've learned.

And we'll bring you a top tip for learning vocabulary.

But before all that, we're going to hear from Kirsten, who's studying right here in London.

She's talking about her typical college day.

Now, two questions for you to think about while you listen.

First, why does Kirsten have to leave?

And second, why do you think Kirsten's English sounds a little bit unnatural?

Let's find out.

My typical morning?

Well, I never go out on an unfilled stomach.

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