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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Back to the thread of the conversation

A neighbor adds a memory and the stories intersect, and Ana learns to bring Rosa back to where she was and save the other person's memory for later. Say my mother bought bread there every Saturday she said the line went around the corner, it did where was I, going back to what you said about the second oven, right the second oven, so at that point you were baking at night and selling by day, and sleeping in between sometimes, that's why the line, Grace hold that thought we'll get to the line, I'll wait, she never waits I know her.

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THE STORY

In the circle, Grace, a longtime neighbor, intersects Rosa's story with her own mother's, and Ana brings Rosa back to the second oven without leaving Grace out.

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My mother bought bread there every Saturday. She said the line went around the corner.mai MÂ-ther bót bréd thér É-vri SÉ-ter-dei. shi séd tha láin uént a-RÁUND tha KÓR-nerMy mother bought bread there every Saturday. She said the line went around the corner.
It did. Where was I?it did. uér uóz aiIt did. Where was I?
Going back to what you said about the second oven.GÔU-ing bék tu uát iú séd a-BÁUT tha SÉ-kond Â-venGoing back to what you said about the second oven.
Right. The second oven.ráit. tha SÉ-kond Â-venRight. The second oven.
So, at that point, you were baking at night and selling by day?sôu, et thét póint, iú uâr BÊI-king et náit end SÉ-ling bai dêiSo, at that point, you were baking at night and selling by day?
And sleeping in between. Sometimes.end SLÍ-ping in bi-TUÍN. SÂM-taimzAnd sleeping in between. Sometimes.
That's why the line.théts uái tha láinThat's why the line.
Grace, hold that thought. We'll get to the line.grêis, rôuld thét thót. uíl guét tu tha láinGrace, hold that thought. We'll get to the line.
I'll wait.áil uêitI'll wait.
She never waits. I know her.shi NÉ-ver uêits. ai nôu rârShe never waits. I know her.