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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Everyone said soon

'Soon' meant Friday to Sam and next month to Carla, and Ana learns to clarify a vague term and expose the assumption each person was making. Say Carla said the flyers would be ready soon, that was Monday, they will be, soon, Carla, when you say soon, do you mean this week or this month, next month, the printer the association uses has a queue, I was working on the assumption that soon meant Friday, for me, soon means before the event, so we had two soons and no date, we need a date, from now on, we say the day, not the word, the twelfth.

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THE STORY

At the café, Sam asks for the flyers Carla promised soon, and Ana discovers that the word had two dates, until replacing it with a day of the month.

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Carla said the flyers would be ready soon. That was Monday.KÁR-la séd tha FLÁI-erz uud bi RÉ-di sún. thét uóz MÂN-deiCarla said the flyers would be ready soon. That was Monday.
They will be. Soon.thêi uil bi. súnThey will be. Soon.
Carla, when you say soon, do you mean this week or this month?KÁR-la, uén iú sêi sún, du iú mín this uík or this mânthCarla, when you say soon, do you mean this week or this month?
Next month. The printer the association uses has a queue.nékst mânth. tha PRÍN-ter thi a-sou-si-ÊI-shan IÚ-zez rés a kiúNext month. The printer the association uses has a queue.
I was working on the assumption that soon meant Friday.ai uóz UÂR-king on thi a-SÂMP-shan thét sún mént FRÁI-deiI was working on the assumption that soon meant Friday.
For me, soon means before the event.for mi, sún mínz bi-FÓR thi i-VÉNTFor me, soon means before the event.
So we had two soons and no date.sôu uí réd tú súnz end nôu dêitSo we had two soons and no date.
We need a date.uí níd a dêitWe need a date.
From now on, we say the day, not the word.from náu on, uí sêi tha dêi, nót tha uârdFrom now on, we say the day, not the word.
The twelfth.tha tuélfthThe twelfth.