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Adverbs
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 1.1 Verb + 得 + 倒 + Adj (a pointed note)
- 1.2 很是 + Adj (a formal “very”)
- 1.3 足足 + Amount (a full / as much as)
- 1.4 一再 + Verb (again and again)
- 1.5 凡是 … 都 (all / any without exception)
- 1.6 向来 (always / all along)
- 1.7 果然 (sure enough / as expected)
- 1.8 似乎 (it seems / as if)
- 1.9 偏偏 (of all things / just had to)
- 1.10 再 + Adj + 也 (however …, still …)
- 1.11 一律 (uniformly / without exception)
- 1.12 无非 (nothing but / merely)
- 1.13 一向 (all along / consistently)
- 1.14 到时候 (when the time comes)
- 1.15 何必 (why bother / no need)
- 1.16 Practice without the models
- 1.17 A fresh situation
- 1.18 Answers and explanations
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Auxiliary words
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 2.1 Sentence + 来着 (recalling the recent past)
- 2.2 Practice without the models
- 2.3 A fresh situation
- 2.4 Answers and explanations
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Conjunctions
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 3.1 以免 (so as to avoid)
- 3.2 以及 (as well as / and)
- 3.3 总之 (in short / in a word)
- 3.4 则 (while / whereas – formal contrast)
- 3.5 Practice without the models
- 3.6 A fresh situation
- 3.7 Answers and explanations
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Nouns
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 4.1 本 + Noun (this / our / one's own)
- 4.2 Word + 性 (-ness / -ity)
- 4.3 Practice without the models
- 4.4 A fresh situation
- 4.5 Answers and explanations
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Particles
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 5.1 是否 (whether or not)
- 5.2 … 与否 (whether … or not)
- 5.3 Noun + 之 + Noun (a literary 的)
- 5.4 Statement + 嘛 (self-evident)
- 5.5 Sentence + 呗 (a casual shrug)
- 5.6 Practice without the models
- 5.7 A fresh situation
- 5.8 Answers and explanations
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Prepositions
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 6.1 鉴于 (in light of / given)
- 6.2 Practice without the models
- 6.3 A fresh situation
- 6.4 Answers and explanations
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Sentence patterns — rhetoric & emphasis
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 7.1 岂不是 (wouldn't that be …?)
- 7.2 非(要) … 不可 (simply must / insist on)
- 7.3 兼 (doubling as / concurrently)
- 7.4 莫非 (could it be that …?)
- 7.5 由此 (from this / hence)
- 7.6 莫过于 (nothing is more … than)
- 7.7 与其 A,宁可 / 宁愿 B (rather than … would rather)
- 7.8 跟 … 似的 (just like / as if)
- 7.9 不愧是 (truly worthy of)
- 7.10 由 … 做主 (for … to decide)
- 7.11 非得 … 不可 (absolutely must)
- 7.12 一来 … ,二来 … (firstly …, secondly …)
- 7.13 Practice without the models
- 7.14 A fresh situation
- 7.15 Answers and explanations
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Verbs
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 8.1 谅 (I bet / I'll wager …)
- 8.2 Practice without the models
- 8.3 A fresh situation
- 8.4 Answers and explanations
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Verb phrases
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 9.1 不屑(于) (disdain to)
- 9.2 以便 (so as to / in order to)
- 9.3 Practice without the models
- 9.4 A fresh situation
- 9.5 Answers and explanations
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"If" statements
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 10.1 假使 … ,就 … (if / supposing)
- 10.2 Practice without the models
- 10.3 A fresh situation
- 10.4 Answers and explanations
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Cause & effect statements
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 11.1 因为 … 而 … (because …, thereby …)
- 11.2 Practice without the models
- 11.3 A fresh situation
- 11.4 Answers and explanations
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Sentence patterns — formal & written
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 12.1 借 … 之名 (under the guise of)
- 12.2 通过 … 使 … (by …, bring about …)
- 12.3 以 … 的名义 (in the name of)
- 12.4 势必 (be bound to / inevitably)
- 12.5 倘若 (if / should – literary)
- 12.6 所 + Verb + 的 (that which is V-ed)
- 12.7 Practice without the models
- 12.8 A fresh situation
- 12.9 Answers and explanations
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Let alone…
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 13.1 连 … 都 … ,何况 … (even …, let alone …)
- 13.2 Practice without the models
- 13.3 A fresh situation
- 13.4 Answers and explanations
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Comparing similar adverbs
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 14.1 按照 vs 根据 (in accordance with vs based on)
- 14.2 不得不 vs 只好 (forced to vs only option)
- 14.3 不断 vs 不停 (continually vs non-stop)
- 14.4 反而 vs 却 (instead vs however)
- 14.5 根本 vs 到底 (at all vs on earth)
- 14.6 根据 vs 据 (based on vs formal shorthand)
- 14.7 恢复 vs 还原 (recover vs restore to original)
- 14.8 居然 vs 反而 (surprisingly vs instead)
- 14.9 一度 vs 一时 (at one time vs for the moment)
- 14.10 一直 vs 一向 (continuously vs habitually)
- 14.11 Practice without the models
- 14.12 A fresh situation
- 14.13 Answers and explanations
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Comparing similar nouns
Watch lesson Watch lesson- 15.1 彼此 vs 对方 (each other vs the other party)
- 15.2 人家 vs 别人 (others – colloquial vs neutral)
- 15.3 Practice without the models
- 15.4 A fresh situation
- 15.5 Answers and explanations
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Say it aloud: argument, summary and formal presentation
Watch lesson- 16.1 Argue within the evidence
- 16.2 Choose the argumentative move
- 16.3 Make a concession count
- 16.4 Summarise without adding a claim
- 16.5 Select formal wording by meaning
- 16.6 Practice
- 16.7 A fresh situation
- 16.8 Answers and explanations
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