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Lesson 56 / Creativity
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Mix colors, change tools and find yourself gradually liking or becoming more confident.
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A randomly assigned, fixed male or female synthetic voice for each phrase or sentence · Slow playback at 0.7× preserves pitch.
Does this blue ribbon go with the yellow card?
Does this blue ribbon go with the yellow card?
The green cover goes well with the cream pages.
The green cover goes well with the cream pages.
In the lesson, it's a beautiful combination or suitable in style, not with the same person.
Cambridge Dictionary · go with
I did not like the design at first, but it grew on me.
I did not like the design at first, but it grew on me.
This new colour is growing on me.
This new colour is growing on me.
The sample, song, or idea is the subject; People gradually like it after “on”. Past tense “grew”.
Cambridge Dictionary · grow on
We changed over to coloured pencils for the small details.
We changed over to coloured pencils for the small details.
The class is changing over to a new way of making cards.
The class is changing over to a new way of making cards.
If you state a new tool or method, add "to". Different from one thing turning into another in “turn into”.
Small successes can build up your confidence.
Small successes can build up your confidence.
I built my skills up by making one card each day.
I built my skills up by making one card each day.
Gradually increase something like skill, strength, or confidence; Don't just build a building. Past tense “built”.
The paper model came apart when I picked it up.
The paper model came apart when I picked it up.
Use strong glue so the pieces do not come apart.
Use strong glue so the pieces do not come apart.
The parts are no longer attached to each other. Past tense “came”; There is no doer in this sentence.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 57, 58, 20, 16, 24. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
One step forward every day
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OBSERVE · UNDERSTAND · MATCH
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Khoa placed the green strip of paper next to the yellow card to see if the two colors matched.
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Khoa does not like the new card design at first, but it grows on him as he looks at it more.
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Khoa switched from crayons to using colored pencils for his drawing.
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Khoa became more confident after successfully making a few small cards.
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Khoa looked at the paper model being torn apart and broken into parts on the table.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Does this blue cover go with the silver logo?
Does this blue cover go with the silver logo?
Yes. The blue is growing on me.
Yes. The blue is growing on me.
Let us try it before we change over to a new design.
Let us try it before we change over to a new design.
“Go with” concerns matching in a design; “grow on” concerns someone gradually liking something. A colour match and a change of taste are different judgments.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A designer initially dislikes a yellow label. After several days she likes it, and it matches the green box.
Describe her changing reaction.
The yellow label is growing on her.
She gradually likes the label more, so it “is growing on her”, rather than becoming physically larger.
Complete: The yellow label goes ___ the green box.
with
“Goes with the green box” means the label matches it; “with” introduces the matching item.
Write a cautious instruction before changing the packaging.
Try the sample first before we change over to the new packaging.
“Try the sample first” requests a trial before “change over to” introduces the new packaging.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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