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Lesson 60 / Communication & learning
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Listen, explain in detail and develop from what you have done.
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Please do not butt in while your friend is speaking.
Please do not butt in while your friend is speaking.
I butted in by mistake, then waited for my turn.
I butted in by mistake, then waited for my turn.
Informal speech, often showing interruptions at the wrong time; does not mean polite participation in “join in”.
Cambridge Dictionary · butt in
Can you go into more detail about the bird’s nest?
Can you go into more detail about the bird’s nest?
We do not need to go into every detail today.
We do not need to go into every detail today.
In a lesson, we discuss a topic thoroughly, not enter a room. Past tense “went”.
Cambridge Dictionary · go into
Your drawing is coming along well.
Your drawing is coming along well.
How is your English coming along?
How is your English coming along?
In a speech about progression, it is often in a continuous form. Different from inviting someone to come along in “come along”.
We can build on what we learned in the last lesson.
We can build on what we learned in the last lesson.
She built on her first successful drawing to make a new one.
She built on her first successful drawing to make a new one.
Use what you have as a foundation for the next step. No phrase separation; Different from “build up” which emphasizes gradual increase in quantity or level.
Regular practice can lead to better drawings.
Regular practice can lead to better drawings.
A kind question led to a useful conversation.
A kind question led to a useful conversation.
State the relationship between an action and its results. “To” is a preposition; past tense “led”.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 16, 56, 24, 15, 77. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Khoa interrupts a friend, then realizes the friend has not finished speaking and waits for his turn.
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Khoa explains more about the bird's nest with a few picture cards.
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Khoa compares old and new drawings, realizing his skills are improving.
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Khoa uses skills from the previous drawing to create a new, better drawing.
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Khoa sees that regular drawing practice leads to a better finished picture of a bird.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Sorry to butt in, but may I ask one question?
Sorry to butt in, but may I ask one question?
Yes. I will go into the details after that.
Yes. I will go into the details after that.
Then we can build on your idea rather than start again.
Then we can build on your idea rather than start again.
“Butt in” means interrupt someone; “go into” a subject means discuss it in detail. Wanting to explain more does not justify interrupting a speaker.
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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.
During a talk, a participant interrupts before the speaker has explained the details.
Name the interruption.
The participant is butting in.
The participant interrupts before the speaker finishes: “butting in”.
Complete: I will go ___ the details after the introduction.
into
“Go into the details” means explain them fully after the introduction, rather than enter a room.
Write a polite request to develop the idea.
Could you build on that idea when the speaker has finished?
“When the speaker has finished” respects the turn; “build on that idea” develops the existing idea.
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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