Step Four.3

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Procedure .........Verfahren....procédure....procedura...procedimiento

First you open a can of spaghetti.
Then you put the spaghetti on a plate.
And finally you heat it in a microwave oven
- delicious! (Yuk!)
Practise with: ...make goulasch/nasi goreng/risotto/wine/fresh pasta? become a millionaire? a film star?
an Olympic runner? get to Tibet? get a student visa? Say "(I love you)" in (Russian)?


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How long does it take
to get married?
  
It takes about an hour
to get married.
  



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Practise with:
learn English, walk a kilometre, drown, die of hunger/thirst, learn to drive?
 

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How long does the average marriage last?
  
It lasts forever, I hope!
  




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Practise with:
a storm, summer, flu, a camera battery, a movie, a hangover
  






Questions
You think the answer's
"Yes, I do".
You think the answer's
"No, I don't".
  

Fragen
questions
domande
preguntas

Ask the same kind of questions about people you know, using:
like, dislike, love, hate, know, prefer, go out with, understand, respect;
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- then talk about other people, like this:
"She likes him, doesn't she?" "She doesn't like him, does she?"



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