The last word — lesson sixty
The finale: addition, development, complete — after this line, every word is yours.
New core words in this lesson
additioncombcompletedependentdevelopmentequal
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Well — look who's here. Day sixty. The last one.
- 2Comb your hair and put on something nice — today is a big day.
- 3Think back to day one: 'Hello. Good morning. My name is—' That was you.
- 4Every day since then was an addition — one word, one brick, one step.
- 5Slow days, quick days — but the development never stopped.
- 6You went from dependent on the slow voice to getting it all, first time.
- 7You can hear them all now — the doctor, the harbor, the meeting room.
- 8Quick voices, slow voices, angry voices — you're equal to all of them now.
- 9Eight hundred and forty-nine words down, and one to go.
- 10You know the word — it's been waiting at the end of the list from day one.
- 11Take a breath. Listen well. Make it a good one.
- 12The last word is: complete.
- 13Now it's complete — all eight hundred and fifty words, every one yours.
- 14This isn't the end of English — it's your base, and the mountain is yours now.
- 15Thank you for every morning and every attempt — now go and use every word.
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