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 An English advanced vocabulary lesson with Foundation TV series.

Idioms IN TURN and ONE WAY TO ANOTHER. Psychological manipulation

Hey guys, I’m still watching Foundation series, and I suggest you look at the conversation with Queen Sareth. She is preparing to talk with Cleon and planning a psychological manipulation for him. We will focus on interesting vocabulary.

Phrasal verb FALL APART, words: CHAOS, SYMPTOM, VOID, ENTROPY…

Hey guys, I saw this speech in the Foundation series and had some trouble understanding what it meant. There is an interesting vocabulary here.

Now we will figure it out together. We are focusing on the phrasal verb “fall apart”, and new words such as "chaos", "symptom", "void", "entropy", "lurch", and others. Let’s watch and learn.



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