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82 [eighty-two]

Past tense 2

 

82 [eighty-two]@82 [eighty-two]
82 [eighty-two]

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  Did you have to call an ambulance?
D_d   y_u   h_v_   t_   c_l_   a_   a_b_l_n_e_   
   
Did you have to call an ambulance?
D__   y__   h___   t_   c___   a_   a_________   
   
Did you have to call an ambulance?
___   ___   ____   __   ____   __   __________   
   
Did you have to call an ambulance?
  Did you have to call the doctor?
D_d   y_u   h_v_   t_   c_l_   t_e   d_c_o_?   
   
Did you have to call the doctor?
D__   y__   h___   t_   c___   t__   d______   
   
Did you have to call the doctor?
___   ___   ____   __   ____   ___   _______   
   
Did you have to call the doctor?
  Did you have to call the police?
D_d   y_u   h_v_   t_   c_l_   t_e   p_l_c_?   
   
Did you have to call the police?
D__   y__   h___   t_   c___   t__   p______   
   
Did you have to call the police?
___   ___   ____   __   ____   ___   _______   
   
Did you have to call the police?
 
 
 
 
  Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.
D_   y_u   h_v_   t_e   t_l_p_o_e   n_m_e_?   I   h_d   i_   j_s_   n_w_   
   
Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.
D_   y__   h___   t__   t________   n______   I   h__   i_   j___   n___   
   
Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.
__   ___   ____   ___   _________   _______   _   ___   __   ____   ____   
   
Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.
  Do you have the address? I had it just now.
D_   y_u   h_v_   t_e   a_d_e_s_   I   h_d   i_   j_s_   n_w_   
   
Do you have the address? I had it just now.
D_   y__   h___   t__   a_______   I   h__   i_   j___   n___   
   
Do you have the address? I had it just now.
__   ___   ____   ___   ________   _   ___   __   ____   ____   
   
Do you have the address? I had it just now.
  Do you have the city map? I had it just now.
D_   y_u   h_v_   t_e   c_t_   m_p_   I   h_d   i_   j_s_   n_w_   
   
Do you have the city map? I had it just now.
D_   y__   h___   t__   c___   m___   I   h__   i_   j___   n___   
   
Do you have the city map? I had it just now.
__   ___   ____   ___   ____   ____   _   ___   __   ____   ____   
   
Do you have the city map? I had it just now.
 
 
 
 
  Did he come on time? He could not come on time.
D_d   h_   c_m_   o_   t_m_?   H_   c_u_d   n_t   c_m_   o_   t_m_.   
   
Did he come on time? He could not come on time.
D__   h_   c___   o_   t____   H_   c____   n__   c___   o_   t____   
   
Did he come on time? He could not come on time.
___   __   ____   __   _____   __   _____   ___   ____   __   _____   
   
Did he come on time? He could not come on time.
  Did he find the way? He could not find the way.
D_d   h_   f_n_   t_e   w_y_   H_   c_u_d   n_t   f_n_   t_e   w_y_   
   
Did he find the way? He could not find the way.
D__   h_   f___   t__   w___   H_   c____   n__   f___   t__   w___   
   
Did he find the way? He could not find the way.
___   __   ____   ___   ____   __   _____   ___   ____   ___   ____   
   
Did he find the way? He could not find the way.
  Did he understand you? He could not understand me.
D_d   h_   u_d_r_t_n_   y_u_   H_   c_u_d   n_t   u_d_r_t_n_   m_.   
   
Did he understand you? He could not understand me.
D__   h_   u_________   y___   H_   c____   n__   u_________   m__   
   
Did he understand you? He could not understand me.
___   __   __________   ____   __   _____   ___   __________   ___   
   
Did he understand you? He could not understand me.
 
 
 
 
  Why could you not come on time?
W_y   c_u_d   y_u   n_t   c_m_   o_   t_m_?   
   
Why could you not come on time?
W__   c____   y__   n__   c___   o_   t____   
   
Why could you not come on time?
___   _____   ___   ___   ____   __   _____   
   
Why could you not come on time?
  Why could you not find the way?
W_y   c_u_d   y_u   n_t   f_n_   t_e   w_y_   
   
Why could you not find the way?
W__   c____   y__   n__   f___   t__   w___   
   
Why could you not find the way?
___   _____   ___   ___   ____   ___   ____   
   
Why could you not find the way?
  Why could you not understand him?
W_y   c_u_d   y_u   n_t   u_d_r_t_n_   h_m_   
   
Why could you not understand him?
W__   c____   y__   n__   u_________   h___   
   
Why could you not understand him?
___   _____   ___   ___   __________   ____   
   
Why could you not understand him?
 
 
 
 
  I could not come on time because there were no buses.
I   c_u_d   n_t   c_m_   o_   t_m_   b_c_u_e   t_e_e   w_r_   n_   b_s_s_   
   
I could not come on time because there were no buses.
I   c____   n__   c___   o_   t___   b______   t____   w___   n_   b_____   
   
I could not come on time because there were no buses.
_   _____   ___   ____   __   ____   _______   _____   ____   __   ______   
   
I could not come on time because there were no buses.
  I could not find the way because I had no city map.
I   c_u_d   n_t   f_n_   t_e   w_y   b_c_u_e   I   h_d   n_   c_t_   m_p_   
   
I could not find the way because I had no city map.
I   c____   n__   f___   t__   w__   b______   I   h__   n_   c___   m___   
   
I could not find the way because I had no city map.
_   _____   ___   ____   ___   ___   _______   _   ___   __   ____   ____   
   
I could not find the way because I had no city map.
  I could not understand him because the music was so loud.
I   c_u_d   n_t   u_d_r_t_n_   h_m   b_c_u_e   t_e   m_s_c   w_s   s_   l_u_.   
   
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.
I   c____   n__   u_________   h__   b______   t__   m____   w__   s_   l____   
   
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.
_   _____   ___   __________   ___   _______   ___   _____   ___   __   _____   
   
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.
 
 
 
 
  I had to take a taxi.
I   h_d   t_   t_k_   a   t_x_.   
   
I had to take a taxi.
I   h__   t_   t___   a   t____   
   
I had to take a taxi.
_   ___   __   ____   _   _____   
   
I had to take a taxi.
  I had to buy a city map.
I   h_d   t_   b_y   a   c_t_   m_p_   
   
I had to buy a city map.
I   h__   t_   b__   a   c___   m___   
   
I had to buy a city map.
_   ___   __   ___   _   ____   ____   
   
I had to buy a city map.
  I had to switch off the radio.
I   h_d   t_   s_i_c_   o_f   t_e   r_d_o_   
   
I had to switch off the radio.
I   h__   t_   s_____   o__   t__   r_____   
   
I had to switch off the radio.
_   ___   __   ______   ___   ___   ______   
   
I had to switch off the radio.
 
 
 
 

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Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…

 

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