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He hurt his nger as he was cutting wood Se hizo dao en el dedo cuando estaba cortando madera

.Form
Repasa en tus apuntes o libro la forma de este tiempo. Al ser un tiempo que ya debes saber no incluyo aqu su forma.

Usamos el Pasado Continuo para:

1 Acciones que estaban en progreso, realizndose en un determinado

momento del pasado. No sabemos cuando la accin comenz o termin.
At 3 oclock yesterday Mike and Ana were washing the dog Ayer a las 3 Mike y Ana estaban lavando el perro Usamos el Past Perfect para:

2 Acciones pasadas que se estaban realizando cuando otra accin la

interrumpi. Usamos el pasado continuo para la accin en progreso y el pasado simple para la accin que la interrumpe.
He was reading the newspaper when Iniesta scored l estaba leyendo el peridico cuando Iniesta marc

1 Expresar acciones ocurridas antes de otras acciones pasadas. La accin

anterior en el tiempo va en Past Perfect y la posterior en Past Simple:
The lm had begun when we arrived at the cinema La pelcula haba empezado cuando llegamos al cine Si te jas en este ejemplo hay dos acciones en el pasado siendo una de las dos anterior a la otra. La pelcula empez y despus llegamos. Importante: No siempre que haya dos acciones en el pasado y una sea anterior a la otra vamos a tener un Past Perfect y Past Simple. Observa: When I opened the door, I saw my present Cuando abr la puerta vi mi regalo En este caso hay dos acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado y una es anterior a la otra. Primero abr la puerta y despus vi mi regalo. Cuando haya acciones en pasado que vayan inmediatamente seguidas en el tiempo ambas acciones se expresarn en Past Simple.

3 Dos o ms acciones que ocurran al mismo tiempo en el pasado.

My parents were watching TV while I was having dinner Mis padres estaban viendo la tele mientras yo estaba cenando

4 Dar informacin sobre el contexto en el que transcurre una historia:

The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Little Red Riding Hood (Caperucita) was enjoying the warm summer day.

.Time Expressions:
Hay una serie de expresiones temporales que acompaan a este tiempo:

while (mientras), when (cuando), as (cuando)...

2 Para expresar acciones que ocurrieron antes de un tiempo especco.

By the time she was ve, she had learnt to write and read Cuando ella tena 5 aos, ya haba aprendido a escribir o leer
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She had watered all the owers by six oclock in the afternoon Haba regado todas las ores para las 6 de la tarde

Cindy Peter

Oh, dear. So, what did you do? Well, Sarah and I were at a party on Friday night. I didnt go home after that. I went straight to the ............. 2 I queued for six hours. Wow! Did you get a ticket? Yes, I did. I got the last one. That was lucky. Was the concert good? I dont know. I didnt see it. I was so tired that I fell .......... missed it!
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- Time Expressions.
Hay una serie de expresiones temporales que no son exclusivas de este tiempo pero que suelen usarse en este tiempo: before, after, already, just, when, by, by the time... - Form Cindy Peter Cindy Peter

and I

Armativa: HAD + Participio: para todas las personas.

She had studied French They had eaten all the pizzas

2 Listen and complete

My names Kristof. Last Tuesday I worked very late because some important visitors had arrived. When I nally left the ofce, I hurried to the station and caught the last train home at 11.45. It was .......... day and I soon fell .............
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Negativa: HADNT + Participio: para todas las personas

I hadnt done the exercises

on the

train, so I took off my jacket. I tried to stay awake, but it had been a long

Interrogativa: HAD + sujeto + Participio: para todas las personas

Had he paid the meal?

asleep.

When I woke up, we were in a station. I knew that my station was the rst

PRACTICE

stop, so I grabbed my .......... around and I couldnt .............

and ran to the door. I got off just in time my eyes, because it wasnt my station.

and the train moved away. That was lucky, I thought, but then I looked
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1Read and listen

Cindy Peter You look tired. Yes, well, I saw an .......... wanted to see it. Oh, yes? When was it? It was on Saturday afternoon. I tried to get a ticket on the Internet, but there werent any left.
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The last train didnt normally stop there, so why had it stopped there that night? And it was the last train! I decided to phone my wife, Selina. Then on Friday for a jazz concert. I really I ..............
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I hadnt picked up my jacket. My .............,

keys, and mobile

phone were all still on the train. I walked out of the station. There were some people in the car park and an ambulance. I spoke to the .......... 7. Apparently, one of the other passengers had become very ill, so the train had stopped there because there was a hospital ............ 8. The ambulance driver lent me his phone and I phoned Selina. She had already gone to bed. Where are you? she asked.

Cindy Peter

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Im at Burton Station, I said. I... Just a minute, she said. .......... number Its the ambulance drivers, I said and I started to explain, but then I realized that she had put the phone down. She thought that Id had an accident and she was already on her way! An hour later she arrived. She was happy to see that I hadnt had an accident. However, she wasnt pleased when I explained things, because she had driven very ........... for ..........
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phone are you using? This isnt your

4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct

tense
John Marsh and his wife own a caravan. Last week two men .......... They ..........
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(try) to steal it.

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(see) the caravan two weeks (decide) to take it. At about four oclock on
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before and they .......... and ............

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Wednesday morning they .......... (drive) away.

(attach) the caravan to their car

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to get there and the police had stopped her

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- and they had given her a big ............

We drove home

However, they didnt know that John was inside it at the time! He ............ (work) very late the day before and he ............. He ............
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together in silence!

(come) home at 1 a.m.

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(not want) to wake up his wife, so he ..............

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(go) to
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A strange coincidenece - but true One morning, Mrs Willard Lovell was outside her house in Berkeley, California. She wasnt happy, because she .......... accident. She ..........
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sleep in the caravan. The thieves ............ John ............ mobile. (lock) herself out by
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(get) a big surprise when a police car .............

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(stop) them 20 minutes later. When they ............ (wake up) and he .............

(move) the caravan,

(phone) the police on his

(leave) her keys inside the house, and now she (she / leave) a

5 Read about the rst women to walk to the North Pole. Why didnt they all
reach the North Pole?
On March 1st 2002, Ann Daniels, Caroline Hamilton and Pom Oliver ................. 1(y) from England to Canada to walk to the North Pole. They .................. they ................
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couldnt get in. She walked round the house. .......... window open, perhaps? No, she hadnt. Then the postman .......... Watson, ..........
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(arrive) with a letter. Her brother,

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(post) it the previous day. Inside the envelope there was (stay) with Mrs Lovell the week
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(be) all experienced explorers and they .................

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(already walk) to the South Pole two years earlier. By the time (leave) the UK they .................
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a key to her front door! Watson .......... before. She ............. back. So, hed posted it to her.

(train) for months with

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(give) him a key, and he .............

(not give) it

the British army and they .............

(put on) 16 kilos in weight. (set off) they ................ (start)

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However, as soon as they ................ soon ..................

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having problems because of bad weather and temperatures of -50C. Pom (get) frostbite and by day 47 her feet ................. (become) so painful that she couldnt continue. By the time Ann and
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Caroline ..............

11(arrive)

at the North Pole they ...............

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(walk)
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restaurant near the ofce. Yesterday, Ins Garca had a trafc accident. It ..........
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750 miles in 81 days. When they arrived back in England they ............... (receive) a heros welcome. No other women .................. both Poles before.

(ever walk) to

(happen) at about 5:45 pm when

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she ..........

(drive) to the University of Seville

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6 Complete the following texts

Yesterday, Philip Johnson .......... 1(have) a busy morning. Usually he ............
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for her evening course in Business Management and Finance. The accident ........... fault.
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(be) her

(get up) at 7:30 every morning, but yesterday he ............

(get up) at 7:00 because his wife, Nancy, had to leave home very early to take a report to a client of hers 70 miles from Lincoln. Nancy ............. (leave) home at 7:25 and Philip ............ for the children. She ............... Usually Nancy ............ the children ..............
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She ................

(drive) her car, a Ford Puma,

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through the narrow streets in the center of Seville. At the same time, she .............. (listen) to the boyfriend and ..............
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(make) breakfast for himself and

(talk)

with Paco, her boyfriend, on her mobile phone. (not notice) a (make) breakfast for all three, but yesterday was
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stop sign in front of her. She ............ car .............. serious. Ins ..............
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(run) the stop sign and another

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an exception. Philip .............

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(take) a shower and had breakfast before

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(hit) her on the passenger side. Fortunately, it was a small (not be)

(get up). He .............

(prepare) fried eggs and

car too, an Opel Corsa, and, as a result, the accident ................

toast for Michael and Denise and at 8:30 he took them to school. He got to the ofce at ten minutes past nine. He had three meetings during the morning. The rst one was at 10:00 oclock with the banks lawyer. They ..............
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(cut) her phone conversation and got out of the car. She

(discuss) a problem with an important client who ............

went to the other car to speak to the driver. She was happy to see that the other driver was a young man, probably the same age as her. When he got out of his car, he ..............
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to suspend payments on a loan. They decided to wait until the

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meeting of the banks board of directors to make a nal decision. At 11.30, he ............. (receive) the owner of a ceramic factory near
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(smile) and said hello in Spanish but with

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a French accent. Ins simply .............. pleasant person. Ins usually .............. ..............
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(look) at him and ..............

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(not

Lincoln. The man ............ Philip ............ Philip ............

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(need) 500.000 $ to add a new building to his

say) anything. He was tall and very attractive. He seemed like a very
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factory. The ceramic factory was one of the best in Nebraska and (know) the man very well and trusted him. At 12:00, (meet) with the chief commercial ofcer of the bank to
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(talk) a lot, but this time she

(not know) what to say. The young man ..............17 (ask)

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her if she had her car papers. Ins went back to her car and got the papers. They ............. (nish) the paperwork in less than ten minutes. Then, the
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discuss a salary question concerning one of the employees in the commercial department. He ............ (go) went to lunch with the chief
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young Frenchman, whose name was Franois Monet, ..............

(invite)
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commercial ofcer at 12:30. They ...........

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(have) lunch in a small

her to have a coffee in a coffee shop across the street. Ins ...............
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(accept) and disconnected her mobile phone.

Gran: So, ....................

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(you / get) his autograph? (not want) to embarrass him.

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7 Complete the following text

Gran: Hello Jack! Come in Jack: Hello, Gran. How are you? Gran: Fine, thanks Jack. What about you? Jack: Oh, you know, too much college work. We .................1 (have) an
exam on Thursday. But I ................. with some mates. We .................
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Jack: No, I ...................

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Gran: Oh, when I ....................

(be) your age. I ..................

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(use to)

collect all the autographs of lm stars and singers and so on. I would go up to town on my own (slo) and wait outside the theatre till they ..................
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(come) out

Jack: Really? Gran: Yes, and I .................

really ..................
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(go) to London last Saturday

(use to) scream at pop concerts. I

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(have) a great time. (spend) all your money.

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(enjoy) myself when I ..................

(be) a
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Gran: Oh yes? I suppose you ................ Jack: No, it ...............

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teenager. But dont tell your mother. She never .................. to) do anything like that. She .................... about her homework.
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(use

(not be) really expensive. We ..................

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(be / always /worry)

(catch) the coach, so it ...................

(be) only ten pounds return.

Gran: But, isnt it slow? Jack: Well, we ..................

...................
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Jack: OK. So do you want to hear about the club we ................

after the cinema?

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(go)

(do) some revision for our exams while we

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(travel), so it ..................
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(not matter).

Gran: You bet! Jack: Well, it ................

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Gran: Well done, and where ................. Jack: Oh, you know, round the shops. Gran: Thats what I ...............
I ...................
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(you / go)?

(be) really...

8 Complete the following text

Hannah: Well, Alice, shall we have another
go?

(do) too, but not in London.

(hope) to nd a new jacket. But there .................

(not be) anything I liked.

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Jack: And then we .................

(go) to see a lm. But the brilliant thing (queue) for the cinema, we ................
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Alice: I don't want to go on a roller coaster

ever again. It was horrible!

was, when we ..................

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(see) a really famous footballer. He ..................

(buy) a burger

Hannah: What are you talking about? It

was fantastic! The bit where we stopped and were hanging upside down was wicked!
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from a stall near us like an ordinary person and all the crowds ................. him except me.
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(walk) past but nobody ................

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(notice)

Alice: Hannah, I don't think that was supposed to happen. Something went
wrong.

9 Listen and complete

Jordan: Hi, Sarah. Atishoo! Sarah: Bless you! Have you got a (1) ..........? Jordan: Yes, I have. It started at the weekend. Sarah: Oh, dear. But did you have a good (2) .......... with Lucys parents? Jordan: No. I didnt go. Sarah: Thats a shame. Were you (3) ............ ?

Hannah: Maybe you're right, but who cares? It was great fun. Alice: Anyway, you ............... 1(sit) at the back. It was a lot more scary at
the front, believe me.

Hannah: Was it? I'm going to sit at the front this time, then. Alice: We're not going on it again! Anyway, I'm not, I can't. Hannah: Why not? Are you still scared? Alice: It's not only that. Remember the hot dog I ...............
we ...............
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(buy) before
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(get) on the roller coaster?

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Jordan: No, I wasnt. I got a (4) .......... in a TV advert at very short notice. Sarah: Oh, was Lucy annoyed? Jordan: You bet (5) .......... hit the roof when I told her. Sarah: I can imagine. She was really looking (6) ........... to it. What was
the advert for?

Hannah: Yeah... You .................

didn't you?

(nish) it before we ...............

(get) on,

Alice: No, I .............

(not have) time, so I hid it inside my coat.

Hannah: You didn't! Alice: When we started moving, I tried to eat it. Hannah: Not a very good idea. Alice: Tell me about it! As I ............... 7(eat), the roller coaster ..................
(jolt) suddenly and I ................... 9(drop) the hot dog on the boy next to me.
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Jordan: It was for Doggo dog food. I was a jogger in a park. Sarah: How did it go? Jordan: Really badly! It (7) .......... all day on Saturday, so we couldnt do
anything.

Sarah:

What a pity. But it didnt (8) .......... on Sunday. Peter and I went to look at a house.

Hannah: Not that cute guy in the white shirt ! Alice: It's not white anymore. I covered him in ketchup and mustard. I was
so embarrassed!

Jordan: No, but there was a cold (9) ........... and I only had shorts and a Tshirt on. I was freezing.

Sarah: Sarah:

Poor you! Is that how you got (10) .......... cold?

Hannah: How funny! Alice: Don't laugh. While you ..........

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Jordan: Probably. And, after all that, it was a complete (11) ......... of time.
(have) fun, I ..........
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(make) a fool

Really? Why?

of myself. And there's more.The roller coaster operator went nuts and threatened to throw me out of the amusement park. Now, maybe you understand why I don't want another go.

Jordan: The advert was too long, so they cut the (12) ......... with the
jogger in the park! Atishoo!

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10 Complete the dialogue using the past simple, past continuous, or past
perfect simple. Then listen and check.
A:
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you ............ (hear) about the party last night?

B: No, what party? A: The one at Hughs house. You remember, the one for his girlfriends 30th birthday. B: Oh yes, I remember. So what A: Well, everyone a disco... B: Sounds just like Hugh! A: Yeah, but while the band
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.................... (happen)?

................. (have) a great time. There was a band and

................. (play), some thieves

..................... (break) into the house.

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B: No! Really? A: Yes, Hugh B: What

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.................. (not nd out) till a few hours after it had

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happened. Everybody

.................. (already / leave).

............ they .............. (take)?

A: Everything: the TV, the hi-, the computer ... B: Oh, no! Poor Hugh!

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