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Australia Plus Learn English is a free service for anyone learning English and is produced by the ABC, Australia's national public broadcaster.

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Tear and desert

Tear and desert

Tear and desert‘Tear’ and ‘desert’ are words that are pronounced differently to indicate their meaning. The noun tear, w... Read more

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Gonna and Gotta

Gonna and Gotta

Gonna and GottaIn informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations.One of the m... Read more

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