WEEK 29: INTELLIGENCE (CLARA MONTALBÁN PEÑALVER)



Some expressions from the text related to the reported speech are the ones in bold.


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Finally, I have not done much to improve my English this week because I have been studying for my exams. Hope you can forgive me. 





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