Learning to cook

Learning to cook

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What did you know how to cook before you learnt properly? Maybe it was a simple cake, or you could boil an egg and put bread in a toaster! Pippa and Phil talk about how they learnt to cook, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use adverbs like 'finally', 'previously' and 'once before' with the past perfect tense.

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essi

زمان Past Perfect برای بیان کاری است که قبل از یک اتفاق دیگر در گذشته انجام شده. ساختار: had + past participle. قیدها و مثال‌ها: - previously: I'd previously lived in Paris before moving to Rome. - recently: I'd recently finished the book when the movie came out. - once before: I'd tried sushi once before, but didn’t like it. - properly: I'd never learned how to cook rice properly. - already: She'd already left w

Dec 2nd
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essi

bolognese نوعی سس ایتالیایی که با پاستا سرو میشود tuna pasta پاستای تن ماهی

Dec 2nd
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