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Can you solve the riddle of Pandora’s box? - Alex Rosenthal

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Learning Stats

B1

Nível CEFR

672

Total Words

307

Unique Words

4/10

Dificuldade

Vocabulary Diversity 46%

Legendas (76 segments)

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00:06

Pandora was having a decisively bad day.

00:11

She didn’t set out to open the box;

00:13

if anything, she’d resisted with every ounce of her will.

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But her curiosity got the better of her,

00:20

and a cavalcade of evils of every shape and size spilled out.

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By the time she'd slammed the front door of her home shut,

00:28

only 10 minor imps— of wrath, greed, gluttony, and sloth varieties—

00:34

and three greater demons remained.

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Key Vocabulary (15)

you A1 pronoun

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.

hope A1 verb

To want something to happen or be true and believe that it is possible. It is used to express desire for a positive outcome in the future.

left A2 adjective

Positioned on or relating to the side of the human body which is to the west when the person is facing north. It describes a direction or location that is the opposite of right.

answer A1 noun

An answer is something you say, write, or do to respond to a question or a situation. It can also refer to the correct solution to a problem or a test question.

"The answer is important."

three A1 number

3

"Three birds."

eyes
five
imp
pandora
imps
greed
knows
wrath
abaddon
beelzebub

Grammar in This Video

Imperative: Positive commands and instructions A1

"Pause here to figure it out yourself"
Past Simple: Negative form A2

"She didn’t set out to open the box"
Past Continuous: Formation A2

"Pandora was having a decisively bad day"
Gerund after Prepositions B1

"if we start by doing what Pandora could not"
Make vs Let + Base Verb B1

"I just made her look like an imp"
Past Perfect: Form and Use A1

"she’d resisted with every ounce of her will"
Reported Questions: Wh- Questions A1

"I know you don’t know which one she is"

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