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 =====Some common expressions===== =====Some common expressions=====
 <html><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="HEIGHT: 5.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Expression</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Meaning</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Example</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>'may well have' +<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">past participle</SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>Someone probably did something but doesn't remember.</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>"You said you wouldn't be here tonight."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>"I may well have said that but here I am anyway!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'could have' + 'sworn'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>To have been sure about something.<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>I can't find my keys. I could've sworn I left them on my desk but they're not there.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'You should have' <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>+<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">past participle</SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'I wish you had...' There's a suggestion that someone has missed something good.</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>You should have seen her reaction when I told her the news!</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'Who'd have thought it?'</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>Expresses great surprise.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Tom asked Liz to marry him."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"I know - who'd have thought it!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'It could have been worse.'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'We shouldn't worry - it wasn't too bad.'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"There was a train strike last week and half the team couldn't get to work."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Oh well, it could have been worse - this isn't our busiest month."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; "> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'might have known'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>Expresses a lack of surprise.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Who ate the last cake?"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"It was Lucie."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Ah...I might have known it!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></html> <html><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="HEIGHT: 5.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Expression</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Meaning</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; HEIGHT: 5.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Example</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>'may well have' +<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">past participle</SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>Someone probably did something but doesn't remember.</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>"You said you wouldn't be here tonight."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>"I may well have said that but here I am anyway!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'could have' + 'sworn'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>To have been sure about something.<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>I can't find my keys. I could've sworn I left them on my desk but they're not there.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'You should have' <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-US>+<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">past participle</SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'I wish you had...' There's a suggestion that someone has missed something good.</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>You should have seen her reaction when I told her the news!</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'Who'd have thought it?'</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-US></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>Expresses great surprise.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Tom asked Liz to marry him."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"I know - who'd have thought it!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'It could have been worse.'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'We shouldn't worry - it wasn't too bad.'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"There was a train strike last week and half the team couldn't get to work."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Oh well, it could have been worse - this isn't our busiest month."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; "> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4" ><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>'might have known'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>Expresses a lack of surprise.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 159.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=213> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Who ate the last cake?"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"It was Lucie."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>"Ah...I might have known it!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; 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