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Deciphering the Alphabet 1
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19 words/phrases to learn
Deciphering the Alphabet 2
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23 words/phrases to learn
Deciphering the Alphabet 3
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17 words/phrases to learn

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Deciphering the Alphabet 1

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19 words/phrases

Deciphering the Alphabet 2

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23 words/phrases

Deciphering the Alphabet 3

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17 words/phrases

Deciphering the Alphabet 4

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Short vowels

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Greetings 1

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Greetings 2

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Basic Expressions

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Polite Expressions

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Misunderstandings 1

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Misunderstandings 2

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Basic Needs

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Asking Questions

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Numbers: 1 to 10

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Pronouns

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We Can!

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Days of the Week

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Months

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To Go

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Definite and Indefinite

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Colours

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At What Time?

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Numbers: 11 to 100

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My Wardrobe 1

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The Seasons

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In / Inside

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Yours or Mine?

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Compound Nouns

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Adverbs of Time

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Running Late

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I'm Here!

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Surprise Gift

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Surprise!

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I'm Not Sharing My Food

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Who Is It?

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Running Into Each Other

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Where Is It?

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What Is It?

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Saying Goodnight

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Let's Go!

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Reacting to Sports

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Food Jelaousy

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Where Are You?

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Meeting a Thug

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Cold Calling

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Personal Trainer

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My Wardrobe 2

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Measuring Things

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Times of the Day

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1st, 2nd, 3rd...

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Months & Dates

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Future Tense

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Large Numbers

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How Long Will It Take?

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What Just Happened?

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The Weather 1

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Ours & Theirs

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Linking Words

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Useful Daily Phrases

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10 Hebrew Words About Spring

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Important Words in Hebrew

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Mastering Time in Hebrew

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Does My Arm Hurt?

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Female Nouns

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Essential Cafe Vocabulary

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Hebrew Alphabet Song

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Hebrew Prepositions

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