| Preface | 
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| Foreword | 
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| UNIT 1 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 1 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. Nasal om | 
  | 2 |  
|       2. Nasal im | 
  | 4 |  
|       3. dj sound in dia | 
  | 6 |  
| Word Order: | 
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|       Está, sim | 
  | 7 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. unaspirated t | 
  | 10 |  
|       2. em diphthong | 
  | 11 |  
|       3. syllable-final r | 
  | 16 |  
|       4. ch sound in noite | 
  | 20 |  
|       5. sh sound in chovendo | 
  | 21 |  
|       6. ão diphthong in não | 
  | 22 |  
| Negation: | 
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|       não for  'no' and 'not' | 
  | 22 |  
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| UNIT 2 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 25 |  
| Part I: | 
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|   obrigado/obrigada | 
  | 26 |  
|   o senhor/a senhora | 
  | 28, 29 |  
|   Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. nh of senhor/senhora | 
  | 28, 29 |  
|       2. o of senhora | 
  | 29 |  
|       3. flapped r of senhora | 
  | 30 |  
|   vai/vou in greetings | 
  | 32 |  
|   Pronunciation: | 
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|       nasal ui diphthong (muito) | 
  | 34 |  
|   Leavetaking | 
  | 37 |  
|   Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. é of até | 
  | 37 |  
|       2. o of logo | 
  | 38 |  
|       3. ã of amanhã | 
  | 39 |  
| Part II: | 
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|   casado/casada | 
  | 41 |  
|   sou | 
  | 43 |  
|   solteiro/solteira | 
  | 46 |  
|   Pronunciation: | 
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|       lh of filho | 
  | 50 |  
|   tem/tenho | 
  | 50, 51 |  
|   Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. 1 of Qual | 
  | 56 |  
|       2. e of velha | 
  | 56 |  
|       3. o of nova | 
  | 57 |  
|       4. r of Maria | 
  | 58 |  
|   chamar-se | 
  | 61 |  
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| UNIT 3 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 63 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       r of Yara | 
  | 63 |  
| conhece/conheço | 
  | 64 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. r of professor | 
  | 67 |  
|       2. e of ela | 
  | 67 |  
|       3. e of verb é | 
  | 68 |  
|       4. nh of minha | 
  | 68 |  
|       5. o of nossa | 
  | 70 |  
|       6. r of claro | 
  | 73 |  
|       7. e of essa | 
  | 75 |  
|       8. r of rapaz | 
  | 75 |  
| esse/essa | 
  | 76 |  
| meu/nosso with masculine nouns | 
  | 78, 79 |  
| ele/ela contrast | 
  | 80 |  
| Quem? | 
  | 83 |  
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| UNIT 4 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 87 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       nasal ã | 
  | 87 |  
| do/da showing possession | 
  | 91 |  
| Onde?/Onde está? | 
  | 95 |  
| Responses to Onde?: em, na | 
  | 96,  97 |  
| Exchanges with vai/vou | 
  | 101 |  
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| UNIT 5 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 107 |  
| Pronoun eu | 
  | 107 |  
| vou/vai with infinitive | 
  | 108 |  
| Infinitive = neutral form | 
  | 110 |  
| Neutral forms: -ary -er, -ir | 
  | 114 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. j and s of José | 
  | 115 |  
|       2. r and l of Raquel | 
  | 116 |  
|       3. r of Roberto | 
  | 116 |  
|       4. stressed syllable in Inês | 
  | 117 |  
|       5. stressed syllable in Lucia | 
  | 118 |  
| mas (contrastive statements) | 
  | 119 |  
| pretende with infinitives | 
  | 122 |  
| pretendo with infinitives | 
  | 123, 124 |  
| Quando? | 
  | 127 |  
| Responses to Quando? | 
  | 127 |  
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| UNIT 6 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 135 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       syllable-final l | 
  | 135 |  
| Title of respect: dona | 
  | 136 |  
| Title of respect: o senhor | 
  | 137 |  
| quero/quer with infinitives | 
  | 138, 139 |  
| posso/pode with infinitives | 
  | 146, 147 |  
| por que? (Why?) | 
  | 152 |  
| porque (because) | 
  | 153 |  
| com | 
  | 157 |  
| sem | 
  | 158 |  
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| UNIT 7 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 163 |  
| I-forms | 
  | 163 |  
| He-forms | 
  | 164 |  
| We-forms | 
  | 165 |  
| We-forms with infinitives | 
  | 167 |  
| Definite article and indefinite article | 
  | 167, 168 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       flapped r in clusters | 
  | 169 |  
| é que after Onde? | 
  | 170, 171 |  
| Vocé | 
  | 171, 172 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 173 |  
| Supplemental Practices: | 
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|       1. I-form with neutral form | 
  | 176 |  
|       2. We-form with neutral form | 
  | 177 |  
|       3. He-form with neutral form | 
  | 179 |  
|       4. Asking questions | 
  | 181 |  
|       5. Answering questions | 
  | 182 |  
|       6. Practice with só | 
  | 183 |  
|       7. Practice with quiser | 
  | 185 |  
|       8. Translation practice | 
  | 186 |  
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| UNIT 8 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 191 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. diphthong review | 
  | 192 |  
|       2. open E, closed e | 
  | 195 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 198 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I. They-forms | 
  | 200 |  
|       II. 'Going to' | 
  | 205 |  
|       III. 'Not' + verb | 
  | 211 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 214 |  
| Translations | 
  | 214 |  
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| UNIT 9 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 219 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. t and ch contrast  | 
  | 219 |  
|       2. d and dg contrast | 
  | 220 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 222 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       Classification of Nouns: Gender | 
  | 224 |  
|           Definite articles | 
  | 228 |  
|           Indefinite articles  | 
  | 230 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 233 |  
| Translations | 
  | 233 |  
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| UNIT 10 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 236 |  
|       I. The Contractions na and no | 
  | 236 |  
|       II. Descriptive Adjectives | 
  | 240 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 243 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I. Contractions no and na | 
  | 245 |  
|       II. 'Being':  ser/estar | 
  | 245 |  
|       III. More contractions: num/numa | 
  | 252 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 254 |  
| Translations | 
  | 254 |  
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| UNIT 11 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 257 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       Open O; closed o | 
  | 257 |  
| Structure: | 
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|       1. Pluralizing s | 
  | 259 |  
|       2. Voiced/unvoiced contrast | 
  | 262 |  
|       3. Pluralizing z | 
  | 263 |  
|       4. Plural nos, nas, nuns, numas | 
  | 265 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 269 |  
| Some numbers  | 
  | 270 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I.  Plural Nouns  | 
  | 270 |  
|       II.  Gender Agreement | 
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|           Quantos | 
  | 272 |  
|           Meu, minha | 
  | 274 |  
|       III.  More contractions | 
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|           do, da, dos, das | 
  | 275 |  
|           dum, duma, duns, dumas | 
  | 277 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 278 |  
| Translations | 
  | 278 |  
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| UNIT 12 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 281 |  
|       I. Cognates | 
  | 281 |  
|       II. ter que | 
  | 286 |  
 
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| UNIT 12 (continued) | 
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| Dialog | 
  | 288 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I. Verbs of -ar type | 
  | 290 |  
|       II. Gostar + de | 
  | 295 |  
|       III. ter que | 
  | 300 |  
|       IV. Negative questions | 
  | 302 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 304 |  
| Translations | 
  | 304 |  
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| UNIT 13 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 306 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. Nasal Vowels | 
  | 306 |  
|       2. Open O; -ar verbs | 
  | 311 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 313 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I.  They-forms of -ar verbs | 
  | 315 |  
|       II.  We-forms of -ar verbs | 
  | 317 |  
|       III.  Conjunction que | 
  | 318 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 322 |  
| Translations | 
  | 322 |  
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| UNIT 14 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 326 |  
|       I. Past tense -ar verbs; I-forms/he-forms | 
  | 326 |  
|       II. Past tense: 'go'; 'have' | 
  | 330 |  
|       III. Contractions ao, à | 
  | 333 |  
|       IV. Contractions nele/nela | 
  | 334 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 336 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I.  Past tense -ar verbs | 
  | 339 |  
|       II.  Past tense of 'having' | 
  | 343 |  
|       III.  Contractions ao, à | 
  | 345 |  
|       IV.  Past tense of 'going' | 
  | 346 |  
|       V.  achar que; falar que | 
  | 347 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 348 |  
| Translations | 
  | 348 |  
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| UNIT 15 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 350 |  
|       I. -aram ending | 
  | 352 |  
|       II. -amos ending, present and past | 
  | 354 |  
|       III. ir, ter in past | 
  | 355 |  
|       IV. 'we are';  'they are' | 
  | 359 |  
|       V. saber/conhecer | 
  | 360 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 361 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I.  -ar verbs in past, we-forms and they-forms | 
  | 365 |  
|           With já, ainda não | 
  | 369 |  
|       II.  We-forms, they-forms of 'having', 'going' in past | 
  | 371 |  
|       III.  Ter, Ser, Estar; we and they-forms, present | 
  | 374 |  
|       IV.  Ser for identity | 
  | 377 |  
|       V.  Double negative não...nada | 
  | 380 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 381 |  
| Translations | 
  | 381 |  
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| UNIT 16 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 384 |  
|       I. -er verbs in past | 
  | 384 |  
|       II. Reflexives | 
  | 388 |  
|       III. pelo/pela | 
  | 392 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 393 |  
| A Look at the Grammar: | 
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|       I.  -er verbs in past | 
  | 396 |  
|       II.  Telling time | 
  | 398 |  
|       III.  Reflexives | 
  | 403 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 403 |  
| Translations | 
  | 404 |  
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| UNIT 17 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 408 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       1. -ão/ões; cognates | 
  | 408 |  
|       2. -al/-ais; cognates | 
  | 411 |  
|       3. z link before vowels | 
  | 413 |  
| Structure: | 
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|       1. -ir verbs in past | 
  | 414 |  
|       2. de with sair | 
  | 419 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       Adverbial Time Expressions | 
  | 424 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 426 |  
| Translations | 
  | 426 |  
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| UNIT 18 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 430 |  
| Possessives: | 
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|       1. o meu/a minha | 
  | 431 |  
|       2. o seu/a sua | 
  | 432 |  
|       3. o nosso/a nossa | 
  | 434 |  
|       4. o livro dele/a carta dele, etc. | 
  | 435 |  
|       5. o dele/a dele, etc. | 
  | 437 |  
|       6. o (livro) de Paulo, etc. | 
  | 438 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 441 |  
| Supplementary Vocabulary: | 
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|       1. Days of the week | 
  | 443 |  
|       2. Months of the year | 
  | 443 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       1. Days and months | 
  | 443 |  
|       2. comprar and mandar | 
  | 444 |  
|       3. a gente 'we' | 
  | 444 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 445 |  
| Exchanges | 
  | 445 |  
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| UNIT 19 | 
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| Programming | 
  | 447 |  
| Pronunciation: | 
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|       Nasal vowel linked to non-nasal vowel | 
  | 447 |  
| Present tense -ir verbs | 
  | 450 |  
| -ndo form of verb | 
  | 454 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 458 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
  | 460 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 465 |  
| Translations | 
  | 465 |  
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| UNIT 20 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 467 |  
|       I. Open O and E in -ar and  -er verbs | 
  | 467 |  
|       II. este, esse, etc. | 
  | 476 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 480 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       1.  Common greetings | 
  | 483 |  
|       2.  dá para | 
  | 484 |  
|       3.  Que + noun! | 
  | 485 |  
|       4-8.  Cognates ending in -ao and -al | 
  | 486 |  
| Comprehension | 
  | 490 |  
| Exchanges | 
  | 490 |  
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| UNIT 21 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 493 |  
|       I.  -ava endings | 
  | 493 |  
|       II.  Nouns and adjectives ending in stressed -el, -ol, -il, -ul | 
  | 506 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 512 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       1.  viajar | 
  | 514 |  
|       2.  aliás | 
  | 514 |  
|       3.  Que (exclamation) | 
  | 515 |  
| Translations | 
  | 516 |  
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| UNIT 22 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 518 |  
|       -ia endings | 
  | 518 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 531 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       1.  Common First Names | 
  | 534 |  
|       2.  Name Combinations | 
  | 535 |  
|       3.  vender | 
  | 535 |  
| Translations | 
  | 536 |  
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| UNIT 23 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 540 |  
|       I. era, etc. | 
  | 540 |  
|       II. tinha, etc. | 
  | 541 |  
|       III. estava, etc. | 
  | 544 |  
|       IV. 'Past description' | 
  | 546 |  
|       V. pretendia, etc. | 
  | 548 |  
|       VI. queria, etc. | 
  | 549 |  
|       VII. ia, etc. | 
  | 550 |  
|       VIII. tinha que, etc. | 
  | 551 |  
|       IX. sabia, etc. | 
  | 552 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 554 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
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|       1.  reparar | 
  | 555 |  
|       2.  procurar | 
  | 555 |  
|       3.  perder-se | 
  | 556 |  
|       4.  o dinheiro dá | 
  | 556 |  
|       5.  More Names | 
  |   |  
|           A.  First Names | 
  | 558 |  
|           B.  Family Names | 
  | 558 |  
| Translations | 
  | 559 |  
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| UNIT 24 | 
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| Programming: | 
  | 563 |  
|       I.  Unstressed -el and -il endings | 
  | 563 |  
|       II.  Open O and closed o in certain adjectives | 
  | 573 |  
| Dialog | 
  | 580 |  
| Expansion Exercises: | 
  |   |  
|       1.  acabar + -ndo | 
  | 582 |  
|       2.  precisar | 
  | 582 |  
|       3.  More Family Names | 
  | 583 |  
| Exchanges | 
  | 585 |  
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| UNIT 25 | 
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| REVIEW | 
  |   |  
|       Outline of Review | 
  | 591 |  
|   | 
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| Portuguese-English Vocabulary | 
  | 633 |  
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| Index of Grammatical and Topical Features | 
  | 641 |  
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| Instructor's Guide to the Accompanying Recordings | 
  | 647 |  
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