Gossip
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What language can you use when you're gossiping? Pippa and Phil talk about some office gossip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use when we're speculating about something which may or may not be true. Learn about reported speech, and how to use 'may' or 'might' to speculate.
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1. May/Might برای حال یا آینده فرمول: May/Might + فعل ساده (Base Verb) مثال: They may go to the party tonight. 2. May/Might برای گذشته فرمول: May/Might + have + فعل سوم (Past Participle) مثال: She might have finished her work already. 3. گزارش گفتار غیرمستقیم (Reported Speech) فرمول: تغییر زمان فعل به یک زمان به عقب (مثلاً حال ساده → گذشته ساده) مثال: He said he was happy. (حرف مستقیم: "I am happy.") 4. گزارش گفتار مستقیم (Direct Quote) فرمول: نقل عین عبارت بدون تغییر زمان یا ضمیر مثال: She said
gossip شایعه casual chat گپ دوستانه speculate حدس و گمان modal verb افعال معین reported speach نقل قول غیرمستقیم juicy gossip شایعه داغ look forward to مشتاقانه منتظر dying to hear از فضولی دارم میمیرم، مشتاق شنیدن flirtatious عشوه گر chat someone up شروع یک صحبت به قصد جذب (معمولا جذب رمانتیک یا جنسی) chat-up lines, pick-up lines جمله های کلیشه ای آشنا شدن (دختر بازی)