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<!-- (audio) Alice: Hey, Brian. I wanted to talk about the upcoming technical training session. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Hey, Brian. I BLANK to talk about the upcoming technical training session.

--blanks--

wanted

--feedback--

This is the past tense of want, indicating that Alice had a desire to talk about it earlier.

--explanation--

Want expresses a desire to do something. In the past, you say wanted to show that the desire existed at an earlier time. It is followed by the infinitive of a verb (with to). For example:

  • She wants to install the new software. - She wishes to set up or add the new software to the system.

  • They wanted to upgrade their system last week. - In the past, they planned to upgrade.

--scene--

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        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_17-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 0,
      "finishTimestamp": 3.46
    }
  },
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    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
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    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Hey, Brian. I wanted to talk about the upcoming technical training session.",
        "align": "center"
      }
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