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<!-- (Audio) Mark: Can I ask you about a few of them? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Can I ask you about BLANK them?

--blanks--

a few of

--feedback--

This three-word phrase means "some, but not all" from a larger group.

--explanation--

A few of means a small number or part of a group. It's used to talk about some items, but not all of them. For example:

I understood most of the terms, but I had questions about a few of them. – This means you only had questions about some specific terms, not all.

--scene--

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