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<!-- (Audio) Lisa: Do you think they can fix their money problems? --> <!-- SPEAKING -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

Tom is not sure. What should he reply?

--answers--

Yes, they definitely can.

--audio-id--

EN65ad2438

--feedback--

This response assumes certainty, but the situation is uncertain, as Lisa's question suggests.


Maybe, but it's hard to know.

--audio-id--

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--video-solution--

2

--explanation--

Maybe means possibly or there's a chance. It's used to express uncertainty or lack of full confidence.

Hard to know means it's difficult to determine or make a judgment due to lack of information or clarity.

Maybe, but it's hard to know, combines these ideas to indicate that fixing money problems is possible, but the outcome is uncertain.

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