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Band 6+: How often do you see your neighbours? [Why/Why not?]Do you invite your neighbours to your home? [Why/Why not?]?Do you think you are a good neighbour? [Why/Why not?]?Has a neighbour ever helped you? [Why/Why not?]

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I don't think I have a really good relationship with my neighbors because I think they are distant people. That's why I don't see them very much. The types of problems people sometimes have with their neighbors are different nationalities and different languages. I think that's the main reason why some neighbors are distant from each other. Neighbors can help each other in some physical tasks, for example. Thank you.

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I don’t think I have a really good relationship with my neighbors because I think they are distant persons, people. And that’s why I don’t seem very much. And the type of problem sometimes people have with their neighbours are maybe different nationalities, different languages. So I think that’s the main reason why some neighbours are distant from each other. And neighbours can help each other in some physical side quests for example. Thank you.

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neighbors: 4

think: 3

don't: 2

distant: 2

people: 2

that's: 2

different: 2

other: 2

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