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Greetings 1
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Greetings 2
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10 words/phrases to learn
Useful Phrases 1
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12 words/phrases to learn

Most popular Portuguese (EU) Lessons for this topic

Greetings 1

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11 words/phrases

Greetings 2

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10 words/phrases

Useful Phrases 1

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12 words/phrases

Feelings

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13 words/phrases

Telling the Time 1

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15 words/phrases

Telling the Time 2

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12 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 1

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10 words/phrases

Colours

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16 words/phrases

Useful Phrases 2

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19 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 2

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10 words/phrases

Time & Durations 2

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22 words/phrases

Clothes 2

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14 words/phrases

At Home 1

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16 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 3

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10 words/phrases

Months & Dates

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16 words/phrases

Furniture Vocab

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19 words/phrases

Objects

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16 words/phrases

Thousands & Years

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5 words/phrases

Going to the Restaurant

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8 words/phrases

Friends Playing Cards

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3 words/phrases

Helping a Friend 1

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6 words/phrases

Asking for the Remote

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9 words/phrases

What Am I?

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4 words/phrases

Receiving a Package

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7 words/phrases

Dinner is Ready

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10 words/phrases

Watching a Movie

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10 words/phrases

Visiting a Friend's House

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4 words/phrases

A Girl Sent Me a Text

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8 words/phrases

I Like Your House

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10 words/phrases

Talking About New Relationships

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6 words/phrases

Asking for Water

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9 words/phrases

Going to an Interview

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7 words/phrases

Things That You are

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4 words/phrases

Telling My Boss I'm Sick

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9 words/phrases

Which Languages We Speak

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9 words/phrases

Asking 'What Happened?'

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7 words/phrases

Offering Help 1

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5 words/phrases

Waiting for a Package

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7 words/phrases

Taking a Selfie

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6 words/phrases

Booking a Table for Dinner 1

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8 words/phrases

Helping a Friend 2

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6 words/phrases

Flirting With a Portuguese

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8 words/phrases

Not Going to Work Today

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8 words/phrases

Noisy Neighbors

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6 words/phrases

Booking a Table for Dinner 2

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12 words/phrases

Ordering at a Restaurant 4

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13 words/phrases

Excuses Not To Set the Table

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8 words/phrases

Offering Help 2

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6 words/phrases

Catching Up With a Friend

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9 words/phrases

Asking For Permission

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8 words/phrases

Entering a Restaurant

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6 words/phrases

Asking for a Table

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8 words/phrases

What to Eat for Snack

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9 words/phrases

Deciding What to Eat

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8 words/phrases

I Don't Like Bread

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7 words/phrases

I Like Orange Juice

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10 words/phrases

My Lucky Number

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6 words/phrases

3 Food Expressions - Part 2

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36 words/phrases

Different Sounds for 'O'

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18 words/phrases

Masculine & Feminine Forms

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24 words/phrases

3 Common Wrong Expressions

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36 words/phrases

3 Ways to Use 'Espera'

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21 words/phrases

3 Food Expressions - Part 1

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34 words/phrases

Don't Use the Word 'Sim'!

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28 words/phrases

Don't Use the Verb 'Tomar'!

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31 words/phrases

How to Say 'I Don't Care'

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17 words/phrases

How to Pronounce 'S'

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27 words/phrases

Don't Use the Word 'Por'!

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14 words/phrases

The Children

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6 words/phrases

Wi-Fi Password

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19 words/phrases

The Syllables 'Ge' and 'Gi'

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36 words/phrases

Portuguese Proverbs By Seleção

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64 words/phrases

Introduction to Portuguese

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99 words/phrases

Grammar Doubt in Portuguese

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22 words/phrases

Writing the Names of Months

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22 words/phrases

Some Portuguese Sayings

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30 words/phrases

A Table for 2 Please

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10 words/phrases

Ordering a Coffee

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7 words/phrases

What's Your Friend's Name?

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8 words/phrases

By Train or by Car?

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16 words/phrases

I'm Just Tired

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17 words/phrases

You Speak Portuguese Very Well

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5 words/phrases

What Are You Doing Sunday? 2

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10 words/phrases

Ordering at the Restaurant

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20 words/phrases

Congratulations!

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6 words/phrases

Quick Encounter

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9 words/phrases

Early Wake Up

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8 words/phrases

Simple Greetings

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5 words/phrases

I'm Annoyed

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16 words/phrases

Is Everything OK?

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5 words/phrases

By Foot or by Car?

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15 words/phrases

Couple Saying Good Night

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3 words/phrases

Happy Birthday!

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6 words/phrases

What Time Is It?

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14 words/phrases

We All Need a Good Vacation

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8 words/phrases

Morning Habits

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9 words/phrases

Learning Portuguese

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9 words/phrases

Merry Christmas Everyone

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27 words/phrases

White Night

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55 words/phrases

Real Christmas

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59 words/phrases

Hi!

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1 words/phrases

Small Talk at Work

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2 words/phrases

So-so

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3 words/phrases

What Time of Day Is It?

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2 words/phrases

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