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   Theo Theo: No bases. I'll make the dough from zero.
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   Nadia Nadia: Pizza night! I'll buy the bases.
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   Theo Theo: No bases. I'll make the dough from zero.
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   Nadia Nadia: From zero? You mean with nothing?
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   Theo Theo: With flour! From the... start? Help.
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   Narrator Theo knows what he wants.
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   Narrator He just can't find the phrase.
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   Narrator From scratch tells us where the work begins.
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   Narrator Buy a pizza base, and someone else did the first part.
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    Narrator Make the dough yourself, and you begin at the very first step.
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    Narrator That's from scratch.
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    Narrator So the phrase tells us which stage you do yourself.
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    Narrator A bought base is a shortcut.
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    Narrator Flour, water and yeast are the start.
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    Narrator The word scratch has nothing to do with fingernails.
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    Narrator Here, it just means the very beginning.
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    Narrator It can mean raw ingredients, a blank screen, or zero experience.
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    Narrator Elena designed the flyer from scratch, on a blank screen.
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    Narrator There was no old file to copy.
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    Narrator The page was empty.
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    Narrator You can still use tools, a recipe, or help.
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    Narrator Only the starting point matters.
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    Narrator Before you use it, ask: what ready-made version am I skipping?
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    Nadia Nadia: You bought flour, yeast and olive oil?
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    Theo Theo: Yes. I'm making the dough from scratch.
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    Nadia Nadia: Is a recipe allowed?
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    Theo Theo: Sure. It's still from scratch with a recipe.
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    Narrator Put from scratch after the action, or after the object of the action.
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    Narrator With start or begin, it follows the verb directly.
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    Narrator We had to start from scratch.
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    Narrator With make, build, or design, the object comes first.
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    Narrator A good test: say the verb and the object first, then add from scratch.
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    Narrator He built a website from scratch.
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    Narrator Our club built its sign-up page from scratch.
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    Narrator Learning works the same way.
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    Narrator Here, it means you had no earlier knowledge.
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    Narrator She learned the violin from scratch.
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    Narrator He learned Spanish guitar from scratch.
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    Narrator The verb can change tense, but from scratch never changes.
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    Narrator Made it from scratch. Okay?
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    Narrator She says she made it from scratch.
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    Narrator She used no ready-made base, so she did every step herself.
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    Narrator The speaker isn't showing off.
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    Narrator They just say how it was made.
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    Narrator Your turn.
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    Narrator Listen, then say it out loud.
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    Narrator I'm learning the guitar from scratch.
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    Narrator We're writing the story from scratch.
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    Theo Theo: My dough looks like soup. Can I just add flour?
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    Nadia Nadia: Maybe. Or start from scratch.
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    Theo Theo: No more soup. I'm starting from scratch.
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    Nadia Nadia: Brave man. I'll bring more flour.
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    Narrator Theo's dough was too wet.
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    Narrator Adding flour would save some of the work.
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    Narrator Starting again can keep your notes, an outline, or a draft.
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    Narrator Starting again can keep earlier work.
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    Narrator She changed two rooms in the old plan.
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    Narrator Starting from scratch throws it all away.
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    Narrator She drew a new plan from scratch.
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    Narrator The cloth tore, so the tailor cut a new jacket from scratch.
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    Narrator The old cloth was ruined.
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    Narrator The tailor kept nothing, so it's from scratch.
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    Narrator So ask one question.
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    Narrator Did I keep anything from before?
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    Narrator Don't mix it up with up to scratch.
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    Narrator That one means good enough.
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    Narrator Well, I don't wanna start from scratch later.
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    Narrator He wants to do the work now, so he won't have to begin again with nothing ready later.
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    Narrator That's starting from scratch.
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    Narrator Choose the best answer.
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    Narrator You kept your old notes and changed only the last page.
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    Narrator B.
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    Narrator You kept your earlier notes, so this is starting again.
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    Narrator From scratch means you keep nothing from the old version.
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    Narrator Learners often change this phrase.
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    Narrator Keep both words exactly as they are.
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    Narrator Don't add the or a before scratch.
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    Narrator And don't swap from for another word.
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    Narrator Say it like this: I made it from scratch.
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    Narrator Think of it as one block.
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    Narrator Nothing goes between the two words.
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    Narrator The phrase is not formal or rude.
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    Narrator You can use it at dinner, in a meeting, or in an email.
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    Narrator It doesn't mean the work was hard.
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    Narrator It only says where you began.
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    Narrator In a meeting, she said the handbook was developed from scratch.
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    Narrator In speech, from is short and soft.
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    Narrator Scratch gets the strong stress.
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    Narrator If I may, have you ever considered making the soup from scratch?
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    Narrator She says "from scratch" as two fixed words: making the soup from basic ingredients, with
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    Narrator nothing between "from" and "scratch".
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    Narrator Choose the best answer.
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    Narrator Which person made pizza from scratch?
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    Narrator B.
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    Narrator She started with raw ingredients and no prepared base.
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    Narrator In A, someone else already made the base.
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    Nadia Nadia: This pizza is great! Did you buy the base?
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    Theo Theo: No! I made the dough from scratch.
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    Nadia Nadia: Next time, let's make the sauce from scratch.
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     Theo Theo: Deal. No jars this time.
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     Narrator One more.
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     Narrator A woman built a desk from scratch.
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     Narrator Choose the best answer.
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     Narrator B. From scratch only describes the starting point.
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     Narrator She can still use tools, plans, and help from other people.
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     Narrator Now a dictation.
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     Narrator Listen carefully, then write the whole sentence.
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     Narrator Check your sentence.
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     Narrator Did you keep from scratch as two words, with no a or the?
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     Narrator No prepared base to start with?
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     Narrator Use from scratch.
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     Narrator Put it after the verb, or after the object.
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     Narrator Keep the two words fixed, with no the or a.
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     Narrator Next, practice from scratch with the exercises for this lesson.
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1. السؤال 1

   Which situation is the best example of doing something from scratch?

   A Reheating a packaged meal in a microwave oven for three minutes B Baking bread by measuring your own flour, yeast, salt, and water C Adding fresh cheese to a frozen pizza before putting it in the oven
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