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2LUKcan you do me a favor ?
  cancan.V.123SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP dodo.V.2SP.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aa.DET.INDEF favorfavor.N.SG ?
  
126LUK+< I can do it .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES dodo.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
127LUKI can do it with this ones too .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES dodo.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S withwith.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG onesone.PRON.PL tootoo.ADV .
  
132CLAhow the hell can you move it from one receiver to the other ?
  howhow.ADV thethe.DET.DEF hellhell.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP movemove.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S fromfrom.PREP oneone.PRON.SG receiverreceiver.N.SG toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ ?
  
137LUK(be)cause I can plug in whatever I want to it .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES plugplug.N.SG inin.PREP whateverwhatever.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S wantwant.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
181LUKokSE you can &lo [/] log me out .
  okunk youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES loglog.N.SG meme.PRON.OBJ.1S outout.ADV .
  
240CLAshe said that we can have more than a hundred guests .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES havehave.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF hundredhundred.NUM guestsguest.N.PL .
  
249CLAand the kids can sit on their parents laps .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF kidskid.N.PL cancan.V.123SP.PRES sitsit.V.INFIN onon.PREP theirtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P parentsparent.N.PL lapslap.N.PL .
  
265CLA+< <she said that> [/] she said that you can get the fifteen or more group discount .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES getget.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF fifteenfifteen.NUM oror.CONJ moremore.ADJ groupgroup.N.SG discountdiscount.N.SG .
  
276CLAno no no I mean if they wanna walk around they can go on their own .
  nono.ADV nono.ADV nono.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P wannawant.V.3P.PRES+TO.PREP walkwalk.V.INFIN aroundaround.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cancan.V.123SP.PRES gogo.V.INFIN onon.PREP theirtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P ownown.PRON .
  
468LUKyeah but [/] but you can train him for hunting and be nice to people .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES traintrain.V.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S forfor.PREP huntinghunt.V.PRESPART andand.CONJ bebe.V.INFIN nicenice.ADJ toto.PREP peoplepeople.N.SG .
  
610CLAif they can do (..) the gazebo .
  ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF gazebogazebo.N.SG .
  
642CLAso you can do the sparkler thing .
  soso.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF sparklersparkler.N.SG thingthing.N.SG .
  
643LUK+< can we throw rice &=laugh ?
  cancan.V.123SP.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P throwthrow.V.1P.PRES ricerice.N.SG ?
  
654LUK+< okSE so we can have drugs then !
  okunk soso.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES havehave.V.INFIN drugsdrug.N.PL thenthen.ADV !
  
662LUKno babe for that we can just [/] just you and me .
  nono.ADV babebabe.N.SG forfor.PREP thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP andand.CONJ meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
671CLA+< yeah but we can kill two birds with one stone .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES killkill.V.INFIN twotwo.NUM birdsbird.N.PL withwith.PREP oneone.PRON.SG stonestone.N.SG .
  
734CLAI [/] <I ha(ve)> [/] I have to email them about the reception if we can meet them in the garden area in front .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP emailunk themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF receptionreception.N.SG ifif.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES meetmeet.V.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF gardengarden.N.SG areaarea.N.SG inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG .
  
920LUKand you can put the actual program on it .
  andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES putput.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF actualactual.ADJ programprogram.N.SG onon.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
925LUKcan you have it &=noise ?
  cancan.V.123SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S ?
  
928CLA+< this I can get like +...
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES getget.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ .
  
952CLAor we can do programs printed out and rolled up into little (.) thingies .
  oror.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN programsprogram.N.PL printedprint.V.PAST outout.ADV andand.CONJ rolledroll.V.INFIN+AV upup.ADV intointo.PREP littlelittle.ADJ thingiesunk .
  
988CLAand yet my mom can do more than your mom can do .
  andand.CONJ yetyet.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN .
  
988CLAand yet my mom can do more than your mom can do .
  andand.CONJ yetyet.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN .
  
1027CLAwe can go take a tour of the house .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES gogo.V.INFIN taketake.SV.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF tourtour.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF househouse.N.SG .
  

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