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96SOFbecause pool(s) are good for when you have smaller kids but already .
  becausebecause.CONJ poolspool.N.PL areare.V.123P.PRES goodgood.ADJ forfor.PREP whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES smallersmall.ADJ.COMP kidskid.N.PL butbut.CONJ alreadyalready.ADV .
  
201SOF(be)causeE heE likesE toE goE toE theE KeysSE aE lotE .
  becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S likeslike.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP gogo.V.INFIN toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF Keysname aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG .
  
207SOFyeah because what they do is they build now on them instead of .
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ whatwhat.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P dodo.V.3P.PRES isis.V.3S.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P buildbuild.V.3P.PRES nownow.ADV onon.PREP themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P insteadinstead.ADV ofof.PREP .
  
210SOF+< yes because people are making money selling the property so .
  yesyes.ADV becausebecause.CONJ peoplepeople.N.SG areare.V.123P.PRES makingmake.V.PRESPART moneymoney.N.SG sellingsell.V.PRESPART thethe.DET.DEF propertyproperty.N.SG soso.ADV .
  
270SOFevery yeah because you have to work double so .
  everyevery.ADJ yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP workwork.V.INFIN doubledouble.ADJ soso.ADV .
  
284SOFand I'm the one that pays the insurance because my husband's insurance is much more expensive .
  andand.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES thethe.DET.DEF oneone.PRON.SG thatthat.CONJ payspay.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF insuranceinsurance.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S husband'shusband.N.SG+=POSS insuranceinsurance.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES muchmuch.ADJ moremore.ADV expensiveexpensive.ADJ .
  
286SOFyeah because since I work for xxx you know they have a lot more .
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ sincesince.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S workwork.V.1S.PRES forfor.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P havehave.V.3P.PRES aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG moremore.ADV .
  
312SOFhe was telling me that so many people from the county are gonna lose (.) jobs because of that .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR soso.ADV manymany.ADJ peoplepeople.N.SG fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF countycounty.N.SG areare.V.123P.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP loselose.V.INFIN jobsjob.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
362SOFpero myE friendE boughtE aE B_M_WE andE IE boughtE himE aE xxx becauseE IE haveE anotherE friendE atE workE thatE heE isE likeE ohSE manE heE isE crazyE .
  perobut.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S friendfriend.N.SG boughtbought.V.PAST aa.DET.INDEF B_M_Wname andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S boughtbought.V.PAST himhim.PRON.INDIR.M.3S aa.DET.INDEF becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES anotheranother.ADJ friendfriend.N.SG atat.PREP workwork.N.SG thatthat.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S isis.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ ohoh.IM manman.N.SG hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S isis.V.3S.PRES crazycrazy.ADJ .
  but my friend bought a BMW and I bought him a [...] because I have another friend at work that he is like, oh man he is crazy.
391SOFI haven't moved from there because it's so convenient .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S haven'thave.V.1S.PRES+NEG movedmove.V.PASTPART fromfrom.PREP therethere.ADV becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV convenientconvenient.ADJ .
  
396SOFyou know because with sales you can do a lot you can make a lot more money .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES becausebecause.CONJ withwith.PREP salessale.N.PL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES makemake.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG moremore.ADJ moneymoney.N.SG .
  
419SOFpero mi [//] la [/] la gente que vive aquí en Miami_LakesSE theyE getE veryE upsetE becauseE ofE thatE becauseE theyE sayE que Chili'sSE wasE inE Miami_LakesSE .
  perobut.CONJ mimy.ADJ.POSS.MF.1S.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG gentepeople.N.F.SG quethat.PRON.REL vivelive.V.3S.PRES aquíhere.ADV enin.PREP Miami_Lakesname theythey.PRON.SUB.3P getget.V.3P.PRES veryvery.ADV upsetupset.V.PRESPART becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P saysay.V.3P.PRES quethat.CONJ Chili'sname waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Miami_Lakesname .
  but look, the people who live here in Miami Lakes, they get very upset because of that, because they say that Chili's was in Miami Lakes.
419SOFpero mi [//] la [/] la gente que vive aquí en Miami_LakesSE theyE getE veryE upsetE becauseE ofE thatE becauseE theyE sayE que Chili'sSE wasE inE Miami_LakesSE .
  perobut.CONJ mimy.ADJ.POSS.MF.1S.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG gentepeople.N.F.SG quethat.PRON.REL vivelive.V.3S.PRES aquíhere.ADV enin.PREP Miami_Lakesname theythey.PRON.SUB.3P getget.V.3P.PRES veryvery.ADV upsetupset.V.PRESPART becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P saysay.V.3P.PRES quethat.CONJ Chili'sname waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Miami_Lakesname .
  but look, the people who live here in Miami Lakes, they get very upset because of that, because they say that Chili's was in Miami Lakes.
484SOF(be)cause I keep telling like if you call a credit card you call somebody and you give them an address and you tell them Miami_LakesSE ["] they are like <no madam> ["] and I <okSE HialeahSE> ["] .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S keepkeep.V.1S.PRES tellingtell.V.PRESPART likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP callcall.V.2SP.PRES aa.DET.INDEF creditcredit.N.SG cardcard.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP callcall.V.2SP.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP givegive.V.2SP.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P anan.DET.INDEF addressaddress.N.SG andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP telltell.V.2SP.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P Miami_Lakesname theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES likelike.CONJ nono.ADV madammadam.N.SG andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S okunk Hialeahname .
  
487SOFbecause if not they don't know where to put you know they don't know where to send you the stuff .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ notnot.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P don'tdo.V.3P.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN wherewhere.REL toto.PREP putput.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P don'tdo.V.3P.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN wherewhere.REL toto.PREP sendsend.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thethe.DET.DEF stuffstuff.N.SG .
  
619SOF+< at the same time yeah because it would be atrocious for Miami +...
  atat.PREP thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ timetime.N.SG yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S wouldbe.V.3S.COND bebe.SV.INFIN atrociousatrocious.ADJ forfor.PREP Miaminame .
  
700SOF+< justE [/] likeE theE ladyE thatE [/] thatE chocó a MyriamSE becauseE ella fue la que lo [//] la chocó youE knowE .
  justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV likelike.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF ladylady.N.SG thatthat.CONJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR chocócrash.V.3S.PAST ato.PREP Myriamname becausebecause.CONJ ellashe.PRON.SUB.F.3S fuebe.V.3S.PAST lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG quethat.PRON.REL lothe.DET.DEF.NT.SG laher.PRON.OBJ.F.3S chocócrash.V.3S.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  just like the lady that crashed into Myriam, because she was the one who crashed into her, you know.
733SOFpero parece que itE wasn'tE inE theE systemE yetE becauseE itE hadE justE happenedE .
  perobut.CONJ pareceseem.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S wasn'twas.V.3S.PAST+NEG inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF systemsystem.N.SG yetyet.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S hadhad.V.PAST justjust.ADV happenedhappen.V.PASTPART .
  but it appears that it wasn't in the system yet, because it had just happened.
739SOFbecause that car is no good .
  becausebecause.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR carcar.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES nono.ADV goodgood.ADJ .
  
745SOFbecause of xxx .
  becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP .
  
819SOFbecause I think it's been a while .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+HAVE.V.3S.PAST beenbeen.V.PASTPART aa.DET.INDEF whilewhile.CONJ .
  

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