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126KEVahSE myE ideaE originallyE wasE justE toE leaveE theE tubE .
  ahah.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S ideaidea.N.SG originallyoriginal.ADJ+ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADV toto.PREP leaveleave.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF tubtub.N.SG .
  
147SOFy aquí antes wasE halfE wayE .
  yand.CONJ aquíhere.ADV antesbefore.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST halfhalf.N.SG wayway.N.SG .
  and here before it was half-way.
217KEVso you know it was a good deal .
  soso.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF goodgood.ADJ dealdeal.N.SG .
  
221KEVAmerican_Outdoors was a beautiful place .
  American_Outdoorsname waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF beautifulbeautiful.ADJ placeplace.N.SG .
  
234KEVy: thatE wasE herE companionE .
  yand.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S companioncompanion.N.SG .
  and that was her companion.
309SOFbut <my brother> [/] my brother was telling me that [/] that [/] that law that came about with the homestead exemption .
  butbut.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S brotherbrother.N.SG mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S brotherbrother.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.DEM.FAR lawlaw.N.SG thatthat.CONJ camecame.AV.PAST aboutabout.PREP withwith.PREP thethe.DET.DEF homesteadhomestead.N.SG exemptionexemption.N.SG .
  
311SOFthat he was saying that (.) you know that it's not worth it .
  thatthat.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST sayingsay.V.PRESPART thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES thatthat.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV worthworth.ADJ itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
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 .
  
324KEVthat was five years ago .
  thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST fivefive.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV .
  
326KEVso where is all that extra money that they made when the [/] when the boom was going on ?
  soso.ADV wherewhere.ADV isis.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ thatthat.DEM.FAR extraextra.ADJ moneymoney.N.SG thatthat.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P mademade.V.PAST whenwhen.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF whenwhen.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF boomboom.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST goinggo.V.PRESPART onon.PREP ?
  
328KEVit was misspent .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST misspentmisspent.V.PASTPART .
  
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.
435KEVtheE subdivisionE wasE Miami_LakesSE pero itE wasE unincorporatedE Dade_CountySE .
  thethe.DET.DEF subdivisionsubdivision.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST Miami_Lakesname perobut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST unincorporatedunincorporate.V.PASTPART Dade_Countyname .
  
435KEVtheE subdivisionE wasE Miami_LakesSE pero itE wasE unincorporatedE Dade_CountySE .
  thethe.DET.DEF subdivisionsubdivision.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST Miami_Lakesname perobut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST unincorporatedunincorporate.V.PASTPART Dade_Countyname .
  
717SOFno no itE wasE aE carE .
  nonot.ADV nonot.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF carcar.N.SG .
  
729SOFyes but what happened was my [/] my husband being such a small person wanted to buy her a car a used car didn't want her to have a new car like I told him .
  yesyes.ADV butbut.CONJ whatwhat.REL happenedhappen.V.PAST waswas.V.3S.PAST mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S husbandhusband.N.SG beingbe.V.PRESPART suchsuch.ADJ aa.DET.INDEF smallsmall.ADJ personperson.N.SG wantedwant.V.PAST toto.PREP buybuy.V.INFIN herher.PRON.INDIR.F.3S aa.DET.INDEF carcar.N.SG aa.DET.INDEF useduse.V.PASTPART carcar.N.SG didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG wantwant.SV.INFIN herher.PRON.OBJ.F.3S toto.PREP havehave.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF newnew.ADJ carcar.N.SG likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  

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