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Less than two weeks before the Premier League kicks off and this week a Liverpool fan looks ahead to what might happen for his team. Does he think that Liverpool can go one better than last season and win the Premier League and is he impressed with Liverpool's business in the transfer market?

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The new season has nearly started and languagecaster.com has asked some fans what they think about their teams chances in the next year of football. We kick off this series of posts with Dave, a Manchester City supporter reflecting on the new money at his club and the possibility of breaking into the top four in the Premier League.

This week's main report looks at one of the countries that has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup Paraguay. The transcript of the report is below.

Try our online listening quiz. Listen to the report here

Transcript

Bigger than Japan but smaller than Spain, a population slightly larger than Denmark, but smaller than Hong Kong, and looking forward to their eighth appearance in the World Cup Finals, more than Portugal but fewer than Hungary which country am I talking about?

Try languagecaster's online crossword puzzle.

Before you do listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly (you can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for Football).

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Try languagecaster's online crossword puzzle.

Before you try the puzzle, listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

You can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for Football).

Try languagecaster's online crossword puzzle.

• Before you try the puzzle, listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
• You can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for Football).

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In September, Europe gets back to World cup qualifiers. This post takes a look at the top ten teams in Europe (FIFA ranking). As you read the post, look at the names of countries and the nationality adjectives.

The World Cup qualifiers have finished and we interview two English fans, Simon and Tim, and ask them for their World Cup predictions.

Listen to the report here You can also try our online listening quiz: Click here to listen to the report and answer listening comprehension questions.

Before you listen, check that you understand these words:

dark horse: outsider, not favourite, but may have a chance, may surprise

unusual: not usual, strange, not expected

something missing: not complete, not perfect, can't be relied on

to fancy: to expect to do well

fancied team: a team people expect to do well

form: recent history of results, good form = winning a lot of recent games

a quote: famous words, well known words