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Taking the train

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Vocabularyでも: three everyday jobs of one small wordUse でも to contrast a new sentence, mark a noun as an acceptable or surprising case, and make a light suggestion such as tea or something.
Vocabularyお待(ま)ち遠(どお)さま presents what someone has been waiting forUse お待(ま)ち遠(どお)さま for an awaited handoff, choose お待(ま)たせしました when delay or apology is central, and recognize the どお and どう spellings.
Vocabularyでは has two everyday jobs, and じゃあ changes the toneFollow one community cooking class to separate attached では from sentence-opening では, then choose the natural casual forms じゃ and じゃあ.