English Lessons
“How does it go?”
Your friend asks whether you know a certain song. You don't recognize the name, so you want her to sing or hum a little bit of it.
“Thanks! I don't know if that's necessarily true, but it's nice of you to say.”
You're speaking to someone at a party and you tell him how long you've been studying English. He says that you speak it really well considering the amount of time you've studied. You want to thank him for the compliment while seeming modest.
“There's a few in the area, but they don't have that wide of a selection.”
You live in a city in a foreign country. You've found a few markets that sell food from your home country, but they're not very good. You're explaining what's wrong with them to a friend who doesn't know about these stores.
“All done?”
You were eating lunch with your son. He seems to be finished eating. You want to ask if he's finished so you can clean up.
“That was passed down to me by my grandfather.”
You have an antique gun that used to belong to your grandfather. You have visitors from your church over at your house, and someone is looking at the gun. You explain where it came from.
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