English Lessons
“I have only a vague understanding of Korean politics.”
You're having a meal with your boss and some other coworkers and someone mentions some news about North Korea. You don't know much about North Korea. You say this to admit your ignorance without sounding dumb.
“Is that widely used?”
An English-speaking colleague taught you a new phrase that you'd never heard before. You want to know if it's a common phrase for people to use, so you ask this.
“You want to meet up after class and go over it?”
You're a college student. You're talking with some classmates who you've spoken to before, about a difficult homework assignment. You've all started working on it, but you're not sure if you're doing it correctly. You want to review the assignment...
“Do you get what I'm trying to get across?”
You're reviewing a difficult writing assignment with a group of classmates. You asked a classmate to read your essay. Now she has finished reading it, and you want to ask her whether she understood it. You say this.
“It's super important that I get this internship.”
You're a university student, and your major is landscape architecture. You're trying to get a summer internship. You're talking to a friend about it, and you say this to tell him how important it is.
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