English Lessons
“I find it really hard to focus on my work in the afternoon.”
At work, you always get sleepy after lunch and don't work very efficiently. You say this when describing the problem to a friend of yours.
“Just keep track of how much you're spending and I'll pay you back.”
You're working on a school project and need to buy some supplies for it. Your partner on the project offers to buy the supplies. You want to pay half of the cost, so you tell him this.
“He would be the state's first openly gay legislator.”
There's an election coming up soon. One of the candidates for your state's congress is gay. This hasn't happened before in your state, so you're talking to a friend about it.
“I've got to hand it to you: you've really stepped up these last few weeks.”
You coach a girls' basketball team. One of the players on the team usually causes problems, so you yell at her a lot. But recently she's been working hard and behaving herself. You compliment her for it.
“I give up. What color is it?”
You are playing a guessing game with your children. They think of a color and you have to guess which color it is. You make 3 guesses but don't get the right answer. You want them to tell you the answer, so you say this.
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