Chit chat Flashcards
My husband passed away.
It’s more common in English to hear “pass away” than “die” in English.
If you want, can say, “My husband died” /daid/
I had surgery and had to stay in bed for 3 months.
surgery -sur·jr·ee
I slipped in Phoenix Park
I slipped - /ai slipt/
I arrived in March.
I arrived in March. /Ai a.raivd in Martch/
His English is a little broken.
It’s easy to understand his English.
His - a man’s possession
*Your is only used for you!*
I’m going to break up with him and move to Dublin.
We break up with a person.
I have lots of acquaintances.
acquaintance: a person that you know but do not know well and is not exactly a friend
acquaintances: /ã·kwein·tân·sez/
I have a few great friends.
We don’t say big friends in English
Big = large
Ryanair is great for visiting other countries.
We visit new places
We can also say: get to know
I was a teacher and a coordinator of pedagogy.
pedagogy = peh·dã·go·dji
Sometimes, I get stuck and can’t remember words.
Don’t worry, the more you speak, the better you will be.
Reading is easier for me.
Reading = noun
When I have a nightmare, I think about it all day afterwards.
A nightmare is a bad dream.
We laughed a lot that day.
laughed - laafd
We laughed a lot that day.
He dropped the spoon on the floor.
He dropped the spoon on the floor.
dropped /dropt/
We jumped up and down with excitement.
We jumped up and down with excitement.
jumped - /jãmpt/
excitement - /ik.sait.ment/
The loud noise startled me.
The loud noise startled me.
startled = surprised and a little scared
startled - /star.tld/
I was afraid of Marcela the cow because she was aggressive.
Aggressive = behaving in an angry and violent way.
When I was a child, I would play a game called “queimada”.
Would can used to talk about things in the past that happened often or always.
