Takeaways 3

Question 1

I defend my rights

Answer 1

I stand UP for my rights

I stand UP for myself

Question 2

What would you do if you heard people attacking your son?

Answer 2

I would stand UP for him.

Question 3

I wasn’t in the mood to do anything.

Answer 3

I didn’t feel like doing anything.

Question 4

I continued saying…

Answer 4

I kept saying…

Question 5

I continued demanding to talk to her boss.

Answer 5

I kept demanding to talk to her boss.

Question 6

It is not easy to get him to have dinner with me on a regular basis. (with “hard time”)

Answer 6

I have a hard time getting him to have dinner with me on a regular basis.

Question 7

It’s hard for her to fall asleep at night.

(with “hard time”)

Answer 7

She has a hard time falling ASLEEP at night.

Question 8

It’s hard for her to fall asleep at night.

(with “trouble”)

Answer 8

She has trouble falling ASLEEP at night.

Question 9

This is a story about ___ ___ ____ I went to Kroger by myself. (occasion #1)

Answer 9

This is a story about the first time I went to Kroger by myself.

Question 10

I had a big ____ once with “O”

Answer 10

I had a big problem once with “O”

Question 11

I woke up again and again.

Answer 11

I kept waking UP.

Question 12

Everything was ok in the end.

Answer 12

Everything turned out oK.

Question 13

How did your cake look and taste when you were finished with it? (I know it was a new recipe for you.)

Answer 13

How did your CAKE turn out?

Question 14

After much research and thought, I chose a business in the home health care industry.

I ______ _______ choosing a business in the home health care industry.

Answer 14

I ended up choosing a business in the home health care industry.

Question 15

He wasn’t sure what to study, but he _____ _____ going to LAW school.

Answer 15

He ended up going to LAW school.

Question 16

Even ___ I read it, I wouldn’t understand it.

Answer 16

Even if I read it, I wouldn’t understand it.

Question 17

I don’t let people mistreat me.

I ___ ____ ____ ___.

Answer 17

I stand UP for myself.

Question 18

My sister _____ me that Molly thinks of me as her mother.

Answer 18

My sister tells me that Molly thinks of me as her mother.

Question 19

Now I can’t hear on the car speakers and I also can’t hear on my phone.

Answer 19

Now I can’t hear on the car speakers OR my phone.

Question 20

My sister ____ me, Molly is so smart.

Answer 20

My sister tells me, Molly is so smart.

Question 21

I don’t want to oversleep, so I ______ my ______.

Answer 21

I set my alarm.

Question 22

The alarm sounds in the morning. In other words, the alarm ____ ____ in the morning.

Answer 22

The alarm goes off in the morning.

Question 23

“Illegal aliens” are now called…

Answer 23

undocumented immigrants

Question 24

I had to search for the word in the dictionary.

I had to ___ it ___.

Answer 24

I had to look it up.

Question 25

In the beginning I was happy…but later I realized the app was not very helpful.

Answer 25

At first I was happy.

Question 26

At first I was happy, but then later on it ___ ___ ___ ___ be organized the way I want.

Answer 26

At first I was happy, but then later on it turned out not to be organized the way I want.

Question 27

GENERALIZING ABOUT MEN:

_______ men don’t feel completely comfortable showing their emotions.

Answer 27

Most men don’t feel completlly comfortable showing their emotions.

Question 28

GENERALIZING ABOUT KOREANS:

_____ Koreans don’t promote themselves in such a strong way.

Answer 28

Most Koreans don’t promote themselves in such a strong way.

Question 29

They ___ respect women ___ ____.

(In other words, they do not have a lot of respect for women.)

Answer 29

They don’t respect women very much.

Question 30

With Asians, I can read their faces.

With Americans, I ____ _____ ____ time ____ their faces.

Answer 30

With Asians, I can read their faces.

With Americans, I have a hard time reading their faces.

Question 31

What time do they open? 9:00.

In other words, they………

Answer 31

They open at 9:00.

Question 32

pronounce “specific”

Answer 32

Specific

Spə ci fic

Spuh ci fic

terrific

scientific

Question 33

James wakes up easily. He is a _____ sleeper.

Answer 33

He is a light sleeper.

Question 34

Don’t act like you are the patient’s boss.

Don’t ___ ___ ____ orders.

Answer 34

Don’t give the patient orders.

Question 35

She continued working.

She ____ _____.

Answer 35

She kept working.

Question 36

I had fever and _____

Clue: starts with “c”

Answer 36

I had fever and chills

Question 37

I had ____ and body aches.

Answer 37

I had chills and BODY aches.

Question 38

I want to spent _____ with God.

Answer 38

I want to spent eternity with God.

Question 39

God gave you _____ life.

Answer 39

God gave you eternal life.

Question 40

He’s not alive. He’s _____.

Answer 40

He’s dead.

Question 41

He did not survive. He _____.

Answer 41

He died.

Question 42

I found two birds.

One was alive, but one was already ____.

Answer 42

One was alive, but one was already dead.

Question 43

What are two things you can say to a person who has lost a family member?

Answer 43

I’m sorry for your loss.

My (deepest) condolences.

Question 44

What is a nicer way to say “He is dead”?

He is no longer ___ ___.

Answer 44

He is no longer WITH us.

Question 45

What is something people say about the person who has died?

Answer 45

RIP

(Rest in Peace)

Question 46

Employees come and go quickly at this company.

This company has high _______.

Answer 46

This company has high TURNover.

Question 47

I tend to keep my employees for a long time.

My company has low ______.

Answer 47

My company has low TURNover.

Question 48

He got there at 3:05

(How do you say this?)

Answer 48

He GOT there at three oh FIVE

Question 49

I try to be at meetings 20 minutes _____.

Answer 49

I try to be at meetings 20 minutes early.

Question 50

Say “elevator”

Answer 50

E le va tor