Talking About Thanksgiving ...

source: To Fluency     2016年11月15日
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☆ We're hoping she's going to be quiet - notice that I use 'hope' in the continuous? Learn more about 'hope' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx3k...
☆ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Learn more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27...
☆ That's what it boils down to - this is a great phrase to mean "the main reason for something."
☆ Put on a parade - to organize a parade (phrasal verb)
☆ It's a pretty big milestone - a significant event
☆ I did not grow up eating that - learn about grow up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkUH...
☆ Potluck - a party where everyone brings a dish. For Thanksgiving, people are assigned a certain dish
☆ To go back for seconds - to get another plate of food after eating your first
☆ It has a special place in everyone's heart - This means that's it's emotionally important. Learn more here: http://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/some...
☆ Black Friday has become a huge thing now - this means that Black Friday is important and widespread
☆ I'm a person who leaves it to the last minute - I wait until near the deadline to do something. I use this phrase here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYNH...
☆ I didn't take those days off - I worked those days
☆ It's going to be very difficult to travel with two children - I'm sure you know what this means!