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10 Things You'll Hear on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
source: To Fluency 2017年11月23日
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HERE ARE THE PHRASES:
How long will this take?
We’re using the verb take to talk about duration.
- it takes me ten minutes to get to work.
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I left the turkey in too long
Another example: I left my keys in the car
Learn more phrases verbs here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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What are you thankful for?
This is similar to asking: what are you grateful for? This is a big part of Thanksgiving - to give thanks.
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Could you pass me the gravy, please?
This is how you ask someone for something. You can also use can.
(Do you love gravy too?)
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Have you seen the line at…?
In British English, you would say: have you seen the queue at…?
This is used to express shock at something. Here are more examples:
- have you seen the size of that guy?
- have you seen how happy she looks?
Here are some more differences between British and American English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rtbv...
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I just got a deal on…
This means that you got something for a great price.
Watch this to learn the difference that I mentioned in the lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4VA...
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I shouldn’t have bought that
We use ‘shouldn’t have’ to talk about regrets in the past.
Here is a lesson on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcuh...
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I’m doing all my shopping online this year.
To do your shopping online means that you buy things online.
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What are you buying now?
by adding now - it suggests that she’s been buying a lot of things