Animal phrases
I can’t waste my time! I want to start acting!
I can’t waste my time! I want to take the bull by the horns!
I really like when my boyfriend gets me flowers. (LOVE)
I really love it when my BF gets me flowers.
People say she’s the best actress in the world!
She is said to be the best actress in the world!
He kidnapped a little girl. He was shoot by an FBI agent.
If he hadn’t kidnapped a little girl, he wouldn’t have been shoot by an FBI agent.
Oh my! It’s ten o’clock and I was supposed to wake up at seven!
OVERSLEPT
He is an accountant, very different from everyone in his family of lawyers.
He is a black sheep in his family of lawyers.
Can you please stop playing your music so loudly? I’d be really thankful. (APPRECIATE)
I’d appreciate it if you stopped playing your music so loudly.
People estimated that he paid £ 30k million for this surgery.
He is estimated to have paid £ 30k million for this surgery.
The virus emerged in China. We are all in the lockdown.
If the virus hadn’t emerged in China, we all wouldn’t be in the lockdown now.
You informed me incorrectly.
MISINFORMATION
I swear, that’s true!The FBI agent told that to me himself!
I swear, that’s true! I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth!
Oh, you brought me a coffee! It’s so sweet! (LIKE)
I like it that you’ve brought me the coffee!
They report that the scientists are developing the vaccine at the moment.
The scientists are reported to be developing the vaccine at the moment.
You will have any questions. Please call ne, don’t hesitate. (formal)
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
When I do my homework I prefer chatting with my friends, watching TV show, drinking tea and arguing with my sister.
MULTITASKING
When my Mom tells me off, I am never worried because of it, I just ignore her.
When my Mom tells me off, it all is like water off a duck’s back
You call me Seňorita and I find that amazing! ©
I like it when you call me Seňorita ©
SING IT AND GET X2
They consider that we have made all this mess together.
We are considered to have made all this mess together.
I could cook steak for your party last week. But I’m a vegetarian.
I would have cooked steak for your party last week unless I were a vegetarian.
Say She sell seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are the seashells I’m sure
:)
When he bought a plant in a pot for his Grandma, he was hoping to combine a long-lasting present with flowers
When he bought a plant in a pot for his Grandma, he was hoping to kill two birds with one stone.
Why are you looking at me? That’s strange! (FIND)
I find it really strange when you look at me this way.
They all say that your progress has been growing rapidly
Your progress is said to have been growing rapidly.
Sing a song!
Well done!
People usually don’t understand importance of washing hands.
UNDERESTIMATE