Conditionals
I didn't bring an umbrella to work, and it looks like it might rain....
If it rains, I will get wet.
The library is just around the corner _____________?
isn't it?
getting from A to B (usually for work and back)
commute
Something difficult, requiring a lot of effort...
Hard slog
Plan: I/go/Hamburg/next week
I love to imagine myself winning the lottery...But what would I do? (Buy a big house)
If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
Where's Bob? He hasn't left already______?
has he?
people who work for themselves work...
freelance
manage to keep going until the end...
Plan/intention: I/go/to NYC/ in the spring.
Look, here's my plane ticket!
I'm going to go to NYC....
Thank goodness it's lunchtime, I'm so hungry! But I didn't eat breakfast!!!
If I had eaten breakfast I wouldn’t not have been so hungry by lunchtime!
Jenni eats cheese.....
doesn't she?
someone who grew up using technology such as the internet and smart phones...
digital native
The end of something big and important...
The finishing line
An arrangement: Sally/meet/her sister/for lunch
Sally is meeting her sister for lunch.
When I think back to how I didn't study enough, it makes me feel sad.
(regret)
If only I had studied harder/I wish I had studied harder
I said that already...
didn't I?
someone who started using technology like the internet and smartphones later in life...
digital immigrant
start, or assume something too soon...
jump the gun
Look, I have a spare ticket!
Are you going to come NYC with me?
I love my job as an computer scientist. But, my dream job as a kid was to be an astronaut.
(wish)
I wish I were an astronaut.
Bonus: Use a Canadian question tag for the following:
It sure is windy out there today______?
eh?
when someone does not speak clearly, perhaps not opening their mouths enough, or by moving their mouths too little
mumble
give up...
throw in the towel
Question: We/meet/the professor after class?
Bob: Yes, in his office.
Are we meeting the professor after class?