DRP & Common Phrases With NERY

🗣️ New co-worker at the office A: Hi. Sam. B: Michael. Good to meet you! A: Did you just arrive here? B: Yeah, We arrived last week. A: How do you like it? B: It’s exciting! It’s much busier than the last city we lived in. I was working in Seattle for the last 3 years. A: It really is very busy. I moved here from Tokyo 5 years ago and I still have trouble sometimes. Did you move here with your wife? B: Actually, I’m not married. I moved here with my dog, Charles. We are very close. A: Oh. I see. B: What about you? A: Yes, I am married and I have two children. B: How old are they? A: 6 and 8 years old B: Oh, great. That age is a lot of fun. A: But it is exhausting. B: I understand. My brother has kids the same age. Every time we visit he falls asleep on the sofa. A. Must be nice. We don’t have time for sleep, we have to drink a lot of coffee. ( laughter) ====================================== 📌exhausting: something makes you very tired. Ex: Working on a farm is exhausting, you have to exercise all day. Ex: Speaking English all day can be exhausting. 📌fall+ asleep: the beginning of sleep. Ex: He was in bed and falling asleep when the phone rang. 📌very close: to have a close relationship with a friend or family member. Ex: You can be very close to your sister or your classmates. 📌have+ trouble: informal way to speak about having problems. Ex: I have trouble with my knee sometimes. She has trouble hearing because she is very old.

🗣️ Holidays A: So what are you doing during the holidays? Any plans? B: Yes! Actually I’m going on vacation. I’m going to Thailand for 2 weeks with my parents. A: That’s great! Have you visited Thailand before? B: I’ve been there a few times. But it will be the first time for my parents. A: Ooh. How do they feel? I remember taking my parents with me to Mexico. It was a little stressful. Parents are not easy to travel with sometimes. B: My dad is a nervous traveler but my mom is easy going. As long as they have Google translate and Google maps, they will be okay. We aren’t doing anything too crazy – Just relaxing on the beach for a week and then a few days visiting different cities. A: That’s great. My parents aren’t so brave. They get nervous leaving the house. How are the beaches? B: Beautiful. There are a lot more tourists than before but still breathtaking. A: I can imagine. B: The secret is to travel to the smaller towns. Most tourists don’t want to explore. If you drive an hour or two hours outside the big cities, it’s very quiet. A: How about the food? B: Spicy! I’m a little worried my parents won’t be able to eat the food. They both love seafood but they don’t really like chilies. Thai people love chilies on everything. . .  So what about you? What’s your plan? A: I think I will take it easy. We spent way too much money on our last vacation. So this time we will have a staycation. We will stay at home and do nothing. B: Those are nice. A: Yeah, probably we’ll go to some new restaurants and watch a few movies. Nothing special. B: Great! Well have a good holiday. A: You too. Good luck! ================================ 📌 nothing special – informal way to say no plans  Ex: What you doing? Nothing special, just watching tv at home. 📌 staycation – a vacation where you stay at your home. Ex: This year we are having a staycation. 📌 stressful – something makes you feel stress Ex: Work is stressful. 📌 can+ imagine – often used to show you agree  Ex: A. The food there is amazing. B. I can imagine  Ex: A. Beijing is very busy. B. I can imagine! There are so many people there. 📌 breathtaking – to take your breath away; used to describe something amazing or beautiful. Ex: The view from the top of the mountain is beautiful. 📌 get+nervous – to feel nervous in a situation, we often use these too words together. Ex: He gets nervous when he gives presentations, but, he is usually very calm. 📌easy going – relaxed and calm, the opposite of nervous or tense  Ex: He is very easy-going, I’ve never seen him get worried about anything.

🗣️ Pets A.Oh hello. Is this your dog? B.Yes, this is Rex. A.Hello Rex. What a cute dog. What type of dog is he? B.He’s a pug. A.Oh. I should have guessed. He looks quite well-behaved. B.Actually, he never listens to me. If he wasn’t on the leash, I’m sure he would run away. A.Well. He seems friendly anyways. How long have you had him? B.We got him when he was a puppy. So maybe four years ago. Pugs are quite small. They are a good size for the city. A.Aww. That’s great. I’d love to get a dog. We have a cat, but, if I could I would give it away. B.Oh. Why’s that? Don’t like cats? A.It’s not that I don’t like cats. But I don’t like my cat. It is so aggressive. It always tries to bite me or attack me when I’m sleeping. Maybe it is part-Tiger… B.I understand. A.Well. Enjoy your day!  Bye Rex. B. You as well. Goodbye. ============================ 📌 part –   often used to describe genes or family history. Ex: A dog can be part- wolf. A person can be part Chinese, part- European. 📌 leash – something used to hold onto an animal. Ex: Many cities require dogs to wear leashes. 📌 should have guessed – informal expression – used when something is very obvious. Ex: He is going to be late again. Oh. I should have guessed.  Ex: They cancelled their plans again. Should have guessed. 📌 well-behaved – good behaviour- Ex: Their son is very well-behaved. Ex: The puppy is very well-behaved, he always listens to us. 📌 attack – to try to hurt  Ex: At the park, one dog attacked another dog. Ex: The man was attacked on the street by someone and he was hurt. 📌 bite – using teeth  Ex: The dog bit the little boy. He bit the hamburger. 📌 aggressive – to act violently or dangerously.  Ex: Sometimes dogs are very aggressive. They often attack other dogs or people. 📌 good size – a large size  Ex: The pizza was a good size. I didn’t think we could eat all of it. 📌 puppy – a baby dog  Ex: Their little puppy was very cute.

🗣️ Going to the movies A: Hey What’s your plan tonight? B: No plans, I think I will relax at home. Work was busy today. A: I just got home too. Busy day! Do you want to go to the cinema? There’s a great movie playing downtown. B: Hmmm. What time? What movie? A : Maybe at 7 or 8? It is the new Iron Man movie. It looks amazing! B: Oh. Marvel. . . Actually I hate Marvel. I never spend money on Marvel movies. They are too boring. A: If you want, I will buy you a ticket. My treat. B: No thanks, I really don’t like Marvel. A: Okay. I will also buy you popcorn and a drink. B: I’m really not interested in Iron Man. A: Okay. Maybe I’ll take you shopping after the movie? B: Amazing! You are the best boyfriend ever. Pick me up at 7:30. ======================================== 📌 get+home: to arrive home. Ex: Most people get home at 5:30 or 6 pm. 📌 to treat: to buy something for another person.. Ex: I will treat you to dinner. Ex: My treat, I’ll buy the coffee today. 📌 playing: play is often used to describe movies at the cinema. Ex: It is playing at 5pm and 7 pm tonight.

🗣️ Learning to paint A. Oh. What a beautiful painting. Did you do that? B. Yes, I’ve been learning to paint this past year. I go to classes every Saturday. A. I never would have guessed. It looks like you have been painting for years. B. Thanks. I’m flattered. A. Is it difficult? I always wanted to try it but I didn’t know where to start. B. To be honest, there are a lot of things to learn but part of the fun is just doing it. I mean.. it doesn’t need to be perfect. A. Maybe I’ll try it. B. You should! And.. it’s a great way to deal with stress. A. Actually, I started going to mixed martial arts classes this year. B. Wow. Remind me not to start a fight with you. A. It’s really tough. But I feel great afterwards and I feel much more confident. B. Maybe I’ll try it next year. ========================= 📌 flattered – to feel good because of something a person said.  A: That dress looks nice on you. B: I’m flattered, thank you!   📌 confident – to believe in yourself/ to value yourself. Professional athletes are very confident in their skills. They never think about failing. 📌 start a fight – to try to fight with someone. He started a fight outside the bar, and someone called the police. 📌 deal with + stress – deal + with+ something – deal with is another way to say solve/ fix. It is often used informally. I will deal with it later. He is difficult to deal with. I deal with stress by doing yoga. 📌 never would have guessed – expression –  to show surprise. I never would have guessed he was a teacher, he has so many tattoos. 📌 perfect – no mistakes-  My writing isn’t perfect, but, I think it’s quite good. 📌 just doing it – informal- to show you do something for no reason –  I love to play piano, I don’t care about being famous. Just doing it makes me happy.