April 23, 2021
Sentences 087: On The Ball, Raving About, Murder A Drink
She is really on the ball and uses all sort of apps on her iPhone. And that despite her advanced age of 89 years.
Whenever we meet, he's raving about the places he visited in the meantime, but I am never impressed by it.
I'm so thirsty, I could murder a lemonade.
"Murder (a drink)" might be British English.
And that despite her advanced age of 89 years.
better to connect this to the 1st sentence to make 1 sentence.
Whenever we meet, he's raving about the places he has visited in the meantime, but I am never impressed by it.
"in the meantime" is usually used when talking about doing something with leftover time. For example, "My parents went to buy takeout for dinner. In the meantime, I prepared the table."
I'm so thirsty, I could murder akill for some lemonade.
I speak American/Canadian English and we use the phrase "kill for" + [noun] to say we want something badly. Sometimes it's said when we are irritated. Make sure you have "for" in there because "kill/murder a" isn't an expression and is taken literally hahah.
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Sentences 087: On The Ball, Raving About, Murder A Drink |
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She is really on the ball and uses all sort of apps on her iPhone. |
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And that despite her advanced age of 89 years.
better to connect this to the 1st sentence to make 1 sentence. |
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Whenever we meet, he's raving about the places he visited in the meantime, but I am never impressed by it. Whenever we meet, he's raving about the places he has visited "in the meantime" is usually used when talking about doing something with leftover time. For example, "My parents went to buy takeout for dinner. In the meantime, I prepared the table." |
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I'm so thirsty, I could murder a lemonade. I'm so thirsty, I could I speak American/Canadian English and we use the phrase "kill for" + [noun] to say we want something badly. Sometimes it's said when we are irritated. Make sure you have "for" in there because "kill/murder a" isn't an expression and is taken literally hahah. |
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