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PhraseMix Examples Categories topic: parents

10 English lessons on the topic of parents

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English Lesson: Have you ever had the urge to track down your biological parents?

1. “Have you ever had the urge to track down your biological parents?”

English Lesson: My mom is plump like me, but my dad is tall and wiry.

2. “My mom is plump like me, but my dad is tall and wiry.”

English Lesson: They set a pretty high bar for me.

3. “They set a pretty high bar for me.”

English Lesson: My father was always too absorbed in his work to pay much attention to me.

4. “My father was always too absorbed in his work to pay much attention to me.”

English Lesson: Worst case scenario, I can always move back in with my folks.

5. “Worst case scenario, I can always move back in with my folks.”

English Lesson: I finally had to swallow my pride and beg my parents to lend me some money.

6. “I finally had to swallow my pride and beg my parents to lend me some money.”

7. “They're probably disappointed in me.”

8. “My parents set really high standards for me, and I haven't always lived up to them.”

9. “You remember how you used to always play that song on your dad's stereo?”

10. “I got yelled at for not calling.”

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