A friend of yours is really upset because she made a bad grade on a test. However, the grade wasn't really that bad. You think that she's too strict about her grades. You say:
There's no sense beating yourself up over it.
There was a spider in your girlfriend's kitchen. She was afraid of it, so she asked you to get rid of it. You killed the spider. Now you want to tell her that the spider is gone, but you don't want to sound too violent. You say:
I've disposed of it.
insects, killing, phrasal verb, trash, waste So the work we did was all for nothing?
annoyed, project, waste, work, work (topic) You and your husband don't have any plans to do anything for Halloween. You were just going to stay home. But your husband sees a costume that he wants to buy while you're out shopping together. You don't think he should buy it because it's a waste of money. You say:
There's no point in buying a costume if you're not even going to wear it out.
You're talking to a friend about Facebook. You are trying not to use it. You want to explain why to your friend. You say:
It's such a waste of time.
You have a lot of leftover food from a party you had yesterday. You are suggesting that you shouldn't cook dinner tonight. You say this, and then give a reason why:
It's not like we need any more food.
any, determiners, food, waste You went out to eat lunch, and the restaurant brought you a lot of food. You couldn't eat it all, and you can't take it home with you. So you have to throw it away. You say:
What a waste, huh?
When you say "What a waste!" it means "This is a really big waste." Similarly, if someone does something really nice, you say:
What a nice guy!
This means "He's a really nice guy."
But you can also use "What a ___" for negative things also:
What a shitty day!
This is what you say to a close friend or family member when lots of bad things happen to you on the same day.
When you have to throw away something that's valuable, like good food, you say that it's "a waste".
When someone ends a sentence with "huh?" it means that they think you're going to agree with what they said. Asking "huh" is a way to ask the listener to agree with you. So when someone says "___, huh?" you should respond "Yeah!" if you agree with what they said.
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