English Lessons
“I need someone I can count on.”
You want to hire a babysitter for you children. You're interviewing someone and you say this to explain the kind of person you want to hire.
“Did you know that they're making a new Ghostbusters sequel with the original cast?”
You're talking with a group of friends about movies that you like and someone mentions the 1980's comedy Ghostbusters. You recently read some news that a new Ghostbusters movie is being planned, and that it will star the same actors from the origi...
“I was originally hired as an engineer, but I wound up in sales.”
You're giving a speech about something related to your job. You want to introduce your work history quickly so that the audience will understand why you're qualified to talk about this topic. Your history is that you were an engineer when you star...
“Brian pointed out that we could take his car to the airport and they can pick it up later.”
You and your boyfriend are visiting your brother Brian and his wife in another city. You need to get someone to drive you to the airport tomorrow, but your brother and his wife have to work and won't be able to drive you. Your brother had a soluti...
“At this point, I don't think there's much we can do about it.”
You are almost finished with a major project at work when a coworker from another department points out a problem with the original plans for the project. You agree that this is a problem, but in order to fix it you would have to go back and start...
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