SUBJECT + VERB / I + AM

Write for me a short story about your wedding day. Tell me about it. Who was there? Where was the wedding? How did you feel on this day? Did you spend a lot of money on your wedding?

Pronunciation

anxious / ANG-SH-ISS

acquaintance / UH-KWANE-TINS

Grammar

why you don’t / why didn’t you

e.g. Why you don’t do your homework? Why didn’t you do your homework?

the furniture is a bit ugly, but I like where is / the furniture is ugly, but the location is convenient

I not very sad / I am not very sad

miss a lot / I usually don’t miss him lot

she think… / she thinks…

but she don’t love herself / but she doesn’t love herself

I don’t need to jealous / I don’t need to be jealous

It’s a bad situation because the man do other things that he doesn’t like / may do other things that she doesn’t like

where’d he take it / where did he take it from / how did he get this / where did he find this

Vocabulary

track down / to find

e.g. Could this man help her track down her missing ring?

acquaintance / friend / Conocido / formal name for a friend, also it means this person is not a very close friend

e.g. I wouldn’t call her a friend, she’s more of an acquaintance.

Millionaire / Millonario / a person with one million dollars

$100K = $100,000

$17K = 17,000 USD

tacky / Hortera / poor taste, not appropriate

e.g. Her clothes were expensive, but the style was very tacky.

realized / Realizar / darse cuenta

e.g. I realized she was crazy. I didn’t know it for many years, but then, one day, finally, I realized — “oh, you’re crazy.”

“sure of yourself” / confident 

couple / pareja

e.g. A husband and a wife together makes one couple. They are two people, but one couple.

apart / “not together”

e.g. When you and your husband are apart, does this make you sad? Or do you not care? Does he care?

e.g. When we are apart…I

location = “where is”

e.g. Send me your location. = Send me “where you is”.

“Long story short…” / This means….the story is very long, but I don’t want to tell you a long story because that is boring, so I will make my story short.

e.g. I want to tell you what happened at the doctor today…long story short, I’m sick.

e.g. Long story short + “here’s the end of the story”.

Mortgage / Hipoteca

e.g. I don’t own my home yet because I have a mortgage.

Elena’s Original

Pets??
What animal would I like to have with?
I like pets, but care them is too much responsibility, sometimes it’s like to care a baby.
I would like to have a puppy. They are very affectionate and they let themselves be loved.
Actually The ones I like the most are puppies and kittens. It’s very easy for me love them.
But If one day I decide to have one, will be when I have a house with big courtyard.
I like to see them enjoying the live, and not to enclose in a small room.
I don’t like having to take them out twice a day and less if it’s winter.

Correction

Pets? Which animal would I like to have? I like pets, but taking care of them is too much responsibility — sometimes it’s like caring for a baby.

I would like to have a puppy. They are very affectionate and loving.

Actually the ones I like most are puppies and kittens. It’s very easy for me to love them — they are very “lovable”. 

But if one day I decide to have a pet, it will likely be when I have a house with a big courtyard.

I want to see them enjoy their life. I don’t want to see them enclosed in a small room.

I don’t like having to take them out twice a day — especially if it’s winter.

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