📚 Life_Moments_English_100

🟢 Beginner

Let me check my messages before we go. (check, read, look at, scroll through)

🔤 let me CHECK / my MESSages / biFORE we GO

I want to look at my text messages or calls / before we leave this place / right now

🟡 Intermediate

You remember I called first on Sunday, right? (called, phoned, rang, reached out)

🔤 you reMEMber / ai CALLED first / awn SUNday, RIGHT

Do you recall / that I phoned you / on the day Sunday / is that correct

🟡 Intermediate

Honestly, I have no idea what is going on with you. (going on, happening, up, wrong)

🔤 AHnestly, / ai hav NO iDEa / what iz GOing on with YOU

To tell you the truth, / I do not understand / what is happening to you or why you act this way

🟡 Intermediate

Yesterday I was so worked up, I tried calling again. (tried calling, called back, phoned again, reached out)

🔤 YESterday / ai wuz SO worked UP, / ai TRIED CALling aGAIN

The day before today / I felt very upset and angry, / so I made another phone call to you

🟡 Intermediate

All I got was the answering machine, so I really let loose. (let loose, lost it, blew up, spoke my mind)

🔤 all ai GOT wuz / thuh ANswering maSHEEN, / so ai REALly let LOOSE

The only thing I reached was / a machine that records messages, / so I became very angry and said what I really felt

🔴 Advanced

Where do you get off talking to me like that? (get off, get the nerve, get the right, dare)

🔤 where do YOU get AW(f) / TAWking to me / like THAT

How dare you / speak to me / in that way or tone

🟡 Intermediate

You asked me over for coffee and then vanished for four days. (vanished, disappeared, went quiet, dropped off)

🔤 YOU asked me Ō(v)er / for COFfee / and then VANished / for FOR days

You invited me to your place / to drink coffee together / and then you disappeared / for four whole days

🟡 Intermediate

I do not even drink coffee. I did not need to come over. (come over, stop by, drop by, show up)

🔤 ai dō NOT ēven DRINK COFfee. / ai did NOT need tuh COME Ō(v)er

I do not like to drink coffee. / I did not have a reason to visit your place

🟡 Intermediate

Wait, you actually said that? I completely lost it. (lost it, freaked out, snapped, broke down)

🔤 WAIT, / you ACchooally SAID that? / ai comPLEETly LOST it

Stop, / did you really say those words? / I became very upset and angry

🟡 Intermediate

I do not blame you at all. I cannot believe she never got back to you. (got back to you, called you back, replied, responded)

🔤 ai dō NOT blame YOU / at AWL. / ai CAN'not beLEEV / she NEvur got BACK to YOU

I do not think you did something wrong / in any way. / I am surprised / that she did not answer or call you

🟡 Intermediate

She reached out today, actually. She called me at work. (reached out, got in touch, called, texted)

🔤 she REACHED OWT / toDAY, ACchooally. / she CALLED me / at WORK

She made contact with someone / on this day, in fact. / She made a phone call to me / while I was at my job

🟢 Beginner

It has been a rough couple of days. (rough, hard, difficult, tough)

🔤 it HAS BEEN / uh RUF CUPle of DAYZ

The time that just passed / was not easy or comfortable for me

🟢 Beginner

I lost someone you were really close to. (close to, fond of, attached to, connected with)

🔤 ai LOST / SUMwun yuh wur / REE-lee KLOHS too /

You no longer have a person who was very important to you; that person died or is gone from your life.

🟡 Intermediate

Jamie told me how close you two were, and that hit me hard. (hit me hard, hit hard, shook me, got to me)

🔤 JAY-mee TOLD mee / how KLOHS yuh TOO / wur, / and that HIT mee HARD /

Jamie explained to me that you and someone else had a strong connection, and when I learned this, it made me feel sad or upset.

🟢 Beginner

Did you even hear the rest of what I said? (hear, catch, listen to, take in)

🔤 did yuh AY-vun / HEER thuh REST / uhv what eye SED /

Did you pay attention to everything I was saying, or did you miss part of it?

🟡 Intermediate

Why did not you just come to me first, to explain, or ask for advice? (come to me, talk to me, reach out to me, tell me)

🔤 why did-unt yuh / just KUM too mee / FIRST, / tuh ik-SPLAYN, / or ASK fer ad-VICE /

Why didn't you talk to me at the beginning, so I could understand what happened or help you decide what to do?

🟢 Beginner

Is it true, about you and Emma? (true, real, accurate, correct)

🔤 iz it TROO, / uh-BOWT yuh and EM-uh /

Did what people are saying about your connection with Emma really happen?

🔴 Advanced

I will do what I can to stop him from letting the whole team go. (stop him, talk him out of it, convince him, change his mind)

🔤 eye will DOO / what eye CAN / tuh STOP him / from LET-ing thuh HOLE TEEM GO /

I will try to prevent him from sending all the team members away by changing his decision.

🔴 Advanced

One trick to getting through life is learning to fast forward. (fast forward, move on, let go, skip ahead)

🔤 WUN TRIK / tuh GET-ing THROO LIFE / iz LUR-ning too / FAST FOR-wurd /

One way to manage life's difficulties is learning to not stay stuck in sad or painful moments; you continue forward instead.

🔴 Advanced

You skip ahead to now, and suddenly it does not hurt anymore. (skip ahead, jump forward, fast forward, move forward)

🔤 yuh SKIP uh-HED / too NOW, / and SUD-un-lee / it DUZ not HURT / en-ee-MOR /

When you don't stay focused on painful memories and think about the present instead, the pain becomes less strong.

🟡 Intermediate

That is the best line you have come up with yet, Daniel. (line, excuse, joke, comeback)

🔤 that iz thuh BEST / LINE yuh have / KUM up WITH / YET, / DAN-yul /

That is the most clever or impressive thing you have said so far, Daniel.

🟡 Intermediate

I do not love how you talk to Grace. (talk to, speak to, treat, address)

🔤 eye duh-NUNT LUV / how yuh TAWK too / GRAYSS /

I do not like the way you speak to Grace or treat her when you interact with her.

🟡 Intermediate

Grace has helped so many people, me included. (helped, supported, looked after, been there for)

🔤 GRAYSS has HELPT / so MEHN-ee PEE-pul, / mee in-KLOOD-ud /

Grace has done kind things to support or assist many people, and she has also helped me.

🟡 Intermediate

I know I do not really have a right to say that. I know. (right, business, place, standing)

🔤 eye NO eye duh-NUT / REE-lee have uh RIGHT / tuh SAY that / eye NO /

I understand that I may not be in a position to make this comment, and I accept that.

🟢 Beginner

About that pie you brought over, was it pumpkin? (brought over, dropped off, made, baked)

🔤 uh-BOWT that PIE / yoo BRAWT O-vur, / wuz it PUMPkin / (brought over, dropped off, made, baked)

You are asking if the pie someone gave to you at your home was made with pumpkin flavoring.

🟡 Intermediate

Grace bakes whenever she is upset about something. (bakes, cooks, cleans, works)

🔤 GRACE BAYKS / when-EV-ur shee iz up-SET / uh-BOWT SUMthing / (bakes, cooks, cleans, works)

When Grace feels bad or angry about a problem, she makes food in the oven.

🟡 Intermediate

How about I get you a slice? Call it a peace offering. (peace offering, apology, olive branch, truce)

🔤 HOW uh-BOWT eye GET choo uh SLICE? / CALL it uh PEACE AW-fur-ing / (peace offering, apology, olive branch, truce)

I want to give you a piece of pie as a way to say sorry and make things good between us again.

🟢 Beginner

Just give me a chance to say I am sorry. (chance, moment, minute, opportunity)

🔤 just GIV mee uh CHANCE / tuh SAY eye am SAH-ree / (chance, moment, minute, opportunity)

Allow me the time to tell you that I regret what I did.

🟡 Intermediate

You should not let a good opportunity pass you by. (pass you by, slip away, go to waste, disappear)

🔤 yoo SHUD not LET uh good uh-PAH-choo-nit-ee / PASS yoo BY / (pass you by, slip away, go to waste, disappear)

Do not ignore or waste a good chance when it comes to you.

🟢 Beginner

What in the world does that even mean? (that, this, it, any of that)

🔤 WHAT in thuh WURLD / duz that EE-vun MEEN? / (that, this, it, any of that)

You are confused and want someone to explain what they just said.

🟢 Beginner

Please, just let me get you a piece of pie. (get you, bring you, hand you, offer you)

🔤 PLEEZ, just LET mee / GET choo uh PEECE uh PIE / (get you, bring you, hand you, offer you)

I want to give you some pie to eat.

🟡 Intermediate

This wine is way too easy to drink, is not it? (drink, enjoy, finish, sip)

🔤 this WINE iz WAY too EE-zee / tuh DRINK, / iz NOT it? / (drink, enjoy, finish, sip)

This wine tastes so good that you can drink it very quickly, right?

🟡 Intermediate

Honestly, I love champagne. Is not that ridiculous? (ridiculous, silly, strange, funny)

🔤 AH-nust-lee, / eye LUV sham-PAYN / iz NOT that ree-DIK-yuh-lus? / (ridiculous, silly, strange, funny)

I think it is funny or strange that I really like champagne so much.

🟡 Intermediate

I have always thought champagne makes everything feel like a celebration. (celebration, party, special occasion, big deal)

🔤 eye hav AWL-wayz THAWT / sham-PAYN MAYKS EV-ree-thing / FEEL like uh sel-uh-BRAY-shun / (celebration, party, special occasion, big deal)

I believe that drinking champagne makes any moment feel happy and special, like a party.

🟡 Intermediate

Wow, that is a whole new way to look at it. (look at, see, think about, view)

🔤 WOW, / that IZ uh HOLE noo WAY / tuh LUK at it / (look at, see, think about, view)

You have shown me a different and interesting way to understand or think about something.

🟢 Beginner

I feel like I am a hundred. (a hundred, ancient, so old, exhausted)

🔤 eye FEEL like / eye am uh HUN-drid / (a hundred, ancient, so old, exhausted)

I feel very tired and old, like my body has lived for a very long time.

🟢 Beginner

Jake, my boyfriend, always tells me I act like I am ancient. (act like, seem like, sound like, behave like)

🔤 JAKE, / my BOYfriend, / ALways TELLS me / I ACT like / I am ANcient.

My boyfriend Jake says I do things in a way that makes me seem very old.

🟡 Intermediate

We will get married eventually, of course we will. (eventually, someday, one day, soon enough)

🔤 wee will / get MARied / uh-VEN-chuh-wuh-lee, / uv COURSE / wee will.

At some point in the future, we will marry each other; this is certain.

🟡 Intermediate

Wait, what was the question again? Nobody actually asked, did they? (asked, said that, brought it up, mentioned it)

🔤 WAIT, / what wuz / thuh KWESchen / uh-GEN? / NObody ACchuh-wuh-lee / ASKT, / did they?

Stop and tell me the question one more time because no one said anything before this moment.

🟢 Beginner

No, really, I want to hear more about you. (hear more, know more, learn more, find out more)

🔤 no, / REALlee, / eye WANT tuh / HEAR more / uh-BOWT you.

I truly wish to know and understand more things about who you are.

🟡 Intermediate

People believe in you, and everything that brought you here. (believe in, have faith in, trust, count on)

🔤 PEEpul / buh-LEEV in / you, / and EVreeything / that BRAWT / you HERE.

People trust you and have confidence in all the things that helped you arrive at this place.

🟡 Intermediate

There was not supposed to be a girl. But there had to have been a boy somewhere. (boy, mix up, mistake, misunderstanding)

🔤 THERE wuz / not suh-POSED / tuh bee uh / GIRL. / but THERE / had tuh have / been uh / BOY SUMwhere.

A girl was not expected to arrive, but maybe a boy should have come instead by accident.

🟢 Beginner

We asked Mrs Barry to send us a boy. (send us, bring us, get us, find us)

🔤 wee ASKT / MIZ BARee / tuh SEND us / uh BOY.

We told Mrs Barry that we wanted her to bring or deliver a male child to us.

🟡 Intermediate

I checked with the stationmaster. I had no choice but to bring her home. (bring her home, take her home, keep her, look after her)

🔤 eye CHEKT / with thuh / STAYshun-MAStuh. / eye had NO / CHOYS but tuh / BRING her HOME.

I spoke to the person in charge at the station, and then I had to take her with me to my house.

🔴 Advanced

I could not just leave her sitting there, whatever the mix up was. (leave her, walk away, abandon her, ignore her)

🔤 eye KOODint / just LEEV her / SITing THERE, / WHUTevur thuh / MIX up WUZ.

I was not able to simply go away and leave her alone in that place, no matter what error happened.

🟢 Beginner

This is quite a situation. She will have to go back. (situation, mess, problem, mix up)

🔤 THIS iz / KWITE uh / situAYshun. / shee WILL / have tuh GO / BACK.

This is a very difficult and complex problem; she must return to where she came from.

🟡 Intermediate

Goodness, child, why are you sitting on the ground like that? (sitting on the ground, sitting there, lying down, sitting outside)

🔤 GUDness, / CHILD, / WHY are you / SITing AHN thuh / GROUND like THAT?

Oh my, young person, what is the reason you are on your bottom on the earth in that manner?

🟢 Beginner

Come on now, get up and listen to me. (get up, stand up, come inside, wake up)

🔤 KUM AHN NOW, / GET up / and LISun tuh / MEE.

Please rise to your feet right away and pay careful attention to what I am saying.

🟢 Beginner

What do you make of all this? (make of, think of, think about, feel about)

🔤 WHAT doo yuh / MAKE uhv / awl THIS

Tell me your opinion or thoughts about this situation.

🔴 Advanced

We are almost home. Home, now there is a word. (home, there, back, close)

🔤 wee AHR / AWL-mohs HOME / HOME, NOW / THAIR iz / uh WIRD

We are very close to arriving at our house. Home is an important word with deep meaning.

🟡 Intermediate

I have pinched myself all day just to be sure this is real. (pinched myself, checked, reminded myself, asked myself)

🔤 eye HAV / PINCHT my-SELF / awl DAY / just too / bee SHUR / this iz / REEL

I have done small things to check if this moment is actually happening and not a dream.

🟢 Beginner

What is so important that we need dinner together tonight? (dinner together, dinner, a talk, this)

🔤 WHAT iz / so im-POR-tunt / that wee / NEED DIN-ner / tuh-GETH-er / tuh-NITE

Why is it so necessary that we eat a meal together this evening?

🟡 Intermediate

I have got a strong feeling they are about to announce they are retiring. (feeling, sense, hunch, suspicion)

🔤 eye HAV got / uh STRONG / FEEL-ing they / are uh-BOWT too / uh-NOWNCE they / are rih-TY-ring

I think strongly that they will soon tell people they are stopping work forever.

🟡 Intermediate

I am no fortune teller, but I had the same thought. (fortune teller, mind reader, psychic, expert)

🔤 eye AM / no FOR-chun / TEL-er, but / eye had thuh / same THAWT

I cannot predict the future, but I thought the same thing you did.

🟢 Beginner

These mussels are amazing. And the crab tastes so fresh. (amazing, incredible, wonderful, fantastic)

🔤 THEEZ / MUS-selz are / uh-MAZE-ing / and thuh / KRAB / TAYSTZ so / FRESH

These sea creatures are very good to eat. The crab has wonderful flavor and quality.

🟡 Intermediate

Mark seems a little on edge tonight, something happened at work. (on edge, tense, off, uneasy)

🔤 MARK seemz / uh LIT-ul / awn EJ / tuh-NITE, / SUM-thing / HAP-pund at / WORK

Mark looks worried or nervous this evening because something bad occurred at his job.

🟡 Intermediate

Like you always say, we just keep getting better with age. (getting better, improving, growing, getting wiser)

🔤 LIKE yoo / AWL-wayz SAY / wee just / KEEP GET-ting / BET-ter with / AYJ

As you often tell me, our quality and happiness improve as we grow older.

🟡 Intermediate

This could turn into an exciting new chapter in our lives. (chapter, phase, stage, chapter of life)

🔤 THIS kud / TURN in-TOO / an ik-SY-ting / NOO CHAP-ter / in awr / LIVZ

This situation may become an important new period or section in our story of life.

🟡 Intermediate

It feels full of possibility, like anything could change. (possibility, potential, hope, promise)

🔤 it FEELZ / FULL uhv / puh-SIB-uh-lee / LIKE EN-ee-thing / kud CHAYNJ

This moment seems to have many chances for new things to happen.

🟡 Intermediate

This chapter is going to close fast if you do not just say it. (close, end, wrap up, finish)

🔤 THIS CHAP-ter / iz GO-ing too / KLOHS FAST / if yoo doo / not just / SAY it

This important moment will finish soon if you do not tell me the news right now.

🟢 Beginner

What he is trying to tell you is that I am leaving, and so is he. (leaving, going, moving out, done)

🔤 wut hee iz TRY-ing / tuh TEL yoo / iz dut ai um LEE-ving, / un SO iz hee.

He wants you to know something important: I am going away, and he is going away too.

🟡 Intermediate

I am afraid we have some bad news. Diane passed away. (passed away, passed, died, is gone)

🔤 ai um uh-FRAYD / wee hav sum BAD nooz. / dee-AIN pasd uh-WAY.

We must tell you something sad: Diane is not alive anymore.

🟡 Intermediate

Diane, your cousin, more or less. (cousin, relative, family, kin)

🔤 dee-AIN, / yor KUZ-in, / MOR or LES.

Diane was someone from your family — not a close one, but still a relative.

🟡 Intermediate

I recognize the name, Mom, but I really do not know who she is. (recognize, remember, know, place)

🔤 ai REK-ug-nyz thuh NAYM, / MUM, / but ai REE-lee doo NOT noh hoo shee iz.

I have heard the name before, but I cannot picture or identify this person.

🟡 Intermediate

The service is Thursday. I think we should all go together. (together, as a family, as one, all of us)

🔤 thuh SER-vis iz THER-day. / ai THINK wee shud awl GO tuh-GEH-ther.

The funeral is on Thursday, and I believe all of us should attend it at the same time.

🟢 Beginner

Hold on, there are two problems here. (two, a couple of, several, a few)

🔤 HOLD AHN, / THER are TOO PRAHB-lumz HEER.

Wait — I need to mention two difficult things about this situation.

🟡 Intermediate

I have never even met this woman. You must have, though. (met, seen, heard of, spoken to)

🔤 ai hav NEV-er EE-vun MET this WU-mun. / yoo MUST hav, / THO.

I have never seen or known this woman, but you probably did know her.

🟡 Intermediate

We went over to her place to watch the moon landing. (watch, see, catch, view)

🔤 wee WENT OH-ver too her PLAYS / too WATCH thuh MOON LAN-ding.

We visited her house in order to look at the moon landing on television or in person.

🟡 Intermediate

I have absolutely no memory of that. (memory, recollection, idea, clue)

🔤 ai hav AB-suh-LOOT-lee / noh MEM-or-ee uv DHAT.

I cannot remember this at all; I have no idea what you are talking about.

🟡 Intermediate

So you are skipping it? Not this time. (skipping it, missing it, sitting it out, passing on it)

🔤 SO yoo are SKIP-ping it? / NOT this TYME.

Are you not going to attend? Actually, I will go this time.

🟡 Intermediate

I could not make it even if I tried. Fair enough. (make it, go, attend, be there)

🔤 ai KUD not MAYK it / EE-vun if ai TRYD. / FAIR i-NUF.

I am not able to go, even though I want to. OK, I accept that reason.

🔴 Advanced

No, that actually happens. I have read about it in medical journals. (medical journals, journals, medical books, research papers)

🔤 NO, / dhat AK-chuh-wuh-lee HAP-unz. / ai hav RED uh-BOWT it / in MED-i-kul JER-nulz.

Actually, this is real and true. I have seen information about it in science or doctor books.

🟢 Beginner

Laura, can I talk to you for a second? It is important. (second, minute, moment, second here)

🔤 LAU-ruh, / can AI / TALK tuh yoo / fer uh SEK-und? / It IZ / IM-por-tunt.

Laura is asking if she can speak with you briefly because she has something significant to tell you.

🟢 Beginner

Now I get it, you are a comedian. (get it, understand, see, follow)

🔤 NOW ai / GET it, / yoo ARE / uh kuh-MEE-dee-un.

You suddenly understand that this person makes jokes and is funny.

🟢 Beginner

Laura, that is really rude. Please, I mean it, just one minute. (rude, mean, harsh, unkind)

🔤 LAU-ruh, / that IZ / REE-lee ROOD. / PLEASE, / ai MEEN it, / just WUN MIN-it.

Laura is saying someone's behavior was not kind or respectful, and she is asking seriously for just a short time.

🟢 Beginner

Are you all set to go? (set, ready, packed, prepared)

🔤 are YOO / awl SET / tuh GO?

Is everything ready and prepared for you to leave now?

🟡 Intermediate

Your dad wears sandals in the pool, do not you think that is odd? (odd, strange, weird, unusual)

🔤 yer DAD / WEARS SAN-dulz / in thuh POOL, / doh-NCHOO THINK / that iz ODD?

Your father wears open shoes in the swimming pool; does this not seem unusual or strange to you?

🟡 Intermediate

The restroom is just down the hall on the right. (down the hall, down the corridor, past the kitchen, around the corner)

🔤 thuh REST-room / iz JUST / down thuh HAWL / ahn thuh RITE.

The bathroom is located a short distance away in the direction of the corridor, positioned toward the right side.

🟡 Intermediate

Why do not you go ahead of me? You just got off a long flight. (go ahead, go first, take your turn, go before me)

🔤 why doh-NCHOO / GO uh-HED ov MEE? / yoo JUST / got AWF / uh LAWNG FLIGHT.

You should move forward before me because you recently arrived from a long airplane trip and should go first.

🟡 Intermediate

It is the strangest thing, it just disappeared. That is so odd. (disappeared, vanished, went away, cleared up)

🔤 it IZ / thuh STRAYNJ-ist THING, / it JUST / dis-uh-PEERED. / that IZ / soh ODD.

Something very unusual happened: an object simply vanished or became impossible to find.

🟢 Beginner

Quit doing something so silly right now. (silly, foolish, ridiculous, careless)

🔤 QUIT DOO-ing / SUMTH-ing soh SIL-ee / RIGHT NOW.

Stop acting foolish and behaving in an absurd way immediately.

🟡 Intermediate

I wish I were anyone else, but crying will not help. (crying, tears, complaining, worrying)

🔤 ai WISH / ai WER / EN-ee-wun ELS, / but CRY-ing / will NOT HELP.

The speaker wants to be a different person, however tears and sadness will not fix the situation.

🟡 Intermediate

I will not send you out into the night. (send you out, turn you away, put you out, leave you outside)

🔤 ai will NOT / SEND yoo OUT / in-too thuh NITE.

I will not force you to leave and go outside in the darkness.

🟡 Intermediate

What is your name? Why does it even matter? (matter, count, make a difference, mean anything)

🔤 WHAT iz / yer NAME? / WHY duz / it EE-vun MAT-ur?

The speaker asks your identity, but then questions why knowing your name has any importance or significance.

🟢 Beginner

I will not be staying long enough for you to remember it anyway. (staying, around, here, sticking around)

🔤 ai will NOT / bee STAY-ing / LONG e-NUF / fer YOO too / ri-MEM-ber it / EN-ee-way

You will not stay here for such a long time that you will keep the memory of it in your mind.

🟡 Intermediate

My name is Anne. Anne is a good name, a sensible one. (good, fine, nice, lovely)

🔤 mai NAME / iz ANN. / ANN iz / uh GUD name, / uh SEN-suh-bul / WUN.

My name is Anne. This name is good because it is reasonable and not strange.

🟢 Beginner

Time to come in now. Up you get. (come in, go inside, head in, come inside)

🔤 TIME too / KUM in / NOW. / UP yoo / GET.

It is now the moment to enter the house. You should get up and go inside.

🟡 Intermediate

I had a feeling, this is such a lovely house. (lovely, beautiful, wonderful, charming)

🔤 ai HAD / uh FEEL-ing, / THIS iz / SUCH uh / LOVE-lee HOUS.

I had a thought or sense that this building is very beautiful and nice to be in.

🔴 Advanced

Why did not you just tell me at the station you did not want me? (tell me, say so, let me know, mention it)

🔤 WHY did / NOT yoo / just TELL / mee at / thuh STAY-shun / yoo did / NOT want / MEE?

Why did you not speak to me at the station and say that you did not wish me to come?

🟡 Intermediate

Take your hat off and set it, along with your bag, on the bench. (set it, put it, place it, leave it)

🔤 TAKE yer / HAT awf / and SET / it, uh-LONG / with yer / BAG, on / thuh BENCH.

Remove your hat from your head and put it on the bench with your bag.

🟡 Intermediate

Not everybody appreciated it. That is a shame. (appreciated, liked, understood, valued)

🔤 NOT EV-ree-BAH-dee / uh-PREE-shee-ay-ted it. / THAT iz / uh SHAME.

Not all people liked it or thought it was good. That is sad or unfortunate.

🟡 Intermediate

But then again, I was not trying to please everyone. (please, satisfy, impress, win over)

🔤 but THEN / uh-GEN, ai / wuz NOT / TRY-ing too / PLEEZ EV-ree-WUN.

However, I was not trying to make all people happy or satisfied with me.

🔴 Advanced

It was not really her I was pushing back against, it was everything. (pushing back against, arguing with, fighting, standing up to)

🔤 it wuz / NOT REEL-ee / HER ai / wuz PUSH-ing / BAK uh-GENST, / it wuz / EV-ree-THING.

I was not truly opposing or fighting her personally, but I was opposing all of it or the whole situation.

🟢 Beginner

Of course my mother already knew that. (already knew, figured out, suspected, understood)

🔤 uv KORS / mai MUTH-er / awl-RED-ee NOO / THAT.

My mother had found out or understood this before I told her.

🟢 Beginner

That is exactly what worried her. (worried, concerned, troubled, bothered)

🔤 THAT iz / ig-ZAK-lee what / WUR-reed HER.

That was the thing that made her feel fear or concern.

🟡 Intermediate

Remember, you belong here just as much as anyone else. (belong, fit in, have a place, are welcome)

🔤 ri-MEM-ber, / YOO bi-LONG / HERE just / az MUCH / az EN-ee-WUN / ELS.

Do not forget: you have the right to be in this place, the same as every other person.

🟢 Beginner

They are lucky to have you. No argument there. (lucky, fortunate, blessed, well off)

🔤 THEY are / LUCKee tuh have you. / NO ARgyument THERE.

You are happy or fortunate that this person is with you. There is no reason to disagree with this statement.

🟡 Intermediate

What do you tell your rival when she tries to outdo you? (tell, say to, answer, respond to)

🔤 WHAT duh you / TELL yer RYvul / when she TRIES / tuh OUTdoo you?

When someone who is competing with you tries to be better than you, what words or message do you give or send to them?

🟡 Intermediate

Thanks for stopping by, but you can head out now. (stopping by, coming over, visiting, dropping in)

🔤 THANKS fer / STOPping BY, / but you can / HEAD out NOW.

I appreciate that you came to see me, but now it is time for you to leave or go away.

🟢 Beginner

I do not need a hat. Just be kind and friendly. (kind, nice, warm, gracious)

🔤 eye DO not / NEED uh HAT. / JUST be KIND / and FRENDlee.

I don't require a hat to wear. What is important is that you act with warmth, care, and good feelings toward others.