Las Vegas Lesson 3 Part 3

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Text New Expressions

Step 1.
First, read the “Easy” sentence. Then, try to think of the advanced expression that we learned which has the same meaning as the highlighted expression.
1

Easy: Because the maid didn’t clean our room, the hotel gave us our dinner for free.

Advanced: Because the maid didn’t clean our room, the hotel _____ us our dinner.

Step 2.
Play the audio file to check your answer.
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Step 3.
Play the audio again, and repeat, until you can say it from memory.
Step 4.
Repeat Steps 1 – 3 for each set below.
2

Easy: After kissing another woman, he tried to improve the situation by apologizing and buying his wife a diamond ring.

Advanced: After kissing another woman, he tried __ ___ ____ ____ by apologizing and buying his wife a diamond ring.

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3

Easy: Jessica Alba is beautiful, isn’t she? — I strongly agree!

Advanced: Jessica Alba is beautiful, isn’t she? — __ ____ !

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4

Easy: Excuse me, is our room ready? — Yes, Sir. They just finished cleaning and preparing it..

Advanced: Excuse me, is our room ready? — Yes, Sir. They just finished ____ __ __ .

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5

Easy: We won the game with a three-point shot at the very end of the game. That was great!

Advanced: We won the game with a three-point shot at the very end of the game. That was ______!

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6

Easy: McDonald’s was very crowded with people. The line to order food was really long.

Advanced: McDonald’s was _______. The line to order food was really long.

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7

Easy: When my friend told me she got us tickets to see Beyonce, I said, “Awesome!”

Advanced: When my friend told me she got us tickets to see Beyonce, I ____ ______, “Awesome!”

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Easy: There are billions of stars in the universe. That’s very difficult to imagine.

Advanced: The are billions of stars in the universe. That’s ____________.

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Fill in the blanks

Directions: Type the Advanced Expression in the blank. Click REVEAL to show the answer.

Hint: gave for free

1. The new phone wasn’t working, so the phone company me a better phone.

Hint: to improve the situation

2. When he was caught stealing, Mike tried to by returning what he stole.

Hint: I strongly agree!

3. Isn’t that car fantastic? — ,
!

Hint: to clean and prepare a room

4. Does it usually take this long to ?

Hint: great

5. I really want that new video game. It looks !

Hint: very crowded

6. The streets in Tokyo were on the weekend.

Hint: I said

7. When he yelled at me, , “Stop it!”

Hint: very difficult to imagine

8. He won the lottery three times. That’s .

How many did you get correct? If you made a mistake…
Do them ALL one more time. It will help you remember.

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