Some Things I wish I hadn`t Said to My Girlfriend

Jedinica: 46 od 46

Introduction
In the following text you are going to learn more about regrets and what tenses should be used in
that case. The text also provides you with an opportunity to expand your vocabulary.

I wish I did not spend time on writing things like these, but I have to get this out of my system...

Last evening, while browsing through the clothes at my favourite boutique, I ran into my ex
girlfriend. There is no bad blood between us and it was good to see her, but the experience was a
trigger for my thoughts about my dating past. While I was at another boutique, I came across some
t-shirts which had funny messages printed on them. That brought to my mind the messages my
girlfriend used to send me and I came up with some things I wish I had said, or not said, to exes,
recent and from the distant past.

I wish I'd said less about your appearance, more about your ideas.

I wish I had said less about my exes - that was stupid. And a little mean.

I wish I'd said nicer things about your messages; they weren’t that bad.

I wish I'd never said "I love you" when we were drunk. You were right; I didn't mean it and it did not
sound genuine.

I wish I'd said "I look ridiculous in these" when you told me to buy those yellow leather shoes. I did.
I've worn them only once, and everybody thought I looked like an idiot.

I wish I'd said "no" when you asked for money. That was not the kind of help you needed.

I wish I’d been more straightforward about my pet allergy - I couldn't bear the sight of your pets
every day we were together.

I wish I had told you why I was mad in some situations because your assumptions and the
assumptions of your friends ruined my life.

I wish I hadn't said those hopeful things about us and the future while we were breaking up -that
was pathetic.

I wish I'd said it over the phone - I thought you needed to hear it in person, but it was cruel to make
you wait.

I wish I'd said less. I was worried you wouldn't think I was interesting.
  

Slika 46.1. I wish...

Vocabulary

Nouns (imenice): Verbs (glagoli):

gger – okidač browse – pretraživati, pregledati
d blood – zla krv run into – naleteti na
perience – iskustvo come across – nabasati, naići na
pearance – izgled bring to mind – podsetiti
sumption – pretpostavka break up – raskinuti (vezu)
bear – podnositi
ruin – uništiti
tease – zadirkivati
Adjectives and adverbs Prepositions and conjunctions
(pridevi i prilozi): (predlozi i veznici):
ing – zabavljanje  -
tant – dalji, udaljen
an – zao, zločest
nuine – iskren, pravi
peful – pun nade
hetic – patetičan
culous – smešan
aightforward – iskren
person – lično
el – okrutan
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Nouns (imenice): Verbs (glagoli):

d blood – animosity, animus browse – look for, search, seek
perience – knowledge, understanding, practice, skill run into – meet
pearance – look, appearing come across – meet
sumption – presumption, theory, opinion, belief, guess, expectation   bring to mind – remember
break up – part, split, split up, separate, break
bear – put up with
ruin – destroy, devastate, wreck, demolish
tease – mock, provoke, taunt
Adjectives and adverbs Prepositions and conjunctions
(pridevi i prilozi): (predlozi i veznici):
distant – far, remote  -
mean – unpleasant, rude, unfriendly
genuine – authentic, real, original
hopeful – optimistic, promising, encouraging
pathetic – inadequate
culous – stupid, silly, outrageous, absurd, foolish
aightforward – honest, open, direct, sincere
person – personally
el – brutal, inhuman
Synonyms