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I Hope You Dance - Vocabulary
I Hope You Dance - Vocabulary
VOCABULARY:
To get your fill of sth: to have or experience as much as you want of something:
To take sth for granted: if you take situations or people for granted, you do not realize or show
that you are grateful for how much you get from them:
One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for
granted.
we take for granted that every time we leave home we will return
Fighting chance: a small but real possibility that something can be done:
If we can raise enough money, there's a fighting chance (that) we can save the project.
1. to not take part in a physical activity such as a dance or a game, because you are tired
or injured:
I'm feeling rather tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance.
I THINK I HAVE MANY ACTIVITIES, I HAD TO DECIDE TO DO THEM ONLY TWICE A WEEK
2. To wait for an unpleasant situation or event to finish, without leaving or taking some
other action:
The company's management is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union
demands.
WAIT FOR THE PANDEMIC TO PASS WITH PATIENCE
“The tickets are €40 each." "Well, that settles that - I can't afford that much."
I THINK IT IS COMPLICATED TO ORGANIZE A TRIP WITH MANY PEOPLE, FOR THAT REASON,
TRAVEL ALONE THAT SETTLES THAT OF THE ORGANIZATION
Path: a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is
moving:
To sell out: to give up support for a person or belief for money or personal advantage:
AT FIRST GLANCE I THOUGHT THAT STUDYING AT THE UBA WAS VERY DIFFICULT