
Situational Expressions Advanced
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Your cousin is upset since he's getting no job satisfaction. He thinks his salary is also rather low, so he's going to resign immediately. You feel he's behaving foolishly. You advise him caution and say:
Last weekend you went to a recital given by a very famous pianist with high expectations, but you were very disappointed after seeing his performance. Today at school when asked if you'd enjoyed it, you answer:
You're now working in a scientist’s team and doing fieldwork in the mountains. Nevertheless, your work has often been hindered by inconvenient weather conditions. You're now apprehensive that it may not be finished on time. Since this cannot be permitted, you say to your friends:
On your way home, somebody asks you where a certain post office is. You only know vaguely where it is. On the other hand, you want to be as helpful as possible. So you say:
You want to go to the cinema with one of your friends. But he has a project to finish and so doesn't have time for the cinema. You insist and persuade him in the end. When you watch the film, you realize that the story is meaningless and the acting is bad. You feel you should apologize and say:
You've been waiting for long in a queue in front of the bank on a rainy day. A large woman pushes you and walks before you in the queue. You really get very furious and you approach the woman and say to her in the loudest and angriest voice that you can manage:
Your boss has invited you to his house for a barbecue party which you expect to be extremely boring. You decide to talk to your boss about this. You approach him and say very frankly:
You lost your mobile phone in the university dormitory very recently. You don't care for the phone itself but what's important for you is the list of telephone numbers that you'll be needing. Therefore, you hang a paper on the notice wall, saying:
While you’re walking to work one day, you see a blind woman standing at the traffic lights. She obviously wants to walk across the street but she seems to get confused about the car horns and crowd. And nobody helps her. Hoping to help her, you approach and ask in a polite manner:
You're preparing for the university entrance exams and decided that you want to study foreign languages. But your parents are of the idea that foreign languages don't promise a wealthy future. Namely, it's not a good career planning. Nevertheless, you've t-already decided and you're so determined. You tell them forcefully by saying: