Nobody Wants This. Scene 5, pt 2, sentence reformulation Flashcards
(16 cards)
Reformulate: My parents have left the city for the weekend.
Use this word: out
My parents are out of town for the weekend.
Reformulate: In our field, getting published in that journal shouldn’t be taken for granted.
Use this word: big
Getting _ in our field.
Getting published in that journal is a big deal in our field.
Reformulate: I know you’re trying to cheer me up, but honestly, I’m not finding that helpful.
Use this word: helping
I know you’re trying to cheer me up, but honestly, _.
I know you’re trying to cheer me up, but honestly, that’s not helping.
Reformulate: She really wants to move abroad.
Use this word: idea
She’s all in _ moving abroad.
She’s all in on the idea of moving abroad.
Reformulate: I’m sorry, I realise now that I shouldn’t have brought that up at dinner.
Use this word: inappropriate
I’m sorry, I realise now that _ at dinner.
bring that up = start talking about that topic
I’m sorry, I realise now that it was inappropriate to bring that up at dinner.
Reformulate: We were able to park just outside the cafe - lucky, right?
Use this word: spot
We got a spot just outside the cafe - lucky, right?
Reformulate: The interview made it really clear how different the generations are on that topic.
Use this word: gap
The interview really _.
The interview really highlighted the gap between the generations on that topic.
Reformulate: Do you happen to have a charger I could borrow?
Use this word: chance
You _?
You don’t, by any chance, have a charger I could borrow?
Reformulate: She was just trying to get a reaction out of me.
Use this word: seeing
She was just seeing if she could get a reaction out of me.
Reformulate: The idea of public speaking terrifies me.
Use this word: terrifying
The idea of public speaking _.
The idea of public speaking is terrifying to me.
Reformulate: You don’t happen to be free on Thursday?
Use this word: by
Are _ free on Thursday?
Are you, by any chance, free on Thursday?
Reformulate: She’s totally dedicated to this project — working nights and weekends.
Use this word: in
She’s all in on this project—working nights and weekends.
Reformulate: I’m presenting my research on Thursday, and I’m so nervous.
Use this word: presentation
_ research on Thursday, and I’m so nervous.
I’m giving a presentation about my research on Thursday, and I’m so nervous.
or: giving a presentation on my research
Reformulate: Stop talking about this — it’s just a scratch.
Use this word: deal
Don’t _ it — it’s just a scratch.
Don’t make a big deal out of it — it’s just a scratch.
Reformulate: You shouldn’t have joked about that in a work meeting.
Use this word: totally
It _ in a work meeting.
It was totally inappropriate to joke about that in a work meeting.
Reformulate: I sometimes just pretend to be a clueless foreigner when I don’t want to get involved.
Use this word: play
I sometimes _ thing when I don’t want to get involved.
I sometimes play up the clueless foreigner thing when I don’t want to get involved.
