Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019

Set (12) - University is a thing of the past!

Dialogue

Sally: I'm sure my university days seem happier in retrospect than they really were. Doesn’t that sound weird?

Mark: Well, go easy on yourself. University is a thing of the past!

Sally: Go easy on the popcorn then; we are running short of it already.

Mark: I always teach you to see the beauty of life, but all you teach me is to hold a grudge.

Sally: Don’t you see that you’re pushing it! I’ll throw you out unless you watch your words.

Mark: Why does it always end up like that?

Vocabulary

In retrospect: thinking now about something in the past.

Go easy on someone: to treat someone in a gentle way.

A thing of the past: a thing that no longer happens or exists.

Go easy on (something): to not take or use too much of something.

Run short of (something): something that no longer happens.

Hold a grudge: not let it go when you feel someone's insulted or wronged you.

Push it: to continue to do or to try to do something when one should stop.

Unless: if not

Watch one’s words: be careful about what you say.

End up: to finally be in a particular place or situation.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

in retrospect

go easy on someone

a thing of the past

go easy on (something)

run short of

hold a grudge

push it

unless

watch one’s words

end up

a. I promise to think over your proposal, but don't ..........

b. If he carries on driving like that, he'll .......... Dead.

c. ........., the old man wished he had traveled more during his younger days.

d. Their bodies may .......... calcium and magnesium.

e. Jane still .......... against me for refusing to lend her some money.

f. .......... otherwise you might get into trouble!

g. I won't pay .......... you provide the goods immediately.

h. The doctor told me to .......... the spicy food for a while.

i. .......... Bill. He’s still too young to manage that on his own.

j. Those stores are .......... — their parent company filed bankruptcy a few years ago.