Lesson 7 - Food
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English Expressions

Learn five American English expressions that are related to the topic of this lesson.

• take turns = to do something one after another
• every other = happening on alternate days or times
• foot the bill = to pay the total cost
• dress up = to wear nice or fancy clothes
• paint the town red = to go out and have a lot of fun

 

Exercise

Select the correct expression in the following conversation.

MARY - Who does the cooking in your house?

HELEN - My husband and I   foots the bill every other take turns dress up paint the town red .  

MARY - Really? How does that work?

HELEN - I cook   take turns foots the bill every other dress up paint the town red day.  

MARY - And he cooks on the days that you don't cook?

HELEN - Exactly. Except on Saturday nights. On the Saturday nights we get   take turns foots the bill every other dressed up paint the town red and go out to a restaurant.  

MARY - That sounds like fun.

HELEN - It is! Last Saturday we went to that new Italian restaurant downtown and then we went dancing afterwards. We didn't get home until 2:00 AM! We really   take turns foots the bill every other dress up painted the town red that night.  

MARY - So who   take turns foots the bill every other dress up paint the town red on Saturday nights?  

HELEN - Sometimes he does or sometimes I do. It doesn't matter. It comes out of the same bank account.

 

Writing

Write sentences using the expressions.

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