2016-09-26 Idioms: "gonna" and flight idioms

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 66 part B - decide whether or not each “going to” will be pronounced “gonna”
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It’s very common (even in formal situations) to pronounce “gonna”, but it’s very informal to write it.
(We can write it when texting or chatting with friends or posting on social media, because these are usually very informal situations.)
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Other reduced pronunciations that are common to write (in American English):
	wanna = want to (+ verb)
	shoulda/coulda/woulda
	gotta = (have) got to (+ verb)
	dunno = don’t know
finna = fixing to (= planning to)
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p. 70 - Choose the correct words to complete each expression.
1 Dutch
2 doggie
3 down (cut down on sugar = reduce sugar; cut out sugaer = remove sugar)
4 bite
5 skip
6 tooth
7 on
8 pig (remember: “wolf down” also means to eat something quickly)
9 eyes
10 side
	(You can have “toppings” on pizza and ice cream, or for example waffles and pancakes, because the toppings go on top of that food.)
11 leftovers
12 chocolate (the others would be spelled “chalkaholic” and “chokaholic”, if the words existed)
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comparing apples and oranges = comparing two different things
We can also compare “chalk and cheese” to make this same point.
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You can grab a bite or a cab.
A flight, a restaurant, or a hotel can be booked solid.
He doesn’t live anywhere near the city. I have to drive way out to the boonies.
I don’t like impersonal hotels. I prefer to stay in a B&B.
The jetlag was really bad after my flight from China so I was wiped out when I arrived in the morning. Then I drank coffee all day so now that it’s night, I’m wired and won’t be able to sleep.
My original flight was booked solid so they put me on standby. Then the first available flight was the red-eye so I arrived at 2am.