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  • Indefinite Pronouns: Don't Bring Anything To The Dinner Party (Review)

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    • Unfinished
    • High Beginner
    • Indefinite pronoun
    • Guest
    • Dinner

    Indefinite pronoun Guest Dinner

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Don't Bring Anything To The Dinner Party

(1) Joanne: Listen
We are going to Ted's dinner party tomorrow, right?

A "dinner party" is a party. Guests eat dinner with the host.

(2) Bert: Listen
That's right. It's at 5.
(3) Joanne: Listen
Are you going to bring [vocab word=anything]anything[/vocab] to the party?

"Anything" is an indefinite pronoun.

(4) Bert: Listen
I don't think so.

"so" means "that". It refers to "bringing something to the party".

(5) Joanne: Listen
You are not going to bring anything? That's not very [vocab word=polite]polite[/vocab].
(6) Bert: Listen
Did [vocab word=anyone]anyone[/vocab] ask us to bring anything?

"anyone" is a person. "anything" is a thing.

(7) Joanne: Listen
No. But, people bring gifts to a dinner party. That's just [vocab word=common sense]common sense[/vocab].

"common sense" means an idea that is obviously correct.

(8) Bert: Listen
Is [vocab word=anybody]anybody[/vocab] else bringing a gift to the party?

"else" means other.

(9) Joanne: Listen
I guess so.
(10) Bert: Listen
But, you don't know. So, maybe, no guests will bring any gifts.
(11) Joanne: Listen
Yes. But ...
(12) Bert: Listen
[vocab word=imagine]Imagine[/vocab]. Only we bring a gift. That's [vocab word=embarrassing]embarrassing[/vocab], right? Other guests will feel bad, right?

"feel bad" means to be embarrassed.

(13) Joanne: Listen
Right...
(14) Bert: Listen
So, that's why we don't bring any gifts. It's better for other guests.
(15) Joanne: Listen
I guess that makes sense.

This means "You are probably right." or "I can understand that."

(16) Bert: Listen
I'm [vocab word=glad]glad[/vocab] you understand.
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Don't Bring Anything To The Dinner Party

(1) Joanne: Listen
We are going to Ted's dinner party tomorrow, right?

A "dinner party" is a party. Guests eat dinner with the host.

(2) Bert: Listen
That's right. It's at 5.
(3) Joanne: Listen
Are you going to bring [vocab word=anything]anything[/vocab] to the party?

"Anything" is an indefinite pronoun.

(4) Bert: Listen
I don't think so.

"so" means "that". It refers to "bringing something to the party".

(5) Joanne: Listen
You are not going to bring anything? That's not very [vocab word=polite]polite[/vocab].
(6) Bert: Listen
Did [vocab word=anyone]anyone[/vocab] ask us to bring anything?

"anyone" is a person. "anything" is a thing.

(7) Joanne: Listen
No. But, people bring gifts to a dinner party. That's just [vocab word=common sense]common sense[/vocab].

"common sense" means an idea that is obviously correct.

(8) Bert: Listen
Is [vocab word=anybody]anybody[/vocab] else bringing a gift to the party?

"else" means other.

(9) Joanne: Listen
I guess so.
(10) Bert: Listen
But, you don't know. So, maybe, no guests will bring any gifts.
(11) Joanne: Listen
Yes. But ...
(12) Bert: Listen
[vocab word=imagine]Imagine[/vocab]. Only we bring a gift. That's [vocab word=embarrassing]embarrassing[/vocab], right? Other guests will feel bad, right?

"feel bad" means to be embarrassed.

(13) Joanne: Listen
Right...
(14) Bert: Listen
So, that's why we don't bring any gifts. It's better for other guests.
(15) Joanne: Listen
I guess that makes sense.

This means "You are probably right." or "I can understand that."

(16) Bert: Listen
I'm [vocab word=glad]glad[/vocab] you understand.
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