Defining Relative Clause: High School Reunion (Review)

(1) Abigail: Listen

A high school reunion is an event. It's when your high school classmates come together after many years.

(4) Jack: Listen

In "I saw the girl who was your best friend", the defining relative clause is "who was your best friend." Jack saw the girl and the girl was Abigail's best friend.

(5) Abigail: Listen

To "run" a business means you manage it. Usually, you are the owner or CEO of the business.

(7) Abigail: Listen

You can also say, "She was the tall girl that was in my drama class." In a drama class in high school, students study acting.

(8) Jack: Listen

Julia will be in one film, and that film will be released later this year.

(9) Abigail: Listen

"She's" = "She has"

(10) Jack: Listen

"She really made it" means she really became successful.

(12) Jack: Listen

= "Do you mean the nerdy guy?" + "The nerdy guy was always playing games in our math class."

(15) Abigail: Listen

"He'd do something like that" = "He would do something like that". Abigail is using "would" to talk about her past belief about Thomas' future.

(16) Jack: Listen

"He was determined to become an athlete" means he really wanted to become an athlete. He had determination.

(17) Abigail: Listen

"She hardly ever spoke" means "She didn't speak that much." "Hardly" means "rarely".

(19) Abigail: Listen

Abigail is not really asking a question. She is saying that nobody would have guessed it.