Things That Ruin Thanksgiving – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.-Things that ruin Thanksgiving [football game playing on TV] -Hey guys
2.The food's getting cold
3. ready
4.-Go, go
5.-Guys, the food's getting cold
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
happening
A2To occur or take place.
Example:
"when I know all this is happening?"
thanksgi-
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"-Things that ruin Thanksgi-- Teehee!"
nervously
A2In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.
Example:
"What? [chuckles nervously]"
telling
A2(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
Example:
"Why are you just telling me this right now?"
chuckles
A2A quiet laugh.
Example:
"What? [chuckles nervously]"
dinner's
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Dinner's ready."
funny
A2A joke.
Example:
"-You know, isn't it funny?"
merry
A2Jolly and full of high spirits.
Example:
"-Happy Thanksgiving! -Merry Christ...ma..."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| happening | A2 | To occur or take place. |
| thanksgi- | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| nervously | A2 | In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness. |
| telling | A2 | (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. |
| chuckles | A2 | A quiet laugh. |
| dinner's | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| funny | A2 | A joke. |
| merry | A2 | Jolly and full of high spirits. |
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