Expressions with 'if' and Regrets.

Wednesday 29^th April

Hi! How are you doing?

I hope you had a nice weekend. It was an eventful (full of events) weekend, wasn’t it?

On the one hand it was International Labour Day. On the other hand, we celebrated the day of Madrid Community (remembering the Independence Spanish War against the French) and it was also Mother’s Day on Sunday.

In our last classes…

…we finished watching the film ‘In Good Company’.

I’m glad you liked it and I expect you to have learnt some vocabulary and expressions.

·         This is an important issue that we all have to face.

·         There’s no benefit to be gained from treating the employees like dirt!

·         We can’t deny the situation is a real nightmare: it can’t get any worse.

·         Everybody is worried about the layoffs: who’s going to be next?

·         We’ve already over-extended our budget, so we can’t spend any more.

The bonds between them are so strong, they’re almost like brothers.
We learnt expressions with ‘if’.

·         Would it be OK if I leave a bit earlier today?

·         If anything went wrong, I’d never forgive myself!

·         Win? What do you mean? If you ask me, they don’t stand a chance!

·         Well, if the worst comes to the worst, we can always postpone it.

·         You haven’t made much progress, if I remember rightly.

·         I don’t think he’s cold or arrogant. If anything, he’s a bit shy.

And we talked about our regrets.

·         I regret saying that to her. If only I hadn’t said that to her!

·         Why weren’t you watching the road? You should have been watching the road.

·         I don’t like it when Meg stays out so late. I wish Meg wouldn’t stay out so late.

·         I don’t want you to tell her. I’d rather you didn’t tell her.

And that was about it! See you tomorrow in class!