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Assisted Living - Vocabulary Lesson

Hello and welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the conversation “Assisted Living.” Now in this

conversation I’m speaking with Joe about my grandmother. My grandmother is 88 years old. Actually, in

about three months she will be 89 years old. And I’m just talking about problems that she’s starting to

have from getting older.

Okay, let’s begin with the conversation.

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I start off the conversation by saying, “I just got off the phone with my mom.”

Now when I say just… I’m talking about a short time before. So a short time before I got off the phone…

phone being short for telephone. So a short time before I got off the telephone with my mom.

And Joe says, “Oh...”

And oh is just a filler word. It’s not really needed in this sentence.

And Joe goes on to say, “how’s she doin’?”

How’s. This is short for how is. And doin’ is short for doing. Now you won’t really see doin’ especially,

and probably not how’s, in written English. But you will definitely hear them in conversational English.

And then I say, “Oh, she’s a little bit stressed out.”

Stressed out. This means very worried. Stressed out. For example: I used to get stressed out before

taking a science test. Stressed out.

And I go on to say, “We, um...”

And um is just a filler word. It’s not really needed.

And then I say, “we just had a long conversation about my grandmother.” And then Joe says,

“Oh, how’s your grandmother doin’?” And I say, “Eh...”

And eh, is just... It’s not really needed here either. It’s just filler.

And then I say, “so-so.”

Now so-so... This means not good and not bad. So-so. An example of so-so would be: I asked Joe

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what he thought of the movie. He said it was just so-so. So not good and not bad. So-so.

And then I start to say, “My...” And Joe says, “Yeah?”

And yeah here means, really?

And then I go ahead and finish… I say, “mom and my uncle have their hands, really have their

hands full right now.”

Or I’m saying they really have their hands full at this time. Have their hands full. This means very busy.

Have their hands full. For example: My friends Chuck and Patti have four children. They really have

their hands full.

And then Joe says, “Yeah.”

And yeah here is just slang or casual or informal for yes. And so Joe is just agreeing with me.

And then I say, “Yeah, y’know...”

And y’know is short for you know.

And I go on to say, “they s-, a while back…”

Or I’m saying some time in the past.

“they started to notice…”

Or I’m saying they started to see.

“things every once in a while with my grandmother.”

Every once in a while. This means sometimes. Every once in a while. For example: Every once in a

while I like to drink wine. Every once in a while.

And then I go on to say, “For example her starting to drive more erratically.”

And erratically... This means unpredictably. Erratically.

And I go on to say, “And they got concerned…”

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Or I’m saying they got worried.

“about that. And went to her doctor and explained…”

Or they told.

“everything to her doctor. And the doctor agreed, ‘Yeah, she shouldn’t be driving. ‘ So…”

And so is just a filler word here. It’s not really needed.

And I go on to say, “the next time my grandmother went in…”

And what I’m saying here is, the next time my grandmother went in for a doctor’s appointment.

And I go on to say, “my uncle and my mom both went and her d-, my grandmother’s doctor

confronted her…”

Confronted meaning talked to her.

And then I say, “and said, ‘Y’know, I just think…’”

Or I really think.

“‘it’s time to give up the keys and not drive anymore.’”

Now when the doctor is telling my grandmother that she needs to give up the keys what she’s saying is

that my grandmother should give her car keys to someone, such as my mom or my uncle, so that my

grandmother would not try to drive whenever my uncle or my mother were not around her, were not with

her.

And then Joe says, “Wow...”

And he’s just showing emotion here.

And he goes on to say, “I guess that was...”

Or he’s saying, I think maybe that was.

And I say, “And understand-, understandably…”

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And, at the beginning of this sentence, is just filler. It’s not really needed. And when I’m saying

understandably… I’m saying not surprisingly.

And I go on to say, “my grandmother was not happy but she did it.”

So I’m saying she gave her car keys to… I think it was to my mother.

And then Joe says, “Yeah, I mean...”

Or he’s saying, what I’m trying to say.

“y’know, when you get to that age…”

Or he’s saying, when you get as old as your grandmother.

And Joe says, “I guess that’s bound to happen sooner or later.”

Bound to happen. This means very likely to happen. Bound to happen. For example: I always knew

that I wanted to live in another country aside from America. So when I moved to Korea I would have said

that I believed that it was bound to happen. Bound to happen. And then when I say sooner or later…

Sooner or later. An example of sooner or later would be that I always knew that I wanted to live in

another country aside from America. So when I moved to Korea I would have said I knew that I would

live in another country sooner or later.

Okay, moving on in the conversation, then I say, “Yeah, but now...”

And but here is just a filler word. It’s not really needed.

And I go on to say, “um, here lately…”

Or I’m saying, about the past few weeks… few meaning more than two.

And I go on to say, “there have been quite a few more things concerning my mom and uncle.”

Now quite a few... This means many. Quite a few. For example: There were quite a few people at the

party last night. Quite a few.

And I go on to say, “So, y’know, ever since…”

Or I’m saying after.

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“my grandfather passed away a few years ago...”

Now passed away... This means died. Passed away. For example: Joe’s grandfather passed away

when he was 88 years old. Passed away.

And I go on to say, “uh...”

And uh is just a filler word here. It’s not really needed.

And then I say, “my grandmother’s just…”

And just is a filler word.

And I go on to say, “just kind of gone downhill since.”

Kind of. This means sort of. Sort of gone downhill since. An example of kind of would be: I kind of felt

like I should have studied more for the test. Kind of. And when I say gone downhill… Gone downhill

means to have become much worse. Gone downhill. For example: I used to really like the food at

Mike’s Restaurant. But ever since they hired a new cook the food has gone downhill. Gone downhill.

And then I say, “They’d been living in Florida…”

Now Florida... This is a state in the southeast of America.

And I go on to say, “and my mom and uncle decided to move my grandmother up just to be closer

to them.”

Now when I say that my mom and uncle decided - they made the choice - to move my grandmother up…

Up meaning to Georgia where they both live. And that’s the state that I’m from. Georgia is a state also in

the southeast of America. It’s north of Florida. That’s why I say they decided to move her up… up from

Florida to Georgia just to be closer to them.

And then I go on to say, “There’s no other family in Florida. She had friends there but no family.

And I think it helped her a bit…”

Or I’m saying I think it helped her a little.

“but, um… she’s just, in general… I think, since he passed away, she’s just been going downhill.”

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