Level:Topic:Speakers:Length:
difficultvideo game systemsman – boy01:31

Idioms

be dying for something” = want something very much
My daughter is dying to buy more video games, but she needs to save money for other things.”

sore/bad loser” = someone who acts or behaves badly when they lose a game
I don’t like playing him very much because he’s always a sore loser when I beat him playing video games. He’ll run off and be mad the whole day.”

Video Game Systems

The father discourages his son from buying a game system because ______.
The boy can save _____ a month to buy the game system.
According to the woman, her image of an emergency shelter is a place ______.
The boy needs to _____ to earn his allowance
The boy could make more allowance by _____.
At the end of the conversation, we can infer that the boy _____.