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Key Expressions I see your point, but~

thats not what I meant

You may be right (wrong)

English Dialogue DJ: Thanks for tuning into Wing105. In this hour, weve got a listener reporting live from Oakland just

after the Raiders/9ers game. Craig, hows it lookin out there?

Craig: Its a mess out here! Weve got guys throwing trash and coke bottles at passing cars.

DJ: It sounds like fights will be breaking out tonight, as Raiders fans are notorious for acts of such

hooliganism after every game.

Craig: Uh, you may be right about that one tonight. I see a Raiders fan spray-painting a 49ers fans

car. Oops, and the 9ers fan is getting out of his car now.

DJ: The Oakland Raiders fans are so dumb. They dont deserve to have a team in the NFL.

Craig: Im not quite sure I see your point. So youre saying to move the Raiders to a new city?

DJ: No, thats not what I meant. Im talking about disbanding the team altogether.

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Expression / Technique Master Note

-tuning into: , *To tune means to get the frequency right for watching TV or listening to Radio. Therefore, the

expression tuning into ~ means listening to or watching a program.

-football: it can mean a various different sport depending on which country you go to. For example, in

the States, football refers to American Football, in Australia, football refers to Rugby and finally in

England football refers to football or soccer.

-mess: This vocabulary is used to describe a confusion or chaos situation. But you can also use to

describe untidiness of a place, for example, messy room.

-breaking out: , , *It is used to describe some situations where it happened instantly or spontaneously.

-notorious: , Ex) Shes notorious for getting drunk at parties.

-hooliganism:

-you may be right: . *This expression is used to agreeing with the opponent speaker.

-deserve: ~ , ~ Ex) You deserve the promotion.

-NFL: National Football League

-I see your point: . *You can also use I see where youre coming from or I understand your perspective.

-thats not what I meant: , *You can use this expression when you think the opponent speaker might have misunderstood your point.

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Following this expression you can rephrase your point in a different way.

*You can also you thats not what I was trying to say.

**SUMMARY: Agreeing and disagreeing with someone and express and passing that feeling correctly is

very difficult in debate. If you use inappropriate expression at the wrong time, it can be offensive to the

opponent speaker. So make sure you correctly understand what kind of feeling the expression gives and

use it appropriately.

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