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English for Tourism & Hospitality (102) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

If you’ve ever listened to an American tell you a
story, you’ve heard “I was like…”, it is used
mostly when telling a story about something that
happened, or summarizing a discussion with
someone else. Here’s an example:
I was talking to my mom on the phone the other
day and I was like “Where do you want to go to
dinner?” And she was like “I don’t know, let
me ask your dad what he wants to do.” And I
was like “OK, that sounds good.” I could have
also said “I said…” and “She said…” but many
Americans often use “I was like…”
It is also used to describe our reactions to
something someone tells us. For example “My
sister told me she was going to create her own
dance school, and I was like “That’s so cool! I
want to take lessons!” So I used “I was like” to
describe the way I reacted to my sister’s
announcement.

HOW COME

Can you guess the meaning of this expression.
Here are some examples : How come you want
to go to Disneyworld? How come you don’t
want to go to the beach? How come you didn’t
tell me you got a new job?

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