
← TingMate · English Learning25 jul · 10 min
Day 61 · Everything Is a Drive
<p>📝 Today's sentences</p><p>① I've been back in Austin for a few days now.</p><p>② And I finally figured out what I miss most.</p><p>③ It's not the California sunshine.</p><p>④ It's the little café right by my old place.</p><p>⑤ Back there, it was within walking distance.</p><p>⑥ I could just shuffle over in my slippers.</p><p>⑦ Here, everything is a drive.</p><p>⑧ If I want a coffee, I have to get on the road.</p><p>⑨ That's a half hour round trip.</p><p>⑩ So now I just make it at home.</p><p>⑪ But it's not the same.</p><p>⑫ Maybe it's not really about the coffee.</p><p>⑬ It's the whole way of life that came with it.</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 Vocabulary</p><p>• figured out /ˈfɪɡjərd aʊt/</p><p>• within walking distance /wɪˈðɪn ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˈdɪstəns/</p><p>• everything is a drive /ˈevriθɪŋ ɪz ə draɪv/</p><p>• get on the road /ɡet ɒn ðə roʊd/</p><p>• round trip /raʊnd trɪp/</p><p>• make it at home /meɪk ɪt ət hoʊm/</p><p>• not the same /nɒt ðə seɪm/</p><p>• way of life /weɪ əv laɪf/</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 New episode every weekday</p><p>Subscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.</p><p><br></p>