1. What
people will do for their pets.
★Other examples →
What mother’s will do for their children!
What Coach Shane will do for his English
students.
★Meaning →
The expression means that people will do
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING for their pets. Or their children. Or their loved
ones^^
You would do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to do
what? Learn English? Keep your girl/boyfriend? Buy that new car?
2. My
dog is so demanding. He always expects me to ~~
★Other examples →
My mother is so demanding, she always expects
me to ~~
My boss is so demanding, s/he always expects
me to ~~
My husband/wife is so demanding, s/he always
expects me to ~~
★Meaning →
If someone is demanding, it means that they
are always asking for something, telling you to do something or expecting
something to be done/given/served to them^^ Is there anyone who is demanding in
your family? Who? Why? What is that person “always” demanding?
3. Creature
comforts
★Some examples →
My favorite creature comfort is my blanket^^
I use it when I go to bed and I use it on the couch when I watch TV.
My favorite creature comfort is my espresso
machine!
My favorite creature comforts are my remote
control, HD TV and mini-fridge stocked full of beer^^
★Meaning →
Creature comforts are the niceties that we
have to make our lives more comfortable. Many times creature comforts are
luxury items like 3D HD TVs and limousines. But sometimes they are just an old,
favorite T-shirt, or a comfortable recliner in your living room.
What are your favorite creature comforts?
4. Only
if it’s in the pet’s best interest.
★Some helpful explanations and examples→
Only if it is truly good for the pet. Only if
it is truly best for the pet’s livelihood.
If your dog is too fat, should you have your
dog get a tummy-tuck?
If your dog has cancer, should you let your
dog get cancer treatment?
Of course, if it is in your dog’s best
interest, then you should. But sometimes “euthanasia” is in the dog’s best
interest. The same for humans. If I were 79 years old and very ill with cancer,
I might not want to have surgery—I might prefer to die. So I might ask my
doctor or my family to “kill” me. In this case, we can say “death is in my best
interest.” For humans, we call this “assisted suicide”. For pets, we call this
“putting to sleep”. “Putting your dog to sleep is in its best interest.”
However, some people are against euthanasia—especially on humans. In their
case, they don’t say “assisted suicide”, they usually say “mercy killing”.
Killing has a very cruel nuance to it—more so than suicide.
5. These
days, pets have many surgical solutions.
★Some points to think about→
Instead of “solutions”, what can you say? One
word would be “options”. Another would be “choices”. Some students want to say
“selections”, but that word won’t work in this situation. Although
solutions—options—choices—selections all have a similar meaning, sometimes you
can only make word certain word combinations.
Here’s an example:
Surgical options/choices. GOOD. Surgical selections…STRANGE^^
Clothing choices/selections. GOOD. Clothing options…STRANGE^^
How can you learn WHICH combinations are
okay? My recommendation is to buy a collocation dictionary. They show you which
words match with other words. At first, the dictionary is a bit confusing, but
after you practice with it, it gets easier to use. Eventually, it’s fun to
use^^
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