Real English Conversation Practice

32,702 views ・ 2023-07-10

Rachel's English


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Hey, what have you been up to lately?
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Well, one of my goals this year is to up my gardening game.
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To up your game means to get better at something. 
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I follow a couple blogs and I've joined  a Facebook group for amateur gardeners. 
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Amateur means not professional,  in this case as a hobby. 
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Nice. So what are you growing?
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Daylilies and several perennials that came back from last year's planting.
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Perennials are plants that come back every spring.
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The opposite is an annual. This  is a plant that only lives for one cycle.
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You have to replant it every year.
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Oh wow, take some pictures for me when everything's blooming.
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Will do.
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