It was such a sunny day today. My swimming coach wasn't available, and even though I mentioned it to my dad, he simply replied with a casual, “whatever, you still need to get some exercise.” So, I wen

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It was such a sunny day today. My swimming coach wasn't available, and even though I mentioned it to my dad, he simply replied with a casual, “whatever, you still need to get some exercise.” So, I went for a jog. Little did I know, it turned out to be a terrible idea. The sun was scorching hot, and running on that blistering athletics track nearly knocked me off my feet. When I returned home, I took it out on my dad. However, he just shrugged it off. In hindsight, I should have convinced him to come along and see how many laps he could endure. Otherwise, he would never truly identify with me on this.

9 lug 2023 11:08

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It was such a sunny day today. My swimming coach wasn't available, and even though I mentioned it to my dad, he simply replied with a casual, “whatever, you still need to get some exercise.” So, I went for a jog. Little did I know, it turned out to be a terrible idea. The sun was scorching hot, and running on that blistering athletic track nearly knocked me out. When I returned home, I took it out on my dad. However, he just shrugged it off. In hindsight, I should have convinced him to come along and see how many laps he could endure. Otherwise, he would never truly sympathize with me about this.

Good job - nice use of common English idioms (little did I know, turned out to be, etc.). But, when we say someone is "knocked off their feet" it means they are overwhelmed emotionally (maybe even fell in love) or are deeply impressed by someone/something. When someone is "knocked out" it means they either lose consciousness (like in boxing/MMA fights) or become severely fatigued. Also, "identify with" isn't wrong and makes sense, but I think most people would say "sympathize with" in this context, since you're referring to your dad and we don't typically expect parents to "identify" with their children (it's usually the other way around).

9 luglio 2023

It was such a sunny day today. My swimming coach wasn't available, and even though I mentioned it to my dad, he simply replied with a casual, “whatever, you still need to get some exercise.” So, I went for a jog. Little did I know, it turned out to be a terrible idea. The sun was scorching hot, and running on that blistering athletics track nearly knocked me off my feet (not sure this is quite the right expression. Do you mean it was very tiring?). When I returned home, I took it out on my dad. However, he just shrugged it off. In hindsight, I should have convinced him to come along and see how many laps he could endure. Otherwise, he will never truly identify with me on this.

Sounds like hard work!

9 luglio 2023

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