Daily Life - Fresh Start (C0184)

A: Now that it's the new year, I've decided to turn over a new leaf.
B: Yeah? You finally decided to wipe the slate clean?
A: You got it! I have a new job, I'm living in a new city, with new friends! This is my opportunity to make some small changes in the way I live my life.
B: So what are you going to do? Take up an art class or something?
A: Well, first of all, I've decided to stop smoking. It's not that I'm pinching pennies or anything, it's just that I've been smoking since I was sixteen, and I think it's time to stop.
B: I'm with you on that one. Anything else you're planning on doing?
A: One last thing, I've decided to come out of the closet.
B: It's about time!

Key Vocabulary

turn over a new leaf start anew
wipe the slate clean start over
opportunity chance
take up start, adopt the study
pinch pennies to be thrifty
with you support you
come out of the closet to state openly or publicly one's homosexuality

Supplementary Vocabulary

endless having or seeming to have no end
significant important, meaningful
to start anew/ to begin anew to start again as if from the beginning
to quit to stop doing something
to get into shape to become physically fit

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