Daily Life - You're Grounded! (C0258)

A:	Do you know what time it is?
B:	Um. Ten?
A:	Get in this door young man. It's midnight, you are two hours past curfew.
B:	I know, but it wasn't my fault! I told Jennifer she had to drop me off before ten, but she wouldn't leave the party!
A:	I don't care! You are grounded for life mister!
B:	Mom! That is so unfair!
A:	You know the rules and you broke them. No allowance and no TV for a week. I usually never ground you but this time I have to put my foot down!
B:	What! For being a couple of hours late? You have to be kidding!
A:	I don't want to hear it! Now go to your room!

Key Vocabulary

curfew		order requiring one to be indoors at a certain time
allowance		money given on a regular basis for personal use
ground		to restrict one's activities, esp. of a child
drop one off		to unload someone as from a car, ship etc.

Supplementary Vocabulary

furious		overly angry or upset
punish		to be reprimanded
unexcusable		have no reason or excuse
unreliable		a person who cannot be trusted to do something
dissappointed		to be angry or sad when an expectation is not met

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