Describe a time someone talked about something you were not interested in, but you kept listening

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I would like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I was not interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, he is an old man who liveErro de concordância: deveria ser “lives” alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother askErro de tempo verbal: deveria ser “asked” me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me inside for tea. It was a cold evening and his room was small but warm. Then he started to talk about repairing old radios. He showed me many small parts on his table and explained how every one works, you knowMuleta de linguagem usada como marcador de hesitação, for almost an hour. He told me that his father teachErro de tempo verbal: deveria ser “taught” him the job when he was twelve, and that he still keeps the first radio he ever repaired on a shelf. Honestly, technical things are not interesting for me, and I was, erHesitação natural, pequena muleta de linguagem, very bored and I wanted to go home. But I keepErro de tempo verbal: deveria ser “kept” listening because he lives alone and I think nobody visits him often. Also I remembered that my grandfather died last year, and I wished I could listen to his stories again. He looked so happyAdjetivo básico; “animated” ou “delighted” valeria mais when he was talking that I did not want to make him sadFormulação básica; “disappoint him” valeria mais. I nodded and asked some questions, and in the end I understandErro de tempo verbal: deveria ser “understood” a little about the radios too. I felt tired but also happy, and when I left he said that I was a very good boyFormulação básica e um pouco infantil; limita o Lexical Resource.

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I’d like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I wasn’t interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, and he’s an elderly man who lives alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother asked me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me inside for tea. It was a cold evening, and his small room was warm. Then he started to talk about repairing old radios. He showed me lots of small parts on his table and explained how each one works, for almost an hour. He told me that his father had taught him the job when he was twelve, and that he still keeps the first radio he ever repaired on a shelf. Honestly, technical things have never interested me, and I was bored to tearsExpressão idiomática usada com precisão and wanted to go home. But I kept listening because he lives alone and I don’t think anybody visits him often. I also remembered that my own grandfather died last year, and I’d have given a lot to hear his stories again. He looked so animatedEscolha de adjetivo precisa when he was talking that I didn’t wantedErro de forma verbal: deveria ser “didn’t want” to disappoint him. I nodded and asked a few questions, and in the end I understood a little about the radios tooPassado simples usado com precisão para fechar a história. I felt tired but also strangely touchedSentimento misto e natural que dá profundidade, and when I left he said I was a good listener.

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I’d like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I wasn’t interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, an elderly man who lives alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother asked me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me in for tea. It was a cold evening, and his small room smelled of tea and old wood. Then he started on the subject of repairing old radios. He laid out lots of small parts on his table and explained how each one works, for almost an hour. He mentioned that his father had taught him the trade at twelve, and that the first radio he ever repaired still sits on a shelf above his table. Honestly, technical things have never interested me, and I was bored to tearsExpressão idiomática usada com precisão and longing to go home. But I kept listening because he lives alone and I doubt many people visit him. I also thought of my own grandfather, who died last year, and how much I’d give to hear one of his stories again. He looked so animatedEscolha de adjetivo precisa while he talked that I couldn’t bring myself to disappoint him. I nodded along, asked a few questions, and by the end I had actually understood a little about the radiosPassado perfeito usado com naturalidade para mostrar um resultado inesperado. I felt tired but also strangely touchedSentimento misto e natural que dá profundidade, and as I left he told me I was a good listener, which meant more to me than I had expectedOração final reflexiva que liga o elogio ao sentimento.