“I want to get a manicure!” that thought (3)popped up suddenly in my mind during lunchtime last Wednesday. I was surprised because getting a manicure is not so common for me nowadays. When I was young I applied nail polish on my own, but that kind of passion had gradually (1)played down. I had no reason to resist the desire for beautiful nails and searched a nail salon near my office on apps that I always use. The nail salon was in one of the apartments on the 7th floor. I hesitated to press the doorbell because I first thought of (2)popping in to check the atmosphere of the salon. However, I didn’t give up paying them a visit. The nail technician showed many samples, but I couldn’t (4)bring anything to the table because I didn’t have knowledge about gel nails. She explained the latest and popular styles politely. I chose an elegant shape, length, design, and color. It was finished in about 30 minutes while I enjoyed talking with the nail technician. I was satisfied with the perfect and completed nails at an affordable price.
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Title: A high-quality manicure.
“I want to manicure!” that thought (3)popped up suddenly on Wednesday lunchtime. I was surprised because manicure is not so common for me nowadays. When I was young I did nail polish myself, but that kind of passion was (1)played down gradually. I had no reason to resist the desire for beautiful nails and searched a nail salon near my office on apps that I always use. The nail salon was one of the rooms apartments on the 7th floor. Thus I hesitated to push the doorbell because I thought firstly (2)pop in for check the atmosphere in the salon. However, I didn’t give up to visit there. The Nail technician showed many samples, but I (4)brought nothing to the table because I didn’t have knowledge about the gel nails. She explained to me the popular style politely. I chose an elegant shape, length, design, and color. It immediately finished about 30 minutes while I enjoyed talking with the nail technician.
I was satisfied with the perfect completed nails and an affordable price.
homework:
(1)play down：Minimise the value or make something appear less important.
“The government tried to play down the gravity of the situation.”
(2)pop in: Make a brief visit.
“My daughter sometimes pops in for a cup of coffee.”
(3)pop up: Arise, occur.
“The question of security popped up during the meeting.”
(4)bring nothing to the table: If you participate in negotiations and bring nothing to the table, you have nothing of interest to offer the other side.
We’ll never reach an agreement if we don’t all bring something to the table.
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.