I Miss You Already

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Verb Adjective Adverb Expression

Grace: Can you hear me okay? The connection keeps freezing.

Sophie: Yeah, I can hear you now. Hi! I miss you already, and it's only been three days.

Grace: I know. My room feels so empty without you next door.

Sophie: Even though we talk every day online, it's not the same as walking to your house.

Grace: Tell me about it. I keep almost texting you to come over, then I remember.

Sophie: How's the new school, by the way? Have you made any friends yet?

Grace: Actually, focus on you first. How's the new city treating you?

Sophie: Honestly? It's beautiful, but I wish I knew more people here.

Grace: You will. You made friends with me in like five minutes, remember?

Sophie: True. You basically forced me to be your friend in third grade.

Grace: Best decision I ever made, if I do say so myself.

Sophie: Same here. Okay, tell me everything about school, seriously.

Grace: It's fine. Different, but fine. It's just weird without you at lunch.

Sophie: We'll visit each other, right? Distance doesn't end a real friendship.

Grace: Definitely. Same time next week?

Sophie: Same time next week. I love you, weirdo.

Vocabulary from this story

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connection
aloqa, ulanish
freezing
muzlab qolyapti
empty
boʻsh
almost
deyarli
treating
munosabatda boʻlyapti, taʼsir qilyapti
basically
aslida, deyarli
forced
majburladi
decision
qaror
seriously
jiddiy ravishda
weird
gʻalati
visit
tashrif buyuramiz
Distance
masofa

Grammar from this story

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I wish + past simple

Koshki ... boʻlsa edi (hozirgi holatdan norozilik yoki istakni bildiradi).

  • I wish I knew more people here.
  • I wish I had more time.

Even though + clause

...boʻlishiga qaramay (kuchli qarama-qarshilikni bildiradi).

  • Even though we talk every day, it's not the same.
  • Even though it was raining, we went outside.

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1. Why does Sophie say 'I wish I knew more people here'?

2. How did Grace and Sophie become friends?

3. What is the main idea of the dialogue?