Compléter AdultingVersion en ligne Listen and complete the conversation, par Jean Marie Mirandé 1 repairing mundane binge unfair grown reminding child's housework treat teenager behaving dull bills could Jiaying Welcome to The English We Speak , with me , Jiaying ? Neil ? and me , Neil . Jiaying Hey , Neil . How was your weekend ? Neil Oh , very ? I was just doing . Jiaying Housework is dull but it's just part of life , Neil . Neil I wish I just do whatever I want ! Like hiking or - watching my favourite TV series . Jiaying You can still do these things , Neil ? but housework is all part of ? adulting' . Neil You mean being a - up ? Jiaying Yes , I do ! The word ? adulting' or ? adulting' describes in a way that's typical of an adult ? particularly doing boring , tasks . Let's face it , Neil , you're not a child anymore ! Neil Thanks for me . Let's hear some more examples of ? adulting' ? Examples My kids are cooking dinner for me so I get a break from adulting ! I told my friend to stop behaving like a and start adulting ! Paying the is boring but a necessary part of adulting . Jiaying You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English , and we're talking about the word ? adulting' ? which describes behaving like an adult and doing mundane tasks that only adults do . It's from the noun ? adult' . But , Neil , despite being an adult , doing housework is play ! Neil Child's play ! You mean it's easy to do . Well it is , but it's so boring . Jiaying Well , if you do it quickly , you'll have more time to do other things . Neil Like paying the bills , the broken cupboard , doing the gardening ? it's all so ! Jiaying Neil , now you're acting like a baby ? not an adult ! Neil OK , OK ? I'll my responsibilities like a grown - up . Jiaying That's more like it ? good luck ? adulting' ! Bye for now . Neil See ya .
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