PE 12/8 Argentina’s Iguazu Falls

We’re so glad we found you, Franco. You’re the best guide ever. You seem to know these trails inside out.

Thank you, but I must ask you to speak up. Your kind words are being lost in the roar of the falls.

Oh! Sorry! Thanks for your advice about bringing extra clothes! I’m already soaked to the skin!

That’s the other side of the coin to all these beautiful rainbows. That plastic bag will keep your clothes bone dry, and we will have our lunch at a nice sunny place where we can all dry off.

I noticed some people had been giving short shrift to the idea of putting their clothes in bags, but they sure followed suit with us when we got closer to the falls.

* know something inside out: to be very familiar with something

ex> Let’s ask Ron where it is: he knows this area inside out.

* speak up: to talk louder; be heard

ex> Lucas used to be afraid to speak up when he was in class.

* soaked to the skin: wearing clothing that is completely wet

ex> If we don’t buy an umbrella, we’ll be soaked to the skin by the time we get home.

* the other side of the coin: the counteracting aspect; the opposite

ex> The other side of the coin to being laid off is that I have some free time now.

* bone dry: completely dry

ex> My grandparents’ well was bone dry at the end of last summer.

* follow suit: to do the same thing as someone else has just done

ex> If Stephanie wore pink, all her classmates would follow suit.

@ Some people had been giving short shrift to the idea.  몇몇사람들은 그 생각에 대해 갸우뚱했다. 

ignored the idea. /disregarded the idea. /dismissive of the idea.