PE 4/14 Why I Buy Organic Food

I swung by the grocery store and bought some fruit for the kids’ lunches.

* swing by: to make a brief visit somewhere

= drop by; stop by; pop by

ex> Please swing by my office after lunch.

  

I only buy organic food for our family. The stuff you bought is brimming with chemicals and is probably genetically modified. It’s still up in the air as to what that stuff does to people.

* brimming with: full of something

ex> The children were brimming with excitement as the gates to the park opened for the day.

note> brim = a border or an edge

> the brim of a hat

* up in the air: undecided

ex> I don’t know if Tracey will move back to Korea or not, it’s still up in the air.

Come on. After you wash the fruit, there’s hardly a trace of pesticides left.

* trace: a tiny amount; minuscule

ex> The trace minerals found in bananas are good for your heart.

That’s not happening. If you don’t mind all the chemicals, you can eat them yourself.

* that’s not happening: something is very unlikely

ex> You may thing your team is going to win, but I can tell you that’s not happening.