Does it sound natural?
(Two people talking about their youth)
- Once we ate all the food in your fridge and your mother was furious. On another occasion, when we'd nearly missed the deadline, we were burning the midnight oil, trying to catch up with our studies and revise everything the night before the exam.
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Does it sound natural?
(Two people talking about their youth)- Once we ate all the food in your fridge and your mother was furious. On another occasion, when we'd nearly missed the deadline, we were burning the midnight oil, trying to catch up with our studies and revise review everything the night before the exam.
Everything is pretty much fine. I think you meant review, not revise, but I could be wrong.
I noticed someone else corrected this, so I'll comment on it;
...when we'd nearly missed the deadline, we were burning the midnight oil.....Your average ordinary English speaker won't see anything wrong with this. Don't worry about it but...because you said "we'd" (we had), you should make the next phrase agree in tense. In my opinion -When WE'D nearly missed the deadline, WE"D BEEN BURNING the midnight oil....
Great job.
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Does it sound natural?
(Two people talking about their youth)- We once we ate all the food in your fridge and your mother was furious. On another occasion, when we'd nearly missed the deadline, we were burning burnt the midnight oil, trying to catch up with our studies and revise everything the night before the exam.
Me too! Laughs.
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Yeah, pretty good. Just one thing: nobody says 'mother' outside a formal situation. It's 'mom' or 'mum'.
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