03. Swapping mums

Tim and Lydia Allison, Maureen and Danny Hagerty

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Lydia's son(s), Tim's daughter(s), Maureen's children ...

VERBS:

get dressed for dinner / pull on one’s chair / be told to eat at a certain time if not hungry / not supposed to touch the table / be totally out of control / ensure the house is immaculate / do the laundry / do as little work as possible / be lazy / dress up too much / to take educate class / burp inside oneself / experience such rudeness / misbehave at the supermarket / get someone aggravated / be more independent / make more their own decisions / do a burping contest / be polite / have a lot of rules / let boys being boys / teach table manners / enjoy formal five-course meals / eat in the living room

NOUNS:

disobedience / misbehaviour / tension in the house / unacceptable behaviour

ADJECTIVES:

(quite) educated

VERBS:

dress properly / burp (inside oneself) / get dressed for dinner / eat dinner at a certain time / be out of control / do a burping contest / remove the lock on the door / teach a kid right and wrong / have impeccable manners / butter one's bread the perfect way / padlock one's teenage sons / outside door to keep them indoors / run wild / mind one's manners / get somebody aggravated / dress appropriate / undermine somebody / sit / with one's legs together / burp inside oneself / dress modestly / show one's belly / become a juvenile delinquent / enjoy one's childhood / fold the napkins / clean the bathrooms /keep the laundry on the kitchen table / eat with paper plate / eat with china / be embarrassed by one's kids / curse in public / climb on shelves in the grocery store / swallow one's burps / run around fighting / give chores / clean after oneself / leave somebody alone

NOUNS:

paper plates ...

ADJECTIVES:

rude (=impolite) ...