A: It smells like an ashtray in here!
B: Hi honey! What’s wrong? Why do you have that look on your face?
A: What’s wrong? I thought we agreed that you were gonna quit smoking.
B: No! I said I was going to cut down which is very different. You can’t just expect me to go cold turkey overnight!
A: Look, there are other ways to quit. You can try the nicotine patch, or nicotine chewing gum. We spend a fortune on cigarettes every month and now laws are cracking down and not allowing smoking in any public place. It’s not like you can just light up like before.
B: I know, I know. I am trying but, I don’t have the willpower to just quit. I can’t fight with the urge to reach for my pack of smokes in the morning with coffee or after lunch! Please understand?
A: Fine! I want a divorce!
Key Vocabulary
| pack of smokes | common noun, singular | a box of cigarettes |
| urge | common noun, singular | a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning |
| light up | phrase | to start smoking a cigarette |
| willpower | common noun, singular | the strength of mind to carry out a decision |
| nicotine chewing gum | common noun, singular | gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body |
| crack down | phrase | To act more forcefully to regulate or repress |
| cold turkey | phrase | Immediate, complete withdrawal from something |
| nicotine patch | common noun, singular | a patch that slowly releases nicotine into the body |
| ashtray | common noun, singular | A receptacle for tobacco ashes and cigarettes and cigars |
| cut down | principle verb, present simple | reduce he amount taken or used |
Supplementary Vocabulary
| drag | common noun, singular | smoking a cigarette once, a puff, share a cigar with someone |
| tar | common noun, singular | A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic. |
| lighter | common noun, singular | A mechanical device for lighting a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. |
| match | common noun, singular | a thin strip of wood or cardboard tipped with a chemical that ignites when scraped against a rough or specially treated surface |
| stogie | common noun, singular | informal of saying cigarette |
| butt | common noun, singular | the end of the cigarette which contains the filter and is placed in the mouth to smoke |
