Describing people in English

Age My grandfather is quite old. In fact, as he has a pension, he is an old age pensioner, or a senior citizen. His daughter, my aunt, is 55, and middle-aged. She has three sons. One is a young adult, at 24 years of age, and the other two are both teenagers. They are 16 and 17. My sister also has two children – one toddler who is a two-year old, and a baby who is 6 months old.

Ask people to take pictures for you

Example 1

You        : Excuse me. Do you mind taking us pictures?
Stranger  : Sure?
You        : Thank you. You can just press the button here.

Example 2

You        : Excuse me. Can you take pictures for us please?
Stranger  : Certainly. Is everything set?
You        : Please move to the left a bit. Thank you.

Example 3

You       : Excuse me. Can you do me a favor?
Stranger : Sure.
You       : We'd like to ask you to take a picture for us.
Stranger : ok.... All right, ready, one... two....
You       : Thanks a lot

Example 4

You       : Excuse me. Do you have time to take a picture for us?
Stranger : Oh. I am sorry. I really have to go.
You       : It's ok.

Conversation

Rosa Have you had your exam results yet? Maggie No, not yet. I'm expecting mine tomorrow. Rosa I had mine this morning. Was I relieved when I opened the envelope! Maggie So it was good news. Rosa Yes, I passed in all subjects. But I only just scraped through in sociology. Maggie Whether you just scraped through or got full marks doesn't matter. You passed. That's the main thing.

Scrape through - Succeed with difficulty in passing an exam