If you could relive one ordinary day from your childhood, exactly as it was, which would you choose?

A natural way to answer

I think I'd choose a normal school morning when I was about eight. My whole family was together at breakfast, and there was this easy, comfortable feeling. Back then I took it for granted, but now I'd love to experience that ordinary closeness one more time.

Key phrases to use

• get back — to have something again that you have lost“I wish I could get back the time I wasted.”
• stand still — (of time) to seem to stop because a moment is so peaceful or special“When she walked in, time seemed to stand still.”
• take it for granted — to not appreciate something because you assume it will always be there“I took my free time for granted back then.”
• turn back the clock — to return to an earlier time or undo the passing of time“If only I could turn back the clock.”
• mean the world to someone — to be extremely important or precious to someone“Those letters mean the world to me.”