If you could spend a day with anyone you've never met, who would it be and why?

A natural way to answer

I think I would choose my great-grandmother, whom I never had the chance to meet. I'd ask her about what life was like when she was young and what our family was like back then. It would mean a lot to me.

Key phrases to use

• pick his brain — to ask someone knowledgeable lots of questions to learn from them“Can I pick your brain about your trip to Japan?”
• over the moon — extremely happy and excited about something“She was over the moon when she got the news.”
• got on like a house on fire — got along extremely well, very quickly“They met once and got on like a house on fire.”