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a) Uavesdropplng at work can net you into big tmuble! / Ka vesdropping can get you into big troublc at work!
b) I had a iwally Interesting conventation with a complete stranger reoently./ I recently liaii a rcally Interesting coneersation with a conipMe stranger.
c) I haU- peoplc wint laik on endles«ly about thcm*olvc» all the timc.
d) 1 overhcard the most incn<dible cotwersation »>n the bu* the other day! / I overheard the most incredible cniwersatlon the other day on the bua!
e) I speak to my grandmołher on the phonc at least on cc a monlh.
0 I tried to phone my boyfriend last night, but he wasn't answering Ilu- phone. / List night I tried to phone my boyfriend, but he wasn't answering the phone.
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1 Earlier on in the day I had rcally wanted my parenLs to meeł my boyfriend.
2 She |ust didn'l answer the qucstlon frankly.
3 Later I really regretted having asked Janc to come to the party.
4 Normally, I'd }ust talk to him about it
5 Jack only knew how to read Arabie.
6 Sometimes I think she finds my obsession with tidiness annoying.
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5
1 was stand i ng
2 was telling
3 was going
4 was always looking
5 wasbeginning
6 'eebought
7 've remembered H 'II be getting
9 're watching
10 had been listenlng
11 hadn'theatd
12 wcrc just getting
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a) been be Ing been
b) bitvr tatd be lylng
c) ✓
d) mtgbt be bimng nnght have had
•) ✓
f) bern tinderstandłng undenitood
g) be ftnnlly gets he'» finally getting / he's finally got
h) /
a) animated
b) hitarious
c) frustrating
d) in-depth
e) pointle»
0 lengthy
g) blzarie
h) one-sided
i) inlense, inlimate
a) put across
b) be on the same wavelcngth
c) flowed
d) buttingin
e) drones on and on 0 hogs
g) hunt around for
h) always has something to say
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a) buttingin
b) hogging
c) flows; hunt around for
d) puł... across
e) drones on and on
0 on the same waveiength
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a) skill
b) cfficiently
c) competcnce
d) fulfil
e) satłsfylng
f) consideration
g) achievable
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a) conslderate
b) satisfactory
c) fulfilllng
d) achknremcnts
e) skłllcd 0 efhcienl
g) compctcnt
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a) Fancy
b> surprise; espectlng
c) mu*t; heard
d) got
e) things
0 great
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1 All good, I hope.
2 Just a sec. Yes, 1 have. Herc you are.
3 Not bad at all. And what about you?
4 Yes, I am, for the first two day*. And you?
5 I.ikewtse! I had no idea you knew Lottie.
6 1 know, ifs totally amaztng!
e) 3 0 6
a) won'tyou
b) hasnthe
c) mightn'twe
d) haven'tyou
e) couldl
f) will he
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