BASIC SENTENCES
football |
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1. What time'll the game start? |
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2. I guess it'll be around three. |
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to start out |
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3. [If] we start out at two thirty, we ought to ('surely will') be on time. |
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Do you want to ('shall we') ask kaseem to go, too? |
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to telephone |
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5. O.K. Call him up [and] ask him. |
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telephone |
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6. Where's the telephone? |
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7. It's on the table |
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to lift |
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ear |
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telephone receiver |
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telephone girl |
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number |
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8. When you pick up the receiver, the girl will ask what number you want ('your number') |
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9. Number please! |
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zero |
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line |
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The line's busy ('not yet free'). |
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to place |
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to hang up the receiver |
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12. Hang up, then wait a few moments ('a little while'). |
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(A little later he tries again and this time gets his number.) |
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hello (speaking on the telephone) |
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13. Hello, Kaseem speaking. |
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14. Hello, this's San. |
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voice or sound |
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15. Gosh, I didn't recognize your voice. I was wondering who it was. |
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business |
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16. What's on your mind? ('What business do you have [in mind]?) |
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17. Sanit and I are going to a football game [and] want you to go, too. |
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18. Would you like to go? |
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19. Who's playing who? |
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garden |
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rose |
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name of a school in Bangkok |
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name of another school |
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20. Suankulaap is playing against ('with') Theepsirin. |
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21. I'd like to go. I haven't seen a game for a long time. |
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22. Where're they playing? |
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field (for sports) |
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23. At Suankulaap Field. |
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24. How'll we get there? |
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to drive |
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25. Sanit's going to drive his car. |
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to stop in |
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to receive |
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26. We'll stop by and get you at the house. |
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face or front |
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in front of |
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27. Thanks a lot. I'll get dressed and wait for you in front of the house. |
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as much as |
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28. You don't have to hurry! We've got another half hour ('as much as a half hour more'). |
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to wager |
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to win |
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29. And don't forget to bring your money. I'll make a bet with you that Suankulaap will win. |
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old student or alumnus |
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side |
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to take the side of |
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30. I'm an old Theepsirin student, [so] I'm always on Theepsirin's side. |
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31. I guess we'll have a big time. |
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32. Do you think Suankulaap is the best? ('is more expert?') |
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skill |
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to be equal to (in size or quantity) |
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to be evenly matched |
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33. They're both about the same. |
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therefore |
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heart or spirit |
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to root for |
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side |
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34. But Sanit and I are old Suankulaap students, so ('therefore') we have to root for Suankulaap. |
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35. That's right. I'd forgotten sanit and you were old Suankulaap students. |
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to quit |
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36. That's all. Good-bye. |
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37. Good-bye. |
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how |
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38. How about it? Is he going? |
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39. Yes, and we've got a bet on, too. |
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to promise |
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40. I promised we'd go get him in half an hour. Let's go get dressed. |
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