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Elementary - Small Talk (B0044)

A: Morning.

B: Hi there Mr. Anderson! How are you on this fine

morning?

A: Fine, thank you.

B: It sure is cold this morning, isn’t it? I barely even

get out of bed!

A: Yeah. It’s pretty cold, alright.

B: Did you catch the news this morning? I heard that

there was a fire on Byron Street.

A: No, I didn’t hear about that.

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c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd.B: Did you happen to watch the football game last

night? The Patriots scored in the last minute!

A: No, I don’t like football.

B: Oh. . . By the way, I saw you with your daughter at

the office Christmas party. She is really beautiful!

A: She’s my wife! Oh, here’s my floor! Nice talking

to you. Goodbye.

B: Sir this is the 56th floor! We are on the 70th!

A: That’s okay, I’ll take the stairs!

Key Vocabulary

It sure is Phrase Affirmation or confirmation of something

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c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd.barely even Adverb hardly, could almost

not

catch Verb hear, listen to

Did you happen to Phrase By chance or casualty

someone did something

By the way Phrase phrased used to interject another topic in a

conversation

take the stairs Phrase go up the stairs, use the

stairs

Supplementary Vocabulary

small talk Pronoun short, firendly conversation about things

that are not important

chat Verb talk (informal)

network Verb talk with people to form

business connections

awkward Adjective difficult to deal with

uncomfortable Adjective a feeling of being embarrassed or uneasy

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