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Daily Life - Daddy Please! (C0049)

A: Hey daddy! You look great today; I like your tie!

By the way, I was wondering can I…

B: NO!

A: I haven’t even told you what it is yet!

B: Okay, okay, what do you want?

A: Do you think I could borrow the car? I’m going to

a concert tonight.

B: Um.. I don’t think so. I need the car tonight to pick

up your mother.

A: Ugg! I told you about it last week! Smelly Toes is

playing, and Eric asked if I would go with him!

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c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd.B: Who’s this Eric guy?

A: Duh! He’s like the hottest and most popular guy

at school! Come on, dad! Please!

B: No can do... sorry.

A: Fine then! Would you mind giving me 100 bucks?

B: No way!

A: That’s so unfair!

Key Vocabulary

by the way phrase used to change the

topic of a conversation

wonder verb think about if something is possible

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c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd.concert common

noun, singular

a public performance of

music

pick up verb go and get

popular Adjective very well known and

well liked

bucks common

noun, plural

informal word for dollars

unfair Adjective not fair, not just

Supplementary Vocabulary

suit common

noun, singular

a set of clothes that

usually consists of a

jacket and a skirt or

pair of pants that are

made out of the same

material

play common

noun, singular

a piece of writing that

tells a story through the

actions and words of

characters and that is

performed on a stage

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c 2008 Praxis Language Ltd.drop off phrase to go and leave someone

at a certain place

no way phrase I cannot do it, it is not

possible

lend principle

verb,

present

simple

to give (something) to

(someone) to be used

for a period of time and

then returned

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