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Customer: Two buns, please. Shop-assistant: Two buns, 30 copecks, please. Customer: Here you are. 30 copecks, please. Shop-assistant: Thank you.
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Shop-assistant: What can I do for you, madam? Lady-customer: I want two pounds of sugar, some tea and butter.
Shop-assistant: Two pounds of sugar... And what about tea and butter?
Lady-customer: A pound of tea and half a pound of butter. Shop-assistant: Yes, madam. Here is your bill. Pay at the cashdesk, please.
45. Read and retell the jokes.
Jack: I want a cheap coat hanger1. Assistant: Yes, sir, twopence . Jack: Twopence! Is there anything cheaper? Assistant: Yes, sir, a nail3.
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Customer (at the grocer's pilfering1 from the raisin2 box): What are these raisins worth, boy? Boy: Two pence.
Customer (astonished): What! Only twopence a pound? Boy: No, twopence for what you have eaten.
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46. Translate into Ukrainian. (Consult §§ 44, 45.)
1. I thank you for reciting this poem. 2. We tried opening the door. 3. I thank you for buying this book. 4. He has just begun reading this book. 5. They preferred travelling by plane. 6. I want visiting this picture gallery. 7. I like going to the cinema. 8. They began playing chess. 9. Stop reading. 10. I don't mind speaking English. 11. He likes inviting his friend to his house. 12. Reading is my favourite occupation. 13. On coming home he began to do his lessons. 14. I think of writing a composition. 15. He likes being invited by his friends.
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