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"I have told the landlord that he
must repair the kitchen sink," he says. |
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Mrs Lim said, "I think you should
throw away the soup which is inedible." |
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"I know a lot of customers who
would not be too disappointed with this soup," the cook claimed. |
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"This fish is burnt," he
complained. "I demand to see the manager." |
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"So sorry," says the manager. "I am
not having a complaints book." |
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"I sneaked in late this afternoon
when you were on duty," he said to the prefect. |
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"I told him I had found Ben
stealing his wallet from his bag," she said slyly. |
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"The students were about to rebel
when I stepped in," the student very proudly claimed. |
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"I did not expect you to invite me
to dinner," she told him. |
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"Are you sure that you have not
seen my finished project ?" she asks in desperation. |
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Answers |
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He says that he has told the
landlord that he must repair the kitchen sink. |
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Mrs Lim said that she thought I
should throw away the soup which was inedible. |
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The cook claimed that he knew a lot
of customers who would not have been too disappointed with that
soup. |
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He complained that that fish was
burnt and demanded to see the manager. |
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The manager says that he is sorry
and that he is not having a complaints book. |
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He said tot he prefect that he had
sneaked in late that afternoon when the prefect was on duty. |
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She said slyly that she had told
him she had found Ben stealing his wallet from his bag. |
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the student very proudly claimed
that the students were about to rebel when he stepped in . |
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She told him that she had not
expected him to invite her to dinner. |
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She asks in desperation whether I
am sure that I have not seen her finished project. |
