SPEAK! American English Conversation. 6,000+ Vocabulary Words and Phrases in Dialogues. Artsun Akopyan

breakfast

      sit down

      have a drink

      at least

      a glass of milk

      pour me some milk

      100. How many times a day do you eat?

      How many times a day do you eat?

      Four times.

      What time do you have breakfast?

      At eight in the morning.

      What time is lunch?

      At twelve-thirty.

      What about dinner?

      At seven o’clock in the evening. In addition, we have a snack at about five.

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      Words

      dinner, lunch, snack, twelve-thirty

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      Phrases

      times a day

      four times

      have a snack

      at about five

      101. How often do you do the cleaning?

      How often do you do the cleaning?

      Every week.

      Who wipes the dust?

      Our children do.

      Who washes the floors?

      I do.

      Who vacuums the carpets?

      My husband does.

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      Words

      carpet, cleaning, dust, vacuum, wash, wipe

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      Phrases

      do the cleaning

      every week

      102. Do your parents urge you to clean up your room?

      Do your parents urge you to clean up your room?

      I need no urging. I take out the trash myself.

      Who sweeps the floor?

      I do. Besides, I rub the furniture with a damp cloth.

      Do you also change the sheets?

      Yes, and I brush my carpet.

      Do you do anything for your parents?

      Sometimes. My mom loves sewing, but she’s short-sighted. Thus, I thread a needle for her.

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      Words

      brush, cloth, damp, furniture, needle, room, rub, sew, sewing, sheet, short-sighted, sweep, thread, thus, trash, urge, urging

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      Phrases

      take out the trash

      sweep the floor

      rub the furniture with

      damp cloth

      change the sheets

      brush the carpet

      love sewing

      thread a needle

      103. Can you come into the kitchen now?

      Can you come into the kitchen now?

      What has happened?

      Replace the light bulb, please. The old one has burnt out.

      Do we have any new bulbs?

      I don’t know, look at the shelf.

      Yes, there are some. I will replace it.

      First turn off the lights in the kitchen!

      I will turn it off, don’t worry.

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      Words

      bulb, burnt (base form: burn), replace

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      Phrases

      come into the kitchen

      light bulb

      burnt out

      turn off the lights

      104. Go to the grocery store, please

      Go to the grocery store, please.

      Okay. What should I buy?

      First of all, bread and salt.

      What else?

      Three pounds of sausage. Make sure that it is fresh!

      Is that all?

      Half a pound of cheese. Have you memorized everything?

      Yes, I have a great memory!

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      Words

      bread, fresh, memorize, memory, salt, sausage

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      Phrases

      bread and salt

      three pounds of

      Make sure that…

      half a pound of

      memorize everything

      a great memory