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539 Glossary for any unfamiliar terms

Introduction to grammar and spoken English | 173

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Sometimes speakers search for the right phrasings and do not find them. The

desired word may be supplied by another speaker. Sometimes speakers choose not

to find the right phrasings, or utterances are left incomplete, with an implicit

understanding formed between the speakers:

A: I really like the Greek salad, it’s the cheese, the the

B: Feta

A: The Feta, that’s it. It’s strong but I really really like it.

[The = sign indicates an utterance which is cut short]

A: There was sort of like a concrete er er sea er wa= what’s it called? 

B: Defence.

A: Sea defe= thank you. Sea defence. 

A: Have you got hold of it?

B: Yeah.

A: It was a bit erm=

B: Mm.

C: Mm.

A: A bit=

B: That’s right.