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Language
help
If you are interested in slang, you can find more examples in films or in the tabloid press but it is
probably safest to keep it in your passive rather than your active vocabulary.
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English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate

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Exercises
96.1
Make this conversation more informal by changing some of the words. Refer to the
opposite page if necessary.
JIM
: Annie, can you lend me ten pounds?
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ANNIE
: What for?
JIM
: I’ve got to go and see my parents, and my bicycle’s not working, so I’ll have to get a taxi.
ANNIE
: Can’t you telephone them and say you can’t come?
JIM
: Well, I could, but my mobile phone’s not working, and I want to go because they always have
lots of food, and the refrigerator at our flat is empty, as usual.
ANNIE
: Can’t you go by underground? Anyway, you’re in luck, I’ve got some money, so here you are.