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I´ll have three scrambled eggs with country ham.
| Waitress: | — | Good morning. Are you ready to order? |
| Bill Nichols: | — | Yes, I am, thank you. I´ll have three scrambled eggs with country ham, toast and jam, please. |
| Waitress: | — | Would you like anything to drink? |
| Bill Nichols: | — | I´ll have a tomato juice and some iced tea. |
| Waitress: | — | Anything else? |
| Bill Nichols: | — | Could I have a slice of pumpkin pie? |
| Waitress: | — | Sure. Coming right up. |
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I´d like some breakfast, please.
| Room service: | — | Room service. |
| Mary Jones: | — | Good morning. This is room 113. I´d like some breakfast, please. |
| Room service: | — | Right. Excuse me. Mrs. Jones? |
| Mary Jones: | — | That´s right. |
| Room service: | — | What can I do for you? |
| Mary Jones: | — | I´d like some grapefruit juice, marmalade, two scrambled eggs with two sausages, toast, and a pot of black coffee, please. How long will it take? |
| Room service: | — | Just a few minutes, ma´am. |
| Mary Jones: | — | Great. Thank you. |
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| Receptionist: | — | Good morning. May I help you? |
| Daniel Adams: | — | Yes, I´d like to check out now. My name´s Adams, room 312. Here´s the key. |
| Receptionist: | — | One moment, please, sir. … Here´s your bill. Would you like to check and see if the amount is correct? |
| Daniel Adams: | — | What´s the 14 pounds for? |
| Receptionist: | — | That´s for the phone calls you made from your room. |
| Daniel Adams: | — | Can I pay with traveller´s cheques? |
| Receptionist: | — | Certainly. May I have your passport, please? |
| Daniel Adams: | — | Here you are. |
| Receptionist: | — | Could you sign each cheque here for me? |
| Daniel Adams: | — | Sure. |
| Receptionist: | — | Here are your receipt and your change, sir. Thank you. |
| Daniel Adams: | — | Thank you. Goodbye. |
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Could you please take a picture of us with this camera?
| Paul Ryefield: | — | Excuse me. Could you please take a picture of us with this camera? |
| Man: | — | Sure. Which button do I press to shoot? |
| Paul Ryefield: | — | This one. |
| Man: | — | Do I have to focus it? |
| Paul Ryefield: | — | No, this is a focus-free camera. All you have to do is point and press the button. |
| Man: | — | All right. Say “cheese”. |
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I´d like to book a room please.
| Receptionist: | — | Good afternoon, San Felice Hotel. May I help you? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Yes. I´d like to book a room, please. |
| Receptionist: | — | Certainly. When for, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | March the 23rd. |
| Receptionist: | — | How long will you be staying? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Three nights. |
| Receptionist: | — | What kind of room would you like, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Er… double with bath. I´d appreciate it if you could give me a room with a view over the lake. |
| Receptionist: | — | Certainly, madam. I´ll just check what we have available. . . Yes, we have a room on the 4th floor with a really splendid view. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Fine. How much is the charge per night? |
| Receptionist: | — | Would you like breakfast? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | No, thanks. |
| Receptionist: | — | It´s eighty four euro per night excluding VAT. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | That´s fine. |
| Receptionist: | — | Who´s the booking for, please, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Mr and Mrs Ryefield, that´s R-Y-E-F-I-E-L-D. |
| Receptionist: | — | Okay, let me make sure I got that: Mr and Mrs Ryefield. Double with bath for March the 23rd, 24th and 25th. Is that correct? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Yes it is. Thank you. |
| Receptionist: | — | Let me give you your confirmation number. It´s: 7576385. I´ll repeat that: 7576385. Thank you for choosing San Felice Hotel and have a nice day. Goodbye. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Goodbye. |
sit, sat, sat
spend, spent, spent
ring, rang, rung
wear, wore, worn
sell, sold, sold
beat, beat, beaten
win, won, won
hurt, hurt, hurt
sing, sang, sung
blow, blew, blown
rise, rose, risen
ride, rode ridden
fly, flew, flown
drink, drank, drunk,
forget, forgot, forgotten
throw, threw, thrown
hang, hung, hung,
swim, swam, swum
feel, felt, felt
hold, held, held
stand, stood, stood
understand, understood, understood
lose, lost, lost
catch, caught, caught
buy, bought, bought
send, sent, sent
fall, fell, fallen
choose, chose, chosen
sleep, slept, slept
speak, spoke, spoken
meet, met, met
lead, led, led
bite, bit, bitten
hit, hit, hit
drive, drove, driven
break, broke, broken
Listen and Repeat to Learn Verb Conjugation and Pronunciation
take, took, taken
put, put, put
tell, told, told
give, gave, given
read, read, read
keep, kept, kept
begin, began, begun
let, let, let
hear, heard, heard
cut, cut, cut
eat, ate, eaten *
run, ran, run
bring, brought, brought
become, became, become
grow, grew, grown
draw, drew, drawn
show, showed, shown
mean, meant, meant
* Note that I clearly pronounced the “t” in “eaten.” Sometimes people don’t, especially when speaking at a normal speed.
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Air mail, please.
| Postal clerk: | — | Yes, ma´am? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | How much is a stamp to send a letter to France, please? |
| Postal clerk: | — | Air mail or surface mail? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Air mail, please. |
| Postal clerk: | — | That´ll be eighty-five cents. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Four stamps, please. How much is that? |
| Postal clerk: | — | Three dollars and forty cents. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | There you go. |
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I´d like to rent a car.
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | Good morning. May I help you? |
| Mary Jones: | — | I´d like to rent a car, please. |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | Okay. Full-size, mid-size or compact, ma´am? |
| Mary Jones: | — | Full-size, please. What´s the rate? |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | 78 dollars a day with unlimited mileage. |
| Mary Jones: | — | And I´d like to have insurance just in case. |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | Is there an additional driver? |
| Mary Jones: | — | No. |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | If you want full coverage insurance, it will be 8 dollars per day. It includes collision damage waiver and personal accident insurance. |
| Mary Jones: | — | All right. I´ll take it. |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | Here is our brochure, ma´am. Err… full-size… OK. Please choose a model in this section. |
| Mary Jones: | — | How about this one? |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | All right. How many days would you like to use it? |
| Mary Jones: | — | Just one day. |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | May I see your driver´s license and credit card please? |
| Mary Jones: | — | Is the international driving licence fine? |
| Rent-A-Car Clerk: | — | Yes, it is. (…) Thank you. Please fill in this form. Can you check this box, and put your initials here, and again here. |