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DearYolanda Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Help! Dialogues! (5/50)
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A:Dude, our proposal was just now passed at the meeting!
B:Result!
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A:Guess what? The cute girl we met at the drug store agreed to go out with me!
B:Result!When is the big day? You should take her to the restaurant around...
A:She suggested 30th February!
B:...
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A:Here is a letter for you, from your parents, I guess.
B:Cheers.
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A:I answered for you at the roll-call in microeconomics class.
B:Cheers! You are my man!
A:Gee, I swear I saw daggers come from the professor’s eyes flying at me when he looked up from the name list.
B:I owe you big time!
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Hi, would you please help me with the dialogues above and check:
1. Are the expressions in bold type in active use by native speakers today?
2. Do the dialogues sound natural and like real English?
3. Do the situations created in the dialogues make sense to you?
Thank you very much!
A:Dude, our proposal was just now passed at the meeting!
B:Result!
2
A:Guess what? The cute girl we met at the drug store agreed to go out with me!
B:Result!When is the big day? You should take her to the restaurant around...
A:She suggested 30th February!
B:...
3
A:Here is a letter for you, from your parents, I guess.
B:Cheers.
4
A:I answered for you at the roll-call in microeconomics class.
B:Cheers! You are my man!
A:Gee, I swear I saw daggers come from the professor’s eyes flying at me when he looked up from the name list.
B:I owe you big time!
*************************************
Hi, would you please help me with the dialogues above and check:
1. Are the expressions in bold type in active use by native speakers today?
2. Do the dialogues sound natural and like real English?
3. Do the situations created in the dialogues make sense to you?
Thank you very much!
Top answer
What in the world is your source of information, Yolanda? All of these dialogues seem odd or unintelligible to me. -- 'Dude' is not used in connection with proposals.
- What in the world is your source of information, Yolanda?
- All of these dialogues seem odd or unintelligible to me.
- -- 'Dude' is not used in connection with proposals.
- It is teenage street slang.
- B: Great!
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What in the world is your source of information, Yolanda? All of these dialogues seem odd or unintelligible to me.
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A:Jim, our proposal was just now passed at the meeting!-- 'Dude' is not used in connection with proposals. It is teenage street slang.
B: Great! -- 'Result' has no meaning here.
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A:Guess what? The cute girl w
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A:Jim, our proposal was just now passed at the meeting!-- 'Dude' is not used in connection with proposals. It is teenage street slang.
B: Great! -- 'Result' has no meaning here.
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A:Guess what? The cute girl w
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Hello
There are a number of on line slang dictionaries for American, Aus
Mister MicawberSomeone once told me that 'cheers' can be 'thanks' in England, but I still don't believe it.It is used this way in the UK and in Australia and New Zealand. It is very casual and restricted. It can mean thanks, goodbye or good luck and is usually followed by "mate".
There are a number of on line slang dictionaries for American, Aus
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