get in Get in the car, boys! (enter vehicle)
get out Let’s get out of here (leave; go away)
get away The thieves tried to get away (escape)
Life and living – a trip down the
high street
If you’re too shy to ask the way, or if you’re simply not pushed for
time, you can get to know where everything is in town by having a
look round and keeping your eyes open. Let’s take a short walk
down a typical high street, shall we? I’ll lead the way and we’ll see
if we can spot any useful or interesting places.
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Over here on the left, on our side of the street, is the super-
market, and right next to it there’s the post office – every town has
one of these somewhere, and you can tell it by its red sign. Over
there on the other side of the street you can see some smaller shops:
there’s a newsagent’s on the corner, and a couple of cafés – we
might go in one of those later for a cup of tea . . . what do you think?
Further down on the right is the bus station, and just behind that
you can probably just see the sports and leisure centre, which is
open to everyone; you can often find private sports and health clubs
in towns as well – they’re smaller and you have to pay to be a
member.
Now – can you see that big old building coming up on the left,
opposite the bus station? That’s the public library. Actually, that
reminds me – I’ve got to take some books back there today or
tomorrow, otherwise I’ll get a fine. Anyway, just a bit further on,
there are two banks, one on either side of the street, and then you
can see some traffic lights. Then there are some more small shops
just past the lights, including a butcher’s and a greengrocer’s, and
some Indian and Chinese restaurants. Then if we stop here outside
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• say that you want or don’t want something
Dialogue 1
Helen is buying a few things in the corner shop.
H
ELEN
: Hello. Have you got any bread left?
A
SSISTANT
: Yes – we’ve got white and brown, sliced and
unsliced.
H
ELEN
: Give me a brown sliced loaf, please. Oh, and a box
of matches, and a bottle of milk.
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SSISTANT
: Anything else?
H
ELEN
: Let’s see . . . some apples and some cat food.
A
SSISTANT
: How many apples would you like?
H
ELEN
: Half a dozen.
A
SSISTANT
: And how much cat food?
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SSISTANT
: Thank you. Bye.
H
ELEN
: Bye.

‘seven waters
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Idioms
– will do means ‘will be enough’
– come to means ‘add up to’; how much does it come to? means
‘what is the total that I have to pay?’