Daily Life - What’s your name again? (C0008)
A: Nick! How’s it going?
B: Oh, hey...
A: What are you doing in this neighbourhood? Do
you live around here?
B: Actually, my office is right around the corner.
A: It was great to meet you last week at the confer-
ence. I really enjoyed our conversation about for-
eign investment.
B: Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting. You know,
I’m in a bit of a hurry, but here’s my card. We
should definitely meet up again and continue our
discussion.
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A: Sure, you still have my contact details, right ?
B: You know what, this is really embarrassing, but
your name has just slipped my mind. Can you
remind me?
A: Sure, my name is Ana Ferris. Don’t worry about
it; it happens to me all the time. I’m terrible with
names too.
Key Vocabulary
how’s it going phrase how are you
around here phrase close to here
around the
corner
phrase on the next street
in bit of a
hurry
phrase moving quickly, having
no time
contact de-
tails
phrase information required
to contact someone,
i.e. telephone number,
email address
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slip my mind phrase been forgotten
terrible with phrase bad at
Supplementary Vocabulary
around there phrase close to there
to recognize principle
verb, im-
perative
to know and remember
someone or something
you have seen before
acquaintance common
noun, sin-
gular
someone you know, but
who is not a close friend
in a rush phrase move quickly, not have
much time
forgetful Adjective forgetting things easily
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