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Man: Oh no!
Woman: What is it?
Man: “Josh and Henrietta would like to have the pleasure of your company at a drinks party, next Saturday evening...”
Woman: Oh no, Josh and Henrietta... they’re not that couple who...?
Man: Yeah exactly! And it gets worse...
Woman: How?
Man: “Formal dress...”
Woman: Argh.... it means you’ve got to wear a suit....
Man: At the bottom it says “RSVP”. What does it mean?
Woman: You’ve got to reply.
Man: But I don’t want to go, so what can I say?
Woman: Tell them you’ve got a dentist’s appointment.
Man: Josh is my dentist!
Woman: Tell them it’s your grandmother’s 100th birthday party.
Man: But they know my granny died ages ago.
Woman: Tell them your dog’s sick and you’ve got to take him to see the vet.
Man: It’s no use – I’m just going to have to tell them the truth...
Woman: The truth? “I’m not coming to your birthday party because I think you’re boring and stupid?”
Man: Maybe not then...
Woman: Tell them this: “I’m unable to attend because I have a prior engagement.”
Man: “Prior engagement”?! And… they won’t be offended?
Woman: Absolutely not.
Man: Perfect!
Comments
Great that is very nice Ineed more help to improve my English
Hi everybody! nice to see u here, I'm not so good at spoken. So
I'm looking for someone who i can chat in skype or any other messenger with. if anyone wants it too, please let me know.
thanks.
team
Hi Satthy,
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Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi ahmed. I would help you with the learning with pleasure.
hi everyone! I would like to improve my english .could you please help me?
hi.how are you?i would like help you.but i dont know english very well.but i would like to speak ourselves.perhaps we can learn english.
what is rsvp
Hi figuigui sarah,
RSVP is a short form of a phrase in french "Répondez s’il vous plaît".
team
Hello!
If you do the first exercise in the Preparation tab, you will discover the answer!
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Great!
I learn new words such as RSVP and etc. It's useful for leaner.