Learn some phrases for talking with someone you haven't seen in a long time.

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Task 1

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What do you say when you are in a similar situation?

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Intermediate: B1

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bawk san aung's picture bawk san aung replied on Burma

We haven't seen each others for a long time, it is it?Grumble is not a new word for me but the use of it make me alarm to use it again.

parisaach's picture parisaach replied on Iran

I can say 'Hello, It's been a long time ago when I saw you last time. 'What are you doing now?' 'Where have you been such a long time you disappeared.'
'I really miss you, I'm really glad to see you again'

fknedi's picture fknedi replied on Italy

That's great website and that's great lesson!
This is real accent, conversation.....here I can improve my real English!
Thanks British Council

BenDZ's picture BenDZ replied on Algeria

Thanks

abbas.azhar25's picture abbas.azhar25 replied on United Arab Emirates

I couldn't understand Task 1 answers, what is logic behind given answers in Transcript ? how answers relates ?

Kirk's picture Kirk replied on Spain

Hello abbas.azhar25,

The sentences in the task describe the questions that the man and woman ask each other. For example, where the task says 'The woman asks about the man's job', this corresponds to the following in the transcript:

Woman: What’ve you been up to? Still working in that coffee shop?
Man: Yeah ... same one ...
Woman: Still trying to be an actor?
Man: Well, yeah, you know ...
Woman: So Hollywood hasn’t called in yet?
Man: Not yet ...

The task is to put the descriptions of the topics in the conversation in the same order as they are in the transcript.

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

Ville's picture Ville replied on Latvia

interesting conversation

Petertin17's picture Petertin17 replied on Vietnam

Thank Mr Kirk and the LearnEnglish Team so much.

Petertin17's picture Petertin17 replied on Vietnam

Hi sir,
could you tell me about the sentence " catch up!" of woman in the end of conversation, how does it mean in this situation ? I don't understand.

Kirk's picture Kirk replied on Spain

Hello Petertin17,

What she means is 'We should get together for a drink in order to catch up!' In this context, 'catch up' means 'talk about what has happened in our lives since we last saw each other'.

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

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