- Ãáã íÍä æÞÊ ÚæÏÊäÇ ááÕÝ¿ - äÍä ÍÓäÇð ááÂä - äÍä ääÊÙÑ ÌíæÝÇäí - lsn't it time we went back to the classroom? - We okay yet - we wait for Giovanni
ÊÚÇá ÃÌáÓ íÇ ÓíÏ Come sit down Sid
- ÃÞÏã áßã ÓíÏ ÇáÞÇÆã Úáì ÃÚãÇá ÇáãÈäì - ÓÚíÏ ÌÏÇð áÃßæä ãÊÚÑÝÇð Úáíß - This is Sid the caretaker - Most happy to make your acquaintance
ãÓÑæÑ áãÞÇÈáÊß Nice to meet you
ÊÑíÏ ßæÈÇð ãä ÇáÞåæÉ íÇ ÓíÏ¿ You want a cup of coffee, Sid?
- ßæÈ ÞåæÉ¿ - ßáÇ ÔßÑÇð - Cup of coffee? - No thanks
- ãÚ Ðáß áä ÃãÇäÚ ÅÐÇ ßÇäÊ ÓßÇÆÑ - ØÈÚÇð ÊÓÊØíÚ Ãä ÊÍÕá Úáì ÓßÇÆÑ - l wouldn't mind a fag though - Sure you can have the fag
- ãÇßÓ¡ ÓíßÇÑÉ áÓíÏ - ÍÓäÇð - Max, a cigarette for Sid - Okay
!åÐÇ áØÝ ãäß That's very kind of you!
- ÓíÏ ÓíÊÍÏË ÅáíäÇ - Úä ãÇÐÇ ÓíÊÍÏË¿ - Sid is gonna talk to us - What is he going to be talking about?
Ãí ÔíÁ! ÍÊì ÊÊÍÓøä áÛÊäÇ ÇáÅäßáíÒíÉ Anything! lt's to improve our English!
ÈÏáÇð ãäÇ äÍä äÊßáøã Åáì ÈÚÖäÇ¡ äÊÍÏË ãÚ ÓíÏ lnstead of us all the time speak to each other, we speak with Sid
ÃÚÊÞÏ ÅäåÇ ÝßÑÉ ÌíÏÉ ÌÏÇð l think is very good idea
- Úä ãÇÐÇ ÓäÊÍÏË¿ - íÌÈ Ãä ÊÊÍÏøËæÇ ÈÕæÊ ÚÇáò - What we're gonna talk about? - You'll have to talk up
ÃäÇ ÃÕã ÈÚÖ ÇáÔíÁ l'm a bit Mutt and Jeff
ÇáãÚÐÑÉ! ãä åãÇ ãÇÊ æÌíÝ¿ Excuse me! Who are these Mutt and Jeff?
ÃÞÕÏ ÃÕã Mutt and Jeff is deaf
ÇáãÚÐÑÉ! ãÇÐÇ äÍä ÓäÊÍÏË¿ Scuse! What we gonna talk about?
áÇ íåãäí! ÃäÇ ÝÞØ ÓÚíÏ áÃäí ÓÃÑíÍ ÞÏãíø l don't mind! l'm just happy to rest my plates of meat
ÇáãÚÐÑÉ! ÃäÇ áÇ ÃÑì Ãí ÕÍæä áÍã Excuse please! l am not seeing any plates of meat
ÃÞÕÏ ÞÏãíø Plates of meat is feet
- ÞÏãÇß åãÇ ÕÍæä áÍã¿ - ÃÌá - Your feet are plates of meat? - Yes
ÅäåÇ áÛÉ ÚÇãíÉ ßãÇ ÊÑì! ÅäåÇ ÓåáÉ ÅÐÇ ÅÓÊÎÏãÊ ÚÞáß lt's slang you see! lt's easy if you use your Uncle Ned
- ÃäÇ áíÓ áÏíø Úã ÅÓãå äíÏ - ÇáÚÞá! ÚÞáß¿ - l am not having an uncle Ned - Uncle Ned! Your uncle Ned?
- ÇáÚÞá¿ - ÃÌá - Uncle Ned? - Yes
- ÃäÊ ÊÚäí ÈÃäå ãÌäæä¿ ßáÇ áßä ÃÚÊÞÏ Ãäøßã ÃäÊã ßÐáß - You mean he's crazy? - No but l think you lot are
- ÃÚÊÞÏ Åäßã ÊãÒÍæä ãÚí - ßáÇ - l think you're taking the mickey out of me - No
!äåä ãåÊãíä Èßá ÔíÁ ÊÞæáå áäÇ We are interested in everything you tell us!
åÇ ÃäÊ ÊÚáøãäÇ ßáãÇÊò áÇ äÊÚáãåÇ ÓÇÈÞÇð Already you are teaching us words we not learn before
- ÃÑÌæß ÚáøãäÇ ÃßËÑ - ÃÌá - Please teach us more - Yeah
- ÓÃÎÈÑßã Úä ãÇ ÍÕá ÇááíáÉ ÇáãÇÖíÉ - ÃÌá ãä ÝÖáß - l'll tell you about what happened last night - Yes please
...ÍÓäÇð¡ Ýí ÇáÈÏÇíÉ ßäÊ ÃÊÌÇÏá ãÚ ÒæÌÊí Well first of all, l had a bit of a bull and a cow with the trouble and strife
...æßÇä Ðáß ÈÓÈÈ ÇáÃØÝÇá lt was all over the dustbin lids!
...ÝÐåÈÊ Ýí ØÑíÞí Åáì ÍÇäÉ áÃÞÇÈá ÕÏíÞÇð l went down the frog and toad into the rub-a-dub and l met my old china plate
ßÇä íÈÏæ ãÑíÖÇð ÞáíáÇð ÝÅÔÊÑíÊ áå ÞÏÍ ÈÑÇäÏí æÃäÇ ÔÑÈÊ ÓíßÇÑÉ He looked a bit Uncle Dick so l get him a Jack the Dandy and l had a Vera Lynn
...æÊæÇáÊ ÇáãæÇÖíÚ æËãáäÇ One thing led to another and we were both Brahms and Liszt
...áÐÇ ÚÏÊ ãÊÑäÍÇø ááÈíÊ æÎáÚÊ ÞãíÕí æÈæÊí So l staggered back home, took off my Dickie dirt and my daisy roots
æÓÞØÊ ãÛÔíøÇð Úáíø Úáì ÇáÓáÇáã And passed out like a light on the apples and pears
íÇááÕÏãÉ¡ ÃÚÊÞÏ ÅääÇ ÃÝÖá ÍÇáÇð áæ ÊßáøãäÇ ÈíääÇ Blimey l think we are better off talking with each other
Ãáã íÍä ÇáæÞÊ ÚæÏÊßã ÌãíÚÇð Åáì ÇáÕÝ¿ lsn't it time you were all back in the classroom?
äÚÊÐÑ ÃÓÊÇÐí¡ áÞÏ ßäøÇ ááÊæø äÊÍÏË Åáì ÓíÏ Sorry professori, we've just been talking with Sid
ßäÊ ÝÞØ ÃÓÇÚÏåã ÈÊØæíÑ ÅäßáíÒíøÊåã ÓíÏ ÈÑÇæä l've just been helping them with their English Mr. Brown
ÓíÚíÏåã åÐÇ ÈÚÖ ÇáÃÓÇÈíÚ Åáì ÇáæÑÇÁ That should set them back a few weeks
- ÃÓÊãíÍß ÚÐÑÇð¿ - áÇ íåã - l beg your pardon? - lt doesn't matter
ÍÓäÇð Alright!
äÍä áÇ äÞæã ÈÝåã ßáãÉò ããÇ íÞæá íÇ ÓíÏ ÈÑÇæä We are not understanding a word he's saying Mr. Brown
!Åäå íÎÈÑäÇ Úä Úãå Ïíß He's telling us about his Uncle Dick!
ÔÎÕ ãÇ íÏÚì ÌÇß ÇáãÊÃäÞ æÈÑÇãÒ æáÓÊ Somebody called Jack the Dandy and Brahms and Liszt
áÞÏ ßÇä íÊßáøã ÈÇáÞÇÝíÉ ÇáÚÇãíÉ He was speaking in rhyming slang
æØæÇá ÇáæÞÊ ßäøÇ äÚÊÞÏ ÈÅäøå ÅäßáíÒí And all the time we think he's English
Åäøå ÅäßáíÒí! Åäøå íÚÑÝ Èßæßäí He is English! He's what is known as a cockney
ÇáÞÇÝíÉ ÇáÚÇãíÉ åí ÅÓÊÎÏÇã ßáãÇÊ ÊÊäÇÛã ãÚ ÇáßáãÉ ÇáãØáæÈÉ Rhyming slang is merely using words that rhyme with the word you wish to use
ãËáÇð¡ ÝØÇÆÑ ÇááÍã ÇáãÝÑæã ááÚíäíä For example, mince pies are eyes
- ÕÍæä ÇááÍã åí ÃÞÏÇã - ÕÍíÍ - Plates of meat are feet - Yes
- ÝåãÊ¡ ÇáÚã äíÏ åí ááÑÃÓ - åÐÇ ÕÍíÍ - l understand, Uncle Ned is head - That's right
- æãÇ åæ ÇáÚã Ïíß¿ - ÃÝÊÑÖ Åäå ãÑíÖ - And what is Uncle Dick? - l presume that's sick
- æÌÇß ÇáãÊÃäÞ¿ - ÈÑÇäÏí - And Jack the Dandy? - Brandy
- ÈÑÇãÒ æáÓÊ¿ - Ëãá - Brahms and Liszt? - Drunk
- åÐå áÇ ÊÊäÇÛã - ÅäåÇ ÞÑíÈÉ ßÝÇíÉ - That's not rhyme - lt's near enough
ÊÚÇáæÇ¡ áÏíäÇ ÇáßËíÑ ãä ÇáÚãá! ÚæÏæÇ Åáì ÇáÕÝ Come along, we have a lot of work to do! Back to the classroom
ãÇ ÇáøÐí íÌÑí åäÇ¿ Ãíä ÇáÓíÏ ÈÑÇæä¿ What is going on in here? Where is Mr. Brown?
Óíßæä åäÇ Ýí Ãíø áÍÙÉ! Åäå ÞÇÏã ãä ÇáãÞåì He will be here any minute! He is coming from the tea room
ÚÔÑÉ ÏÞÇÆÞ åæ ÇáæÞÊ ÇáØÈíÚí áÞÏÍ ãä ÇáÔÇí íÇ ÓíÏ ÈÑÇæä Ten minutes is the normal time to have a tea Mr. Brown
ÃÌá ØÈÚÇð! ßäøäÇ ääÇÞÔ ÃÞÓÇã ÇáßáÇã Yes of course! We were discussing parts of speech
ÍÓäÇð¡ Ýí ÇáãÓÊÞÈá¡ ÓÃßæä ããÊäøÉ áæ ÞãÊ ÈÐáß Ýí ÇáÕÝ Well in future, l'd be obliged if you'd do it in the class
ÈÇáÊÃßíÏ Certainly!
ßíÝ ÍÇá ÊÞÏøã ØáÇÈß Ýí ÇááÛÉ ÇáÅäßáíÒíÉ¿ How are your students coming along with their English?
ÌíÏ ÌÏÇð Extremely well
ÌíÏ¡ ÓÃÈÞì æÃÓÊãÚ áÈÖÚÉ ÏÞÇÆÞ Good, l shall stay and listen for a few minutes
!áÇ ÊÞáÞ! áä ÃÞÇØÚ ÇáÏÑÓ Don't worry! l shan't interfere!
ÃäÇ ÃÌÚáåÇ ßäÙÇã ÏæÑí Ãä ÃÏÎá ÇáÕÝæÝ ãä æÞÊ áÂÎÑ l make it a practise to drop on the classes from time to time
áÃÑì äæÚ ÇáÊÞÏøã ÇáøÐí íÍÕá To see what sort of progress is being made
Åäøåã íØÈÎæä ÇáÓÊÑÇÌäæÝ Ýí ÕÝ ÇáØÈÎ ÇááíáÉ lt's Beef Stroganoff in the cookery class tonight
- åá ÊÍÇæá ÇáÊÎáøÕ ãäí¿ - ßáÇ¡ ÝÞØ ÅÚÊÞÏÊ Åäßö ÞÏ ÊÍÈíäåÇ ÞáíáÇð - Are you trying to get rid of me? - No, l just thought you might fancy a bit
ÃäÇ áÓÊ ßÐáß¡ áÐÇ åáøÇ ÈÏÃÊ ãä ÝÖáß¿ l don't, so will you please begin?
ÍÓäÇð! áãÇ ÊÈÞøì ãä ÇáÏÑÓ ÓäÊÍÏøË Úä ÇáÊÓæøÞ Right! For the rest of this period we're going to talk about shopping
Åäå íÚÌÈäí! Åäå ÌíÏ ÌÏÇð l like him! He's very good!
- ÚÐÑÇð¿ - ÔæÈíä! ÊÚÌÈäí ãÞØæÚÊå ÈæáæäíÒ - Pardon? - Shoppin! l like his Polonaise
!ÌíæÝÇäí¡ ÃäÊ ÊÞÕÏ ÔæÈÇä Giovanni, that's Chopin!
!íÈÏæ Åäøå áã íÓãÚäí ÌíÏÇð He must have misheard me!
äÍä ÓäÊÍÏøË Úä ÇáÊÓæøÞ¡ ÔÑÇÁ ÇáÃÔíÇÁ We're going to talk about shopping, buying things
áÏíø åäÇ ÃÔíÇÁ ãÎÊáÝÉ ÞÏ ÊÔÊÑæäåÇ ãä æÞÊ áÂÎÑ l have here various items which, at some time or another you will probably purchase
áÐÇ ÓÃÍãáåã æÃØáÈ ãäßã Ãä ÊÚÑøÝæåÇ áí So l'm gonna hold them up and ask you to identify them
æÓäÑì ßíÝ åæ ÃÏÇÁßã¡ ÍÓäÇð¿ And we'll see how well you do, alright?
- ÇáÂä¡ ãÚ ãä ÓäÈÏÃ¿ Úáí - ÃÌá ãä ÝÖáß - Now who shall we start with? Ali - Yes please
- ãÇ åÐå¿ - ÊÝøÇÍÉ - What is this? - Apple
- áÐíÏÉ! ÌíÏÉ ÌÏÇð - áíÓ ãä ÇáãÝÑæÖ Ãä ÊÃßáåÇ - Lovely! Jelly good - You're not supposed to eat it
ÃäÇ ÂÓÝ ÌÏÇð! ÃßáÊ ÞÖãÉ æÇÍÏÉ ÝÞØ l am most sorry! l only had a small bite
!ãÚ Ðáß ÃßãáåÇ ÇáÂä You might as well finish it now!
- Óæ áí¡ ãÇ åÐå¿ - ÅäåÇ ÈáÊÞÇÑÉ - Su Lee, what is this? - lt is olange
- ÑÑÑ¡ ÑÑÑ¡ ÈÑÊÞÇáÉ - ÈáÑÊÞÇáÉ - Rrrr, Rrrr Orange - Olrange
- åÐÇ ÃÝÖá - íÌÈ Ãä ÊÍÓãí ãæÖæÚ ÕæÊ ÇáÑÇÁ åÐÇ - That's better - You really must work on those R sounds
- ...ÃäÇ ÃÍÇæá ÈÌÏ - ÍÇæáí Ãä ÊÞæáí - l tly velly hard - Try saying...
Íæá ÇáÕÎæÑ ÇáæÚÑÉ ÑßÖ ÇáãáÚæä ÇáÑË ÇáËÈÇÈ ''Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran''
ÍæÑ ÇáÕÎæá ÇáæÚáÉ áßÖ ÇáãÑÚæä áË ÇáËíÇÈ ''Alound luged locks, lagged lascal lan''
Óíßæä Úáíßö Ãä ÊÓÊãÑí ÈÇáÊãÑíä You're gonna have to keep practising
- ÂäÇ¡ ãÇ åÐÇ¿ - ßíÓ æÑÞí - Anna, what's this? - A paper bag
- ÃÌá¡ áßä ãÇÐÇ Èå¿ - æãÇ ÃÏÑÇäí! ÝÃäÇ áÇ ÇÓÊØíÚ Ãä ÃÑì ãÇ ÈÏÇÎáå - Yes, but what's inside it? - l don't know! l cannot see inside
- Åäå ØÍíä! ÃäÊ ÊÚÑÝíä ãÇ åæ ÇáØÍíä¿ - ÃÌá¡ ÇáøÐí íÑÊÏíå ÇáäÇÓ Ýí ÍÝáÉ ÇáÒÝÇÝ - lt's flour! You know what flour is? - Ja, what you wear at wedding
ßáÇ¡ áíÓ åßÐÇ! Åäå ÇáØÍíä ÇáøÐí äÕäÚ ãäå ÇáãÚÌäÇÊ æÇáÎÈÒ No, no, no, this isn't that kind of flower! This is flour to make pastry and bread
- ØÍíä ÃÈíÖ ÈÇáÃáãÇäí - ÃÌá - Veismehl - Yes
- ÌãíáÉ - ÃÌá - Jamila - Yes
- ãÇ åÐÇ¿ - ßÇÌÑ - What is this? - gager
ÃäÇ ãÊÃßÏ ãä Ãäøßö Úáì ÍÞ áßä ãÇ åæ ÈÇáÅäßáíÒíÉ¿ l'm sure you're right but what is it in English?
ÃãÇ ÓãÚÊö íæãÇð íÌÒÑÉ¿ Have you ever heard of a carrot?
- ÌÒÑÉ¿ - ÃÌá - Carrot? - Yes carrot
ÌÒÑÉ íÌÑøåÇ ÍÕÇä Horse and carrot
- ãÐåá! ßáÇ íÇ ÌãíáÉ - lncredible! - No, no Jamila
!ÃäÊö ÊÞÕÏíä ÚÑÈÉ íÌÑøåÇ ÍÕÇä! åÐå ÌÒÑÉ That's horse and cart! This is a carrot!
ãä íÓÊØíÚ Ãä íÎÈÑäí ãÇ åÐå¿ Who can tell me what these are?
- ÃÕÇÈÚ Óãß - ÌíÏ¡ ÃÍÓäÊö íÇ ÏÇäíÇá - Fish fingers - Good, well done Danielle
- ÇáãÚÐÑÉ ãä ÝÖáß - ßáÇ íÇ Úáí¡ áÇ ÊÞáåÇ - Excuse please - No Ali, don't say it
ãÇ ÇáøÐí áÇ ÃÞæáå¿ What don't l say?
ßäÊ Êäæí Ãä ÊÞæá Ãí ÔíÁ ÈÎÕæÕ Ãäø ÇáÓãß áÇ íãáß ÃÕÇÈÚ You were going to say anything about fish not having fingers
- ÃÌá ãä ÝÖáß - ÍÓäÇð¡ áÇ ÊÒÚÌ äÝÓß - Yes please - Well don't bother
- ãÇßÓ - ØãÇØã - Max - Tomato
- ÌíÏ¡ ÊÇÑæ! - ÈØÇÑØæ - Good, Taro! - Potarto
- ÈØÇØÉ - Ãå¡ ÅÐÇð - Potato - Ah so
!ÌíæÝÇäí Giovanni!
- ÚÕíÑ áíãæä - ÌíÏ - Lime Juice - Good
- ÎæÇä - ÚÕíÑ ÈÞÑ - Juan - Cow Juice
- ÍáíÈ - ÃÌá¡ ÍáíÈ - Milk - Si, milk
- åá ÊÚáã ãä Ãíä äÍÕá Úáì ÇáÍáíÈ íÇ ÎæÇä¿ - ÃÌá ÓíÏÊí¡ ãä ÈÇÆÚ ÇáÍáíÈ - Do you know where we get milk from Juan? - Si senora, milkman
- åÏæÁ ãä ÝÖáßã! äÍÕá Úáì ÇáÍáíÈ ãä ÇáÃÈÞÇÑ - ÃÌá¡ ÃÈÞÇÑ - Quiet please! We get milk from cows - Si, cows! Vaca!
- ÑÇäÌíÊ! - ÑÞÇÆÞ ÇáÐÑÉ - Ranjeet! - Corn flakes
- ßáÇ¡ Åäå ÔæÝÇä - ÔæÝÇä - No oats - Oats
åÐÇ åæ ÅÐÇð So that is oats!
...ÕÏíÞí ÇáøÐí ÃÚãá ãÚå My friend who l am working with
ßá ÕÈÇÍ ãÎÈÑäí ÈÃäå ßÇä ÇááíáÉ ÇáãÇÖíÉ íãÇÑÓ ÇáÍÈ Every morning he is telling me last night he is having his oats
- Åäå ãÎÈÑäí ÈÃäøå íÍÈ Ðáß ßËíÑÇð - ÃäÇ ãÊÃßøÏ ãä Åäå ßÐáß - He is telling me he likes them very much - l'm sure he does
- ãä íÓÊØíÚ Ãä íÎÈÑäí ãÇ åÐå¿ - áÍã ãÞÏæÏ - Who can tell me what this is? - Bacon
- ÌíÏ¡ æãä Ãí äÍÕá Úáì áÍã ãÞÏæÏ ÃÞÕÏ... ãÞÏÏ¿ - ãä ÈÇÆÚ ÇáÍáÈÈ - Good, and where does bacon come from? - Milkman
- ÇááÍã ÇáãÞÏÏ áÇ íÃÊí ãä ÈÇÆÚ ÇáÍáíÈ - ßá ÃÓÈæÚ ÃÔÊÑíå ãäå - Bacon does not come from the milkman - Every week l buy bacon from milkman
- ÎäÒíÑ¡ ÎäÒíÑ - åá ÊÏÚæäí ÈÇáÎäÒíÑ¿ - Pig, pig - Are you calling me pig?
- ÃäÊ ÎäÒíÑ ÃíåÇ ÇáÝØíÑÉ ÇáÅíØÇáíÉ - ÃÛáÞ ÞÏãíß - You are a pig you ltalian ravioli - Shut your plates of meat
!åÐÇ íÝí ÈÇáÛÑÖ That'll do!
ãÇ ßÇä íÍÇæá ÌíæÝÇäí Ãä íÞæáå Ãä ÇááÍã ÇáãÞÏÏ íÃÊí ãä ÇáÎäÒíÑ What Giovanni was trying to say was that bacon comes from a pig
áÇ ÈÃÓ lt's alright
åá íÓÊØíÚ Ãí ÃÍøÏ Ãä íÎÈÑäí ãÇÐÇ äÓãí ÇáÎäÒíÑ ÈÚÏ ÐÈÍå¿ Can anyone tell me what we call a pig after it has been killed?
- ÃÌá ãä ÝÖáß¡ ÎäÒíÑ ãíÊ - ÈÏíÚ - Yes please, it is dead pig! - Amazing
!ßáÇ íÇ Úáí¡ íÓãì áÍã ÎäÒíÑ No Ali, that's pork!
- ãÇ åÐÇ¿ Ãí ÃÍÏ¿ - ÚáÈÉ áÍã - What is this? Anybody? - A tin of meat
- ÃÌá ÅäåÇ ÚáÈÉ ØÚÇã ßáÇÈ - Ãæå¡ íÇááÕÏãÉ¡ ÃäÊã ÊÖÚæä ßáÇÈÇð Ýí ÚáÈ ÍÊì ÊÃßáæåÇ - Yes, actually it's a tin of dog meat - Oh blimey, you're putting dogs in tins to eat
- ÃÙäø Ãäí ÓãÚÊ ãÇ Ýíå ÇáßÝÇíÉ - Åäøåã ÃÝÖá ããÇ ßÇäæÇ Úáíå - l think l've heard enough - They are better than they were
ãä ÇáãÓÊÍíá Ãä íßæäæÇ ÃÓæÃ They could hardly be worse!
ÅäåÇ ÈÇáÊÃßíÏ ãÍÞÉ ßãÇ ÊÚáãæä! ÇáÈÚÖ ãäßã ãÊÑÇÌÚ ÌÏÇð ááæÑÇÁ She's absolutely right you know! Some of you are very behind
ÃäÇ ÃÞÖí æÞÊÇð ØæíáÇð áÊÍÖíÑ åÐå ÇáÏÑæÓ l spend a lot of time preparing these lessons
æÇáÈÚÖ ãäßã áÇ íÃÎÐåÇ ÈäÕÝ ÇáÌÏíÉ ÇáøÊí åí Úáíå And some of you don't take them half as serious as they should
ÍÇä ÇáæÞÊ áÊÚãáæÇ ÈÌÏ lt's time you put your shoulders to the wheel
- Ãí ÚÌáÉ ãä ÝÖáß¿ - ÇáÊÚáøã - What wheel please? - Learning
ÃÚÊÞÏ Åäøå ãä ÇáÃÝÖá Ãä ÊÈÞæÇ äÕÝ ÓÇÚÉ ÅÖÇÝíÉ ÇááíáÉ l think you better stay an extra half hour tonight
- ÅäøåÇ áíáÉ ÇáÌãÚÉ! áÏíø ãæÚÏ - áÇ íåãäí - lt's Friday night! l got a date - l don't care
ÃÑíÏßã Ãä ÊÍáøæÇ ÇáÊãÇÑíä Ýí Õ 53¡ ÌãíÚßã l want you to do the exercises on page 53, all of them
æáÇ ÊÛÇÏÑæÇ ÍÊøì ÊäÊåæÇ ãäåÇ And you don't go until you've finished
!ÊÕÈÍæä Úáì ÎíÑ So long!
- áÞÏ ÃÞÝáÊ ÇáãÞåì íÇ ÓíÏ - ÔßÑÇð ßáÇÏ - l've locked up the tea room Sid - Thanks Glad
- åá ÊÑÛÈíä ÈÔÑÇÈ íÇ ÝÊÇÉ¿ - ßáÇ¡ ÃÑíÏ Ãä ÃÐåÈ ááÈíÊ - Fancy a drink Girl? - No l want to get home
íÌÈ Ãä ÃÔÑÈ ßÃÓÇð! ÍäÌÑÊí ãÊíÈøÓÉ l must have a pint! My throat's spitting feathers
- ãÇ ßÇä Ðáß¿ - ÃÙäø Ãäø ÃÍÏÇð ãÇ Úáì ÇáÈÇÈ - What was that? - l think it is somebody at the door
!ÃÏÎá Come in!
ãÑÍÈÇð¡ åá ãä ÃÍøÏ åäÇß¿ Hello, is anybody there?
- ÇáæÏÇÚ íÇ ÓíÏ! ÃÑÇß íæã ÇáÅËäíä - ÊÕÈÍíä Úáì ÎíÑ ßáÇÏíÓ - Cheerio Sid! See you on Monday - Good night Gladys
ÇáÃãÑ áÇ íÈÔÑ ÈÎíÑ! áÇ ÃÓÊØíÚ ÝÊÍåÇ lt's no good! l can't get it open
ÃÚáã! áã áÇ ÊÕÏã ÇáÈÇÈ¿ l know! Why not we smash the door up?
ÊÞÕÏ ÊÍØøã! ÇáÃãÑ íÓÊÍÞ ÇáãÍÇæáÉ ÍÓäÇð! ÊÑÇÌÚæÇ ÌãíÚßã down! lt's worth a try, alright! Stand back everyone
!ÃÍÐÑæÇ ãä ÇáÔÙÇíÇ Careful of splinters!
- ÃäÊ áã ÊÝÊÍ ÇáÈÇÈ - ÃÙäø Ãääí ßÓÑÊ ÐÑÇÚí - You haven't opened the door - l think l've broken my arm
- ÓäãæÊ ÌãíÚÇð - áÇ Êßä ÏÑÇãíøÇð ÌÏÇõ - We are all going to die - Don't be so dramatic
ÑÈøãÇ äÕÑÎ ËÇäíÉð Maybe we shout again
áÇ ÃÚÊÞÏ Ãäø ÍäÌÑÊí ÓÊÊÍãøá ÈÚÏ ÇáÂä l don't think my throat would stand any more
!åíå ÃäÙÑæÇ! åäÇáß ÑÌá Ýí ÇáÔÇÑÚ Hey look! There's a man in the street!
!ÇáäÌÏÉ¡ ÇáäÌÏÉ Help, help!
áä íÓãÚäÇ æäÍä Ýí ÇáÃÚáì åäÇ! áæøÍæÇ áå He won't hear us from up here! Wave to him
- áÞÏ ÑÂäÇ - ÌíÏ - He has seen us - Good
Åäøå íáæøÍ áäÇ He's waving back
Åäøå ÈÇáÊÃßíÏ íÚÊÞÏ ÈÃäøäÇ äÍÇæá Ãä äßæä áØÝÇÁ He obviously thinks we're just being friendly
áÞÏ ÐåÈ He's gone
- äÍä ßáøäÇ ÓäãæÊ - áÇ ÃÍøÏ ÓíãæÊ - We are all going to die - Nobody is going to die
ãÇ äÍÊÇÌå åæ ÔíÁ ãÇ áÌÐÈ ÅäÊÈÇå ÇáãÇÑøÉ What we need is something to be attracting the attention of passer by
ÃÌá¡ ÏÇäíÇá íäÈÛí Ãä ÊáæøÍ ãä ÇáäÇÝÐÉ ÈäÝÓåÇ Yes, Danielle should wave from window by herself
ãÚ åÐÇ áä íßæä ßÇÝíÇð áÌÐÈ ÇáÅäÊÈÇå ÇáßÇÝí lt still may not be sufficient to attract enough attention
Óíßæä ßÐáß áæ ÎáÚÊ ãáÇÈÓåÇ lt would be if she took all her clothes off
- åÐå ÝßÑÉ ÌíÏÉ - ßáÇ ÅäåÇ áíÓÊ ßÐáß - That's a good idea - No it isn't
!ÇáÂä¡ ÅÌáÓæÇ ÝÍÓÈ ÌãíÚßã Now, just sit down everybody!
äÍä ÝÞØ ÓäÝßøÑ ÈÍá áåÐÇ We'll just have to think this one out
áÇ ÈÏ Ãä íßæä åäÇáß Íá ÈÓíØ There must be a simple solution
æÅä áã íßä¡ Óíßæä ÚáíäÇ Ãä ääÊÙÑ ÍÊøì íÝÊÞÏ ÃÍÏåã æÇÍÏÇð ãäÇ And if there isn't, we'll just have to wait until somebody misses one of us
áßä ãÇÐÇ áæ Ãä áÇ ÃÍøÏ ãÝÊÞÏ ÃÍÏÇð But what if nobody is missing anybody
ÑÈãÇ Óäßæä ÚÇáÞíä åäÇ ãÚÇð ÍÊì ÕÈÇÍ ÇáÅËäíä We could be being stuck here together until Monday morning
äÍä ßáøäÇ ÓäãæÊ We are all going to die
Úáí¡ áÇ ÃÍøÏ ÓíãæÊ! ÝÞØ ÃäÊ ÓÊãæÊ Ali, nobody is going to die! Only you is going to die
- ÃäÇ¿ - ÃÌá - Me? - Yes
áÃäøß ÅÐÇ ÞáÊ ÅääÇ ßáäÇ ÓäãæÊ¡ ÓÃÔäÞß Because if you say we are all going to die once more, l shall strangle you
!åäÇáß 11 ÔÎÕ åäÇ There are eleven of us here!
ãä ÇáãÄßÏ ÚÇÌáÇð Ãã ÂÌáÇð¡ æÇÍÏ ãäÇ ÓíÝÊÞÏæå lt is obvious that sooner or later, one of us will be missed
- åá ÓíÝÊÞÏß ÃÍÏ ÓíÏí¿ - ÍÓäÇð áÇ áßäí ÃÚíÔ æÍíÏÇð Ýí ÔÞÉ - Will you be missed sir? - Well no but l live alone in a flat
- áßä ãËáÇð ÎÐ ÏÇäíÇá - ÃÍÈ Ãä ÂÎÐ ÏÇäíÇá - But for example, take Danielle - l would love to take Danielle
ÃäÇ ãÊÃßÏ ßæäßö ÃÌäÈíÉ l'm sure that, being an au pair
ÝÅäø ÚÇÆáÊßö ÇáÅäßáíÒíÉ ÓíÝÊÞÏæäßö ÚäÏãÇ áÇ ÊÑÌÚíä Your English family will miss you when you don't return
ßáÇ¡ Åäåã ãÓÇÝÑíä áÞÖÇÁ ÚØáÉ äåÇíÉ ÇáÅÓÈæÚ No, they are away for the weekend
ÍÓäÇð ÂäÇ¡ ãÇÐÇ Úä ÚÇÆáÊßö ÇáÅäßáíÒíÉ¿ Well Anna, what about your English family?
- åá åã ãÓÇÝÑæä¿ - ßáÇ - Are they away? - No
- ÈÇáÊÃßíÏ Óíßæä ÞáÞíä - ßáÇ - They'll obviously be worried! - No
- ßáÇ¿ - ÅäåÇ ÚØáÉ äåÇíÉ ÃÓÈæÚí - No? - lt is my weekend off!
- ßäÊ ÓÃÞÖíåÇ ãÚ ÏÇäíÇá - äÍä ßáøäÇ ÓäãæÊ - l was spending it with Danielle - We are all going to die
Úáí! ÊÇÑæ¡ ãÇÐÇ Úäß¿ ÃäÊ ãÊÒæÌ! Ãáä ÊÝÊÞÏß ÒæÌÊß¿ Ali! Taro, what about you? You're married! Won't your wife miss you?
- ÒæÌÊí ÃÕáÇð ÊÝÊÞÏäí - ÃÑÃíÊã - Wife already missing me - There you are
ááÃÓÝ¡ ÅäåÇ ãÚ æÇáÏíåÇ Ýí Øæßíæ Unfortunately, she is with parents in Tokyo
ãÇÐÇ Úäß íÇ ÌíæÝÇäí¿ ÃäÊ ÊÚãá Ýí ãØÚã What about you Giovanni? You work in a restaurant
- ÈÇáÊÃßíÏ ãÏíÑß ÓíÝÊÞÏß - ØÈÚÇð ÓíÝÊÞÏäí - Surely your employer will miss you - Sure he's gonna miss me
- ÅÐÇð ÑÈãÇ ÓíÝÚá ÔíÆÇð ÈåÐÇ ÇáÎÕæÕ - ÃÌá¡ ÓíØÑÏäí - So presumably, he'll do something about it - Yes, he's gonna give me the sack
áÇ ãÝÑø ãä Ãäø ÃÍÏÇð íÌÈ Ãä íÝÊÞÏ ÃÍÏÇð Somebody's bound to miss somebody
æÅÐÇ ÍÏË ÇáÃÓæÃ¡ ÚäÏåÇ... áÇ ÊÞáÞæÇ äÓÊØíÚ Ãä ääÌæ ÍÊì äåÇíÉ ÇáÚØáÉ And if the worst happens, then... Don't worry we can survive the weekend!
!áÏíäÇ ÇáßËíÑ ãä ÇáØÚÇã æÇáÔÑÇÈ We've got plenty of food and drink!
Óíßæä ÚáíäÇ ÝÞØ Ãä äÍÇÝÙ Úáì ãÚäæíÇÊäÇ ãÑÝæÚÉ! ÍÇæáæÇ æÓÊßæäæä ÓÚÏÇÁ We'll just have to keep our spirits up! Try and be cheerful
ÝßÑæÇ Ýí ÃÔíÇÁ ÊÝÚáæåÇ áÞÖÇÁ ÇáæÞÊ Think of things to do to pass the time
- ÃäÇ ÃÞæá äßÊÉ! - ÝßÑÉ ÌíÏÉ ÌíæÝÇäí - l tell ajoke! - Good idea Giovanni
ÓäÞæá äßÇÊ ÌãíÚäÇ! åÐÇ ÓíÓÇÚÏäÇ Úáì ÞÖÇÁ ÇáæÞÊ! ÅÈÏÃ ÌíæÝÇäí We'll all tell jokes! That will help pass the time! Go ahead Giovanni!
ÍÓäÇð¡ ßÇä åäÇáß ÑÌá áÏíå ÛäÛÑíäÇ Ýí ÓÇÞå Ok, there was this man and he has gangrene in the leg
- åá ÃäÊ ãÊÃßÏ ãä ÃäøåÇ äßÊÉ¿ - ØÈÚÇð¡ ÅäåÇ ãÖÍßÉ ÌÏÇð - Are you sure this is a joke? - Sure, it's very funny
Úáì Ãí ÍÇá¡ ÐåÈ Åáì ÇáãÓÊÔÝì áíÞØÚæÇ ÓÇÞå Anyway, he goes into the hospital to have the leg chopped off
ÈÚÏ ÇáÚãáíÉ¡ ÚäÏãÇ ÅÓÊÝÇÞ After the operation, when he's come back to being conscious
ÑÃì ÇáØÈíÈ íÈÏæ ÞáÞÇð ÌÏÇð! ÞÇá áå ãÇ ÇáÃãÑ íÇ ÏßÊæÑ¿ He sees the doctor looking very worried! 'What's the matter doctor', he say
ÇáØÈíÈ ÃÌÇÈ ÓíÏí áÏí ÃÎÈÇÑ ÓíÆÉ æÃÎÈÇÑ ÌíÏÉ The doctor replies, 'Senor l have bad news and l have good news'
áÐÇ¡ ÞÇá ÇáÑÌá: ÍÓäÇð¡ Þá áí ãÇ åí ÇáÃÎÈÇÑ ÇáÓíÆÉ So, the man say, 'OK, give me the bad news'
ÇáØÈíÈ ÞÇá: áÞÏ ÞØÚÊ ÇáÓÇÞ ÇáÎØÃ The doctor say, 'l have chopped off the wrong leg'
ÞÇá ÇáÑÌá: íÇ ãÑíã ÇáÚÐÑÇÁ¡ æãÇ åí ÇáÃÎÈÇÑ ÇáÌíÏÉ¿ Santa Maria, the man say, 'what is the good news? '
ÇáØÈíÈ ÞÇá: ÓÇÞß ÇáÇÎÑì ÊÊÍÓøä The doctor say 'Your other leg is getting better'
- ÍÓäÇð¡ ÅÓÊãÑ - åÐå åí ÇáäßÊÉ - Well go on - That's the joke
- ãÖÍßÉ ÌÏÇð - ÑÃÓ Ðßí ÂÎÑ - Very droll - Another Uncle Ned
åá áÏì ÃÍÏ ÂÎÑ ÞÕÉ ãÖÍßÉ¿ Does anybody else got a funny story?
åá ÊÚáãæä Ãä ÇáÃãÑ íÊØáøÈ ÓíÎíøíä ÅËäíä áíÍáÈÇ ÚäÒÉò æÇÍÏÉ¿ Do you know it take two Sikhs to milk one goat?
- ÅËäíä¿ - ÃÌá ãä ÝÖáß - Two? - Yes please
æÇÍÏ íãÓß ÇáÍáãÇÊ æÇáËÇäí íÑÝÚ ÇáÚäÒÉ æíäÒáåÇ One to be holding the tits and one to be lifting the goat up and down
æåá ßäÊã ÊÚáãæä Ãä Ýí ÈÇßÓÊÇä áÇ íæÌÏ ËáÌ And did you know that in Pakistan they have no ice
áÃä ÇáÑÌá ÇáøÐí åæ ÚÇÑÝ ÈÕäÚ ÇáËáÌ ÞÏ åÇÌÑ ecause the man who is knowing to be making ice has emigrated
- åá ÊÞæá ÈÃäø ßá ÇáÈÇßÓÊÇäííä ÃÛÈíÇÁ¿ - ßáÇ¡ ÃäÊ ÝÞØ - Are you saying all Pakistanis are stupid? - No, just you
ÃÌáÓæÇ! áÇ ãÒíÏ ãä ÇáäßÇÊ ÇáÚäÕÑíÉ Sit down! No more racialist jokes please
- åá áÏì ÃÍÏ ÂÎÑ ÞÕÉ ãÖÍßÉ¿ - ÇáãÚÐÑÉ - Has anybody else got a funny story? - Por favore
!ÞÕÉ ãÖÍßÉ¡ äßÊÉ A funny story, a joke!
- ÞÕÉ åÒáíÉ - Âå¡ ÞÕÉ åÒáíÉ! ÃÌá¡ ÃÌá - Chista - Ah, chista! Si, si
!ÃäÇ ãÊÃßøÏ ãä ÃäåÇ ãÖÍßÉ ááÛÇíÉ¡ áæ ÝÞØ ßäÇ äÚÑÝ ãÚäÇåÇ l'm sure that was extremely hilarious, lf only we knew what it was about!
ÊÇÑæ¡ ãÇÐÇ Úä äßÊÉ íÇÈÇäíÉ ÈÇáÅäßáíÒí ãä ÝÖáß Taro, what about a Japanese joke in English please
...ãËÑ íÇÈÇäí ÞÏíã íÞæÑ Old Japanese ploverb say...
ÇáÑÌá ÇáøÐí íÛÑí ÝÊÇÉ Úáì ÇáÊáæ¡ áíÓ ÑÌáÇð ÕÇáÍÇð ''Man who seduces girl on hillsido, not on the level''
!Ðßí ÌÏÇð Very clever!
Óæ áí¡ ãÇÐÇ áæ ÊÖÑÈí áäÇ ãËáÇð Úä ÎÝÉ ÇáÏã ÇáÕíäíÉ¿ Su Lee, what about a sample of Chinese humour?
Ýí ÌãåæáíÉ ÇáÕíä ÇáÏíãÞáÇØíÉ¡ áÇ äãÑß ÇáæÞÊ ááÝßÇåÉ ÇáÈÑÌæÇÒíÉ ÇáãäÍØÉ ln democlatic repubric of China, we have no time for decadent bourgoise humour
!ßáÇ¡ áÇ ÃÝÊÑÖ Ãäøßã ßÐáß No, l don't suppose you do!
ÏÇäíÇá¡ ãÇÐÇ Úäßö¿ Danielle, what about you?
- áÏíø äßÊÉ ÝÑäÓíÉ ãä ÃÌáß - ÌíÏ - l have a French joke for you - Good
- ÃäÇ ÃÎÈÑß Úä ÞÓ ßÇËæáíáí - ÃÌá¡ åÐÇ íÈÏæ ÃÝÖá - l tell you about the catholic priest! - Yeah, that sounds better
- ÃÌá¿ - åíÇ - Yes? - Come on
ßÇä åäÇáß ÞÓ íãÔí ÝÃÊì Åáíå ÔÑØí æÓÃáå There was the priest out walking and a gendarme come up and say
íÇ ÃÈÊÇå¡ ÊÚÇá ÈÓÑÚÉ¡ åäÇáß ÑÌá Úáì ÞãÉ ÈÑÌ ÅíÝá Father, come quickly, there is a man on the top of the Eiffel Tower
!æåæ Úáì æÔß Ãä íÞÝÒ And he is going to jump!
áÐÇ ÐåÈ ÇáÃÈ Åáì ÇáÈÑÌ æÑÃì ÇáÑÌá So the father goes to the tower and sees the man
!ãÇ ÇáøÐí ÊÝÚáå¿ ÃäÊ ãÌäæä What are doing? You're mad!
ÝßøÑ ÈÚÇÆáÊß! ÝßøÑ ÈÒæÌÊß Think of your family! Think of your wife
áÐÇ ÞÇá ÇáÑÌá: ÒæÌÊí ÊÑßÊäí¡ áíÓ áÏíø ÚÇÆáÉ! áÐÇ ÃÞÝÒ So the man says 'My wife has left me! l have no family! So l jump'
ÇáÞÓ¡ ÍÇæá ÃßËÑ ÝÃßËÑ The priest, he tries one more time
áÐÇ ÞÇá¡ ÅäåÇ ÎØíÆÉ ÖÏ ÇáßäíÓÉ ÇáßÇËæáíßíÉ So he says, lt is a sin against the catholic church
ÇáÑÌá ÞÇá: ÃäÇ áÓÊ ßÇËæáíßí The man says 'l am not catholic'
!ÍÓäÇð¡ ÞÇá ÇáÞÓ¡ ÅÞÝÒ OK, says the priest, jump!
- ÃÌá ÂäÇ - ãÇÐÇ áæ ÊÎÈÑíäÇ äßÊÉ¿ - ÃäÇ áÇ ÃÚÑÝ Ãí äßÇÊ - Yeah Anna, what about a joke? - l don't know any jokes
ÃÓÊÇÐí¡ áã áÇ ÊÎÈÑäÇ äßÊÉ¿ Professori, why don't you tell us a joke?
ÍÓäÇð¡ ÓÃÎÈÑßã æÇÍÏÉ ÓãÚÊåÇ Ýí ãÏÑÓÊí ÇáÓÇÈÞÉ All right, I'll tell you one l heard at my last school
Êã ÅÑÓÇá ÃÍÏ ÇáÃæáÇÏ ááÈíÊ Ýí íæã ãÇ One of the boys was sent home one day
ÓÃáå ÃÈÇå Úä ÓÈÈ ÅÑÓÇáå ááÈíÊ¡ ÝÑÝÖ Ãä íÎÈÑå And his father asked him why he'd been sent home, he refused to tell him
áÐÇ ÐåÈ ÇáÃÈ áÑÄíÉ ÇáãÏíÑ So his father went to see the Headmaster
ÞÇá ÇáãÏíÑ: ÓÃÎÈÑß áãÇÐÇ Êã ÅÑÓÇá ÅÈäß ááÈíÊ The Headmaster said 'l'll tell you why your son was sent home'
ÚäÏãÇ ÓÃáå ÇáãÏÑøÓ ãä ÃÓÞØ ÌÏÑÇä ÃÑíÍÇ When the teacher asked him who pushed down the Walls of Jericho
ÞÇá áíÓ ÃäÇ He said it wasn't me
áÐÇ ÞÇá ÇáÃÈ ØÇáãÇ Åäå ÞÇá ÈÃäå áã íÝÚáåÇ¡ Ýåæ ÅÐÇð áã íÝÚáåÇ So the father said if he said he didn't do it, then he didn't do it
ÇáãÚÐÑÉ ãä ÝÖáß Excuse please
ãÇ ÇáÃãÑ íÇ Úáí¿ Ãáã ÊÝåã ÇáäßÊÉ¿ What is the matter Ali? Didn't you understand the joke?
ÃÌá áßäí ãÇ áã ÃÝåãå åæ ãä ÍØøã ÝÚáÇð ÌÏÑÇä ÃÑíÍÇ¿ Yes but what l didn't understand is who did push down the Walls of Jericho?
åá áÏì ÃÍÏ ÂÎÑ äßÊÉ¿ ßáÇ¿ ãÇÐÇ Úä ÃÛäíÉ¿ Anybody else got a joke? No? What about a sing song
ÃäÇ ÚÇÑÝ áÃÛäíÉ ÅäßáíÒíÉ ÌíÏÉ¡ ÊÞæá ÏÍÑÌäí Ýí ÇáÈÑÓíã l am knowing good English sing song all about rolling me over in the clover
áÇ ÃÙäø Ãäøå ãä ÇáÌíÏ Ãä äÓãÚ Êáß ÇáÃÛäíÉ! ÔßÑÇð l don't think we want that one! Thank you
- åá íÚÑÝ ÃÍøÏßã ÏíÒí¿ - åá åí ÌãíáÉ¿ - Does anybody know Daisy? - ls she beautiful?
...ÅäøåÇ ÃÛäíÉ¡ ÏíÒí. ÅäåÇ ÊÞæá lt's a song, Daisy! lt goes like this...
ÏíÒí¡ ÏíÒí¡ ÃÌíÈí. ÃäÇ äÕÝ ãÌäæä ÈÓÈÈ ÍÈøß 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do l'm half crazy, over the love of you'
!ããÊÇÒ Excellent!
ãÇÐÇ ÓäÛäøí ÈÚÏ¿ What shall we sing next?
- ÃáÇ äÓÊØíÚ Ãä äÃÎÐ ÅÓÊÑÇÍÉ¿ - áã ÃÓãÚ ÈåÇ¡ åí åí ÝÑäÓíÉ¿ - Can't we have a rest? - l don't know that one! ls it French?
ÃÌá¡ ÂÓÝ! åá ÈÅãßÇä ÃÍÏßã Ãä íÎÈÑäí ßã ÇáÓÇÚÉ ÈÇáÖÈØ¿ Yes, l'm sorry! Can anyone tell me the exact time?
- ÇáÓÇÚÉ ÇáÍÇÏíÉ ÚÔÑ æËáÇË ÏÞÇÆÞ - ÝÞØ 58 ÓÇÚÉ ÍÊì ÇáÅËäíä ÇáÞÇÏã - Three minutes past eleven - only 58 hours until Monday morning
áÐÇ ÞáÊ áÒæÌÊí: ÃäÊö ãÍÙæÙÉ áÃäí áÇÒáÊ ÍíÇð So l said to the wife 'You're lucky, l'm still living'
ãÇ ÇáÃãÑ¿ What's up?
- íÇ Åáåí! - ãÇ ÇáÃãÑ¿ - Lord - What's up?
áÇ ÈÏø Çääí Ëãá ãËáß l must be as drunk as you are
ÃÓÊØíÚ Ãä ÃÑì ÇáãÏÑøÓíä Ýí ÇáãÏÑÓÉ íáæøÍæä áí ãä ÇáäÇÝÐÉ l can see the teachers in the school waving at me out of the window
áÇ ÈÏø Ãä ÇáÃãÑ ÃÓæÁ ããÇ ßäÊ ÃÚÊÞÏ lt must be worse than l thought
ÃäÇ ÃÓÊØíÚ Ãä ÃÑÇå l can see him and l don't even know him
Âãá Ãäøß áã ÊÌÑøäí Åáì åäÇ áÃÈÍË Úä ÓÑÇÈ l hope you haven't dragged me down here on a wild goose chase
- ÃÄßÏ áßö! ÃäÇ ÞØÚÇð ÑÃíÊåã - ÇáÃã ÛíÑ ãÑíÍ ÃÈÏÇð - l tell you! l definitely saw them - lt's most inconvenient
- Åäøå áíÓ ÎØÃí¡ áÞÏ ÃÖÚÊ ãÝÊÇÍ ÇáÈÇÈ ÇáÃãÇãíÉ - ØÈÚÇð ÎØÃß ÃíåÇ ÇáÞÕíÑ ÇáÓÎíÝ - lt's not my fault, l lost the front door key - Of course, it's your fault you silly little man
!æÃÎíÑÇð At last!
ÂäÓÉ ßæÑÊäí¡ ßã ÃäÇ ÓÚíÏ áÑÄíÊß Miss Courtney, how nice to see you
ÃÎÔì Åäøäí áÇ ÃÓÊØíÚ Ãä ÃÑÏø ÇáãÌÇãáÉ l'm afraid l can't return the compliment
!ÊÚÇáæÇ Come along!
ÊÕÈÍæä Úáì ÎíÑ Good night
ÓÃÐåÈ áÃÑì ÈÃäå áÇ íæÌÏ ÔÎÕ ÃÎÑ Ýí Ãí ãßÇä l'll go and see there's nobody else anywhere
- ÃäÇ ÂÓÝ ÌÏÇð - íÌÈ Ãä ÃÝÊÑÖ Ãäøß ßÐáß - l'm terribly sorry - l should hope you are
- Âãá Ãäø ÇáÃãÑ áã íÒÚÌßö - ØÈÚÇð ÃÒÚÌäí - l hope it hasn't inconvenienced you - Of course it inconvenienced me
ßäÊ ÏÇÝÆÉð Ýí ÝÑÇÔí ÃÞÑÃ ßÊÇÈÇð áÏÇÝäí Ïí ãæÑííÑ l was quite happily curled up in bed with Daphne du Maurier
ÃÓÝ ÌÏÇð ÈÎÕæÕ åÐÇ l am really sorry about this
- ÇáÂä ãÇ ÇáÃãÑ¿ - ÊÑßÊ ÇáÃÔíÇÁ ÇáÊí ÊÓæÞÊåÇ Ýí ÇáÕÝ - Now what's the matter? - l've left my shopping in the class
ÈÍÞ ÇáÓãÇÁ¡ ÃÓÑÚ æÃÌáÈåÇ For heaven's sake, hurry up and get it
- åá ÓÊÓÊÛÑÞ Çááíá ÈØæáå¿ - ßáÇ ßáÇ - You're gonna take all night? - No, No, no
!ÍÓäÇð¡ ÃÓÑÚ Well hurry up!
!ÓíÏ Sid!
!ÓíÏ¡ ÓíÏäí Sid, Sidney!
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