Learning is a lifelong effort. "Consider a language ... language serves to describe a combination of colored squares on a surface. The squares form a complex like a chessboard. There are red, green, white and black squares. The words of the language are 'red', 'green', 'white', 'black', and a sentence is a series of these words. They describe an arrangement of squares in an order." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (20th century)

The Flatmates episode 19 (including Video/Vocabulary)



Episode 19: Tim's reward
Tim:
Hello I'm calling from McCarthy's. I helped you when you were looking at watches the other day.
Customer:
Yes?
Tim:
I think I've found something of yours. Have you lost anything?
Customer:
Not that I've noticed. No, nothing seems to be missing.
Tim:
Well, you dropped £150!
Customer:
Really!
Tim:
Yes. Now, how can I return your money?
Customer:
Oh how refreshingly honest! But I think a small reward is in order, don't you?
Tim:
Oh I couldn't.
Customer:
You could. I'm sure you have a pretty young girlfriend who needs to be spoiled.
Tim:
No I don't. I'm single just now.
Customer:
A good looking man like you? I don't believe it!

 Vocabulary:

reward (n) - money or another kind of payment that is given or received for something that has been done or that is offered for something that might be done

look at (phr.) - to think about or consider (something or someone)

the other day/night/evening (etc.) (phr.) - on a day/night/evening (etc.) in the recent past

lose (v.) - [past participle: lost] to be unable to find (something or someone)

 find (v.) - [past tense and past participle: found] to discover (something or someone) without planning or trying to

notice (v.) -  to become aware of (something or someone)

drop (v.) -  to let (something) fall

£  - is a symbol that represents any of a number of pound currencies used in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

symbol (n.) - a character that expresses or represents a particular idea or quality

pound (n.) - a basic unit of money in the United Kingdom and some other countries

currency (n.) - the money that a country uses, a specific kind of money

United Kingdom (geographical name) -  Abbr. UK : A country of western Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

 return (v.) - to bring, give, send, or take (something) to the place that it came from or the place where it should go

honest (adj.) -  good and truthful, not lying, stealing, or cheating

refreshingly  (adv.) - in a pleasantly novel manner

in order (phr.) -  appropriate or desirable

to spoil someone (phr.) - to treat (someone) very well

good looking (phr.) - hamdsome

not to believe something (phr.) - to have a different opinion or to disbelieve something

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