Martin GUY
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Listening comprehension |
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I had nothing better to do, so:
Dave wrote:
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Hello, I'm a guy learning English and I have some short audio samples
(about 10 sec each) with some words in it I can't catch exactly.
The files are located at http://xoomer.virgilio.it/deci75/
and the problematic parts should replace "????" :
sample_01.mp3: ... hunting around the mediterranean basin ?????
and even up to the Azores and places.
sample_03.mp3: ... not the star she thinks she should have been ????
I mean, she certainly isn't Gertrude Lawrence, by any means... And she's |
well over the hill by now. So she's not going to make it.
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sample_05.mp3: ... intentionally spiteful ???
No, he's an international gossip columnist, no more serious than that.
sample_07.mp3: ... several affaires ????
And one rather "helpful" one... and she now runs a hotel.
sample_08.mp3: I think ?????
I think he's too clever by half. I mean, it just maddens me, but, I |
mean, then I have to be incredibly charming to him because I want him to
keep quiet about the whole thing. I think I find him very long-winded
about it all.
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sample_10.mp3: ?????
The measured tread of Monsieur Poirot moved steadfastly, as ever, |
towards the scene of the crime.
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Can someone help me decipher that ? Thanks
Don't mention it. You owe me five minutes.
Dave |
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