Waiting Your Turn
Tickets, numbers and the right desk.
- Them
Have you taken a ticket?
- You
No, where is the machine?
- Them
By the door, on your right.
- You
Which button is for opening accounts?
- Them
The second one, marked services.
- You
How long is the wait, roughly?
- Them
Fifteen minutes at this time.
- You
That is fine. I will sit down.
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Words in this dialogue
- takenpast participle of take
- ticketa slip showing you have paid
- machinea device that does work
- doorthe panel you open to go in
- rightcorrect; the opposite of left; just (right here); straight away (right away)
- buttona part you press
- openingto start business; to make no longer shut
- accountsrecords of money
- secondcoming after the first; a very short time; a moment (a second)
- markeda spot left on a surface; to label
- servicesthe help given to customers; car maintenance
- longmeasuring a lot end to end
- waitto stay until something happens
- roughlyabout
- fifteenthe number 15
- minutessixty seconds
- timethe passing of hours and minutes
- fineall right; a penalty payment
- downalong; to a lower place
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- Opening an Account8 turns
- Cash and Currency8 turns
- A Card Problem8 turns
- Making a Transfer8 turns
- A Payment You Did Not Make8 turns
- Asking About a Loan8 turns
- Using the Banking App8 turns
- Asking for a Statement8 turns
- Closing an Account8 turns