Taking a Taxi
Telling the driver where to go, the fare, the route.
- Them
Where are you heading today?
- You
The airport, please. Terminal two.
- Them
No problem. Traffic is heavy on the main road.
- You
Is there a faster way at this hour?
- Them
The highway costs a little more but saves time.
- You
Let's take the highway. I have a flight to catch.
- Them
Understood. We should be there in half an hour.
- You
Thank you. Can I pay by card at the end?
In the app you can tap any word for a definition, and turn on a line-by-line translation in your own language.
Words in this dialogue
- headinggoing towards
- todaythis day
- airportwhere planes take off and land
- terminala building where you catch a plane
- problemsomething that is wrong
- trafficthe vehicles on a road
- heavyweighing a lot; slow-moving
- mainmost important; the main course
- roada way for vehicles
- fastermoving more quickly
- hoursixty minutes
- highwaya main fast road
- costsamounts you must pay
- littlea small amount
- morea greater amount
- savesto keep from spending; to store (a file)
- timethe passing of hours and minutes
- let'sshort for let us
- taketo carry; to need time
- flighta journey by plane
- catchto be in time for; to take hold of
- understoodpast form of understand
- halfone of two equal parts
- carda small stiff rectangle you pay with
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