Reporting a Communal Problem
Lights, lifts and shared spaces.
- Them
Building management, how can I help?
- You
The lift has been stuck since Monday.
- Them
Which building are you in?
- You
Block C, the north entrance.
- Them
An engineer is booked for tomorrow.
- You
Some residents cannot use the stairs.
- Them
I will mark it as urgent.
- You
Thank you, that would help.
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Words in this dialogue
- buildinga structure; putting something up
- managementthe people in charge
- helpto make things easier for someone
- liftto raise; a car between floors
- stuckunable to move
- sincefrom a time in the past until now
- mondaythe day after Sunday
- blocka group of buildings between streets; a building (Block C)
- norththe direction opposite south
- entrancethe way in
- engineersomeone who designs or builds
- bookedreserved in advance
- tomorrowthe day after today
- residentssomeone who lives in a place
- cannotto be unable to
- stairsone step in a set going up
- marka spot left on a surface; to label
- urgentneeding action at once
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