Doing It Yourself
Asking at the hardware shop.
- Them
What are you trying to fix?
- You
A shelf that keeps falling down.
- Them
What kind of wall is it?
- You
Hollow, I think it sounds empty.
- Them
Then you need these special plugs.
- You
Do I need a bigger drill bit?
- Them
Eight millimetres for those.
- You
I will take a pack of each.
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
- tryingattempting
- shelfa flat board for holding things
- keepsto go on having
- fallingto drop; to slip behind
- downalong; to a lower place
- kinda type; friendly
- wallthe side of a room or building
- hollowempty inside
- thinkto have an opinion
- soundsseems from what you hear
- emptyto take everything out of
- needto have to have
- specialnot ordinary
- plugsfittings put into a wall
- biggerlarge
- drillto make a hole
- eightthe number 8
- millimetresthousandths of a metre
- taketo carry; to need time
- packto put into a bag or box
- eachevery one, taken singly
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