Talking About the Commute
Traffic, trains, and how far you live.
- Them
Was the traffic bad this morning?
- You
Terrible. It took me an hour.
- Them
Do you drive every day?
- You
Only when I need to collect my son.
- Them
Is the train any faster?
- You
Much faster, and I can read on it.
- Them
Then why not take it more often?
- You
The station is a long walk from home.
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Words in this dialogue
- trafficthe vehicles on a road
- morningthe early part of the day
- terriblevery bad
- tookpast form of take
- hoursixty minutes
- driveto control a car
- everyeach one
- onlyno more than
- needto have to have
- collectto go and get something
- traina line of carriages on rails
- fastermoving more quickly
- mucha large amount
- readto look at words and understand them
- taketo carry; to need time
- morea greater amount
- oftenmany times
- stationwhere trains or buses stop
- longmeasuring a lot end to end
- walkto go on foot
- homewhere you live
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