Ask for some detailed information about the following. Use proper expressions from the list.
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Language Function
Reinforcing Vocabulary
Vocabulary File
| Words and word combination | Translation |
| For your personal vocabulary ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... |
to change, to exchange, to alter
1. Times change. You haven't changed at all. I want to change a 100-rouble note. 2. You can exchange foreign currency in an exchange officer or bank. I got a new passport in exchange for my old me. The exchange rate is steady. 3. She altered her dress. I found her very much altered. That alters things the ease.
| Asking for detailed (additional) information | Adding more information |
| Could you tell me more about ? Can I find out some details about? I'd like to know more . I'd like to get clear about . We should clarity this matter, I think. Do you know anything else/new about ? Where (what, whom) should I ? What told you that? You mean to say , don't you? Do you mean to say that ? Am I right to understand that ? | I'd like to add . I'd like to tell something else . By the way . To tell the truth . To be exact . To avoid any misunderstanding . In connection with . You should address (appeal to) . As for as . To go on with . |
- what time the bank opens;
- what services the dyer's and dry cleaner's provide;
- if there is a hair-dresser's in this street;
- the exchange rate for the Deutschmark against the pound;
- the shortest way to the your house;
- the time for dinner;
- the exact time;
- the way to the theater;
- if there is an underground (opera) in the city;
- how to get to the station.
c) You need minor services
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