A New Life in Mosquito City – Part 16 – That will be a dollar

Submitted by Mark White on January 30, 2008 – 3:18 pm 2 Comments

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Mark: Wow! That fellow was a bit funny. Ok. Here we are. Here is a newsagent down here. Yes. Ok. The Mosquito Post. The Mosquito Herald. There’s a couple of newspapers here. OK. I think I will try the Mosquito Herald.
Excuse me could I have a copy of the Mosquito Herald, please?
The Man in the Newsagency: Sure. help yourself.
Mark: Thanks.
The Newsagent: That will be a dollar.
Mark: Here you are.
The Man in the Newsagency: Thank you very much.
Mark: Thanks a lot. Bye
The Newspaper Vendor: Bye. See you again.
Mark: See ya.

Tags: Dialogues, future-will-tense, moneynewsagent, mosquito-city, newsagency, newspaper, ploite-request, present-simple-tense, shopping

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nestor says:

May 13, 2009 at 9:22 am

This newsagent make me recall the man who sold beard, mustache and a hat to Mark.

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Marco says:

June 19, 2010 at 6:39 pm

I think that it is always the same guy that acts all the roles of Mark’s interlocutors. He is a sort of imitator, isn’t he?

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