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Pierre: | Hi, Elisabeth. How's it going? |
| Elisabeth: | Everything's fine. And how are things with you? |
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Pierre: | Great. How's the rest of the family? |
| Elisabeth: | Up and down. You know how it is. My brother Mark is quitting his job. |
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Pierre: | How come? He has a good job. What's the problem? |
| Elisabeth: | He says he's bored with his present job. He wants something more stimulating. |
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Pierre: |
Hey, my job's __________ too, but that's no reason to quit. It's not easy to find a new job. |
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My job bores me. boring
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Elisabeth: |
I think he's quitting for another reason. He didn't get the promotion he wanted and I think that he's really ________. |
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He didn't get a promotion. This disappoints him. disappointed
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Pierre: |
That's probably the real reason. He works hard and his boss is very ________ with his work, so he deserves a promotion.
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The work he does satisfies his boss. satisfied
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Elisabeth: |
Well I hope he changes his mind. It's difficult to find ________ work with a good salary. |
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The work satisfies him. satisfying
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Pierre: |
How about your sister Kate? I hear that she won a prize for her multimedia project. She must be ________. |
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The prize thrilled her. thrilled
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Elisabeth: |
I'm really happy for her. She worked so hard. And the results are fantastic. It's a sociology project and it's full of __________ images and sounds. |
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The images and sounds fascinate people. fascinating
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Pierre: |
Good for her! She really deserves it. But I feel really bad. She invited me to see it. I planned to go, but when the day came, I completely forgot. It was so ________.
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The fact that I forgot embarrassed me. embarrassing
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Elisabeth: |
Yes, she told me. Apparently she saw you the next day and you were really ________ when she mentioned it. Don't worry about it. She knows you're very busy. |
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When she mentioned it, it surprised you. surprised
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Pierre: |
Well, I'm glad she's not upset with me. By the way, there's a documentary on tv this evening that you should not miss. It's about global warming, and some of its predictions are quite ________. |
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The predictions terrify people. terrifying
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Elisabeth: |
Global warming! Future disasters! It sounds very ________. |
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The subject of the documentary depresses me. depressing
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Pierre: |
Yeah! You're probably right. But as you know, I'm very ________ in that type of documentary. I'm not going to miss it.
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This type of documentary interests me. interested
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Elisabeth: |
But it's not for me. My work is quite ________ and when I come home, I just want to relax. |
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My work exhausts me. exhausting
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Pierre: |
I know what you mean. I often feel quite depressed after I watch that kind of documentary, but at the same time I find it quite ________. |
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That kind of documentary fascinates me. fascinating
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Elisabeth: |
I think you're like those people who go to see horror movies. You love to be ________. You find it very exciting. |
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Horror movies frighten me. frightened
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Pierre: |
You're absolutely right. I'm ________ to see that my personality is so transparent. Anyway, I have to go. It was nice talking to you again, Elisabeth. Let's get together very soon.
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Elisabeth: |
Yes, let's do that.
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It pleases me to see... pleased
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