ESLPodcast 101 - Returning a DVD Player Flashcards

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to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine

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I bought a new DVD player last weekend. When I got home and……, I realized that it was defective. I trudged back to the store to return it.

to hook up a stereo system.

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smth that is not working properly, product has a problem, a flaw, probably because it was made wrong; not working properly; with a problem or flaw; not manufactured correctly

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I bought a new DVD player last weekend. When I got home and hooked it up, I realized that it was …….. I trudged back to the store to return it.

  • We had to take the defective CD player back to the store for a refund.
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to walk laboriously or wearily along or over:

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I bought a new DVD player last weekend. When I got home and hooked it up, I realized that it was defective. I …. back to the store to return it.

He trudged the deserted road for hours.

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Следующий

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Clerk: …….

Jeff: Hi, I bought this DVD player last Saturday and I’d like to return it.

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не работает нормально

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Clerk: Next, please.

Jeff: Hi, I bought this DVD player last Saturday and I’d like to return it.

Clerk: What’s the reason for the return?

Jeff: It’s not …….

work properly

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Что с ним случилось?

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Clerk: Next, please.

Jeff: Hi, I bought this DVD player last Saturday and I’d like to return it.

Clerk: What’s the reason for the return?

Jeff: It’s not working properly.

Clerk: What’s the matter with it?

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a function of an electronic recording device, as a tape recorder or cassette deck, that allows the tape to be advanced rapidly

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Clerk: What’s the matter with it?

Jeff: Well, several things. First of all, the remote doesn’t work.

Clerk: Did you put batteries in it?

Jeff: Yes, of course, but it still didn’t work. I couldn’t change any of the functions on the display. It also doesn’t…….when I’m playing a DVD. It rewinds but it won’t fast forward while the picture is playing. On top of that, I couldn’t get the closed caption feature to work.

If you tire of the plot, fast forward to the sequence of real nuclear explosions set to music.

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a function of a tape recorder or tape deck that causes the tape to wind backward.

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Clerk: What’s the matter with it?

Jeff: Well, several things. First of all, the remote doesn’t work.

Clerk: Did you put batteries in it?

Jeff: Yes, of course, but it still didn’t work. I couldn’t change any of the functions on the display. It also doesn’t fast forward when I’m playing a DVD. It ……. but it won’t fast forward while the picture is playing. On top of that, I couldn’t get the closed caption feature to work.

Of course, if you rewind the movie of the history of a galaxy, you will see the stages of its formation in reverse order.

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a text version of the spoken part of a television, movie, or computer presentation

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Clerk: What’s the matter with it?

Jeff: Well, several things. First of all, the remote doesn’t work.

Clerk: Did you put batteries in it?

Jeff: Yes, of course, but it still didn’t work. I couldn’t change any of the functions on the display. It also doesn’t fast forward when I’m playing a DVD. It rewinds but it won’t fast forward while the picture is playing. On top of that, I couldn’t get the …..feature to work.

I like to read the closed captions rather than have the audio on.

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царапины на поврехности

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Jeff: Yes, of course, but it still didn’t work. I couldn’t change any of the functions on the display. It also doesn’t fast forward when I’m playing a DVD. It rewinds but it won’t fast forward while the picture is playing. On top of that, I couldn’t get the closed caption feature to work.

Clerk: Okay, I see. Anything else?

Jeff: Yes, as you can see, the …… very easily. I just took it out of the box and put it on my entertainment unit and I got all of these scratches.

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обмен товара

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Clerk: Do you want to …… it or return it?

Jeff: I’d like to return it.

Clerk: Okay, how did you pay for it?

Jeff: With a credit card.

exchange

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вернуть деньги на карту

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Clerk: Do you want to exchange it or return it?

Jeff: I’d like to return it.

Clerk: Okay, how did you pay for it?

Jeff: With a credit card.

Clerk: Can I see you card? Okay, I’ll …….. to your credit card. Can you fill out this form with your name and phone number, and sign at the bottom?

credit back

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Чем-нибудь еще могу помочь?

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Clerk: Can I see you card? Okay, I’ll credit it back to your credit card. Can you fill out this form with your name and phone number, and sign at the bottom?

Jeff: Sure.

Clerk: Great. Here’s your credit card back and $95 has been credited to your credit card. …..?

Anything else I can help you with?

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