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1 These jeans are too tight. I should have tried them on before buying them.

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2 Emma's Emma's still very upset about abo ut her he r divorce, divorce, so you hadn t better as k her about it. it. had better not ask her  ask her  3 The invitation said we di dn t need need t o wear formal clothes, so we wore jeans.

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4 Employees don t have to download any software softw are as it's against company rules. mustn't 5 We're supposed t o finish early on Fridays, but bu t we alway alwayss end en d up staying sta ying late. Ok

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6 I f you want to be sure o f passing your exam, you really ought study more. 7 The boss is in a bad moo mood d today so you d better watch out. (be carefull)

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8 You don t need to show your passport passpo rt for domestic trave travell within the UK.

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9 We ought t o think o f hat solution earlier. earlier. IIt's t's t oo late now.

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Customer Hi, my laptop hasn't been working properly prope rly for fo r a few days. Could Could you help?

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Technician Yes, o f course. First o f all I'd need look a t it. Have you brought i t with you? C Yes, here i t s. It's been really slow since I opened up an an email attachme attac hment. nt. I know

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I 2mustn't shouldn't hav have e done that, but I did did and no now w I feel fee l really stupid. stupi d. T Mm, we always tell people that you're 3 not supposed not meant to open up an attachment unless you you know who the sender is, but people do. do. The The othe ot herr thing we always tell customers is that they 4 mustn't don't have to forget to back up their files before they bring a lapto p in, just in case we have t o reinstall program programs. s. You have backed yours up, haven't ha ven't you?

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C Oh yes, I've done that. But what do you think the problem is? T I'm just having a look now, but you 5 haven't got t o don't need t o worry. In fact, you 6 needn't have brought didn't need t o bring i t n The memory on the lapto p is full and that's that 's why it's it 's been working so slowly. slowly. You 7 should ought get an external hard drive and transfer transf er your larger file s to free up some me memor mory. y. It'll work a trea t liberar  C Which Which brand brand would you you recommend? T Well, I'm not really 8 permitted allowed to recommend one brand over another, but have hav e a look a t our catalogue wit h the prices. That 9 sh~uld must help you decide which one to get. C That's great, thanks ..

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Write five rules that you think would make your English class go (even) bette r Use the grammar from b above.

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on before before buying them.

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You 2 needn't I don t have t o apologize. And incidentally, inciden tally, never nev er apologize to the boss. boss. allowed to Ama nda says we we 3 mustn t I aren't allowed ever say sorry, sorry, just do the job and do it i t well. well. Have you met her yet, by th thee way? way? por cierto?

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Well, you 4 had to I had better get ready for a shock. By the end o f today you'll you'll be wondering i f you s should I must have accepted this thi s job.

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Hi, I'm Becky Becky.. II'm 'm Amanda's Amand a's new personal assistant.

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Let' Let'ss just say that tha t you 6 can't I don t have to relax when whe n she's she's around. around . 7 Oh, and you must I should have her carrot juice ready by 11 a.m. and it it's 's already three minutes minu tes past. You

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Look at the th e pairs you have ticked. Is there the re any difference in meaning?

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