Short Stories in English for Beginners
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kiss to touch someone with your lips, especially on their mouth or face shy nervous and not confident when meeting and speaking to people quiet having or making little or no noise flat a set of rooms that someone lives in, and which are part of a larger building taxi a car with a driver that you pay to take you from one place to another restaurant a place where you can buy and eat a meal paella a Spanish dish made of chicken, rice, seafood, vegetables and seasonings station a building where trains, buses, or other vehicles stop to allow people to get on and off packed very full comfortable happy and relaxed (about doing something) mobile a telephone that you carry with you tired feeling that you need a rest wake up to stop sleeping express bus a large vehicle with a lot of seats for passengers that travels quickly between big cities, without stopping (mobile) battery has died there is no longer power to run a device or telephone phone box a small booth or box, usually on a street, with a telephone you can pay to use menu a list of the food available in a restaurant madly in an excited way embarrassed feeling ashamed or stupid It’s all too much. (Something) is more than a person can handle or manage ironic surprising, often because it is the opposite of what is expected reality sinks in (expression) when you one begin to understand the truth of what is happening crazy out of control, unexpected Comprehension Questions Select one answer only for each question. 6) Armando is ___. a. an airport worker b. a friend of Julia and Daniel’s parents c. Julia’s friend d. Daniel’s friend 7) In Barcelona, it’s ___. a. cold b. hot c. neither hot nor cold d. hot in the mountains and cold near the Mediterranean Sea 8) After going to Armando’s flat, Julia and Daniel head for ___. a. a restaurant b. Armando’s friend’s flat c. the train station d. Valencia 9) Daniel can’t contact his sister because ___. a. his mobile battery has died b. he has no money c. there is no phone box d. he forgot his mobile 10) Daniel spends the night ___. a. in a hotel in Barcelona b. on the bus c. in a hotel in Valencia d. at the airport |