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Cutinline

A:Ican’tbelieveittookustwohourstogethere.ThetrafficinNewYork

isunbelievable.

B:Yeah,butjustrelaxhoney,we’rehereandwe’re

goingonvacation.Inafewhourswe’llbein

Hawaii,andyou’llbeonthegolfcourse.

A:Ohno!Lookatthatline!Itmustbeamilelong!

There’snowayI’mwaitingforanothertwohours.

B:Honey...don’t...

C:Heyman,theendofthelineisoverthere.

A:Yeah...

C:Noseriously,Iwasherefirst,andyoucan’tcutinlinelikethis.

A:Sayswho?

C:Ido!

A:Sosueme!

C:Alright...that’sit

KeyVocabulary

unbelievableincredible,amazinghereistoexpresstheman’s

frustration.He’sunhappyaboutthetrafficinnewyork.

We’llbein….Andyou’llbe…Sallytomorrow,wherewillyoube?Don’t

worryEmma,I’llbehomeanddomy.

relaxcalmdown

beamilelongisverylong.it’sanexaggeration.

cutinlinemoveinfrontofsomeonewaitinginline

eg.ExcusemeI’mreallylate.CanIcutinlinepls?

Ihateitwhenpeoplecutinlineatthebank.It’ssorude.ButIthink

it’sokwhenapregnantwomancutsinline.

there’snowayitsimpossible

eg.There’snowayIcanhavethisreportfinishtoday.

Thestadiumissocrowded.There’snowaywecanfindaseat.

Sueme.It’snotanicephrase.Takingsomeontocourtandaskingfor

moneybecausesomeonehasharmedyou.Herethemanisjustbeingrude

andtellinghimIdon’tcare.Likeyoucan’tdoanythingaboutit.

SupplementaryVocabulary

trafficjamphrasemanycarsnotmoving

ontheroad

afewhoursfromnowsoon,inacoupleofhours

formaqueuetogetinline

jumpthequeuecutinline(BrE)

standinlinewaitinlineline

upformaline

Theconversationisaboutsomeonecuttinginline/jumpthequeue.It

happensallthetimeandweallgetveryupsetaboutit.There’spunching.