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get off

missed

arrived

take

drop,

walk

catch

took

When I landed, I decided to (1) the bus into town. I thought I had lots of time. Unfortunately I (2) the bus and had to wait twenty minutes for the next one. When it came, I got on, but the traffic was terrible. So I decided to (3) and I (4) a taxi instead. I asked the driver to take me straight to the meeting. After 40 minutes in the taxi, it was clear I was going to be late. I asked the driver to (5) me by the Pont Neuf, a bridge by the river Seine. I wanted to (6) to the meeting because of the terrible traffic. I thought it would (7) about twenty minutes, but I was wrong.

The streets were full of people and I was carrying two heavy bags. I finally (8) at the building an hour later and it was shut. Then I realized it was 1st May and a public holiday in France! The meeting wasn't until the next day! What an idiot!!

11. Вставьте пропущенные слова в текст.

A Railway Station

1. to start 2. compartment 3. the lunch basket 4. has arrived 5. station

6. to miss the train 7. waiting for the train 8. luggage 9. railway station 10. passengers

11. blow their whistles 12. are banged 13. the platform 14. arrive at their destination 15. the best seat

Hardly anybody is in a normal state of mind on a1). Either one 2) far too early and is irritated by the waste of time involved in 3), or one has left for 4) too late and is afraid to leave 5) behind, or to forget 6),or 7) or altogether. All one's natural kindness and good manners seem to disappear on the railway station and in a train which is about 8). One rushes for 9), looks indignantly at 10) who come into the same 11). As the time of the train draws nearer, the anxiety increases. Doors 12), guards shout and13). Everybody shouts out the things that have been said a thousand times, those on 14) beg those in the train to write to them when they 15).

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