Nouns Appliances air conditioner central heating electric blanket fan food processor hair dryer iron oven refrigerator stove telephone television washing machine
Other apartment back bedroom blade burn button carpet CD chip clothes collar control crack credit curtain damage dent dial tone fountain pen gas hole jacket jeans kitchen lamp shade leak lightbulb (jacket) lining living room pair (of) pitcher place receipt refund scratch shirt stain sunglasses tablecloth tear temperature tenant vase vegetable wall wastebasket water window wood
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Pronoun everything
Adjectives Past Participles chipped cracked damaged dented (well) made scratched stained torn worn
Other clean dull freezing (cold) high next loose
Verbs afford burn buy chop come off cook cool down drain empty exchange fix heat up leak notice paint point out repair replace return shampoo show smell soak turn on understand wash work (= function)
Adverbs even (when) over right away/now
Conjunction though
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EXPRESSIONS
Offering help Can I help you?/What can I do for you? I'd like . . . .
Describing problems Is there something the matter with it?/ What's wrong with it? It's torn/stained/damaged/scratched/cracked/chipped/worn. What exactly is the problem? It has a tear/a hole/a stain/some damage. There's a crack. It's leaking./It has a leak.
Speaking truthfully about a problem Well, to be honest, . . . .
Expressing a preference I'd rather . . . .
Beginning a series of things First of all, . . . .
Adding information In fact, . . . ./. . . , in fact.
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