A: How was your day? B: Oh, OK. A: The course going OK? B: Yeah. ____ they’re happy with the content, but they’ve been going on and on about how hot and stuffy the room is. A: Well, that’s hardly your ____ B: No, of course not, but it is like an ____ in that room. Seriously, we’re all ____ in there. It must be 35 degrees. A: Don’t you have air con? I thought it was a new building. B: It is, but they didn’t install air ____ because of the energy use … A: Er, OK. B: Yeah. I mean, I guess they are right. It’s not very green. A: Hmm, I suppose. B: Anyway, instead, they have this supposedly ____ air filtering system … A: Right. B: Which just doesn’t seem to work! A: Fantastic! I ____ they spent thousands on it, too. B: Probably. A: Hiya. How’s it going? B: Don’t ask! A: Oh dear. What’s up? B: Oh, nothing ____ I’ve just had one of those mornings. I’m getting over it. A: Oh right. What happened? B: Well, I actually left earlier this morning to prepare for a meeting, but I waited ____ for the bus to come and then it just took hours to get here. A: Yeah. I don’t know what was going on this morning! B: … so I actually ____ being a bit late … so I was rushing around like ____ to get everything done. And then, of course, I was copying the stuff and it kept ____ with paper … A: Oh man! That copier! I wish they’d do something about that. B: I know! So then I had to use a machine ____, up on the sixth floor. A: Oh dear. Poor you! B: No wait, wait! This is the best bit. When I walked into the meeting, they were all already sitting there. And what do you think they had in front of them . A: What? B: Basically, all the stuff I’d spent the last half hour madly copying. A: No! B: Yeah! Pat had printed it all out, despite me telling him I was going to do it. And he was like ‘Oh, I was just trying to help’. Honestly, that guy just has a way of ____ people. A: I know. B: Seriously, I could’ve ____ him! A: I bet. B: Still, the boss did ____ at him later for messing up the catalogue. A: Oh yeah. I heard about that! B: Apparently, they’re going to have to reprint the whole lot. A: Oh dear. I’m surprised he didn’t try to ____ the finger at someone else, though. B: He did, kind of, but it was clearly him who was at ____, so … A: Well, fair enough then. Anyway, you’re feeling a bit better now? B: Yeah – a lot calmer. I went out and took a few ____ breaths in the coffee break.

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