Write one word only in each gap.JUDITH: Hello, youre home early. How did the meeting go?АLEX: Awful! It all started to go wrong when the car broke down. I didnt want (example) to get my suit dirty so I gave up (1) to fix it after a few minutes.JUDITH: So then what did you do? АLEX: You know I hate (2) getting to a meeting on time ... so I took a taxi. JUDITH: Alex! That must have been really expensive!АLEX: I didnt intend (3) go all the way by taxi - just to the station as I knew there was a train at about nine oclock. But there was an accident on the way, and I missed the train anyway. JUDITH: So you went all the way by taxi?АLEX: Yes, the driver didnt want (4) take me because he had another appointment but I persuaded (5) to. Of course he made (6) pay the whole fare, and extra because hed missed his appointment. JUDITH: Oh, Alex.АLEX: Then at the office they said I couldnt give my presentation because I was late -I didnt (7) hem see I was annoyed, but I was! They were angry, too - they had hoped to (8) the meeting on time so that they could finish by lunchtime, and they had waited for me for over an hour. It was a completely wasted day.JUDITH: And a really expensive one!

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