Bad Customer Service Rep – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.All Pro vacuums this is Tanya hey Tanya um I'm having a problem with my vacuum cleaner uh it just stopped working on me and I don't know why it's stopped working uh it's it's not old or did you check underneath to see if anything is it uh well yeah of course I did it was that was one of the first things that I did um this okay all right this is what happened this morning I started my son's room and it's a pretty good siiz room it's about a 12 x 12 and it was working it was working just fine and then I moved into the living room which is even a larger room how about the belt did you check to see if it was broken no it wasn't the belt I checked that too I'm trying to I'm trying to explain that what I was doing okay hold on I'm trying to explain to you what happened when the vacuum broke what I was doing when I was vacuuming in the living room I started that I wasn't picking up stuff so good so I turned it off and I got down and started looking at it and the carpet was kind of high but you know was clogged underneath and also I did look at the belt and it seemed okay did the vacuum cleaner work when you first started using it today yes that I I just said that um I you know I I told you that it start I started off vacuum my son's room and it work just fine and uh you know when I was vacuuming the living room that's when it stopped working have you ever checked a bag they get full and you have to them um huh you know what uh gosh let me okay let me let me check the bag uh that might be a uh hold up for Just moment I'm I'm still gonna be on the phone right okay see here all right okay it's full I can't believe my didn't change the bag well it sounds like that fixed your problem yeah uh yeah thank you okay no problem
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
completely
A2(manner) In a complete manner
Example:
"right okay it's completely"
girlfriend
A2A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
Example:
"full I can't believe my girlfriend"
blocking
A2To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
Example:
"see if anything is blocking"
vacuming
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"happened this morning I started vacuming"
noticing
A2To remark upon; to mention.
Example:
"noticing that I wasn't picking up stuff"
nothing
A2Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
Example:
"nothing was clogged underneath and also"
remember
A2To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Example:
"remember I told you that it start I"
replace
A2To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
Example:
"to replace"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| completely | A2 | (manner) In a complete manner |
| girlfriend | A2 | A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| blocking | A2 | To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass. |
| vacuming | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| noticing | A2 | To remark upon; to mention. |
| nothing | A2 | Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. |
| remember | A2 | To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory. |
| replace | A2 | To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back |
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