English Conversation Set One

English Conversation Set One

By Simply English

I've swallowed the bait

Dialogue

Mike : What’s wrong with you these days John? You have always kept your nose clean!

John : It’s all a hoax . I must admit that I’ve swallowed the bait .

Mike : How come !

John : Unfortunately; I barked up the wrong tree when I counted on Jessie. It turned out that she had also been planning to get rid of me.

Mike : Oh; I don’t believe it. That’s pathetic .

Vocabulary

Keep one’s nose clean : to stay out of trouble.

A hoax : a plan to deceive someone.

Swallow the bait : to respond to someone's actions or words in the way that they intended.

How come : used to ask about the reason for something.

Bark up the wrong tree : to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something.

Vocabulary

Count on : to depend on someone or expect something.

Turn out : prove to be the case.

Get rid of : take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing).

Pathetic : making you feel sad or upset.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

Vic made a

attempt to apologize.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

If there's anything I can do, you can

me.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

So

you got an invitation and not me?

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

He described the deception as a cruel

.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

The bomb threat

to be a hoax.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

He’s a shrewd fox! He won’t

this easy.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

He shook the blankets vigorously to

the dust.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

Sid's got to

or he'll end up back in prison.

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keep his nose clean, how come, barked up the wrong tree, hoax, swallow the bait, turned out, count on, get rid of, pathetic

I

when I applied to such good colleges with my average grades.