Notting Hill - Questions & Apologies

Notting Hill - Questions & Apologies

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Simply English​

Open Ended

Uh, l'll just... fire away then, shall l ?

Right.

What does the phrase 'fire away' mean?

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The film's great, and, um,

l just was wondering whether...

you

thought of having, um,

more, uh, horses in it.

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Uh, well, we would have liked to,

but it was, um, difficult,

, being set in space.

Space, right, yeah. Yeah, obviously very difficult.

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l'm so sorry. l

outside.

They thrust this thing into my hand--

No, it's my fault. l thought this would all be over by now.

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l just wanted to sort of apologise for the kissing thing.

l seriously don't know what

over me.

And l just wanted to make sure that you were fine about it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely fine.

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Do remember that Miss

is also keen to talk about her next project...

which is, um, shooting later in the summer.

Ah, yes, excellent.

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Any horses in that one ?

Or

for that matter. Our readers are equally intrigued by both species.

lt takes place on a submarine.

Oh. Well, bad luck.

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But, um,

if there were horses in it,

would you be riding them...

or would you be getting, a-- a stunt-horse-

-man-thing ?

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l-l'm a complete

. l apologize. l--

This is very weird. lt's the sort of thing that happens in dreams, not in real life.

l mean, good dreams. lt's a--

lt's a dream, in fact, uh, to see you again.

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What happens next in the dream ?

l suppose in the, uh, dream--

dream scenario-- l just, uh,

my personality...

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because you can do that in

and, um,

walk over and, uh, kiss the girl.

But, uh--

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Time's up,

afraid. Did you get what you wanted ?