PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Bill
Uncle Boon's stall at midnight, the bowls stacked and the checkers put away: fourteen bowls, four iced teas, who's paying; the one who lost at checkers, the Captain; how much; two hundred and ten, fifteen a bowl; I've only got a thousand note; a thousand? no change, this isn't a bank; split it, I'll put in; keep it for now, Captain, pay next time you lose: the money words of the street, and who pays.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Uncle Boon's boat-noodle stall at the night market at the mouth of the soi, midnight, the stack of bowls as the bill: Uncle Boon speaks plainly and calls Jack Captain, and Jack says the polite word and Uncle Boon to him; Golf and Jack speak as friends; Nui speaks plainly and Jack says the polite word and Pi Nui to him.
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