PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Slow or Quick
Aunt Oy's stall on a morning at the end of the rains, Nui's motorbike at the kerb: Aunt Oy, open a second stall; slowly, slowly gets a fine knife; as they say, when the water rises, hurry and scoop; which one wins; as the proverb goes, catch fish with both hands and both slip away; when the noodles come, the proverbs stop; not by the book, Jack; it is now: how to quote a saying.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Aunt Oy's noodle stall at the head of the pier in Bang Rak on a weekday morning at the end of the rains, Nui's motorbike at the kerb: Jack says the polite word to Aunt Oy and Nui; Nui keeps the customer's polite word with the street's words around it; Aunt Oy speaks to both plainly.
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