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Course: Meeting people and catching upSection: How to greet someone | Learn English | British CouncilSubtitles: en

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0:09

Hey! Hello there!

0:10

Haven’t seen you in ages!

0:11

Oh… all right yeah.

0:12

Great to see you again!

0:13

You’re looking really well!

0:14

Oh, you think so?

0:15

Thanks...

0:16

So, how are you?

0:17

Well, you know, mustn’t grumble.

0:19

What’ve you been up to?

0:20

Still working in that coffee shop?

0:21

Yeah...same one...

0:23

Still trying to be an actor?

0:24

Well, yeah, you know...

0:26

So Hollywood hasn’t called then yet?

0:28

Not yet...

0:29

Still living in…that …er…little flat?

0:31

Yeah, same one.

0:32

Well, great.

0:34

How about you?

0:34

You still … working in that fast food place?

0:36

No!

0:37

Stopped that a long time ago!

0:38

I’m working in the city now, financial industries!

0:40

Oh great.

0:42

Are you still sharing that house with all those other people?

0:45

No way!

0:45

I bought a big house with four bedrooms and a garden, the works.

0:50

Hmm…good for you.

0:51

Listen!

0:52

We should get together for a drink sometime,

0:53

catch up!

0:54

Yeah, I’d love to.

0:55

Let’s do it!

0:55

Keep in touch, hey?

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