Nancy: Hello?
Mari: May I speak to Nancy, please?
Nancy: speaking
Mari: Uh hi, uh, my name is Mari, and I'm calling about the room for rent.
I saw you're adding at the campus housing office.
Nancy: Oh, right. OK, uh, are you a student?
Mari: Well, right now I'm just studying English, but I'm planning to start collage full-time in March.
Nancy: I see. Where are you living now ?
Mari: I've been living in a house with some other students, but I don’t like it there.
Nancy: Why? What's the problem?
Mari: Well, first of all, it's really noisy, and it's not very clean. The other people in the house are real slobs I mean they never lift a finger to clean up after themselves. It really bugs me! I need a place that's cleaner and more private.
Nancy: Well, it's really quit here. We're not home very much.
Mari: What do you do?
Nancy: I teach English at the college.
Mari: wait a minute! Didn't we meet yesterday at the placement exam?
Nancy: Oh ... you are the girl from Japan! What was your name again?
Mari: Mari.
Nancy: Right. What a small word?
Mari: It really is. By the way, who else lives in the house? The ad said there are three people.
Nancy: Well, besides me there's my cousin and a part-time student. Uh, are you OK with having roommates?
Mari: Sure, as long as they're clean and not too noisy.
Nancy: don't worry. They're both easy to live with.
Mari: OK. Um, is the neighborhood safe?
Nancy: Oh sure. We haven't had any problems, and you can walk to school from here.
Mari: Well, it sounds really nice. When can I come by and see it?
Nancy: Can make it this evening around five?
Mari: Yeah, five o'clock is good What's the address?
Nancy: It's 3475 Hayworth Avenue. Do you know where that is?
Mari: No, I don't. Nancy: OK. From University Village you go seven blocks east on Olympic Avenue. At the intersection of Olympic and Alfred, there's a stoplight. Turn left and go up one and a half blocks. Our house is in the middle of the block on the left.
Mari: That sounds easy.
Nancy: Yeah, you can't miss it. Listen, I've got to go. Someone's at the door. See you this evening.
Mari: OK, see you later. Bye.
Nancy: Bye-bye.
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slob : A messy person
Lifts a finger : To help with work
bugs: To irritate ,annoy ,bother
Make it : To come or go to particular event
Come by : To stop somewhere for short visit
Can't miss : To be able to see something easily
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Reduction

Where are you
What do you
what do you want to
how do you
Do you
can you
you
can
want to
got to
to
and
how about