Day 78 of 150

Day 78: Forty Minutes Late, Again

Outside a cinema in Kaliningrad, a man has been waiting forty minutes for his friend, who is late for the third time this month.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title.
  2. Read the dialogue and its translation. The audio for this lesson is coming soon.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Russian audio, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.

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  1. A

    Сорок минут, Вадим. Фильм давно идёт, и это уже третий раз за месяц.

    Forty minutes, Vadim. The film started ages ago, and this is already the third time this month.

  2. B

    Знаю, знаю, прости. На этом злополучном Московском проспекте такое творилось, ты не представляешь.

    I know, I know, I'm sorry. You can't imagine what was going on on that wretched Moskovsky Prospekt.

  3. A

    Ну конечно, опять пробки. Отговорки у тебя одна изобретательнее другой: то кот в шкафу застрял, то лифт.

    Of course, traffic again. Your excuses get more inventive every time: first the cat's stuck in the wardrobe, then the lift is.

  4. B

    Не делай из мухи слона, подумаешь, начало пропустили. Там реклама двадцать минут идёт.

    Don't make a mountain out of a molehill, so we missed the beginning. The adverts run for twenty minutes anyway.

  5. A

    Дело не в фильме: тебе всё как с гуся вода, а я ради этого с работы отпросился.

    It's not about the film: everything's like water off a duck's back to you, and I took time off work for this.

  6. B

    Ладно, скажу как есть, без небылиц. Я пришёл вовремя, только в другой кинотеатр, и полчаса там тебя ждал.

    Okay, I'll tell you how it really was, no tall tales. I got there on time, just to a different cinema, and waited half an hour for you there.

  7. A

    В другой? То есть ты там полчаса негодовал, что я опаздываю?

    A different one? So you spent half an hour there fuming that I was late?

  8. B

    Ещё как негодовал. Даже нотацию приготовил, почти слово в слово как твоя.

    And how. I even had a lecture ready, almost word for word like yours.

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