Neighbours & noise
Chat, ask favours and complain about noise without a feud.
Alright? Lovely day for it.
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All 15 phrases
Saying hello4
Favours and heads-ups4
Complaining nicely7
- Sorry to bother you, butThe obligatory opener, even when they're the one bothering you.
- I'm not sure if you're aware, butPolite code for 'you are very loud'.
- Would you mind keeping it down a bit? I've got work earlyA soft request plus a reason.
- Sorry, is that your car? You're just blocking my drive a bitA polite parking complaint.
- The walls are paper-thinComplaining to friends that you can hear everything.
- Your tree's hanging over our side a bitA gentle opener for a boundary chat before anyone gets the shears out.
- I've had to report it to the councilLast-resort escalation for persistent noise.
Check yourself15 questions
Question 1 of 15
A neighbour says 'Alright?'. You reply:
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Picked by Talk, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- How Talk picked them
- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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- Written by Talk in plain English.
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- From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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