Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

305 Pages·2005·3.76 MB·English

by  Gareth King

Colloquial
English
The Colloquial Series
Series Adviser: Gareth King
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First edition published 2005
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 2005 Gareth King
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted
or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic,
mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,
including photocopying and recording, or in any information
storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the
British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
King, Gareth.
Colloquial English: a complete English language course /
Gareth King.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. English language – Textbooks for foreign speakers.
2. English language – Spoken English – Problems,
exercises, etc. I. Title. II. Series.
PE1128.K43 2004
428.2′4 – dc22 2004010470
ISBN 0-203-53691-6 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-67024-8 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0–415–29953–5 (pbk)
0–415–29952–7 (CD)
0–415–29950–0 (Cassette)
0–415–29951–9 (Pack)
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Introduction x
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14 What would you do? 226
15 I said you’d phone back later 241
Key to exercises 259
Reference grammar 276
Irregular verbs – alphabetical list 280
Irregular verbs by type 283
Grammar index 286
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15 Paulus, Production Editor, for her hard work and accuracy; the
16 Guardian and Daily Mirror newspapers for permission to use
17 material; my friends and colleagues in the bunker for populating a
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19 for real and useful pedantry of a consistently high order; and of
20 course Adam, Liam and Jonquil for being the best family in the
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