Tuesday Teaser – Telephoning call. Mind the gap 1.
Simply fill in the gap with the best word(s). Good luck.
“Meier’s Eier GmbH, you are speaking to Rainer Zufall, how ……………. I help you?”
“Fred’s Feed Ltd, Freddie Fred speaking, can you put me ……………. to Mr Meier, please?”
“One moment, please hold the line”
“Mr Freddie Fred, I’ll connect you ……………. away. Thank you. Have a nice day.
“Michael Meier speaking, hi Fred, how are you? Thanks for ……………. my call so quickly.”
“No probs, Michael, what can I do for you?”
“We’re still waiting for the delivery of feed we ……………. last week. It should have arrived yesterday and we’re starting to run …………….”.
“I’m sorry to hear that. Let me get on to our haulage company and ask them what’s what and I’ll ……………. you as soon as I can”.
“Thanks, Fred, I ……………. it.”
“No worries, Michael, I’ll be in ……………. later.”
to get on to sb, (hier: jdn anrufen)
haulage company, (Spedition)
what’s what (wie siehts aus)
Answers from yesterday.
- ……………………….. , 2. ……………………….. , 3. ……………………….. , 4. ……………………….. , 5. ……………………….. , 6. ……………………….. , 7. ……………………….. , 8. ……………………….. , 9. ………………………..
Answers.
- May / can , 2. through, 3. right / straight, 4. returning, 5. ordered, 6. low / out, 7. get back to, 8. appreciate, 9. touch,
„Meier’s Eier GmbH“ makes my toes curl, it’s a German GmbH not a UK company! 😉 Unfortunately, the Saxon genitive portrays reality and if you use the correct form you only earn wry looks. Sad… but true.