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M: I’m just going down to the store to buy some cigarettes. Do you want anything while I’m there?
W: What a good idea! There are a lot of things I need, as a matter of fact. Let me see... We haven’t got many eggs left, so bring a dozen large ones. And please pick up a bottle of cooking oil.
M: Hold on! If you want me to get a lot of things, make a list, or I’ll forget something.
W: All right, but wait a minute, while I look in the cupboard to see what we need.
M: Hurry up, then. I want to stop in for a visit to Gerry on the way back.
W: We have plenty of cocoa, but we’ve run out of coffee and there isn’t much tea left. Bring a large tin of instant coffee and a quarter pound of tea. Oh! I want some ham, too.
M: How much?
W: Eh... half a pound will do.
M: OK, is that all?
W: Well, we are out of vegetables, too. Bring some beans and...
M: You seem to be out of everything today. I only wanted to go out for a walk and a visit. It sounds that I’ll need a truck to bring all that home.