DIALOGUE:

1. Listen to the following podcast about falsehood, and answer the following questions:

• Why was Javier upset?

• What does Javier think of Terry?

• How did Florian take his advice?

EXPLANATION OF THE DIALOGUE

2. Now listen to the explanation of the dialogue and write down the expressions they used for:

– do and say things to establish a close relationship with someone (not necessarily a romantic one)

– a secret, hidden reason for doing something

– a dishonest, not trustworthy person; one that says one thing to a person, then something else to another one

– to suddenly do something that will hurt another person

3. Explain the meaning of these expressions in italics

“I think he was being upfront”

“I wouldn’t take Terry at face-value”

“Sure he was!”

3. What’s a “proposal” (in business English)? What’s another meaning of it?

4. Why did the narrator say Terry is an evil person?

5. How do you explain Florian’s attitude at the end of the conversation?

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