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get on sb’s nerves. Her voice was starting to get on my nerves. start learning
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to annoy someone, especially by doing a particular thing a lot
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screaming babies. The baby has been screaming all day. start learning
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to shout in a very loud high voice, because you are frightened, unhappy, angry etc
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to stop talking, or to make someone stop talking
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the quality or state of being near: proximity
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a container that you put rubbish in; things that people throw away such as old food, dirty paper etc SYN garbage American English Containers for waste and rubbish: ashtray, bedpan, bin...
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Hello. City life 1 be quite impersonal, start learning
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Hello. City life can be quite impersonal,
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so I try to smile 2 people start learning
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so I try to smile at people
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and thank them whenever they 3 kindly start learning
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and thank them whenever they behave kindly
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but some forms of 4 behaviour start learning
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but some forms of anti-social behaviour
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really do get on my nerves
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Today I’m talking to people about good and bad 6 start learning
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Today I’m talking to people about good and bad behaviour. What kind of behaviour in public places gets on your nerves? to get on somebody’s nerves = to annoy them
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impolite, not socially acceptable
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Smoking within the vicinity,... within the vicinity = in the area around a particular place start learning
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when people listen to their music really loudly on a stereo when you’re on the train or in a lift start learning
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When you’re on public transport, like on a train, and couples start kissing in front of you. start learning
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people with loud voices. People, er, bad manners. start learning
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Probably noise more than anything, actually. start learning
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Well, screaming babies in, like, shops and just generally around... start learning
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He was in a park recently and saw a person using a rubbish bin. (Scott) start learning
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He thinks people using their mobile phones on trains is bad behaviour. (Chris) start learning
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She thinks it’s bad manners when customers in shops and restaurants use their mobile phones. (Hannah) start learning
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She thinks it’s good manners to give up your seat on a bus to an old person. (Gemma) start learning
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As we get older we find it harder to tolerate bad behaviour but we also learn how to ignore it. start learning
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As you get older, you learn good behaviour from interacting with adults. start learning
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I think when you’re young you don’t notice bad behaviour so much. start learning
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When you get older you need to learn good manners because you need more people to think well of you. start learning
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I think old people believe good manners are important. start learning
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Yeah, I think it does. I think as you get older you become, probably, a bit more 1 of certain, start learning
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Yeah, I think it does. I think as you get older you become, probably, a bit more intolerant of certain,
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sort of, 2 behaviour and, as, when you’re younger you’re probably not as aware of it. start learning
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sort of, anti-social behaviour and, as, when you’re younger you’re probably not as aware of it.
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I think the older people, definitely 3 manners, start learning
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I think the older people, definitely appreciate manners,
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good behaviour and a good 4 start learning
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good behaviour and a good attitude.
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I suppose we learn how to be more 6 of it start learning
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I suppose we learn how to be more tolerant of it
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We can be, probably, more short-tempered of it because we’ve probably had it all of our lives and we want it to, sort of, come to an end, but I think we learn how to, sort of, either 7 from it or ignore it, that sort of thing. start learning
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We can be, probably, more short-tempered of it because we’ve probably had it all of our lives and we want it to, sort of, come to an end, but I think we learn how to, sort of, either walk away from it or ignore it, that sort of thing.
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Yeah, definitely. It becomes more important as you get older. You have to impress more people, therefore, you have to be more 8 start learning
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Yeah, definitely. It becomes more important as you get older. You have to impress more people, therefore, you have to be more polite.
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Yeah, and you gain a 9 as you get older as well. start learning
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Yeah, and you gain a conscience as you get older as well.
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As kids, like, you just say 10 you want to each other, kids, but you kind of realise what you can and can’t say as you get older. start learning
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As kids, like, you just say whatever you want to each other, kids, but you kind of realise what you can and can’t say as you get older.
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