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Business English for Beginners · Chapter 2: In the taxi

Agreeing on a fixed price

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Instead of going by the meter, you would rather settle on a fixed price for this ride: Can we agree on a fixed price for this journey?

The driver is holding a piece of cheese with a rodent on it when a wind comes up (can we), the little animal flies grinning to the other side (agree) and lands on the driver’s uncle (on). He is eating an apple and, startled, fixes it inside a plastic container holding a date (a fixed), calls the mouse a prince and offers it a bit of egg while its tail wriggles like a snake (price). It jumps up with all four paws (for), takes a bite and says it tastes like a date (this), then dances the cha-cha and nods its head (journey).