Podcasts 184 - Drawing Conclusions (B2 level)

B2 story drawing conclusions

Story starts at 11:49

I'm listing below the phrases I explain in the audio.

This is a B2 story in the genre of mystery or thriller. It's called Drawing Conclusions, which is one of the expressions I explain before I start the story.

B2 phrases:

- drawing conclusions

- Mrs Robinson had neither seen nor heard Lorna since

- take great pride in sth

- to go into more detail

- he couldn’t look her in the eye

- was very absorbed in everything

- as far as she knew,

- ideas had crossed Mrs Robinson’s mind

- gossip

- the trouble with

- was on the point of

- it’s common knowledge

- sooner or later

Important words:

- greenhouse (a glass house in a garden, where you keep flowers)

- boot (the back of a car, where you put suitcases etc.)

- to split up (to separate from your partner, husband or wife)