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Phil: Say, what's your favorite sport?<br>
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Jack: Hmmm it's hard to say. I like golf a lot but I guess I like tennis better.<br>
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Phil: Do you play much tennis?<br>
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Jack: Yes, quite a bit. How about a game sometime?<br>
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Phil: Sorry, I'm strictly a spectator football, baseball, basketball, golf I watch them all.<br>
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* Say. An interjection.<br>
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* Hmmm is a pause sound, indicating that the speaker is thinking about what he is going to say. It's hard to say = that's a difficult decision to make; it's difficult to make a clear-cut choice. I guess = I think (that).<br>
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* Quite a bit = a lot, rather much. How about a game sometime? = Would you like to play sometime?<br>
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* Sorry. This is a short way of saying something like No, I'm sorry, but I don't play tennis. Football, baseball, basketball, golf. Notice the series intonation, with the riosing tone recurring on each item of the ser<br>
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