An ordinary conversation

Oven	Enclosed box-like space (usually part of a cooker) in which things are cooked or heated
Bother	To take the time or trouble to do something
Fortnight	Fifteen days; two weeks
Lounge	Public sitting-room in a hotel, club, etc.
To expel	To force somebody to leave a school, club, etc.
To be held	To take place
To be hard up	To be short of money
To persuade	To convince somebody
All along	All the time Mrs North Oh, here you are love. I'll just go and get your dinner out of the oven. Paul Oh, that's very kind of you. Jean I see your car hasn't been taken to the car wash for some time now, Paul. Paul Why bother with all this snow we have been having recently? Mrs North Here's your omelette and baked beans love. Oh, by the way, this letter arrived in the post over a fortnight ago I think, judging by the postmark. It was put in the bills to be paid tray by mistake. Paul A Bloomsbury postmark. Who was this sent by, I wonder? Jean Why don't you open it and have a look? Paul Oh, it's only from my old Gentleman's Club. "Dear Mr North ... reconstruction of the gentlemen's lounge ... 11,000 pounds ... informal dinner-dance ... £ 50 a head ......... Friday 5th March ...Yours sincerely, Harry Masters Hon. Sec." Ha-ha, old Harry. I remember he and I were smoking once behind the bike shed and were seen by the housemaster. Jean That sounds typical of you! I'm surprised you weren't expelled. Paul Well, and what about you? You were caught kissing Lionel Wooster when you were only twelve. Jean I was thirteen. Mrs North Don't start arguing again you two. What are you going to do about the dinner-dance? Paul Friday the fifth - that's in two days time. Jean What is it in two days time? Paul This dinner-dance I've been invited to. It's being held in the Woodcott Country Club on Friday. Oh, I don't think I'll go. Mrs North Oh, why not, love? Wouldn't you like to meet your old friends from the club? Jean Oh, yes, Paul. Do let's go. I haven't been taken anywhere for ages. Paul Hm, I can't dance, at least not very well since that riding accident. Anyway, the roads may be snowed up and what's more I'm a bit hard up at the moment. Jean Oh, go on, Paul. I'm paying. Please, Paul. Mrs_North Oh, yes, I think you should go, Paul. Jean's got a lovely new dress that has never been worn. She got it two months ago. Paul It's fifty pounds a ticket. You do realize that, don't you? Jean That's no problem. I can afford it. Paul Oh, what can a man say when he is caught between his mother and his sister. Very well then. I suppose we'll have to go! Jean Oh, come on Paul. You were hoping to be persuaded all along! Mrs North Oh, here ............ are love. I'll just go and get your dinner out ............ the oven. Paul Oh, that's very ............ of you. Jean I see your car ............ been taken to the car ............ for some time ............, Paul. Paul Why bother with all this snow we have been having ............? Mrs North Here's your omelette and baked beans love. Oh, by the way, this letter ............ in the post over a ............ ago I think, judging by the postmark. It was put in the bills to be paid tray by ............ . Paul A Bloomsbury postmark. Who was this sent ............, I wonder? Jean Why ............ you open ............ and have a ............? Paul Oh, it's only ............ my old Gentleman's Club. 'Dear Mr North... reconstruction of the gentlemen's lounge... 11,000 pounds ... informal dinner-dance... £ 50 a head ......... Friday 5th March ...Yours ............ , Harry Masters Hon. Sec.' Ha-ha, old Harry. I remember he and I were smoking once behind the bike shed and ............ seen by the ............ . Jean That sounds typical of you! I'm surprised you weren't ............ . Paul Well, and what ............ you? You were ............ kissing Lionel Wooster when you were ............ twelve. Jean I was thirteen. Mrs North Don't start ............ again you two. What are you going to do about the dinner-dance? Paul Friday the fifth - that's in two days ............ . Jean What is it in two days time? Paul This dinner-dance I've been ............ to. It's being ............ in the Woodcott Country Club on Friday. Oh, I don't think I'll go. Mrs North Oh, why not, love? Wouldn't you like to ............ your old friends from the club? Jean Oh, yes, Paul. Do let's go. I haven't been taken ............ for ages. Paul Hm, I can't ............, at least not very well since that riding ............ . Anyway, the roads may be snowed up and what's more I'm a bit ............ up at the moment. Jean Oh, go on, Paul. I'm paying. Please, Paul. Mrs_North Oh, yes, I think you should go, Paul. Jean's got a ............ new dress that has never been ............ . She got it two months ago. Paul It's fifty pounds a ticket. You do ............ that, don't you? Jean That's no problem. I can ............ it. Paul Oh, what can a man say when he is caught ............ his mother and his sister. Very well then. I ............ we'll have to go! Jean Oh, come on Paul. You were hoping to be ............ all along! Where is Paul's dinner? ................................. Why didn't Paul take his car to the car wash? ................................. When did the letter arrive? ................................. What were Mr North and Harry doing when the housemaster saw them? ................................. How old was Jean when she was caught  kissing Lionel? ................................. When is the party? ................................. Where is it? ................................. Why doesn't Paul want to go? ................................. Does Jean want to go to the dance? ................................. When did she buy her dress? ................................. How much is the ticket for the party? ................................. Who was going to pay for the tickets?