| A: | Oh, look, there's Veronica and her boyfriend. She's always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They're coming this way. |
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| B: | Oh, man... |
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| C: | Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he's the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company. |
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| A: | Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur. |
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| B: | Hey, how's it going? |
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| D: | Hello. |
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| A: | Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work. |
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| D: | Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ope |
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| B: | Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting. |
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| D: | And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living? |
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| B: | Oh, I'm a Top Gun pilot! |
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| go on about | phrase | talk about something a lot |
| Fortune 500 | phrase | top 500 companies, rated by revenue |
| implement | principle verb, present progressive | begin to do something, put into action |
| responsible | Adjective | have the duty or job of taking care of something |
| nationwide | Adjective | in the whole country |
| look after | principle verb, infinitive | take care of |
| oversee | principle verb, present simple | watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly |
| quality control | common noun, non-variable | checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell |
| under me | phrase | working for me |