Name: What they really mean: Disguised requests
Uploaded: 2018-05-03T08:58:54.000Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s
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Claire: Is Olivia really asking about the time?

did I tell you about my last camping holiday?

anyway, so you wanted to hear about my camping trip?

Olivia: Have you got a long journey home?

Mark: No, you've been there -- it's not far.

Olivia: When were you thinking of leaving?

Claire: The questions she was asking you.

Claire: Olivia wasn't asking these questions

she was asking them to highlight something.

He was supposed to think about these things,

and that maybe she might want to go to sleep.

and considered more polite that just saying

We can use questions like this in lots of

Mark: So, did I tell you about my last camping holiday?

Mark: Oh it is. Yes, it is getting a bit late?

Olivia: Yes, have you got a long journey home?

but I probably should be getting home soon.

Olivia: And when were you thinking of leaving?

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What they really mean: Disguised requests

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