点错了
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点错了

Reading time
2 min
Total words
356
Unique words
162
Avg frequency
#116

Story

I always go to that place. Lao Wang is there. He knows what I want.

Lao Wang is a good friend of mine. He doesn't say much to me, but he remembers what I order.

Today when I go, Lao Wang isn't there. A new woman is there. She says hello to me. Her name is Xiao Mei.

I say to Xiao Mei: I want to order the same thing I had before. She says: alright.

She goes off to make it. I sit and wait a little.

She comes back and gives me the thing. I take a look and feel it's not right.

This isn't what I wanted. I say to her: this isn't what I ordered.

Xiao Mei doesn't quite understand. She asks me: what did you order?

I say: it's fine that you don't know. I was the one who didn't say it clearly.

I tell her what I used to order. She listens and understands.

She says: sorry, it's my mistake. I'll make a new one for you right away.

I say: it's nothing. She takes that thing, and goes to make it again.

I wait a little more. She comes back and gives me the new one. This time it's right.

She says: I'm really sorry. I only started today, I still don't know.

I say: it's nothing. Tomorrow I can tell you what I want.

She is very happy. She says: alright, tomorrow I'll remember.

I drink. The same as what Lao Wang makes. I say to Xiao Mei: same as before.

She says thank you to me again. This place is still good. Tomorrow I'll come back.

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Words in this story

79 words
#Word
1of, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)
4he, him
6at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
9not, no
10this
11good, well, OK
12什么what
16she, her
18知道to know (a fact)
19to say, to speak
20to be (linking verb)
21to go
22very, quite
24to want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
27and; with
31can, to know how to; will; meeting
32一个one (with general measure word)
33to come
34to take, handle; disposal marker
35correct, right; toward; pair
37to do, to make, to work as
38不是is not, am not, are not
40to give; for (beneficiary marker)
41可以can, may (permission or possibility)
43and what about...? (question particle)
46still, yet; also; even more
48这个this one, this (with general measure word)
54not (past negation); to lack
63to look, to watch, to read, to see
66progressive/continuous aspect marker
70告诉to tell, to inform
73真的really, truly; genuine
83谢谢thank you
88那个that one, that (with general measure word)
91again; also, and (expressing addition)
92to be called; to call out; to order
95觉得to feel, to think, to find (subjective)
97to listen, to hear
102东西thing, object, stuff
103to wait, to wait for
105many, much, more
115一下a moment, once, briefly
121only then, just, merely
123还是or, still, had better
125问题question, problem, issue
127一样same, alike, equally