Daily Life - New Guy in Town (C0011) A: Oh, I don’t know if you heard, but someone moved into that old house down the road. B: Yeah, I know. I met the owner of the house yes- terday as he was moving in. His name is Armand. A: Really? What’s he like? You have to ﬁll me in. B: Actually, he’s a bit strange. I don’t know... I’ve got a bad feeling about him. A: Really? Why? B: Well, yesterday I brought over a housewarming gift, but Armand started acting really weird, and then he practically kicked me out! I tried to, sort of, peek into his house, but everything was so dark inside that I couldn’t really get a good look. A: Well, you’ll never guess what I saw this morn- ing. A delivery truck pulled into his driveway, and it dropped off a long, rectangular box. It almost looked like a cofﬁn! B: You see! Why would he... C: Hello ladies... B: Ah, Armand! You scared the heck out of me! This is my friend Doris. C: A pleasure to meet you...If you are not doing any- thing tonight, I would like to have you both for din- ner. I mean...I would like to have you both over for dinner. Key Vocabulary I don’t know if phrase phrase used to intro- you heard duce a piece of informa- tion ﬁll me in phrase tell me about it a bad feeling phrase a sense or feeling that something bad is going to happen weird Adjective strange, unusual kick out principle make or force someone verb, past leave when they don’t simple want to creep me out phrase make me feel uncom- fortable and a bit scared you’ll never phrase phrase used to intro- guess duce a piece of news scare the phrase cause someone to feel a heck out of lot of fear me Supplementary Vocabulary bizarre Adjective strange or unusual creepy Adjective strange or scary, caus- ing people to feel ner- vous and afraid vampire common a dead person who noun, sin- drinks the blood of liv- gular ing people have you phrase phrase used to intro- heard duce a piece of gossip guess what phrase phrase used to intro- duce an interesting or surprising piece of in- formation