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One morning, a patient arrived at a doctor’s surgery complaining of severe back pain.

The doctor examined him and asked, “All right, what happened to your back?”

The patient said, “You know I work at a local nightclub, don’t you?”

He continued, “This morning I came home early to my flat APPARTEMENT and heard a noise in my bedroom. When I went in, I realised someone had been with my wife. Then I saw that the French window PORTE-FENÊTRE to the balcony was open.”

“I hurried out onto the balcony but found no one. Looking down, I saw a man running COURANT out of the building and putting his clothes on S’HABILLANT in a hurry.”

“And?” the doctor said.

“I grabbed SAISIS the fridge and threw it at him — that’s how I strained my back.”

A second patient came in looking as though he had been in a car accident. The doctor said, “Good God! The previous fellow looked bad, but you look far worse. What happened to you?”

The man said, “You know I’ve been unemployed AU CHÔMAGE for some time. Today was my first day at a new job. I forgot to set my alarm clock and overslept. I was running out SORTANT EN COURANT of the building, getting dressed M’HABILLANT at the same time, and you won’t believe it, but I got hit by a fridge.”

A third patient arrived, looking even worse PIRE than the other two. The doctor was shocked but asked, “What the hell happened to you?”

“Well,” the third man said, “I was hiding CACHER in a fridge…”

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Vocabulary

Flat: an apartment; a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building.

French window: a pair of glazed doors that open onto a balcony or garden (British English).

Unemployed: without a paid job.

He lives in a small flatAPPARTEMENT in the city centre.

The French windowPORTE-FENÊTRE was wide open.

She has been unemployedAU CHÔMAGE since last summer.

Grammar

Past perfect is used for an action completed before another past action. Past continuous describes ongoing actions in the past.

Past perfect: I realised someone had been with my wife.

Past continuous: He was running out of the building and getting dressed.

Synonyms & Alternatives

Flat: apartment

French window: patio doors, balcony doors

Unemployed: out of work, jobless

Mini Dialogue

Doctor: What happened to your back?

Patient 1: I grabbedSAISIS a fridge and threw it off the balcony!

Doctor: And you?

Patient 2: I was running outSORTANT EN COURANT and a fridge hit me.

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