can i see just one?

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A blokeINFORMAL WORD FOR MAN goes over to his friend's house and rings the bellPRESSES THE DOORBELL. Emily, the wife, answers the door.

“Hi, is Mark home?”

“No, he’s gone to the shop.”

“Well, do you mindDO YOU OBJECT / IS IT A PROBLEM if I wait?”

“No, come in.”

They sit down and David says, “You know, Emily, you have the most amazing breastsWOMAN'S CHEST ↔ BOSOM I’ve ever seen. I’d give youI WOULD PAY YOU a hundred bucksINFORMAL FOR RAND OR DOLLARS OR EUROS if I could just see one.”

| Emily thinks about this for a moment and figuresDECIDES ↔ CALCULATES, what the hellWHY NOT ↔ WHAT'S THE HARM – a hundred rand is a hundred rand. She opens her robeLOOSE GARMENT WORN AT HOME and shows him one.

David promptlyIMMEDIATELY ↔ WITHOUT DELAY thanks her and throwsPUTS ↔ PLACES QUICKLY a hundred rand on the table.

They sit there a while longerFOR SOME MORE TIME, and David says, “They’re so beautiful, I’ve got toI REALLY WANT TO see both of them. I’ll give you another hundred rand if I could see them together.”

Emily thinks about this and says, what the hell, and opens her robe again, giving David a good look. He thanks her and throws another hundred rand on the table, then says he can’t wait any longerFOR MORE TIME for Mark and leaves.

A while laterAFTER SOME TIME, Mark arrives home and his wife says, “You know, your weirdSTRANGE ↔ ODD ↔ BIZARRE friend David came over.”

Mark thinks about this for a second and says, “Well, did he drop off the two hundred rand he owes meHE NEEDS TO PAY ME?”

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🔍 Vocabulary

Let's look at these three: rings the bell, figures, and robe. When you ring the bell, you press the doorbell to let someone know you have arrived. Figures means to decide or reason about something, often after thinking for a moment. A robe is a loose garment worn at home, usually over pyjamas or underwear.

• He rang the bell and waited for someone to answer.
• She figured it was worth a try, so she applied for the job.
• He came downstairs in his robe to make coffee.

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📘 Grammar

This joke uses the past simple tense to narrate a sequence of events, such as “David rang the bell” and “Emily opened her robe.” The punchline relies on misdirection and implication: the audience expects one thing, but the ending reveals a clever twist about money owed between friends.

• She answered the door as soon as he rang the bell.
• He offered to pay her for her time.
• They both laughed when they realised the misunderstanding.

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🔄 Synonyms & Alternatives

Robe: dressing gown, bathrobe
Rush: hurry, dash, race
Astonished: amazed, flabbergasted, surprised

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