A teacher had just moved house with all her possessions including box after box of books.
As the van driver put down the last box in her second-floor flat, he grumbled, “For Heaven’s sake, lady, why didn’t you read them before you came?”
Vocabulary Help
- before – antes
- book – livro
- box – caixa
- come (come, came, came) – vir
- flat – apartamento
- For Heaven’s sake – Pelo amor de Deus, Pelos Céus
- grumble – resmungar
- last – última
- move house – mudar de casa
- possessions – pertences
- put down – colocar no chão
- read (read, read, read) – ler
- teacher – professor
- van driver – motorista da van