Confirming a Refund Payment
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Confirming a Refund Payment" is an A2-level English conversation about accounts and payments, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
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- Line 1Tom 0:00
I received a refund, but the amount seems too low.
- Line 2Emma 0:03
Could you tell me the amount you received?
- Line 3Tom 0:05
I received forty dollars after paying forty-eight.
- Line 4Emma 0:09
The original payment included an eight-dollar delivery fee.
- Line 5Tom 0:13
Was that fee not included in the refund?
- Line 6Emma 0:15
Normally it isn't, unless the item arrived damaged.
- Line 7Tom 0:19
It was damaged, and I mentioned that in the return form.
- Line 8Emma 0:23
I see the note now. You should receive the remaining eight dollars.
- Line 9Tom 0:27
Thank you. Will it use the same payment method?
- Line 10Emma 0:31
Yes. I've submitted the additional refund today.
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Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- refund /ˈriˌfʌnd/ (noun); /rɪˈfʌnd/ (verb) noun; verb
money returned; to give money back
- amount /əˈmaʊnt/ noun
a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent
- seems /simz/ verb
appears to be
- low /loʊ/ adjective
not high in position, amount, or level
- paying /ˈpeɪɪŋ/ verb
giving money for something
- original /əˈrɪdʒənəl/ adjective
existing from the beginning; not a copy.
- included /ɪnˈkludɪd/ verb form/adjective
contained as part of something
- normally /ˈnɔrməli/ adverb
usually; in the usual way.
- form /fɔrm/ noun
a document with spaces for information
- remaining /rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ adjective
still left
- method /ˈmɛθəd/ noun
a way of doing something
- additional /əˈdɪʃənəl/ adjective
added, extra, or supplementary