Reporting a Duplicate Charge
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Reporting a Duplicate Charge" is an A2-level English conversation about accounts and payments, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. 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 1Emma 0:00
I was charged twice for the same monthly payment.
- Line 2Tom 0:03
Let me review the recent charges on your account.
- Line 3Emma 0:06
Both payments appeared on my card this morning.
- Line 4Tom 0:09
I see them. One payment was created by mistake.
- Line 5Emma 0:13
Can the extra charge be canceled today?
- Line 6Tom 0:16
Yes, I'll send a refund to the same card.
- Line 7Emma 0:19
How long will the refund take?
- Line 8Tom 0:21
It usually appears within three working days.
- Line 9Emma 0:24
Please email me a confirmation for my records.
- Line 10Tom 0:28
Of course. The refund request has been submitted.
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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.
- twice /twaɪs/ adverb
two times
- monthly /ˈmʌnθli/ adjective/adverb
happening once a month
- review /rɪˈvju/ noun/verb
an examination or opinion; to examine
- recent /ˈrisənt/ adjective
having happened not long ago
- payments /ˈpeɪmənts/ noun
amounts of money paid
- created /kriˈeɪtɪd/ verb
past tense of create; made something new
- canceled /ˈkænsəld/ verb
past tense and past participle of cancel; called off
- refund /ˈriˌfʌnd/ (noun); /rɪˈfʌnd/ (verb) noun; verb
money returned; to give money back
- days /deɪz/ noun
plural of day; periods of twenty-four hours
- confirmation /ˌkɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/ noun
the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed
- records /ˈrɛkərdz/ noun; verb
stored information items; stores data or media
- request /rɪˈkwɛst/ noun
an act of asking for something