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Interviewer:
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OK. How well do
you know your neighbours?
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Interviewee:
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Um, well, I just
moved into a new house three weeks ago, so
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Interviewer:
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Interviewee:
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Yeah.
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Interviewer:
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#Are friendly#
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Interviewee:
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Ah yeah, some of them are… I think on one side, they are a bit... They yell a lot, so... It’s actually a halfway-house for a prison, so… They could
be friendly.
I don’t want to cast any aspersions.
So maybe. Hopefully.
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yell - shout
halfway-house – When people get out of prison, they go to a halfway-house first, where they can stay while they look for a job and learn how to live in the world outside prison again.
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Interviewer:
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Maybe, maybe. Eh… What make a good neighbour?
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Interviewee:
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Ummm .
a lawnmower off or #get# a smile on the street.#
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lawnmower – a machine that you use to cut grass
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Interviewer:
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Ah…
What makes a bad neighbour?
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Interviewee:
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#Kinda#
noisy.
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kinda – (kind of) – we say kinda to make what we are saying weaker:
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Interviewer:
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Ahh…
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Interviewee:
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Yeah.
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Interviewer:
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Music…
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Interviewee:
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Oh… Music or
just yelling late at night.
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Interviewer:
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Friends ahh… arrive…
late in the night
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Interviewee:
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Yeah. Yeah, people that make you feel unsafe |
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Interviewer:
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Who is the best eh… neighbour eh… you’ve ever had?
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Interviewee:
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Oh… I don’t… I
don’t know. Um… We weren’t really
growing up, so I don’t really have a best one. Um… Yeah.
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Interviewer:
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And who is the
worst?
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Interviewee:
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Um… See I haven’t had the worst either. I’ve been fine …been very lucky.
I haven’t. These ones… These ones
because they do tend to yell a lot, but
so…
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tend to yell – they often yell
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Interviewer:
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OK, thanks very
much.
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Interviewee:
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No worries, #.
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