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Reporting Verbs

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"Sorry I couldn't go to your presentation" He...

He apologised for not coming to my presentation.

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"I didn't take your stapler yesterday" He ...

He denied taking / having taken my stapler the day before / the previous day.

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"I'll be there as soon as I can" She...

She promised to be there as soon as she could

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"Don't go so near the edge of the city" He ...

He warned me against going / not to go so near the edge of the city.

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"Would you like to come to my office for a meeting" She ...

She invited me to go to her office for a meeting.

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"If only I had negotiated harder" She...

She regretted not having negotiated harder.

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"It was you who stole my customers!" He...

He accused me of stealing his customers.

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"You'll be sacked unless you finish your report soon" He...

He threatened to sack me / me with being sacked unless I finished my report soon.

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"I won't do what you told me!" She...

She refused to do what I / they told her.

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"Remember to bring your price lists tomorrow" She...

She reminded me to bring my price lists the following / next day.

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"It was me who left the front Excel sheet open" She...

She admitted (to) having left / leaving the Excel sheet open.

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"I'll give you a lift to the airport" She..

She offered to give me a lift to the airport.

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"You should really keep an eye on that budget!" He...

He recommended keeping an eye on that budget/ insisted on keeping an eye on that budget.

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"Let's go to the head office next month" She...

She suggested going to the head office the following / next month.

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"If I were you, I would call more clients" He ...

He advised me to call more clients.

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"I'm multilingual. I am fluent in more than five languages" She...

She boasted about being multilingual / about being fluent in more than five languages.

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