—Do you regret paying ten dollars for that book
—No, I would gladly have paid( ).
—What do you think of the concert
—I really enjoy it. I didn't expect it was ( ) wonderful.
—What do you want me to get then
—Er... well, go to the green grocer’s first.
—Yeah, the green grocer’s. OK.
—Let me see, potatoes, new potatoes, not mottled ones. I mean they’re really not very good any more. Urm, three pounds...
—Hang on. I’m trying to write this down. New potatoes.
—Right.
—Three pounds.
—Three pounds. Yes.
—Spring onions, one bunch.
—One bunch of spring onions.
—Yeah.
—OK.
—And a pound of bananas.
—And a pound of bananas. OK.
—And then, could you go to the supermarket as well
—Yes, yes.
—Mm, let me see. A packet of sugar cubes.
—A packet of sugar cubes.
—Yeah. Cubes, mind you, not the other stuff.
—Right.
—Coffee, instant coffee, please get Nescafe, Nesca
—How do you find the talk given by Mr. Smith
—( ).
—Do you know if Linda is willing to take charge of the program
— ( ), does it
M: Can you lend me five dollars
W: I had ten dollars but I just spent seven.
—Do you know that Jack ( ) a postman for about six years
—Yes, I see.
So you’ve got an invention — you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!
The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense
One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.
The building houses the Patent Office. It&rsqu
A. keep their ideas from being stolen
B. reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity
C. visit the patent office building
D. come up with more new devices
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