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　　Daily Life - Dry Cleaners (C0172)
A: Thank god you are open! I have an emergency!
B: Hello Mr. Henderson what can I do for you?
A: I need this dress and this suit dry cleaned ASAP!
B: OK, I can have it ready by the end ofthe week.
A: No you don’t understand, I need this tomorrow
morning! I accidentally spilled beer all over my
wife’s dress and we have a wedding to attend to-
morrow! She’s gonna kill me!
B: Ok, I can have it ready tomorrow afternoon, but
this suit is also very stained. I can’t guarantee we
can remove it completely.
A: Fine! Can you also iron and starch¹ this shirt?
B: Certainly.
A: Great! This is our secret! If you see my wife, say
nothing to her about this!

1 starch   

n.淀粉；vt.给...上浆

参考例句：

• Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
• I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。