Pet dog

Insurance salesman: “Surely your husband needs more life insurance? I mean, if your husband suddenly dropped dead, what would you do?”

Mrs Smith: “I’d probably get a pet dog instead.”

Vocabulary Help

• drop dead – cair morto
• husband – marido
• I mean – quero dizer
• instead – ao invés de
• Insurance salesman – vendedor de seguros, agente de seguros
• life insurance – seguro de vida
• pet dog – cão de estimação
• probably – provavelmente
• suddenly – de repente
• surely – certamente