Describing Places, Describing People

Jane: Bob, could you do me a real favour.

Bob: Of course.

Jane: I've arranged to meet this friend Tony tomorrow at one o'clock and I'm going to be late.... I can't ring him because he's not on the phone....

Bob: Yes.OK.l

Jane:... so I wondered if you could go along and meet him for me. Would that be all right?

Bob: Oh yes, yes certainly.

Jane: Oh, thank you very much.

Bob: Um... you'd better tell me what he looks like.

Jane: Yes, of course, you've never seen him, have you? Well, he's of average height and build, sort of fairish with blue eyes, I think.

Bob: Average?

Jane: Mm... yes, I suppose so.

Bob: Yes... and does he wear glasses or anything like that?

Jane: No, he doesn't. No, but he's got a moustache. He's got a sort of blondy moustache. He'll be quite sloppily dressed, you know...

Bob: Yes.

Jane:... jeans and tee- shirt hanging out or something. Oh, I know how you can recognize him - he's always smiling!

Bob: Oh, right, right.

Jane: So just look for someone like that.

Bob: Where do you want me to meet him?

Jane: Ah, yes, well, it's a place called... a little tea place in a place called... Sorry, I'm being terribly muddling for you, aren't I? It's a place called Neal's Yard.

Bob: Yes.

Jane:... and it's a little tea shop and he'll be upstairs.

Bob: How do you get to this Neal's Yard place?

Jane: You don't know it? Go to Covent Garden tube station. And when you come out, you walk straight up "Neal Street. And then it's the... one, two, three... third on the left...

Bob: Right.

Jane:... and it's lovely, it's a tiny little street, very narrow - cobbles. And then you go along that and it opens up into a very pretty yard.

Bob: Urn... what kind of place is it? I mean...

Jane: Well, it used to be warehouses, and most of them have been converted into offices or... or shops.

Bob: So there'll be quite a few people around? But I should be able to recognize him quite easily?

Jane: Oh, I should think so, yes.

Bob: What is he interested in? I mean, are we going to talk about for half an hour or so?

Jane: Oh, that's no problem... no problem, actually, because he plays tennis - just like you.

Bob: Ah!

Jane: So there you are!

Bob: Right!

Jane: And he's married with children, so you can talk about that as well.

Bob: OK.

Jane: And I'll get there as quickly as I can!

Bob: Fine.