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Deposit Dispute

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ID: 2450 Intermediate
Do you have the ideal landlord or the kind that thinks duct tape is the solution to everything? You may be able to sympathize with the tenant in this lesson who has a problem with their landlord.
Sun May 25 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
遇到 yùdào to encounter
房东 fángdōng landlord
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare
搬家 bānjiā to move (house)
真是气死我了，遇到这样一个极品房东！
zhēn shì qìsǐ wǒ le ，yùdào zhèyàng yī gè jípǐn fángdōng ！
This really makes me so angry to come across such a “rare specimen” of a landlord!
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What's going on?
我上周找好了新的房子准备下个月搬家的，结果房东不退我押金。
wǒ shàngzhōu zhǎohǎo le xīnde fángzi zhǔnbèi xià gè yuè bānjiā de ，jiéguǒ fángdōng bù tuì wǒ yājīn 。
Last week I found a new apartment and I was preparing to move next month. It turns out the landlord won't give me back my deposit.
怎么会这样？是不是因为你们合同没到期？
zénme huì zhèyàng ？shì bùshì yīnwèi nǐmen hétong méi dàoqī ？
How could that be? Is it because your contract hasn't finished yet?
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