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96 Notices and warnings

A Informative notices
Some notices give you information:

OUT OF ORDER NO VACANCIES SOLD OUT
tor a machine that is in the window of a B&B outside a cinema or concert
not working, e.g. phone (cheap hotel). It means the ~ there are no tickets left. All
or washing machine hotel is full sold

Do this!
Some notices tell you to do certain things:

PLEASE QUEUE OTHER SIDE KEEP RIGHT

(= wait in a line on the other side of (= stay on the right side, and continue on
this notice) e.g. in a bank or post office the right side) e.g. in airports

Don’t do this!
Some notices tell you not to do certain things:
a NO EXIT

DO NOT LEAN
OUT OF THE WINDOW

PLEASE Bere eee
DO NOT
DISTURB Miele ile

DO NOT LEAVE
era Meee SILENCE BAGS
EXAMINATION IN UNATTENDED
PROGRESS

Watch out!

Some notices are warnings — they tell you to be careful because something bad may happen:
MIND YOUR HEAD MIND THE STEP
(= be careful you don’t hit your (= be careful you don’t hit the step
head e.g. in front of a low door) and fall e.g. in front of a step)

FRAGILE BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS
(= be careful, this will (= be careful, there are people here who will steal
break easily) things from your bag or pocket without you knowing)

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