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Furniture delivery and assembly in English (beginner)

Beginner English for furniture delivery and assembly. Key line: “I'd like delivery and assembly, please.”

Full script

Lin
I'd like delivery and assembly, please.
Them
You want assembly today too?
Lin
Yes, and can you take the boxes?
Them
Sure. The small table first?
Lin
Yes, the small one scares me.
Them
It has forty screws. Very cute.
Lin
Please save me from the screws.
Them
Deal. I fight the table; you rest.

Key phrases

The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.

Both services
✓ I'd like delivery and assembly, please.

Ask for both services

Say this when ordering furniture service

Box pickup
✓ Can you take the boxes?

Ask them to remove the boxes

take = remove / take away

This first
✓ The small table first?

Check the order

Useful for checking what to do first

Help me
✓ Please save me from the screws.

Joking: too many screws

Half-joking, so it sounds lighter

Quick answers

Both services: what to say in English

Say “I'd like delivery and assembly, please.” — ask for both services. Say this when ordering furniture service.

Box pickup: what to say in English

Say “Can you take the boxes?” — ask them to remove the boxes. take = remove / take away.

This first: what to say in English

Say “The small table first?” — check the order. Useful for checking what to do first.

Help me: what to say in English

Say “Please save me from the screws.” — joking: too many screws. Half-joking, so it sounds lighter.

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