A slow English story about My AC stopped cooling at night, and the neighbor group chat fixed it together. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 16 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① I got home around 6:30 today. And man, it was hot.

② The house hit 84 degrees Fahrenheit. So I turned on the AC right away.

③ I grabbed a drink from the fridge and sank into my rocking chair.

④ But five minutes later, I was still sweating.

⑤ That's when it hit me. The AC wasn't cooling at all.

⑥ Now I wasn't just hot. I was getting cranky.

⑦ I walked to the leasing office. But they were already closed.

⑧ I knew I could call maintenance. But it was getting late.

⑨ And honestly, I hate being a bother. So I got stuck in my own head.

⑩ So I tried asking the neighbor group. My AC doesn't seem to be cooling. Anyone have any advice?

⑪ And boom. So many people jumped in. Mine too! Mine too!

⑫ So one neighbor stepped up. He gathered everyone's unit numbers. Then he sent in one maintenance request for all of us.

⑬ Half an hour later, someone showed up. Turns out the condensation had backed up. Fixed in a minute.

⑭ And we made a deal in the group. Next time, we tell each other right away.

🔑 Vocabulary

• degrees Fahrenheit /dɪˈɡriːz ˈfærənhaɪt/

• cranky /ˈkræŋki/

• being a bother /ˈbiːɪŋ ə ˈbɑːðər/

• leasing office /ˈliːsɪŋ ˈɔːfɪs/

• maintenance /ˈmeɪntənəns/

• got stuck in my own head /ɡɑːt stʌk ɪn maɪ oʊn hed/

• jumped in /dʒʌmpt ɪn/

• stepped up /stept ʌp/

• backed up /bækt ʌp/

• turned on /tɜːrnd ɑːn/

• neighbor /ˈneɪbər/

• sweating /ˈswetɪŋ/

• gathered /ˈɡæðərd/

• condensation /ˌkɑːndenˈseɪʃən/

• showed up /ʃoʊd ʌp/

• rocking chair /ˈrɑːkɪŋ tʃer/

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