Thanks for offering to give me a lift. I'm looking forward to this party, but I didn't want to go alone.
Don't mention it. It's my pleasure. Have you been to one of these large, sit-down dinner parties since you got to New Haven?
No, this is my first. Last week I went to a cookout for new professors at Dean Barksdale's home. I took a taxi because I didn't want to be late. But I was the first one who arrived at Dean Barksdale's home.'
Cookouts often start slowly. A two o'clock start means you arrive any time after two.
Thanks for telling me this.
I was late getting back from the mall, but I'm hurrying.
Why are you in such a hurry? They said, Dinner at eight, and it's only seven-fifteen. I don't want to be the first one there again.
Don't worry. We won't be the first.