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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 488: Getting Around Regulations.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 488. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Getting Around Regulations.” It’s a dialogue between Michael and Leona that talks about laws, rules, regulations that all of us have to follow at some point in our life. Let’s get started

Michael: I have some qualms about how we’re handling these accounts.

Leona: What do you mean?

Michael: There are strict regulations governing what we can and cannot do, and I think we’re violating those regulations.

Leona: Listen, it’s a matter of interpretation. We’re not flouting any regulations. We’re just not following the letter of the law.

Michael: I, for one, think that we’ve crossed the line. I’m not against some creative accounting,