It is 8.

00 in the evening : Luke and June are having a conversation about the day’s event at the
office, about Offred ‘having to be let go and escorted out by the police.’
Get ready to act out the scene using only key words.

You can imagine…

- where the women were taken to
- what they were told
- Luke and June’s decision

Pack up (v)= you pack up when you put your belongings together in a box or in a suitcase
announce (v)
sound + adj > a l’air look like + nom= be similar to
file out (v)= leave a place in a single file
he sounded as if + V-ed → he sounded as if he… + V-ed
I was afraid that…. = I feared that…
stand at attention (v)= stand silenty with he body stiff and straight
take something away from someone

desperate (adj) panic-stricken

uncomprehending= to have no understand about what is going on = not have a clue about
something (slang)
at a loss =you are at a loss when you are uncertain what to say, think or do
armed (adj) = carrying firearms
wooden (adj)= stiff and lacking life, without any life

bewildered (adj) /bɪˈwɪldəd/ = perplexed and very confused