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IELTS Listening: when the speaker changes the answer

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lunarleaf

For a made-up question asking the appointment time, suppose the speaker says, 'Tuesday at ten... sorry, ten is full. Make it eleven.' Does 'make it' show that eleven replaces ten here?

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cobaltcloud

Eleven replaces ten in that example. 'Ten is full' rules out ten, and 'make it eleven' gives the replacement. The last number alone would not prove the answer.
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