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A: Next please! Hello sir, may I see your passport please?
B: Yes, here you go.
A: Will you be checking any bags.
B: Yes, I'd like to check three pieces.
A: I'm sorry, sir. Airline policy allows only two pieces of checked luggage, at twenty kilograms each, plus one piece of carry-on luggage. I will have to charge you extra for the additional suitcase.
B: What? Why! I am taking an intercontinental flight! I'm flying sixteen thousand kms! How am I supposed to only take two, twenty kilo bags? That's absurd!
A: I am sorry, sir, there's nothing I can do. You cannot board the flight with that large bag either. Carry-on bags must fit in the over-head compartment or under your seat. That bag is clearly too big.
B: Now I see. You charge next to nothing for an international ticket, but when it comes to charging for any other small thing, you charge an arm and a leg! So tell me, miss, how much will I have to pay for all of this.
A: Let's see... six hundred and twenty-five US dollars.
B: That's more than my round-trip ticket!

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absurd
It is absurd to think that the world will end in 2012.
He made one of the most absurd comments I have ever heard.
That's absurd! I never cheated on my wife!
next to nothing
Do you like my new house? It was so cheap;it cost next to nothing!
Let's go to Thailand! Tickets cost next to nothing right now.
The real estate agent charged me next to nothing for his commission, so I got a really good deal!
an arm and a leg
Be careful with the new carpet! It cost me an arm and a leg.
Can you believe how expensive homes are in New York? It'll cost you an arm and a leg to buy a small house.
We paid an arm and a leg for our new home theater, and then it got stolen.
check
Excuse me, is this the counter where I can check oversize luggage?
Most airlines allow only one piece of luggage to be checked.
Frank was at the airport three hours before his flight, because he had to check a lot of luggage.
how is someone supposed to do
How is she supposed to get to work if her car is in the shop?
How are we supposed to know the answer to that? It's impossible.
How am I supposed to fit the dog in the car? There are ten people in there already!