Reporting verbs 5 Choose the correct words. George Parker was a brilliant conman. About 100 years ago, he ladmitted / offered to sell Brooklyn Bridge to a rich tourist who had just arrived in the USA. Parker ?invited / refused the man to look at 'his' bridge. At first the man ?refused / ordered, but Parker was a very persuasive conman and he agreed / insisted! He Sexplained / convinced why he wanted to sell the bridge. Parker convinced / complained the tourist to buy it by producing false documents. These showed that he owned the bridge. The man 'agreed / ordered to buy it. But it was actually a public bridge - it wasn't Parker's at all! He sold it a few times to different people, but he was arrested after a buyer invited / complained to the police. and
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George Parker was a brilliant conman. About 100 years ago, he offered to sell Brooklyn Bridge to a rich tourist who had just arrived in the USA. Parker invited the man to look at 'his' bridge. At first the man refused, but Parker was a very persuasive conman and he insisted! He explained why he wanted to sell the bridge. Parker convinced the tourist to buy it by producing false documents. These showed that he owned the bridge. The man agreed to buy it. But it was actually a public bridge - it wasn't Parker's at all! He sold it a few times to different people, but he was arrested after a buyer complained to the police.