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Entries in plans (8)

Friday
Mar112011

“First and most importantly, you need to make sure that all your students are accounted for.”

Make sure that all your students are accounted for.

You're an administrator at a school. You're giving a presentation to the teachers about your school's plan for what to do in an emergency. You start by telling them the most important point:

First and most importantly, you need to make sure that all your students are accounted for.

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Sunday
Jul252010

“I'll give you a ring next week to work out the details.”

You've been making plans to meet a woman that you met on an online dating site. You've both agreed that next Wednesday is the best day, but you haven't chosen the exact time or location. You're writing an email to her to confirm the day, and to say that you'll call her to decide on the details. You write:

I'll give you a ring next week to work out the details.

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Sunday
Jul252010

“We made tentative plans to meet next Wednesday.”

You've been making plans to meet a woman that you met on an online dating site. You've both agreed that next Wednesday is the best day, but you haven't chosen the exact time or location. You think that there's a possibility that she might change the plans to a different day. Now you're telling your friend about this and you say:

We made tentative plans to meet next Wednesday.

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Sunday
Jul252010

“If anything comes up between now and then, just let me know.”

You've been making plans to meet a woman that you met on an online dating site. You've both decided to meet next Wednesday. You want her to know that you're considering the plans to be definite, and not expecting for either person to change them. You write to her:

If anything comes up between now and then, just let me know.

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Saturday
Jul242010

“I'll call you next week and we can settle on the time and place.”

You're planning to meet a woman who you met on an online dating site. You've e-mailed each other and decided to meet next Wednesday, but you haven't picked the time or location. You say:

I'll call you next week and we can settle on the time and place.

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Saturday
Jul242010

“OK, let's shoot for Wednesday.”

You're planning to meet a woman who you met on an online dating site. You've been e-mailing her, and she wrote back with her schedule. Today's Monday. She can't meet this week, but she can meet next week on Wednesday. You want to agree to that time. You write:

OK, let's shoot for next Wednesday.

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Friday
Jul232010

“I hear you're considering going into medicine.”

You're a doctor. Your friend tells you that her daughter, who's a high school student, has started to say that she might want to be a doctor when she grows up. When you see your friend's daughter, you say:

I hear you're considering going into medicine.

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Wednesday
Mar032010

“Do you still want to get together?”

You made vague plans to meet an old friend of yours this weekend, but you haven't heard from her and want to check to make sure that she hasn't changed her plans. 

Do you still want to get together this weekend?

do you want to (do something)

Although this is a very basic expression, it's worth pointing out that this is the most natural way of asking this question. "Would you like to" is just a little bit more formal.

get together

This can be used as an intransitive verb:

We should get together.

Or you can specify who you're getting together with:

I'm getting together with some friends of mine later tonight.

This phrase is a good casual way to express the idea of meeting with friends. The word "meet" can sound too formal.