You're interviewing for a job. The interviewer asks you what you'd like to be doing in 5 years. You answer:
Ideally, I'd like to be responsible for managing a small team of my own.
You have a week-long conference that you're supposed to go to for work. But you're worried about leaving your family at home without you. Your husband says that he can take care of the kids by himself, but you don't think he's very responsible about watching the children. You say:
That sounds like a recipe for disaster.
childhood, family, prediction, problems, responsibility, set phrase Your boss always has too much work to do. He's telling you about all of the things he has to do. You'd like to help him out and get more work experience, so you want to offer to take some of his work. You say:
Feel free to delegate some of those responsibilities to me.
boss (recipient), delegation, offer, responsibility, work Your daughter got a bad grade on her first progress report for this school year. You're asking her why, and she complains that her teacher isn't very good. You're angry that she is blaming the grade on the teacher instead of herself. You say:
I don't want to hear any excuses. You need to take responsibility for yourself.
Your daughter made some bad grades on her progress report at school. You ask her why, and she complains that her homework is boring. You're annoyed that she would complain about this, so you say:
Life's not all fun and games.
You made a mistake at work. A person from another department at your job gets angry about the mistake. You want to take responsibility for the mistake and apologize. You say.
I'm SO sorry. That was totally my fault.
anger (topic), apology, blame, fault, mistake, responsibility, work, 日本語サポート You are writing an essay about your opinion on a scandal. The scandal involved a school principal who was spying on his students over the Internet. You want to say that it was wrong for this principal to spy on the students because of his position. You also want to say that it's wrong for other people to do similar things. You write:
People in a position of authority have a responsibility not to abuse that authority.
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