A friend has invited you on a skiing trip. It sounds like fun, but it seems expensive and you don't have much money. You say:
I'd love to go, but I don't know if I'd be able to manage it financially.
You are going on a road trip with your family. The trip takes several hours, so after an hour your kids start to get really impatient. One of your children asks:
Are we there yet?
Last week you took a vacation with your family in the mountains. You stayed in a small house in a quiet, far-away area. You're telling a client about it at a business lunch. You say:
We rented a little cabin in a remote area of the mountains.
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You're on vacation at a resort hotel in Asia. Outside of the window is a beautiful bamboo forest. It's relaxing to look at, so you've been sitting next to the window and looking at it. Your husband asks what you're doing, and you say:
I'm just sitting here, watching the bamboo sway back and forth in the breeze.
forest, peaceful, progressive aspect, relaxation, vacation, wind You're going on vacation. You're leaving an e-mail out-of-office message to let people know that you won't answer their e-mails. But you want people to call you if there's an emergency, so you write:
If there are any issues that require immediate attention, I can be reached on my mobile at 646-469-XXXX.
You're going on vacation. You want to leave a message on your e-mail that lets people know that you're not at work. In your out-of-office message you write:
I will be out of the office for the week of December 27, with limited access to e-mail.
Your younger sister is coming to visit you. She hasn't bought her plane tickets yet, and she's waiting to get the best price. You think it's cheaper to buy your tickets early, so you advise her:
You ought to go ahead and book it soon.
Your friend is going on a trip to Italy and has signed up for a guided tour. Now you're each discussing your thoughts about tours. You say:
I wouldn't sign up for a tour unless it was somewhere that's really hard to get around in as a foreigner.
clauses, conditionals, intensifier, opinion, phrasal verb, tour, trip, unless, vacation You're going on a long car trip with your friend. You're making plans for the trip with your friend, and you want to tell him what time you should leave. You say:
It's an eight-hour drive, so we should leave here by nine o'clock.
You're going to take a vacation. You need someone to do your job for you while you're on your vacation. You ask a co-worker:
Would you mind covering for me while I'm out?
"Would you mind ___ing?" is a polite way to ask someone to do something.
You can use this in business or personal situations when you're asking someone to do something that you expect them to agree to. It should be an easy request. If you need to ask someone to do something more difficult or inconvenient, one way to ask is:
Is there any way you could cover for me next week?
To "cover for" someone means to do their job for a short time while they're out of the office.
To be "out of the office" means that you aren't at work.
When you're talking to someone about going on a vacation or taking a sick day, you can sometimes just say "I'll be out." For example:
I'll be out next Friday, so can we schedule it for Monday instead?
