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Entries in work (120)

Sunday
Apr152012

“Come on out with us and blow off some steam!”

Come on out with us and blow off some steam!

You're going to have after-work drinks with some coworkers. One coworker doesn't usually come. Today he seems stressed. You want to invite him to come with you, so you say:

Come on out with us and blow off some steam!

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Sunday
Apr012012

“I'd rather not open up that whole can of worms.”

I

At work, one of the employees you manage noticed a problem with your software. She asks if you should tell your clients about it. You're afraid that the clients will get upset and have a lot of questions about it. You say:

I'd rather not open up that whole can of worms.

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Thursday
Mar012012

“It's not up to me; I'm way too far down on the totem pole.”

It

At work, a member of another department suggests a change. You think it's a good suggestion, but you can't agree to it because you don't have the power to make that change. One of your bosses will need to agree to it. You say:

It's not up to me; I'm way too far down on the totem pole.

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Monday
Feb272012

“You hangin' in there?”

You hangin

You work as a waiter. There's a new waiter at the restaurant. Today's a really busy day, so you want to make sure that she's OK. You ask:

You hangin' in there?

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Tuesday
Jan312012

“Can you tell him to swing by my office when he gets a chance?”

Can you tell him to swing by my office when he gets a chance?

You want to talk to one of your coworkers. You go to talk to him, but he's not at his desk. You ask another coworker to give him a message:

Can you tell him to swing by my office when he gets a chance?

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Wednesday
Jan112012

“She's a tremendous asset to the team, and we're lucky to have her.”

You're presenting awards to your employees at a year-end party. You're introducing one of the winners, who's very helpful. You say:

She's a tremendous asset to the team, and we're lucky to have her.

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Monday
Dec192011

“We need to take an in-depth look at our process to determine how this managed to happen.”

English Lesson: Take an in-depth look at our process

One of your employees made a big mistake that cost the company a lot of money to fix. You need to find out what caused the mistake so that it doesn't happen again, but you don't want to blame the employee personally. In a staff meeting, you say:

We need to take an in-depth look at our process to determine how this managed to happen.

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Sunday
Nov272011

“If you're feeling under the weather, by all means go home and get some rest.”

English lesson: By all means

One of your employees looks sick. You ask her why she came to work, and she says that she has a lot of work to do. You'd rather she go home so that she doesn't make other people sick. You say:

If you're feeling under the weather, by all means go home and get some rest.

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Wednesday
Sep142011

“Please disregard my last message. It was mistakenly sent to the wrong group.”

English lesson: Please disregard...

You wrote an email for work and sent it to an email group. After you sent it, you realized that you sent it to the wrong group. You send another message to the same group, which says:

Please disregard my last message. It was mistakenly sent to the wrong group.

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Sunday
Sep042011

“Please note that these dates are tentative.”

English Lesson: These dates are tentative.

You're in charge of planning a release schedule for the software that your team creates at work. You're sending the schedule for the next 6 months to a large group of people. You want everyone to know that the dates might change a little. In your email, you write:

Please note that these dates are tentative.

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