English Lessons
“Was this renovated recently?”
A real estate agent is showing you an apartment that you are considering renting. You ask him this because the building is old, but the apartment looks new.
“Did you get the revised schedule I sent out last week?”
You are planning a business trip for you and several coworkers. You send an early schedule a month ago, but then you made a new schedule which you sent last week. You want to make sure that your coworkers saw the new schedule, so you ask this to o...
“It looks like his contract isn't being renewed.”
You are discussing a coworker who is working on a contract basis, not as a full-time employee. You were told that the company is going to end this person's contract. You want to tell this news to another coworker, without saying who made this deci...
“Hold on. Just hear me out first.”
You are at a meeting for the homeowners' association for your neighborhood. You have made a suggestion to raise the homeowner's fee, but the other members immediately started making noises and complaining before you could explain your reasons for ...
“You might have to refresh your browser.”
You are helping a person log in to a website account. He has entered his login name and password, but the screen just turns white and nothing happens. You want this person to re-load the page, so you tell him this.
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