English Lessons
“Man! You're on fire!”
You work in sales. One of your coworkers has made several large sales this week, and he just made another one. You're impressed, and you say this to compliment him.
“I don't have any plans for Thursday. You?”
You and your girlfriend just found out that a band you like is coming to your city next Thursday. You want to go, so you send her a text message to see if she's free that day.
“Some places now have a law that requires fast food restaurants to label each item with how many calories it has.”
You're having a conversation with a friend from another country. You're talking about fast food and how unhealthy it is. You mention something that you've seen in fast food restaurants in some cities that you've traveled to.
“Now what exactly are account receivables?”
You're chatting with someone at a party who you haven't spoken with very much. He's telling you about his job, but he works on something that you don't know much about. You ask for an explanation.
“Give me 5 min.”
Your friend texts you asking if you can chat on Skype. You just need to finish writing an email and get some water. You ask him to wait a bit.
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