Daily English Notes

 

General Phrases You’ll be off work in 1 hour. You’re one hour away from clocking out. Handle it with ease. (游刃有餘) She completed it effortlessly. You’re one of a kind. You don’t know anything about kids. Questions What’s the maximum load it can carry? What do you do for a living? Daily Situations The sliding door is sliding open. He’s always going on about how smart his son is. Write down lots of notes. / Take lots of notes. Work & Life My bottom line is that I have to get off work by 8 p.m. “bottom line” literally means 「底線」. “get off work” is the most common, casual way to say 「下班」. Personal Growth & Motivation No matter what, I got through it. (不管如何，我撐過去了。) I need a little warm-up before jumping into a new topic. It takes years and years of training to become perfect.