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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.

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Daily Actions & Routines Store it in the rooftop storage room. / Put it away in the storage room upstairs. I taught that class. Do you want to go for a drive tomorrow? Write down lots of notes. / Take lots of notes. I’m packing my luggage. (standard) / I’m packing my bags. (more casual) I go to work on foot. I brought my lunch today. Move to another meeting room. / Switch/change jobs. Turn the music up. / Turn the music down. Feelings, Motivation & Growth No matter what, I got through it. I need a little warm-up before jumping into a new topic. It takes years and years of training to become perfect. I make the most of my downtime. I fill my idle moments with productive things. Watching them grow makes me happy. Even a small step can lead to big success. Life is all about experience. Don’t be hard on yourself. / Don’t wrong yourself. Don’t sell yourself short. Show some understanding. / Have a little empathy. Be...
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