language takeaway
vacation days : the number of days that you can take to go on vacation
overseas : when you travel overseas, you travel over the ocean to another country
unpaid leave : time off without pay
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notice : when you give someone notice, you give them information in advance
example:
- If you want to quit your job, make sure you give enough notice; you'll need to tell us four weeks in advance.
- You did not give me enough notice about this project, I didn't have enough time to finish it.
fluency builder
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Do you have a second?
example:
- Do you have a minute? I wanna ask you something?
- Do you have a sec? I need to talk to you?
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Would you be okay with that? : a great pattern to ask other's opinion
example:
- Are you alright with that?
- Will you be okay with this?
- I'm fine with that.
I was just wondering ... : a good way to ask for a favor
I was just hopping that ... > I want to ...
