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Can I Take Friday Off? — Easy English Conversation — Easy English Podcast (B1)
· 17 min
Episode Can I Take Friday Off? — Easy English Conversation — Easy English Podcast (B1)
Practice easy B1 English: can i take friday off?. Real conversation, clear speech, captions on screen.
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In this episode:
00:10 Intro
00:10 Introduction
00:55 Starting the conversation
03:33 Asking for time
06:03 Busy, busy, busy
08:38 Help from coworkers
10:14 Asking the boss
12:16 Asking a coworker
13:54 Practice
16:15 Outro
Useful phrases from this episode:
• Do you have a minute?
• I was wondering if…
• Would that be okay?
• to request time off
• a personal day
• to work from home
• I'm swamped
• to have a lot on my plate
• a deadline
• to catch up on work
• to swap shifts
• to cover for someone
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