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So today's lesson I made again, As usual in three parts, we're going to focus on vocabulary like specific situation vocabulary for each for each part of today's lesson.
So the first part, or the first like group of phrase a ll verbs I want to look at for today is this.
These are phrase all of herbs you can use for every day.
Office activities.
So yes, I have everyday office activities.
But some of these you can use for other parts of your life too.
So I'll mention those throughout the lesson.
Let's get started.
Okay.
First the first.
If this is actually two different phrases verbs first is to clock in to clock in second is to clock out.
So to clock in and to clock out those air to separate freezer verbs to clock in to clock in means to record your start time to record your starts time.
So this means when you arrive at the office, you record when you begin work.
So maybe you use like a digital system to record.
When you start your office hours.
That's called Clocking in.
Use the phrase over to clock in.
So in a sentence clock in when you get to the office.
So clock is right here walking.
This is like a rule or a command.
So clock in when you get to the office, So the opposite, then, is this one to clock out to clock out?
So maybe you can guess to clock out means to record your end time to record your end time or to record the time you stop working to clock out to clock out.
So in a sentence clock out when you leave So clock in when you get to the office clock out when you leave or clock out when you finish work clock in and clock out a very basic office related foot Fraser fir.
Okay, let's move on to the next one.
Then the next one is to set up to set up.
Please note that for this phrase, over there is a space.
There's a space between set and up.
Set up with no space is a noun to set up that's a phrase overt.
So keep this face there when you're making this a verb, so to set up one's desk or work stations.
So maybe you have a desk at your office or at your school.
Or maybe you have just kind of, ah, work station.
Maybe it's not exactly a desk.
You could use work station, too.
So to set up means to prepare something so like to get something ready.
For example, let's set up work stations for the new staff, so let's set up workstations.
We follow this set up with work station or with desk.
Like, I need to set up my desk for the day as typically.
How we use it phrase over.
Okay, uh, and it totally says Now I understand what was written on my work clock.
He had this probably clock and the clock out phrases written on a lot of office clocks, I think, Uh, okay, let's move on, then.
To the next one.
To skip out on to skip out on.
This is one that you can use in situations outside of the office to skip out on means to not attend something on purpose.
Like you decide.
I don't have time for this meeting, or I said I would go to this event, but I decided not to go.
So we used the expression to skip out on to skip out on this.
Sounds rather casual.
So we do not use this in formal situations, but you might use this with your colleagues with your clothes co workers to skip.
Just give it time, for example.
I'm gonna skip out on the afternoon meeting today.
I'm going to skip out on the afternoon meeting today.
So Skip out on and then what thing?
What event did you choose not to attend in this case, the afternoon meeting.
I'm gonna skip out on the afternoon meeting today.
OK, onward then.
We've got three more in this first group, so this one is to head out to head out.
You can use this in AA lot of different cases, not just at the office, Not just at work.
To head out means to leave to leave.
So this has no, like, no relationship to your head, your physical head.
So to head out means to leave, for example, it's late.
I'm gonna head out.
I'm gonna head out.
So replace leave or maybe go with head out.
Okay, a question.
Until says, Is it correct to say, Help me to set my desk up?
Yeah, that's fine.
That's fine.
So about this one here to set up?
Yes.
You can split that.
So help me set my desk up is okay.
That's all right.
Okay.
Katie on Facebook says I always skip out on university classes.
Really?
That's a good thing they are you paying for those?
OK, onward to next one.
The next one here.
This'll next one is super useful at work and at school.
It is to hand in to hand in to hand in means to submit.
So this expression comes from this motion like when you submit a report or you submit your homework.
This is kind of emotion Yacht, like our before digital stuff, I guess.
But we used this motion So it's like your hand moved in towards another person.
So we use the phrase a ll burb to hand in to hand in to mean to submit something.
For example, past tense, I handed in my report At the end of the day, I handed in my report.
So what did you hand in?
This is the thing that you handed him.
I handed in no phrase I handed in my report at the end.
Okay, last one for this first group then is to call in to call in, especially to call in sick to call in sick.
This expression this phrase over means to contact your office or to contact your school to tell them you are not coming to work today because you're sick or to tell them you're sick.
Usually for example, I have to call in sick today.
I have to call in sick today So this is like when we were at home.
We pick up the phone and we call into the office is kind of the idea our communication goes into the office.
That's sort of how you can imagine this.
What was that call in sick call in sick.
We typically don't use another adjective here.
We don't say I'm going to call in tired or I'm going to call in happy or something we use.
I'm going to call in sick.
This means I'm not coming to the office today because I am okay, uh, of sec.
Hello there on YouTube Says when we are about to leave the office in the evening, How should we save?
What should we say?
OK, you can say to your close colleagues, you can use this expression.
I introduced this.
I'm gonna head out.
I'm gonna head out.
That one's rather casual.
Uh, you can just say, like, have a good evening as well.
Like that's kind of bullet.
Have a Okay.
Olivia says my kid's hand in their homework to me.
Is that correct?
Yeah, that could be okay.
That could be okay.
My kid's hand Handon is used like when you submit something like professionally, like formally.
So if it's your kids, like your son or your daughter is giving you their homework.
Maybe a little different I would use I hand in my homework to my teacher or a hand in my report to my boss.
It sounds kind of official.
Something like that.
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Uh, let's continue on to part two of today's lesson.
We're going to talk now about expressions or phrase a ll verbs.
Rather four meetings phrase of herbs for me things.
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Appraisal of herbs for meeting So four meetings There's a lot are actually there are a few here about making notes, so the first phrase over there to kind of variations.
There are two different expressions we use First is to write down, and the other is to take down.
So to write down or to take down just means to write notes like it has this feeling of just quickly, like making just a small note.
So you're not like writing an essay in the meeting.
I think you're quickly making small notes, so we use to write down or to take down to describe that.
For example, he wrote down the details of the agreement.
He wrote down the details of the agreement, So this is past tense, wrote down.
So when we make a phrase over and past tense, do still need to congregate the verb there, just as we would regularly.
So he wrote down the details of the agreement with this one.
He took down the details of the equipment So again, quickly it making notes making is to take down.
Yes, someone wrote to jot down the notes.
Yeah, nice one.
Let's add that here, too.
Jumped to jot J O.
T.
To jot down notes means, like just to quickly take notes again, dropped.
So some people might like to use that I don't really use job that much.
Job down notes.
That sounds not my thing, but it's fine.
Uh, Britt, maybe.
I mean, it is kind of British English.
Okay.
Either way, you can use it if you like it.
Uh, let's go to the next one.
The next one is kind of the opposite, you might think to write up to write up.
So too right up is not exactly the opposite of To Write Down to write up means like to prepare something by writing, like, for example, please write up a list of tasks, so this doesn't mean like quickly writing down.
It also doesn't mean like writing an essay.
It's like please take some time to prepare something like for the meeting, or please take some time to prepare this information.
So write up some details or write up a list of tasks.
So it's not like notes.
And it's not like an S A.
It's kind of in between.
So please write up, uh, a simple agreement or please write up a list.
Something like that sounds quite natural.
Okey dokey.
Uh, let's go to the next one.
To speak up.
To speak up to suite up means to use your voice, of course, to speak and to share your ideas or to share your opinion, especially in cases where maybe you don't usually share your opinion.
So, like, for example, if you're usually kind of a quiet person, um, and you decide to share your opinion in a meeting, you might say, like I'm going to speak up like you think to yourself.
I'm going to speak up, or if your co worker is a quiet person, you might say, Wow, my co worker spoke up in the meeting, so to speak up means to share your opinion or to share your idea, especially in cases where you don't usually do that.
For example, if you have an idea, please speak up.
Please speak up, and some of you probably know.
Speak up.
Also means please speak more loudly to.
So if I'm, like, speaking really quietly, you might say please speak up.
Please speak up.
Which means please speak more loudly like you're too quiet.
So there are two different meanings for that phrase.
Over depending on the situation, you can guess which one it is.
All right.
Uh, some questions.
Elizabeth on YouTube says Sorry.
Uh, could I say to write up a draft?
Yeah, I think you could say, like, right up a draft oven agreement, or, like, write a draft of a contract.
And I think that's fine.
So to write something up sounds a little bit rough, like it's not the final version, so I think right up a draft is fine.
Uh, someone on health says, I think you missed.
Listen up.
Did I miss it?
I choose not to include it.
Okay.
On Facebook, Mohamed says right up means take notes.
Yeah, right up is like you are creating a document.
Yes, but it's like the rough document.
So write down is like just taking notes.
There's not an essay.
It's not a perfect like message, but to write up is like you're going to prepare something like to give to someone else.
So maybe it's like proper message.
Okay?
I don't see anything.
Others Alright, let's continue to this one to fill someone in to fill someone in to fill someone in means to give someone an update to give someone an update.
Usually a small update.
And we often use fill in when we're requesting the update.
So, for example, if I'm your boss in the situation, I want an update from you.
I might say please fill us in about the project.
Please fill me in about the project.
Please fill me in about your studies.
Leave.
Please update me.
Give me a quick, short, small update about your activities for your project so you'll notice Fill in.
You can split this one.
So in this case, fill us in or fill me and is also okay to use.
Fill me in, fill us.
OK, onward.
Then the next.
The next one is to check in to check in.
May be you know this for like a, uh, an airplane.
So when you're flying, like to check in for your flight toward to check into a hotel to check in here means again to ask for an update.
Like to ask about a progress to ask about the status of a project is to check in.
So, for example, I'd like to check in about our new program.
I'd like to check in about our new program.
You might also here, check in on someone, check in on my father.
So, like, I'd like to check in on my father.
He's in the hospital.
Something like that.
That also means to get a status update.
When you use this check in on someone, it means get a status update about that person's condition to check in on someone to check in about topic.
So there are a couple of different ways to use this.
Check in on or check in about.
All right.
Onward.
Uh, Cindy, a phone.
Facebook has follow up.
Follow up is another nice one.
I'll add it.
Here.
Follow up to follow up is used.
Usually, I usually use follow up when I send someone an email.
And I haven't heard a reply.
There's no reply, but I expect it.
I'll say I'm writing to follow up on my last email.
It means like check in after the last thing I sent you to follow up.
Okay, on to the next one.
These do these air kind of a pair to talk up, to talk up and to talk down to talk up and to talk down.
So to talk up to talk up means to speak about someone and make them sound great cell like in this sentence.
My manager talked up our team at the meeting past tense.
Our manager talked up who are teams?
So that means the manager is saying the team is so great.
So the manager is talking about, like the success of the team were the great skills on the team.
So to talk someone up or to talk something team talk something up means to make it sound really, really good.
On the other hand, to talk down to, to talk down to.
Don't forget this proposition here.
To talk down to means to speak to someone as if they are below you.
So let's see.
There's enough space here.
Let's imagine this is one person and this is the other person.
Great drawing, Alicia.
Okay, so it's like they're looking down on someone as they're talking.
So to talk down to means just speak to someone like they're below you.
They have a lower level than you.
So maybe they're rude or they're mean.
They're in polite.
So this is talk down to someone, for example.
Don't talk down to your colleagues.
Don't talk down to your funnies here.
Don't talk down here.
So talk up.
Makes someone sound good to talk down to means to speak to someone like they are below you.
Very.
Okay.
Um, Mohammed on Facebook says talk up means praise.
Yeah, kind of kind of means praise.
So you are You are praising them?
Yes.
In order to improve someone else's opinion of that person.
So in this sentence, my manager talked of our team.
It's like there's usually a reason.
Like we want to improve someone's opinion of us or Oh, okay.
A couple of points e saw.
Okay.
On YouTube, Rubin said my boss talked up our team's skills.
Good.
Okay, um let's see, there are a lot.
Uh, I already used check in to mean Hi.
I am showing up.
Yes.
So, as I said, check in can be used at a hotel as well to mean like I have arrived.
I am here, um, other things to talk down to means Looks down on you.
Yeah, it can be.
It can mean to look talk down to can mean to look down on someone but to talk down to means like you're actually using your words.
You're speaking to someone like they are below you.
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So the first, the first phrase over or this part is to send over to send over to send over just means send yes to send something, but we use this kind of casually so, and we often use it with digital files like please send over the photos when you have a chance.
So please send over here.
This just means sent like please send the photos when you have a chance.
Send over sounds a little bit more casual, like we're a little bit closer.
So you could use this with, like, a coworker or a colleague.
You're a little bit close to.
Can you send over that file?
It sounds a little bit more friendly than just sent.
Please step sons down a little bit more stick.
Okay, Um, the next one is to look into to look into this is a really good one for a lot of different situations for any kind of planning to look into means to research, to research.
So to look into something means to find facts, to find information, to find data about something to research something.
For example, I'm looking into some upgrades for our equipment.
I'm looking into some upgrades for our equipment here.
I'm using it in the progressive looking into, which means I'm researching.
Now.
I'm researching some upgrades for our equipment.
So looking into in progressive or look into regularly, we can use this.
Like when making vacation plans.
Like I'm looking into summer vacation packages.
Or let's look into some place to go this weekend.
So to look into means too recent, too.
Okay, um, bird running out of time.
Oh, my gosh, three left.
Okay, The next one is a pair to fill in or to fill out a villain or to fill out these mean right, These mean too, right?
Like in a form.
So when we need to enter our personal information, like our name, our birthday, our address we used fill out.
So especially when we're writing forms, for example, we filled out the shipping form we filled out the shipping form means we entered our information into the shipping form, but we used, filled out, filled out.
Then please fill in the form.
Please fill in the form.
So what?
There's no difference between fill in and fill out.
In this case, In this case, you can use whichever you prefer fill in or fill out.
I would say perhaps in American English, we use fill out a little more commonly.
If you feel in is a little more common in British English.
Okay on to the last two to plug in to plug in.
Very important to plug in to plug in means to connect something to electricity.
To plug in your computer monitor, to plug in your iPad, to plug in your TV to connect to electricity.
So I forgot to plug in my phone.
I forgot to plug in my phone.
Ah, a point here.
The opposite is not to plug out when you want to do the opposite.
We use to unplug to unplug u N p l a u g to unplug something needs to remove a connection to electricity.
So to plug in, to unplug something, so do not use plug out.
That's not anything.
Please use to unplug too.
All right.
Final, final, final Final Vocabulary Word is to pull up to pull up this phrase over in a computer related setting means to open a file on a screen.
So, for example, Hey, can you pull up that?
Pdf, It means like to open the file on the screen.
So to pull up something means to open it so we can see it on the screen.
So you might hear this in a meeting.
Or if your co worker comes to your desk and says something like, Can you pull up the latest version of the poster and you pull up the latest version of the poster?
It means Can you please open it on your screen?
So we can both see it.
So to pull up is usually used.
When you need to reference stuff, you need to look at something with someone else to pull up.
Oh, okay.
Great.
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But I hope that you found some new expressions that you can use, of course, at the office and in your everyday life as well.
These air Just a few phrases verbs that you can use at work.
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