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    The document provides tips for surviving a new office job, including things to do like going to bed early, arriving on time or early, taking notes, listening to supervisors, doing breathing exercises, relaxing, talking with colleagues, and things not to do like saying bad words, forgetting to smile, forgetting to bring lunch, and being late. It also discusses making a good first impression on the first day, such as by wearing a suit and introducing oneself to colleagues. Finally, it addresses expectations around punctuality and provides examples of question words used in questions.

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    The document provides tips for surviving a new office job, including things to do like going to bed early, arriving on time or early, taking notes, listening to supervisors, doing breathing exercises, relaxing, talking with colleagues, and things not to do like saying bad words, forgetting to smile, forgetting to bring lunch, and being late. It also discusses making a good first impression on the first day, such as by wearing a suit and introducing oneself to colleagues. Finally, it addresses expectations around punctuality and provides examples of question words used in questions.

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    TO GET ON SB’S NERVES = annoy, irritate sb

    My brother keeps making fun of me. He is really getting on my nerves

    Street noise gets on my nerves

    TO HAVE A LOT OF NERVE = bold, audacious, rude, courage

    You have a lot of nerve coming back here after what you told me yesterday

    TO HAVE NERVES OF STEEL = stay calm in a stressful situation

    I was really scared, but my friend Ted hard nerves of steel

    HOW TO SURVIVE A NEW OFFICE JOB

    Do > go to bed early / arrive on time or earlier / take notes / listen to your supervisors / do some
    breathing exercises / relax / talk with your colleagues /

    Don’t > say bad words / don’t forget to smile / don’t forget to bring your lunch / don’t be late / don’t
    stress

    A smile goes a long way

    I arrived just in time for the start of the meeting

    I arrived on time

    12

    1pm

    2pm

    Either… or….

    We have two different kinds of apples. We have either this kind or that kind. Which one do you
    want? I like neither

    I like neither beer nor wine = I don’t like beer and I don’t like wine
    We have either normal English classes or conversations classes.

    To make a good first impression

    He was wearing a suit

    Nobody else was wearing a suit

    He started to introduce himself to his colleagues

    These children are too young for you, aren’t they?

    I expect every student to be punctual

    I expect the bus to arrive at 3pm

    They took advantage of you

    Drug

    Drugstore

    To … = purpose, objective

    I like to go to school in the morning

    I like going to school in the morning

    I find a wallet on the floor

    I find it hard to believe

    I find you very nice

    There aren’t any students in the class. I don’t know why.

    There isn’t any milk in the fridge.


    We don’t have any food.

    We don’t have any eggs

    Love going to swimming pool

    Like

    Hate going

    Don’t mind going to the swimming pool

    I pretended to be a teacher = to act like… to deceive sb

    Qu A S I = What do you want? / What do you do?

    Question Word

    What

    Why

    How

    Who

    Whose

    How many

    Where

    When

    How long

    I pretended not to know French

    I pretended to be ill

    A lift = the elevator

    Wind > windy

    Rain > it’s rainy

    Sun > it’s sunny

    Snow > it’s snowy


    Why do people…. ?

    1. Go to parties > to have fun, to drink, to meet new people, to dance, to forget
    2. Go on holidays > to sunbathe, to visit a museum, to enjoy life, to relax, to explore
    other customs, to rest
    3. Go running on Sunday > to stay in shape, to feel their body, to be healthy, to train, to build
    their body,
    4. Get married > not to be alone, not to be unhappy, to share a bed, to share the rent, to
    make a family, to have children

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