Appearance
Topics and Expressions in English
Food
- I am fond of cooking.
- I'm really into cooking.
- I have culinary skills.
- I dabble in cooking every now and again.
- I like to whip something up in the kitchen.
- I don't have a knack for cooking.
- I cook scrambled eggs.
Education
Health
Job
- You are dispensable to your company but indispensable to your family.
- I will take all my time off I can, and all the sick time off I can as well.
- She's on leave.
- How much annual leave do you get?
- How much paid leave do you get?
- I'd like to take a sick leave tomorrow.
- I'd like to take a funeral leave tomrrow.
- You need to take some leave before the end of the year.
- Sir, Could I take 4 days off next week?
- Tom took a day off today.
- We're taking a vocation in July.
- They went to Japan on vocation.
- Are you travelling on vocation or business?
Economic
- The economy is booming.
- The current political environment is stagflationary, and there are some early signs of stagflation in the data.
- inflation/deflation/stagflation
City
Transportation
- How did you get to work today?
- How long does it take you to get to work?
- There's a bicycle lane all the way to the office.
- I caught a bus.
- I took the bus.
- How much is the bus fare.
- Where can I get a taxi?
- You'll never get a taxi in this weather.
- It took me 45 minutes to reach the office because of the rush hour.
- I hope I don't get stuck in a traffic jam.
- I'm stuck in traffic for the past 25 minutes.
- He's been stuck in the traffic jam for the past 30 minutes.
- I have to take a detour because the road is blocked ahead.
- The road is closed because of landslide.
- Could you please drop me off her?
- She commutes to work daily by car.
- At this time of the day, the traffic is heavy on this route.
- How long does it take to get to the city center.
- do you have a driver's license?