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shàng-bān
to go to work
xià-bān
to get off work
wǒ bù xiǎng shàng-bān
I don't want to go to work
gōng-sī
company
láo-bǎn
boss
dān-wèi
role (at work)
wǒ-men líng-dǎo
our manager
chí-dào
to be late
wó kě-néng yào chí-dào
I might be late
wǒ nào-zhōng méi xiǎng
my alarm didn't go off
lù shang dǔ-chē
I got stuck in traffic
wǒ zuò guò zhàn le
I missed my stop
wǒ shuì guò tóu le
I overslept
kāi-huì
to have a meeting
tǎo-lùn
to discuss
yǒu dào-lǐ
makes sense
nǐ shuō-de duì
you're right
wèn-de hǎo
good question
nǐ jué-de ne?
what do you think?
xīn-kǔ-le
good work; well done
wǒ tóng-yì
I agree
wó gǎo-zá le
I screwed up
wǒ yào bèi mà le
I'll be told off
wǒ yào bèi kāi-chú le
I'll be fired
bú-huì de
no, that's not gonna happen
bié dān-xīn
don't worry
bié xiǎng tài duō
don't overthink it
bié wǎng xīn-lǐ qù
don't take it personally
nǐ zuò-wán le ma?
have you finished?
wǒ hái-méi kāi-shǐ
I haven't started
fàng-xīn ba
rest assured
nà wǒ jiù fàng-xīn le
that's a relief
wó yǒu tuō-yán zhèng
I tend to procrastinate
tóng-shì
colleague
jù-cān
to eat out with a group
tǔ-cáo
to complain
wǒ yào tǔ-cáo yí-xià
I need to complain
bā-guà
gossip; to gossip; gossipy
有八卦吗？
any gossip?
nǐ tài bā-guà le
you're so gossipy
shéi bú shì ne?
who isn't?; who doesn't?
wǒ hē duàn-piān'r le
I was black-out drunk
liǎn
face
tài diū-liǎn le
It was so embarrasing
méi liǎn jiàn rén le
I can't face people now
dòng
hole
wǒ zhēn xiǎng zhǎo gè dòng zuān jìn-qu
I wish the earth would just swallow me up
qǐng-jià
to ask for a leave
qǐng bìng-jià
to call sick
wǒ yóu-diǎn'r màn-rè
I'm a bit slow to warm up to new people
wǒ-men bù shóu
we are not close
tā hén hǎo xiāng-chǔ
he/she is very easy to get along with
kàn-qǐ-lái
...seem
tā kàn-qǐ-lái hěn gāo-lěng
he/she seems unapproachable
bú gàn le!
I'm quitting!
nǐ rèn-zhēn de ma?
are you serious?
dāng-rán bú shì
of course not
wǒ jiù suí-biàn shuō-shuo
I'm just saying it
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