F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
appointment
walk-in – go in without an appointment
eg: They are not accepting walk-ins today.
Study Plan Cont’d:
3: Rescheduling:
Unfortunately, we have to reschedule the meeting, sorry for any inconvenience this brings you.
Postpone – move something to a future time
eg: The meeting has been postponed to next week.
eg: We had to postpone the meeting until next week.
delayed – not long after the original time
eg: We delayed the morning meeting until after lunch, because…
move – change a appointment
eg: I need to move the appointment with the dentist because I have another thing to do.
move up – happen sooner
move back – happen later
put off – do will sth later, usually from laziness or being busy. somewhat negative meaning.
eg: They keep putting off our meeting, I wonder what’s wrong.
eg: Some people are used to not getting enough sleep.
eg: Some people will put off the best treatment time for their health problems.
procrastinate V. – wait to do something
eg: Stop procrastinating and just do your homework.
Sorry there’s a time conflict, so can we reschedule the meeting.
Something came up – an urgent thing happened, that I need to deal with.
I forgot there was already an appointment scheduled for this time, would it be possible for us to reschedule.
4: Proposals, Presentations.
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