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برای علاقمندان و برای مرور خودم اینجا مستند میشن
Gil's dog has cancer.
They will put him down if they can't fix him.
(put him down means kill him)
I'm going to see my mom off at the airport.
(means I'm going to airport to see my mom and say goodbye to her before she leaves)
Look after something
(instead of saying take care of..)
I don't want to be a downer but I don't see that happening.
(I don't want to be negative but I am not optimist about that)
It's not worth it if you don't have to fight for it.
My one friend did this and her one friend did that.
(instead of saying one of my friends)
It will cost you a fair bit.
(it is expensive)
They will charge a fortune of money.
(They will take a lot of money from you)
Ages ago
(long time ago)
I haven't done that for ages.
(in a long time)
I fetched my son from childcare
(I got my son)
Ring them up
(call them)
You should be sensible about it
(practical and reasonable)
Humongous
(giant)
From day dot(.)
(from day zero, from first day)
It is causing grief
(it is causing trouble)
It is no drama
(It is not an issue)
This timing is aggressive
(The timing is very tight, is not realistic)
It happened in prior months
(months before this month)
The other thing to bear in mind is ...
(the other thing to remember is ...)
it is a pain in the a-s--s
(it is causing trouble, it is hard to do)
it is a pain in the neck
(it is causing trouble, it is hard to do)
My son was very inappropriate...
(my son was impolite...)
I will try to model my handmade earrings to attract more people
(I will use a model to put my earrings on, and take pictures to sell them better)
After someone sneezes, you say "bless you"
After you sneeze, cough or hick-up yourself, you say "pardon me"
nibblies
(small things that you eat with your drink, like cheese, chips, ...snack)
he is itching to do that
(he won't be happy until he do that, he can't wait to do that)
Me: Robyn, we didn't have a team lunch when you were on leave.
Robyn: So, I'm the glue. (means I bring people together)
Lisa: Our situation in this project is like a sandstorm, we don't know where we are and where we want to go.
It is gone out of the roof (about a number or statistics)
(it is gone too high)
gallstone (pronounce: golstone: pinglish: sange safraa)
gallbladder (pronounce: golbladder: pinglish: kiseye safra)
happy hump-day! (pinglish: rooze ghooz ya kohan mobarak)
(means Wednesday, the middle of working days of the week, the week is declining)
gourmet barbecue (pronounced: gormey, pinglish: tajamolati ya ashraafi)
a very expensive and high quality BBQ food
a blouser
a kind of shirt for ladies with buttons on front
heads up, giving someone heads up (example: Guys, I wanted to give you a heads up about the upcoming changes to the project.)
(informing about something which is going to happen)
take the lead off
(pinglish: baaz kardane dare ghooti ya botri)
soggy
when a bread gets wet and soft it is soggy
I was shit scared
I was very scared
We are going to grab some lunch
We are going to buy some lunch (and maybe bring it here)
we need to revisit that part...
we need to review that part again in future
when someone is talking to you for the first time and you don't know each other,
in the middle of conversation you can say "oh, by the way I'm John and I'm working in Marketing department" and usually the other person will introduce him/herself
When you wan to introduce someone to others: "Have you met Kate?"
When your colleague has been sick and is back to work you ask: Do you feel better?
I could ask them but I didn't want to step on their toes
I didn't want to interfere in their work and push them to do that
Do you have a waiting list or do you not do that?
How are you? I'm pretty good!
(rather than simply saying I'm good or fine)
That's in late February
(That's in the last days of February)
to put your thinking cap on...
to start thinking and using your mind
a "one pager" document
a document of one page only
fairy floss
(Pinglish: Pashmak)
mucking around
doing random unplanned activities or spending time idly
pickling, pickled
(Pinglish: torshi ya shoor dorost kardan, chize ke tabdil be torshi yashoor shode)
Bogan
People who have a strong accent, normally not very formal or polite
Jacaranda
(A very beautiful tree with purple blossoms during spring)
Succulents
plants with leaves which keep a lot of water
This would have just come about because ....
This has happened because...
vigilant
keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
Help is on the way
Someone is coming to help
Authentic Chinese food vs Australian Chinese food
an email from a colleague:
John's not feeling well so won’t be working today.
The restaurant has a good food and it's a really good value of money. we were 9 people and totally paid 200 dollars.
An insect shell
-- Skin of an insect after they get out of the old skin
I was pissed off...
I became very upset :-)
Clumsy fingers, clumsy penguins
-- when things slip and fall down
Focus on A rather than B
We keep tweaking, We continue to tweak paths...
we change our direction very often
The reporting system had an organic growth...
(means the development of system wasn't based on architectural planning)
It's nice to do business with you...
B minus A (B-A)
taking A off B, or B less A
I wanted to make sure that we are comparing apples to apples
I wanted to make sure if we are comparing the right things
Email from a colleague today:
I’m still fluey and dribbly and throat-sandpaper-ey so I’ll
work from home today.
It's a one-off
It is a one time task or thing
What does that entail?
What does that cause or bring?
He's just spying the camp
He is here to spy on us
I have parked that task at the moment
I am not working on that task for now
He will pick it up
He will learn it
It will take a few more meetings before I pick up.
Sniffing the bush...
checking the evidence
Focus on one thing rather than a whole swag of things.
Swag: (pinglish: boghche, koolebaar)
My asthma is playing up
I don't feel good because of my asthma
I wrapped a present for my friend, it ended up really well and Robin said "well done, that's very crafty!"
I knocked over a glass and smashed it on the bench.
Guesstimate
can we shrink it down? (the timing of a task)
This is just one part of it, I don't know if there are other parts to it.
We're not gonna hit these tasks straight away...(they will need to be done later)
Sorry to be a pest...(when you're asking too many questions while someone is working)
Are you available now, cause I can wait...
....
more to come
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