#48 Today’s expression
Do you have a minute?
CONVERSATION
M1 : Sean, do you have a minute?
-minute : a very short time.
M2 : Hi, Jake, yes. Is there anything I can help you with?
-anything : used to refer to a thing, no matter what.
-help : improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.
M1 : I can’t understand this manual.
-understand : perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of (something).
-manual : a book of instructions, especially for operating a machine or learning a subject; a handbook.
M2 : Let me see. Oh, I think I can help you. Can you drop by my office after lunchtime?
-drop by/in : call informally and briefly as a visitor.
-office : a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.
-bureaucratic : Relating to the business of running an organization, or government.
M1 : After lunchtime? Yes, I can do that.
-after : during the period of time following (an event).
-lunchtime : the time in the middle of day when lunch is eaten.
-do : make or have available and provide.
M2 : Good. I’m going to go to work now.
-Good : well.
-work : a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing has to do.
-now : at the time directly following the present moment; immediately.
M1 : Okay, Sean. Thank you. See you later.
-Okay : used to express assent, agreement, or acceptance.
-See you : said when parting from someone.
-later : goodbye for the present; see you later.
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