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- Dictionarycolleague/ˈkɒliːɡ/
noun
- 1. a person with whom one works in a profession or business: "she thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year"
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Apr 5, 2016 · Which phrase should I use,"in her stead" or "instead of her"? I encounterted the both. Is there any difference in meaning?
Dec 1, 2017 · This depends on the context. In person in a small group, you'd say "Hi! I'm James!" and probably extend your hand to shake.
Mar 5, 2019 · The verb "rest" actually comes from two different languages trees (Old English/German and French/Latin). An alternate (and somewhat archaic) meaning of "rest" is "remain" from the French rester. It may be that "rest assured" actually means to " remain/stay/be assured" rather than " sleep assured". Either way, this does not really change the ...
Another alternative is “I’m sorry (to hear)”, which might sound less offensive to you since it’s you, the speaker, who is expressing remorse:
1. I have been told by a (male) person A to give his regards to a (male) person B. I don't know them too well, but I have met them both semi-privately (person A is a coworker of a friend of mine and we have spent a day hiking; person B is an ex-coworker of mine and we had lunch together every now and then), so there is no need to be too formal ...
Mar 11, 2015 · I completed all the tasks assigned. How to convey this ? I have completed all the tasks. or I had completed all the tasks.
Oct 4, 2015 · The sentence (A) isn't correct grammatically. "I couldn't open the door" is in the past. As a matter of fact, you are locked in and unable to open the door at the present time. So the correct sentence should be: I am locked in here and cannot open the door. Can you help me? The second sentence (B), which is in the past, is correct grammatically.
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