Arriving Late
Apologising and catching up.
- Them
There you are. We started five minutes ago.
- You
I'm sorry I'm late. My last call ran over.
- Them
Not a problem. Take a seat.
- You
What have I missed so far?
- Them
We agreed the deadline and split the tasks.
- You
Which part was assigned to me?
- Them
The testing, with help from Ana.
- You
Understood. I'll pick it up today.
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Words in this dialogue
- startedbegan
- fivethe number 5
- minutessixty seconds
- sorryused to apologise
- lateafter the expected time
- lastfinal; the one before this; to continue for a time
- callto phone; to name
- overacross there; above
- problemsomething that is wrong
- taketo carry; to need time
- seatsomething to sit on
- missednot caught or noticed
- agreedto have the same opinion
- deadlinethe latest time something is due
- splitto divide
- tasksjobs to be done
- parta piece of the whole
- assignedgiven to someone
- testingchecking
- helpto make things easier for someone
- understoodpast form of understand
- i'llshort for I will
- pickto choose; to collect
- todaythis day
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