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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

fill in

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00Speaker 2: Ms. Colinas will fill in until Ms. Irzel is out of the hospital.02font02b02br
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00Could any advisor here tell me what situation the above dialogue is in? Are they patients or workers of the hospital? Thanks.02br
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0It takes place in any kind of office, firm, ... 0-

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0It takes place in any kind of office, firm, ... Ms Irzel is in hospital, and Ms Colinas replaces her at work.0-
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01cite10Pieanne12cite10It takes place in any kind of office, firm, ... Ms Irzel is in hospital, and Ms Colinas replaces her at work.12br
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0Well, there's no use for Ms C. to fill in if Ms I. comes back to work... And if she doesn't fill in when Ms I. is in hospital, then there will be a problem at the office 050010id6
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0Sorry, but I am afraid I am still confused. May I ask few more questions here?02br
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  1. 00What does "How long will Ms.Colinas fill in?" actually mean? 02br
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  2. 00IMO. When I read what the second speaker says, I feel that both "Ms.Colinas fills in." and "Ms. Irzel is in the hospital." happen in the same time. Why not use "Ms. Colina
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0Let's go back to the beginning. I don't think you have grasped what 'fill in' means. It means to do someone's work for them while they cannot do that work, for whatever reason. Perhaps they are on holiday, perhaps they are ill, perhaps they are on maternity leave, perhaps they have to temporarily move to another department...but while they are away someone else has to do their work for them.0
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0You've answered all my questions, Nona the Brit. Thank you so much.02br
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00I wasthinking earlier that they both wouldn't be able to meet each other at the same time because one was about to "replace" the other one. The former person must have done something wrong and would get kicked out soon. I was trapped by this kind of thinking and found no way out.02br
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0Ok glad you have it ok now.02br
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00'filling-in' is always temporary and the original person comes back (at least, that is the intention).0-
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