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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

I was here first.

1font00Woman: How did you get such a nice office? You boss must really like you.02font02br
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01font00Man: He respects my opinion...and I was here first.02font02br
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00May I ask what the man meant by 01font00"I was here first". 02font0-
  

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02br 00He started to work in the company and/or he was able to choose an office before the other employees. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00He started to work in the company and/or he was able to choose an office before the other employees.
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00He started to work in the company and/or he was able to choose an office before the other employees. 0-
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0Do you mean that he was employed earlier than others so he got the priority to choose the room? Or he just arrived at work earlier that day to choose the best room? Please advise.0-
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00Communication in any language involves a certain amount of common sense, LC. Which do you suppose is meant?0-
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0I guess that he came earlier that day. I am not very sure.0-
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0There is obviously a big difference in how it is determined where you sit at work between your office and mine. I have my own office. It has my computer, my files, pictures of my children, my hand lotion and my coffee mug that I forgot to wash out last week. If I come to work at 5 a.m. one day, I don't decide that I will sit in my coworker's office, even though it is bigger, where I will use he
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0 Maybe the poster works in a place where they practice "hot desking".02br
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0I was wrong, and I see what you all meant. Thanks.02br
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