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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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question about maternity...:-)

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00Please, can you explain me the underlined text? Woman is explaining to her boss, how she planned hers maternity leave...02br
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01i00I'll take three days off before the baby's due, two weeks after, then I'll take half days02br
00and-and full days whenever I can 01u00to kind of make up my six weeks' maternity leave02u00.02i02br
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00 I got stuck here...:-(((...This time I don't even have a tip01i00...:-(((02i02br
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00Many thanks in advance..0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10JCDenton12cite 10Hi EF guys,12br 12br 10Please, can you explain me the underlined text? 02i 02br 00I think the expression 01u 00kind of02u 00 got you all confused, right? 0-

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10JCDenton12cite 10Hi EF guys,12br 12br 10Please, can you explain me the underlined text?
  • 02i 02br 00I think the expression 01u 00kind of02u 00 got you all confused, right?
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01cite10JCDenton12cite10Hi EF guys,12br
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10Please, can you explain me the underlined text? Woman is explaining to her boss, how she planned 11b10her11del10s12del12b11del10 12del10maternity leave...12br
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0 She's entitled to a six-week leave (42 days), but she has only planned to take 3 days of that leave before the birth of the baby, and another 14 (= two weeks) soon afterwards, so that makes 17 days. 02br
00She has not made any definite plan for the remaining 25 (42 - 17) days, so she can take those days (either full- or half-days) off whenever she can.02br
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0Thank you guys to both of you!02br
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00I know what 01u00kind of02u00 means as well as 01u00make up02u00 (this has a lot of meanings) , but I didn't get the point of the underlined text....02br
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01u00Anyway I got a feeling that she said:02u02br
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00.....then I'll tak
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0Is this from real life? I'd be shocked if a company agreed to that.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Is this from real life? I'd be shocked if a company agreed to that.12br
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10Me too. We have a 5-month compulsory maternity leave. It's usually 2 months before the birth and 3 after (sometimes, it's 1 + 4), and it cannot be split into separate parts, for instance by taking single
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