Oct 20, 2021 · Good day, I would like to ask if it is right to say "I'm off today." What I mean is that I'm not at work today because it's my day off. Does it have a similar meaning to "It's my day off today.?" …

Jul 19, 2007 · Hi, kind people I have a confusion between get off work and take off work. I want to ask my friend when he stops his work at his job for the day. So should I ask him like this: "What time do …

Jun 10, 2007 · Do you say 'get off the phone' only to someone who's talking on the phone with someone else? Or can it also be said to someone who's just playing with his phone, gaming, scrolling facebook …

May 19, 2006 · Help me please... Is is "laid off" or "layed off" from a job? Thanks.

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Mar 1, 2012 · Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding". Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not). This is about the ACTION that …

Feb 26, 2010 · Welcome, Philiponfire. Personally, I might have used "a physical description to go on"; there are other options, of course. For example, you could just delete the whole clause: "with only a …

Nov 19, 2021 · With regards to "I have Fridays off", I think you're right in the sense that there's definitely an ambiguity: you'd need to follow up with another question in order to ascertain the reason why you …

Feb 9, 2017 · I would like to know what's "like water off a duck’s back" means in this phrase : He’s always being told he’s lazy and incompetent, but it’s just water off a duck’s back to him. My attempt …

Mar 30, 2014 · Turn on the light Turn off the light Switch off the light Switch on the light but what about put on/off the light? Do they exist? What does it mean ? I saw them in the LongMan dicitionary but …