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  1. déjeuner en colunch [le colunching] | WordReference Forums

    Feb 24, 2023 · Bonjour à tous, I am taking a french class using a (new) book that has an exercise using this noun, "colunch". The context was, "Déjeuner en colunch", talking about having lunch …

  2. permit, grant, let, consent | WordReference Forums

    Jul 27, 2023 · Thanks in advance for your help! Management _____ employees to leave work early if they arrive before the start of the workday. (A)permits (B)grants (C)lets (D)consents …

  3. on break/on a break | WordReference Forums

    Mar 31, 2023 · A normal traditional workday is 9 am to 5 pm. It includes one "lunch break " and two "coffee breaks ". Saying a person "is on break " means they are not working at this minute, …

  4. Do you still say "Good evening" after twelve midnight?

    Sep 25, 2009 · At the end of a workday -- even if it was 4 o'clock on a sunny summer afternoon -- on departing from work I would say "Good night" to my coworkers, or they would say "Good …

  5. ronde de fermeture - WordReference Forums

    Sep 15, 2010 · Hi ! How would you say "une ronde de fermeture", when a watchman or operator inspects a plant at the end of the workday to check the equipment ? Anything shorter than …

  6. he goes/he gets off work? - WordReference Forums

    May 10, 2013 · How about "He went home from work at 5 pm". Not quite the same thing. To me, at least, bluegiraffe's sentence describes ending the workday, while skymouse's refers to …

  7. call it a day (end a relationship) | WordReference Forums

    Aug 30, 2017 · The expression means "end the workday now, rather than working until the normal end time". In the show, they are having a conversation about their relationship, so when Ted …

  8. A wacky watercooler moment - WordReference Forums

    Dec 24, 2008 · When used in larger companies, staff somehow manage to show up at the same times during the workday. This informal gathering is often colloquially described as meeting …

  9. untethered - WordReference Forums

    Nov 16, 2010 · Hello, I am not a national, I have nothing to translate, but I have a question about a single term: can "untethered" be used in a figurative form, or is it just referred to animals? …

  10. Is tomorrow a working day? - WordReference Forums

    Jun 28, 2021 · Like Carolinian, I would say work day, or the closed forum workday. Our dictionaries recognize this as a difference between British and American English. From Collins …