The Ofce - Sorry Im Late A:

(C0113)

Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fteen minutes ago!

B:

Jo called and said shed be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with a client.

C:

Sorry Im late everyone. There was a huge trafc jam on the highway this morning.

D: Morning everyone! Were you stuck in trafc as well, Jess? There was a huge pileup on the highway and trafc was backed up for miles.

B:

Scott just called and said that hes running late. His last meeting ran over, but hes on his way now.

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A:

Guys, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at ten, the meeting starts at ten. Not tenoh-one! And denitely not ten-ten! All right. Lets get started. So the rst thing I want to talk about is our...

E:

Im really sorry, everyone! I know Im late. But really, its not my fault. I was getting a coffee at Starbucks, and the line was way too long. I was waiting for twenty minutes to get my coffee!

Key Vocabulary

backed up

verb

blocked so you cant move forward became busy; unable to leave going to be late to go beyond a limit so may cars on the road that you can not drive or move forward soon
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get tied up

phrase

running late run over stuck in trafc

verb verb phrase

in a sec

phrase

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huge trafc jam

Adjective common noun, singular common noun, singular

very big a lot of cars stopped from moving

pileup

an accident where many cars crash into each other

Supplementary Vocabulary

punctual

Adjective

the quality of always being on time later than planed; late

behind schedule sleep in tardiness

verb Adjective

sleep later than planned the quality of often being late move very quickly

hustle

verb

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