![]() ![]() Here, 'do some markings' means 'correct some papers.' Notice the following: I'm a teacher, so I'll do some markings, because I have to mark some essays. It's important that you look sharp for your interview tomorrow.He always looks very sharp, even when he is just relaxing.You 'look sharp' when you are well dressed and look presentable and professional. ![]() I'm a teacher, and teachers don't have to look sharp. I have to function on a regimented schedule or I won't get everything done.The program that she is in is very regimented.When you are 'regimented' about doing something, it means that you are very organized and disciplined about the way that you do it. You should probably iron those pants before you wear them.I hate ironing, so I usually only do it when I have no clothes to wear.It is also a verb that means using this machine to get the wrinkles out. I always iron my clothes I do my ironing on Sundays.Ī 'iron' is a machine with a hot piece of metal that you use for flattening the wrinkles out of clothes. I try to go to the laundromat every weekend.The washing machine is broken, but there is a laundromat around the corner.Todd: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!įor your laundry, do you use the laundry mat down the street?Ī 'laundromat' is a public place where you can go to wash and dry your clothes. Todd: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!" Todd: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?Īkane: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard. Todd: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on. Todd: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?Īkane: Uh, just little quizzes once in awhile. On the weekend, I feel you should energize yourself and just rest and relax.Īkane: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.Īkane: Well, we had so much work to do, and I gave them out an essay, and I got those essays back, Todd: Yeah, but on the weekend! I try not to bring work home. Todd: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?Īkane: Tomorrow? Well, my ironing of course, and I'm a teacher and I have markings so, I'll do some markings, cause I have to mark some essays. Todd: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp. Todd: No, I just take them out of the dryer, and that's close enough, and then usually when I put them on, they kind of stretch.Īkane: Well, I guess so and if you're wearing a jacket over it, then you can't really see. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays. Todd: So do you iron your clothes for work?Īkane: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. How the dryers make your clothes really soft and warm and there's no wrinkles and it's done.Īkane: I agree. Todd: That's true! I feel bad about using the laundry mat cause I guess it wastes energy, but I just love Todd: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes. Todd: So for your laundry, do you use the laundry mat down the street?Īkane: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry. Todd: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?Īkane: Well, let's see, I started around 7:30 in the morning and then I probably finished around 10:30.Īkane: And that includes laundry, actually. I really like cleaning cause I only get one day a week to do it, and my apartment gets clean.
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