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ESLPodcast556–SchedulinganAppointment

GLOSSARY

tomakeanappointment–toscheduleatimewhenonewillbeabletodo

something

*Don’tforgettomakeanappointmentwiththedoctorforyourson’sshots.

appointmentschedule–acalendarshowingwhenoneiscommittedtodoing

certainthingsandmeetingwithcertainpeople

*Hisappointmentscheduleisfullthisweek,buthecouldseeyounextTuesday

intheafternoon.

tiedup–busy;unavailable

*Lately,shehasbeenreallytiedupatwork,stayingattheofficeuntillateat

night.

toshufflearound–tomoveorchangethings;toreorganizethingssothatthey

areindifferentpositionsinspaceortime

*Whyareallthesearticdueonthesameday?Unswecanshufflearound

thedeadlines,we’llnevergetthemallfinishedontime.

commitment–obliion;somethingthatonehaspromisedtodo;something

thatonehasagreedtodoandthereforeshoulddo

*Asamarriedcouple,theymadeacommitmenttodonate10%oftheirincome

totheirchurch.

tofree(someoneorsomething)up–tomakesomeoneorsomethingavailable

foraparticularpurposeataparticulartime

*Canyoupleasetrytofreeuptheconferenceroomfortomorrow’smeeting?

tobeout–tonotbeanoption;tonotbeavailableforuse;tonotbeableto

participate

*I’vebeenlookingforacewherewecanhavetheweddingreception,butall

thenicehotelsareout,becauseothereventshavebeennnedtherefor

months.

tobump–tochangewhensomethingwillhappen,sothatsomethingelsecan

happenatthattime

*Ourclientmeetingwasbumpedbecausetherewasanemergencycompany

meetingschedule