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A2 · Work Tasks and Progress

Asking a Colleague for Help

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Emma & Tom

"Asking a Colleague for Help" is an A2-level English conversation about work tasks and progress, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

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  1. Emma 0:00

    Tom, could you help me format this report table quickly?

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:04

    Of course. What part is giving you trouble?

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:07

    Column totals keep shifting when I sort by date.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:11

    I see. You need fixed formulas before sorting rows.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:15

    I must send this report in twenty minutes.

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:18

    Then I can fix formulas now while you draft the email.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:21

    Great idea. Can you also freeze the header row?

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:25

    Yes, done, and I added thousand separators too.

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:29

    Amazing, it looks clear and professional now.

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:33

    Glad it helps. Send it before your deadline.

    Line 10

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • part /pɑrt/ noun; verb

    a piece of something; to separate

  • giving /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ verb

    handing, providing, or offering something

  • totals /ˈtoʊtəlz/ noun

    complete amounts

  • keep /kip/ verb

    to continue to have, hold, or do something

  • fixed /fɪkst/ adjective

    repaired or set in place

  • fix /fɪks/ verb

    to repair or correct something

  • draft /dræft/ noun

    a preliminary version of a text or plan

  • freeze /friz/ verb

    to become solid because of cold

  • clear /klɪr/ adjective

    easy to see, hear, or understand

  • professional /prəˈfɛʃənəl/ adjective, noun

    related to a job or done with skill; a trained worker

  • helps /hɛlps/ verb

    makes it easier for someone to do something

  • deadline /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ noun

    the latest time by which work must be finished

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