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A2 · Work Hours and Leave

Asking to Leave Early

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

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

Dialogue script

Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.

  1. Tom 0:00

    Emma, I need to leave about an hour early today.

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Okay, is everything alright at home?

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:06

    My landlord scheduled an urgent water inspection at five.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:10

    Understood. Can you finish the invoice review before leaving?

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:14

    I can finish most of it, but maybe not the last supplier.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:18

    Then send me notes, and I'll close the final one.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:22

    Thanks, I'll upload everything by four fifteen.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:25

    Great. Please also update your status message before going.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:30

    Will do. I appreciate your help today.

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:33

    No problem. Hope the inspection goes smoothly.

    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.

  • early /ˈɝli/ adjective

    happening before the usual or expected time

  • landlord /ˈlændˌlɔrd/ noun

    a person who rents property to others

  • urgent /ˈɝdʒənt/ adjective

    needing quick action

  • inspection /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/ noun

    a careful examination

  • review /rɪˈvju/ noun/verb

    an examination or opinion; to examine

  • leaving /ˈlivɪŋ/ verb

    going away from a place or person

  • maybe /ˈmeɪbi/ adverb

    perhaps; possibly

  • last /læst/ adjective

    coming after all others; most recent

  • notes /noʊts/ noun

    short written records or messages.

  • final /ˈfaɪnəl/ adjective

    last in a series

  • status /ˈstætəs/ noun

    the current condition, position, or rank

  • message /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/ noun/verb

    a written or spoken communication

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