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| It’s depend of… | It depends on… |
| I’m agree. I’m not agree. Are you agree? | **I agree.\\ I don’t agree.\\ Do you agree?** |
| I’m a responsible of… | I’m responsible for… [I have to do something]\\ …the accounts.\\ …making the coffee.\\
**I’m** a manager.\\ **I’m** the Accounts Manager. |
| It’s difficult to be concentrated. | **It’s difficult to concentrate.** |
| She speaks very well French. | **She speaks very/really good French.\\ She speaks French really well.** |
| We exchange with people in other departments. |**We communicate / We have contact with people in other departments.**\\ **We exchange ideas/information/opinions, etc. (with people).**|
| At the traffic lights, turn on the right. |**At the traffic lights, turn right.**|
| It’s three past twenty.
It’s seventeen o’clock.
It’s half past seventeen. | **It’s twenty past three.\\ It’s 3.20 (three twenty).**
**It’s five o’clock.**
**It’s half past five.\\ It’s 17.30 (seventeen thirty).** |
| I went in/at Paris. | **I went to Paris.** |
| It’s the same than… | **It’s the same as…** |
| I participated to a meeting. | **I went to a meeting.\\ Some people didn’t participate (in the meeting).** [They were at the meeting but they didn’t speak.] |
| Welcome in Toulouse. | **Welcome to Toulouse.** |
| I asked to my boss. | **I asked my boss.** |
| We discussed about the problem.
I discussed with my manager. | **We discussed the problem.**\\ **We talked about the problem**.\\
**We had a discussion about the problem.**\\
**I discussed it/the problem/something, etc. with my manager.** |
| I go back at home at 6 o’clock. | **I go home at 6 o’clock.** |
| Hold on, I check. I call you back later. | **Hold on, I’ll check. I’ll call you back later.** |
| Can you explain me, please?\\ He explained us the problem. | **Can you explain, please?\\ He explained the problem (to us).** |
| We have to choice the best supplier. | **We have to choose the best supplier.** |
| I work here since ten years. | **I’ve worked here\\ …for ten years.\\ …since 2008.** |
| I like listening music. | **I like listening to music.** |
| Most of time…\\ Most of companies… | **Most of the time…\\ Most companies…** |
| Do you want that I read this? | **Do you want me to read this?** |
| She's arriving on the ten May. | **She’s arriving on the tenth of May.** [spoken]\\ **She’s arriving on 10th May.** |
| He’s married with a Spanish woman. | **He’s married to a Spanish woman.** |
| I was boring in the meeting. | **I was bored in the meeting. The meeting was boring.** |
| Everyone were happy. | **Everyone was happy.** |
| I very like chocolate. | **I really like chocolate.** |
| She can to drive. | **She can drive.** |
| I don’t know where are the files.. Can you tell me who is the manager? | **I don’t know where the files are.**\\ **Can you tell me who the manager is?** |
| She’s from UK, not US. | **She’s from the UK, not the US.** |
| The office isn’t enough big. | **The office isn’t big enough.** [after an adjective]\\ **We have enough chairs.** [before a noun] |
| I don’t like this colour too. | **I don’t like this colour either.**\\ **I like this colour too.** |
| I worked there during three years. | **I worked there for three years.** |
| We have all what we need. | **We have all (that) we need.**\\ **We have everything we need.** |
| I’m technician. | **I’m a technician.**\\ **I’m an** accountant.\\ **I’m the** sales director for this region. |
| My son has ten years and my daughter has eight years old. | **My son is ten (years old) and my daughter is eight.** |
| I’m born in 1963.\\ The company was born in 2002. | **I was born in 1963.**\\ **The company was created / founded in 2002.** |
| He went to Australia for study English. | **He went to Australia to study English.** |
| I was very proud of me. | **I was very proud of myself.** |
| The year twenty nine -- 2009 | **The year twenty o nine**\\ **The year two thousand and nine** |
| Let me introduce you Mr Smith. | **Let me introduce you to Mr Smith.** |
| I've done it yesterday.\\ \\ | **I did it yesterday.** |
| I will fly to Paris tomorrow.\\ \\ | **I’m flying to Paris tomorrow.** |
| I’ll call you when I will arrive.\\ I’ll give him your message if I will see him.\\ | **I’ll call you when I arrive.**\\ **I’ll give him your message if I see him.** |
| I look forward to meet you. | **I look forward to meeting you.** |
| He takes care about accounts. | **He takes care of accounts.** |
| I’m used to live in a city. | **I used to live in a city.** [in the past]\\ **I’m used to living in a city.** [it’s familiar to me] ** ** |
| I’m used to work at home on Wednesdays.\\ \\ | **I usually work at home on Wednesdays.** |
| I arrived to work. | **I arrived at work.** |
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