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Let's practice English conversation.
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Hi, I checked out of room
ninety-three this morning
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and I'm pretty sure I left my phone charger.
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Oh, shoot, okay. I'll tell the cleaners to
look for that when they turn over the room.
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To “turn over something” means to flip
it. So what's on the top is now on the
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bottom. But when we're talking about
a room, to “turn over” means to get it
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ready for the next guest. Change the
sheets, empty the trash and so on.
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It's plugged in behind
the nightstand on the left side of the bed.
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The nightstand is the little table that goes next
to a bed; it's also called a bedside table.
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I'll let you know when we find
it so we can send it out to you.
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Actually, I'm still in town so
I can swing by and pick it up.
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You know what a swing is. To “swing by” is
a phrasal verb that means to go somewhere
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for a short period of time, usually
for something specific. For example,
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“I'll swing by the restaurant on my
way to your house to pick up the food.”
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Thank you.
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