English lessons for The Office (BBC) 2

Responsibility

Redundancies

Cutbacks

policeman

Copper

Dirt. Often used for pornography.

Sign

The guilty man

Filth

Obligation or duty

Culprit

Picture or notice conveying information

To trust

To repay worthy behaviour

To reward

To want to do s.t

To punish

To blame s.o for doing

To make s.t up

To believe in s.o

To accuse s.o of doing

To distract

To instigate

To remove from a computer

To investigate

To weaken s.o's authority

To interrogate

To work s.t out

To put s.o off

To repay bad behaviour (penalize)

To undermine s.o

To make s.o redundant

To delete

To ask a suspect questions

To figure s.t out

To carry out (bring about)

To let s.o go

To lie or invent a story

To be up for something

To look into s.t

Fill in the sentences from the episode with the words above (in the correct forms and with pronouns)

1) 2213 matches. Just click on one at random. Dutch girls must be?????? for having big boobs. Now you do not ????? anyone for having big boobs.
- If anything they should be ??????
- They should be equal!

2) Donna. My ??????? away from home. I know boys will be boys but, word from the top is.
- Hands off! Out of bounds! Look but don't touch!
- What do you mean look?
- Talk to her, be friendly, don't get any ideas.
- Yeah, good.
- What if she's ??????

3) Ask around, find out who did the picture discreetly. Don't go steaming in, ?????? people.
- OK, I will need some stuff. I'll have to make a ??????

4) Ive just spent 2 days in Swindon with Neil and hes made some pretty big changes. When we spoke on Friday you said you were going to ??????? some changes of your own.

5) You're not the boss here, and you don't have to do anything for me because I've already made ???????
- ???????, where?
- Staff.
- So there have been some redundancies? Have you ????? anyone ??????

6) That's actually one of the main arguments against letting gay men in the army. I haven't got a problem with that. A gay mans not gonna ????? me ?????? I can handle myself.

7) She (Julie Middleton) never existed, did she? Because you ?????? her ??????

8) I just can't believe their total lack of respect. - Yeah, not only did they ?????? you in an authoritative sense, they left an image in my mind of you naked, on all fours, being literally done doggy style!

10) Porno laughs are not funny.
- You think I did this? Columbo here, ?????? it ??????? I must be guilty if you've got your best man on the case!

Questions for discussion

1) What kind of punishments and rewards have you personally had at work or school?
2) What are you responsible for at work? What are your daily duties?
3) Have you ever felt that a colleague at work undermined your authority? What happened?
4) Who (or what) puts you off your daily tasks and errands?
5) Have you ever been wrongly accused of doing something? Who was the real culprit?
6) Why does David make up the story about Julie Middleton? Have you ever made s.t up, and then been caught?

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Responsibility

Obligation or duty

Cutbacks

Redundancies

Copper

Policeman

Sign

Picture or notice conveying information

Filth

Dirt. Often used for pornography.

Culprit

The guilty man

To trust

To believe in s.o

To reward

To repay worthy behaviour

To punish

To repay bad behaviour penalize

To make s.t up

To lie or invent a story

To accuse s.o of doing

To blame s.o for doing

To instigate

To carry out (bring about)

To investigate

To look into s.t

To interrogate

To ask a suspect questions

To put s.o off

To distract

To undermine s.o

To weaken s.o's authority

To delete

To remove from a computer

To figure s.t out

To work s.t out

To let s.o go

To make s.o redundant

To be up for something

To want to do s.t

1) punished, punish, rewarded
2) responsibility, up for it
3) accusing, sign
4) instigate
5) cutbacks
6) cutbacks, let anyone go
7) put me off
8) made her up
9) undermine
10) figured it out