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“This is a surprise! Haven’t seen you in a while. Been out of town?”
“No, I’ve been in town. Things are pretty bad at the office. So, can’t go anywhere. If I were to go on leave right now, my boss would probably ….”
“He’d probably fire you!”
“That’s right! How did you guess?”
“There are all kinds of rumours about your company. Some people say that it’s likely to go under. Is it true?”
“Go under? Does it mean the company has financial problems?”
“Very good! That’s one of the meanings of the expression. When you say that a company is likely to ‘go under’, what you’re suggesting is that because of financial problems, the company is likely to be shut down. It’ll be going out of business.”
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