ESL Podcast 544 – Working from a Home Office

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=8153462

- to be functional : to work properly
So this is your new home office. It's nice. Victor: It's functional, and I like it.
- to decentralize : to spread things out
When my company decided to lower its overhead by decentralizing,
- to think twice : to hesitate
I didn't think twice about making the change.
- would kill to do sth: really want to do that thing
Lots of people would kill to work from home
- to block sth out : to ignore sth, not to pay attention to sth
It's true that there are a lot more distractions at home, but I try to block them out
- drawback : disadvantage , negative aspect
it's getting myself to stop thinking about work all the time! That's one of the drawbacks of working where you live.
- work-centered : focus on your work
I'm more productive, but I'm also more work-centered.
- to take sth1 over sth2 : to prefer sth1
I can see that, though I'd still take working from home over working at the office any day.
- to be conducive to do sth else : to be useful, helpful
I do, but it's not very conducive to getting any work done.
- to double as : to be used for more things
My home office doubles as the guestroom and the kids' playroom!




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Thanks,
Duy Lam