Real English Conversations: annoying coworkers

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Lori and Michael discuss annoying coworkers.

English idioms: to wing it (to improvise)

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To wing it is an idiom that means to improvise, to do something without proper preparation or time to rehearse. People often talk about winging it when they have to do something difficult that they didn’t have time to prepare — like a make speech or give a presentation. They might say something like “Sorry if I seem a bit disorganized, I’m totally winging it.” You tell people that you’re winging it, that you’re improvising, so that they won’t expect too much from you, or so that they will be more forgiving if you make a mistake.

Proofread like a pro: how to catch those pesky mistakes your spell checker misses

Why is it that you only see those pesky, embarrassing typos in important pieces of writing AFTER they’ve gone to press? Like this one from one of my own archives:

…he never fully recovered from the pubic humiliation of having his…
I’ve never fully recovered from that particular "pubic humiliation" either. When you work with words for [...]