Preview（腕試し）

Jack: Wow! It's already 7:00 p.m. and we're still not finished preparing for tomorrow's presentation.

Emily: Even though we're not finished, I think we should knock off for the night. I'm tired and I'd really like to have dinner.

Emily wants to:

A. stop working now

B. work later

C. work all night

D. work again after dinner

　

Examples（例文）

One of the meanings of this informal idiom is to finish your work or to finish doing something for the day.

It's after eight o'clock and I'm tired. Let's knock off and go home.　

　

Exercises （練習）

1. Choose the best answer.

In the office . . .

Jan: Is Gregory still around? I have to ask him something.

Jill: Sorry, but he has already ____________ for the day.

A. knock off

B. knocked off

C. be knocked off

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2. Put the underlined words in the proper order in the box below.

（次の文章の下線の部分を正しい順番になおして下のボックスの中に入力して下さい。）

　

Charles: Do you want to keep working?

Sally: Not really--I'm quite tired. knock I want to for the evening off

　

Right?