Email in Real Life

Question 1

Auto-response

Answer 1

noun

A function of email software that sends an automatic reply to incoming messages

_{I turn on my email auto-response every Friday afternoon.}

_{I think he forgot to disable his auto-response.}

Question 2

Dang

Answer 2

exclamation

Polite version of “damn”

_{Dang! I forgot my wallet at home again!}

_{My stocks have all tripled! Dang!}

Question 3

All caps

Answer 3

noun

WRITING WORDS USING ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS

_{You should try not to use all caps in your emails, you sound angry.}

_{My sister is always texting me in all caps.}

Question 4

Semi-colon / Closed Parenthesis

Answer 4

noun

;)

Question 5

Heir

Answer 5

noun

Someone who will receive another’s possessions after they die

_{Apparently he is the heir to the De Beers fortune.}

_{I don’t have any heirs unfortunately.}

Question 6

Transmit

Answer 6

verb

Send something out through an electronic signal / cause something to be passed from person to person

_{Tokyo Tower transmits many Japanese television channels.}

_{COVID-19 is dangerous because it transmits so easily.}

Question 7

Confidential material

Answer 7

noun

Documents that only certain people are allowed to see

_{We need to review some confidential material today.}

_{I’m not sure if she has access to any confidential material.}

Question 8

Rain check

Answer 8

noun

Said to tell someone you cannot accept an invitation, but would like to do so in the future

_{I’m so sorry, I won’t be able to make it to your party, raincheck?}

_{I’m afraid we’ll need to take a raincheck on that meeting.}

Question 9

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