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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When I want to take a short break from work, I like to...".
This poll was originally submitted by Verónica Ducrey. View the poll results »
| | | | | Other (it depends) | Feb 5, 2020 |
There are many possibilities (in no particular order)
Go to a walk with my dog
Watch TV
Do some needed housework
Cook a meal
Skype my daughter who lives in Mexico
Take a coffee with a friend or a relative
Go shopping (or better still window shopping)
Browse the Internet
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| | | | neilmac
Spania
Local time: 14:12
din spaniolă în engleză
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Walking the dog and household chores (I have a large garden and there is always something needing done) are my main escape routes.
| | | | Elena Pavan 
Local time: 14:12
Membru (2005)
din franceză în italiană
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| I like to or I must do.... | Feb 5, 2020 |
Well, if I have to follow the post, I would say I like to have a walk, watch TV, take a nap....
Actually, when I take a short break, it is rather for houskeepin, cooking, etc....
Have a nice day!
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| | Tom in London
Regatul Unit
Local time: 13:12
Membru (2008)
din italiană în engleză
| Deleted (double posting) | Feb 5, 2020 |
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[Edited at 2020-02-05 10:31 GMT]
| | | | Tom in London
Regatul Unit
Local time: 13:12
Membru (2008)
din italiană în engleză
When I want to take a short break from work, I like to
- play with my cat
- walk around my flat
- brush my teeth
- prepare to cook
- do the washing up
- catch up on the latest news
- email people
- read stuff
- make grocery list
- listen to the radio
- read these forums (which I'm doing now because I've just completed a rather demanding translation job)
- think about my exciting life
[Edite... See more When I want to take a short break from work, I like to
- play with my cat
- walk around my flat
- brush my teeth
- prepare to cook
- do the washing up
- catch up on the latest news
- email people
- read stuff
- make grocery list
- listen to the radio
- read these forums (which I'm doing now because I've just completed a rather demanding translation job)
- think about my exciting life
[Edited at 2020-02-05 14:00 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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but of course that is not for every break - since there are at least 5-6 of them during the day, incl. meals
Otherwise there are the household chores (already scheduled)
Checking Facebook
Watch TV, especially the news
sometimes I go shopping even swimming
[Edited at 2020-02-05 11:05 GMT]
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Thayenga
Germania
Local time: 14:12
Membru (2009)
din engleză în germană
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Usually I do what I feel like doing. This could be a number of things, make private phone/Skype calls, write emails, private, of course, refill my cup of black gold, go out on my balcony, yes, even if we happen to have a winter, the list is endless. Or I just sit back, relax, and enjoy doing nothing.
[Edited at 2020-02-05 17:42 GMT]
| | | | Yaotl Altan
Mexic
Local time: 06:12
Membru (2006)
din engleză în spaniolă
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I do 15-20 minutes of abs exercise or I take care of the garden.
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I spend a ridiculous amount of time playing online quizzes. The dust can wait.
| | | | Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 06:12
din olandeză în engleză
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| A few possibilities | Feb 5, 2020 |
It depends how how much time I can afford to take. I almost always have a good book going, so I may read another chapter or two. Or on a longer break I run (my car that is) to the store because I'm often out of apples, eggs, or whatever.
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Egor Shapurov
Germania
Local time: 14:12
din engleză în rusă
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Jogging, boxing, but I can only do either of these once a day.
The second best option is falling upon the mattress and pretending to be a dead log.
A short meditation helps to regain the concentration if I have to work for more than 7 hours a day and in general, or the second best option together with a good interpretation of some classical piece or good ambient music.
Elizabeth Tamblin wrote:
I spend a ridiculous amount of time playing online quizzes. The dust can wait.
And I am addicted to taking vocabulary/grammar tests in languages that I speak, learn, or even have never learned but kind of understand to some extent because Italian is similar to Spanish, and both are rather similar to French.
Cooking helps me to relax too, and it is pleasant as well - especially if you have a good audiobook in a [beautiful foreign language] you can listen to while cooking - and in the end, you get a reward for something as relaxing as cooking, at least if you're a good cook.
[Edited at 2020-02-05 21:55 GMT]
| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Statele Unite
Local time: 05:12
Membru (2003)
din spaniolă în engleză
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In order of priority:
- Tidy up around the house
- Answer personal email correspondence
- Take a walk
- Fix a meal
- Browse the Internet
- Read a bit from a book - For those not old enough to remember, I'm speaking of a stack of printed sheets of paper bound on the left side so you can turn them conveniently as you move from one page to the next.
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazilia
Local time: 09:12
Membru (2014)
din engleză în portugheză
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| What I would like to versus What I actually do | Feb 6, 2020 |
I would like to take a walk, rest a little bit, etc.
But what I actually do is housework. It's not optional, really. It's either that, or the translation will be delayed, the housework won't be done, or I won't eat.
[Edited at 2020-02-06 02:58 GMT]
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