Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“And Jude [Law] and I would speak on the telephone a lot before we started shooting. Oh my god, they’re going to fire us… if we don’t make them laugh?”
Kate Winslet explaining that she was nervous about doing a good job on her recent movie The Holiday.
Definition
1. Definition - Study the definition.
ask someone to leave a job; tell a person they are no longer employed
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
Kate Winslet is saying that she was so nervous about her new movie role that she thought she might not be able to succeed and would consequently be asked to leave. She says that she and her co-star Jude Law worried that if they weren’t funny enough, their boss would fire them.
When a person is not fulfilling the requirements of his job, he risks being fired.
If you are a manager, hiring and firing are probably parts of your job description. If you have an employee who is not doing a good job, you may be forced to fire that person.
When a company discovers that an employee is stealing from them, the company will most likely fire that employee.
A business that discovers an employee who is sexually harassing his co-workers will probably fire that person.
Have you ever been fired?
Examples
1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.
“If I don’t get this project done, they’re going to fire me.”
“I heard that the boss is going to fire Janine for being late every day.”
“You should fire Gerald. He just surfs the Internet all day. He doesn’t do anything!”