今天下午我要开会，这个会很重要，但是我没准备好。
中午，我没时间吃东西，就在办公室里一边喝咖啡、吃面包，一边准备开会的东西。
终于，在开会前，我准备好了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 开会 | kāi huì | to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 会 | huì | meeting; gathering |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon / midday |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 办公室 | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee |
| 面包 | miàn bāo | bread |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |