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It's late at the offices of Tip Top Trading.
Anna's alone, working again.
She's been doing this all week.
She wants her presentation to Mr. Lime to be perfect,
so she's spending hours and hours on it.
Anna?
Don't interrupt.
I'm busy.
Sorry.
Anna, you're really burning the candle at both ends.
What?
Burning the candle at both ends.
It means working very hard.
Working late and getting up early to work all the time.
Oh, I didn't know that expression.
Well, here are some more.
You're doing overtime, which means you're working longer than office hours.
You're putting in the hours,