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Daily routines

Sleep

During the week I usually wake up at 6.30 a.m. I sometimes lie in bed for five minutes but
then I have to get up (= get out of bed and get dressed). Most evenings, I go to bed at about
11.30 p.m. I’m usually very tired, so I go to sleep / fall asleep very quickly. Occasionally
though, I can’t get to sleep (= succeed in sleeping). When that happens, I sometimes manage
to fall asleep about 3 a.m., then I oversleep (= sleep too long) in the morning. If I have a
late night (= go to bed very late; # an early night), I try to have a nap (= a short sleep, e.g.
20-25 minutes) in the afternoon. The weekends are different. On Saturday and Sunday I
have a lie-in. (= stay in bed until later, e.g. 8 a.m. or 8.30 a.m.)

Food
In the week I have breakfast at 7.30 a.m., lunch at 1.00 p.m., and dinner around 7 p.m.
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also have one or two snacks (= small amounts of food), e.g. cakes, biscuits or fruit, during
the day at work. As I live alone / on my own/ by myself (= without other people), I also
have to make my own breakfast and dinner (= prepare breakfast and dinner for myself), but
during the week I don’t bother (= make an effort) to cook very much.
I also have to feed (= give food to) my two cats twice a day as well.
Note: With breakfast, lunch or dinner in general, there is no definite article (the).
Keeping clean

In the summer I have a shower in the morning, but in the winter I often have a bath instead
(= in place of a shower). Sometimes I have a shave at the same time, or I shave when I have
a wash and clean/brush my teeth after breakfast. I wash my hair two or three times a week.
Note: In some contexts, it is more common in English to use have + noun than a single
verb, e.g. I’m going to have a wash. [NOT Ent geing-te-wash-|

Work
In the morning I leave home about 8.15 a.m. and get to work (= arrive at work) by 9 a.m.1
have a lunch break (= stop work for lunch) from 1-2 p.m., and a couple of short breaks
during the day. I leave work around 5.30 p.m. and get home about 6.15 p.m.

Evenings

During the week I usually stay in (= stay at home) and have a rest (= relax and do nothing).
But at the weekend I often go out (= leave the house for social reasons, e.g. go to the
cinema or disco with friends), but quite often I also have friends for dinner (= invite friends
to my house and cook dinner for them), or friends just come round (= visit me at the house)
for a chat (infml) (= conversation) or we play cards, e.g. poker or bridge.

Housework
I do the shopping (= buy the food) on Saturday.
Fortunately (= luckily) I have a cleaner (= a person who cleans)
and she does most of the housework: she does my washing
(= washes the clothes), the washing-up (= washes the dishes)
and does most of the ironing.
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