Phrases: asking for time off or asking for leave?

Language takeaway.
what are vacation days?
 Basically, it's the number of personal leave days. So the number of days that
you can take to go on vacation.
Overseas.
 When you travel overseas, you travel over the ocean. Over the ocean. To
another country. Exactly.
Unpaid leave.
 This is time off without pay. Without pay.
Notice.
 To see or hear somebody/something; to become aware of
somebody/something when
 you give someone notice, you give them information in advance.
Example
1. If you want to quit your job, make sure you give enough notice. You'll need
to tell us four weeks in advance.
2. You didn't give me enough notice about this project. I didn't have enough
time to finish it.
Putting it together.
Putting it together means to build or assemble something. It can also mean to make
or prepare something by fitting or collecting parts together
Great phrases that you can use when approaching your boss.

1. Do you have a second?

2. Do you have a minute? I want to ask you something.
3. Do you have a sec? I need to talk to you.

 This is a nice way to make sure your boss isn't busy when you want to ask
him. Right?
 A great way to approach your boss.

Would you be okay with that?

This is a great pattern. Examples of how you can use it.
1. Are you all right with that?
2. Will you be okay with this?
3. I'm fine with that. Okay.

Polite language.
I was just wondering.
 It’s kind of setting up to ask for a favor or something.
I was just hoping that.
language takeaway.
1. To get tied up.
if you get tied up, it means that you get busy with something that you can't avoid.
Right. You're busy with something that's so important, it's like you are tied by a
rope to that thing
some examples to help us understand what it means?
Example one,
sorry I'm late, honey. I got tied up at the office.
I was tied up on the phone all afternoon and didn't get any work done.
I got tied up in traffic on the way here.

2. A huge traffic jam is a very, very big stopping of cars.

3. A huge pile up.
Another way of saying an accident
An accident with many cars, and they all get piled on top of each other.
4. Running late.
You are going to be late, and you know you're going to be late.
Example
 I'm running a little bit late.
 Jane is running late. She'll be here in ten minutes.
 Traffic is really bad, so I'm running late.
 I'm running a bit late, so please start without me.

5. To run over.
when something runs over, it goes longer. Longer than expected.
 6. I'll be here in a sec.
when someone will be here in a sec, it means they'll be here very soon.
7. To be stuck in traffic.
when you're stuck in traffic, you can't drive because there are too many cars
stopped on the highway.
8. To be backed up for miles
imagine there is an accident and that has caused the traffic jam. And the cars are
lined up for many miles behind you. Okay, so it's backed up from that point, there
are many miles of cars waiting to pass.