Jack says that he is up to his eyes in work at present and really can't afford the time to have dinner with us.

杰克说他现在工作忙得不可开交，实在抽不出时间和我们一起吃晚饭。

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If you have a project at work that is taking a lot of time and the deadline is coming up very soon,

如果你在工作上接手了一个项目，已耗费了大量时间，而交付日期马上就要到了，

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The shift-work culture means working until time is up, rather than until work is done.

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If you're determined to squeeze out a second career on company time, McGrath, of HR.com, says it is acceptable to ask permission to perform other work during office hours, provided the time is made up.

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This is pretty much sums up how I work already, although my major deficiency is Time, of which I have been ridiculously short throughout 2012.

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