# Appointments Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Daily Life
- Words: 16
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Appointments vocabulary for scheduling problems, including reschedule, no-show, overbooked and back-to-back — words for a diary that keeps clashing with itself.

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## Word list

* **reschedule** /riˈskɛdʒul/: To change something you had arranged to a different day or time. — “Can we **reschedule** Thursday's meeting to next week?”
* **slot** /slɑt/: A short period of time kept free for one person or one job. — “The dentist had a free **slot** at half past four.”
* **postpone** /poʊstˈpoʊn/: To change something to a later time or date. — “We had to **postpone** the meeting until Friday.”
* **no-show** /ˈnoʊˌʃoʊ/: A person who does not arrive for an appointment and does not explain why. — “The clinic had three **no-shows** this morning.”
* **clash** /klæʃ/: When two arranged times or events happen at the same moment by accident. — “My dentist appointment **clashes** with the school meeting.”
* **squeeze in**: To manage to fit one more appointment into a busy schedule. — “The doctor agreed to **squeeze in** one more patient before lunch.”
* **overbooked** /ˈoʊvərˌbʊkt/: Having accepted more appointments or bookings than there is time or space for. — “The salon was **overbooked**, so I had to wait an hour.”
* **pencil in**: To arrange a time for something, but in a way that might still change. — “Let's **pencil in** Tuesday and confirm later.”
* **back-to-back**: One after another with no break in between. — “I had four **back-to-back** meetings this morning.”
* **behind schedule**: Later than the plan for finishing something. — “The dentist was running **behind schedule** all afternoon.”
* **prompt** /prɑmpt/: Happening or arriving at exactly the right time. — “A **prompt** reply is more than anyone expected from that office.”
* **lead time**: The time between arranging something and it happening. — “The **lead time** for a home visit is about three weeks.”
* **walk-in** /ˈwɔˌkɪn/: Not needing an appointment made in advance. — “The clinic runs a **walk-in** session every Tuesday morning.”
* **call off**: To decide that something arranged will not happen. — “They had to **call off** the whole afternoon at two hours' notice.”
* **chase up**: To contact someone again because they have not replied. — “Somebody needs to **chase up** the referral before Friday.”
* **bring forward**: To move something to an earlier time. — “They agreed to **bring forward** the appointment by a fortnight.”

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