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hay
/heɪ/
When used as a noun, "hay" is an uncountable noun. This means you do not usually say "hays"; instead, if you want to count it, you use words like "bales of hay" or "piles of hay". As a verb, "to hay" is mostly used in farming contexts and is less common in everyday city conversation.
💬Trò chuyện
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Sarah is hiding in the breakroom to avoid David.
Jessica
David's losing it. He wants us to buy hay for the office petting zoo by 5.
Sarah
I'm totally tapped out. Tell him to deal with it himself.
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Jessica is conveying a sudden, stressful task from their boss. Sarah uses the idiom 'tapped out', meaning she has no more energy or resources left to give due to being overworked.