Part 7: English in a Minute: Skeleton Crew
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English in a Minute: Skeleton Crew
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Welcome to English in a minute.
A skeleton is the free of bones inside an animal
and a crew is a group of people who worked closely together.
Skeleton Crew.
This expression sounds creepy.
Hey, are you going to the Sevendust concert tomorrow night?
I wish.
I'm working at the animal shelter tomorrow.
You can't leave a little early?
No, the shelter is running a skeleton crew.
Only two of us will be there all day.
The term skeleton crew means the minimum number of people needed to continue an operation.
A skeleton crew is usually called in during an emergency or when a business does not expect to have many customers.
And that's English in a minute.