Practise the standard verbs for following hot-desking etiquette in a shared office.
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Fill in: 'We ___ hot-desking etiquette by clearing a desk at day's end, rather than a workspace nobody after us can actually use.'
We 'follow etiquette' — the standard, simple collocation for observing shared-desk conventions. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Leaving personal items on a hot desk overnight can ___ a colleague unable to actually book that spot the next morning.'
We say leftover items will 'leave' a colleague unable to book the spot — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting inconvenience. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a desk through the booking app before arriving, rather than claiming a spot nobody's actually confirmed is free.'
We 'reserve a desk' — the standard, simple collocation for booking a hot desk in advance. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ desk availability against the floor plan before sitting down, rather than displacing someone nobody's actually asked.'
We 'check availability' — the standard, simple collocation for confirming a desk is actually free before using it. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ desk utilization across the office weekly, rather than guessing occupancy nobody's actually measured.'
We 'track utilization' — the standard, simple collocation for monitoring how much hot-desk space is actually used. The other options aren't idiomatic here.