- [[English Lesson]]
	- modern business English expressions
		- **“could you give me a ballpark figure?”**
			- approximate/rough
			- around/roughly
			- more or less
			- ____ or so
		- it's getting late and you hear a colleague say this:
			- “Team, I am so done with this project.”
			  How would you react?
			- keep focused on the work at hand
			- scatty = scatter-brained
		- your colleague says this:
			- The marketing team think(s) the launch is on Tuesday.
			- But the design team think(s) it's on Wednesday. what's going on?
			- do you say:
				- they must have **got their knickers in a twist **
				- they must have **got their wires crossed**
			- blunt
			- to get your knickers in a twist = lose your self-control, blow up
			- to get your wires crossed = get sth. wrong, confused sth., different understanding of the same situation
		- your colleague looks stressed.
			- She says: I've got to do these reports, I've got to pick up the kids from school, run a presentation, ring my grandmother up…
			- what might be a good response?
				- Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. What can I do to help?
				- Sounds like you've got your glass half full. How can I help?
			- overwhelmed with work
			- overburdened
			- pre-empt
		- your colleague has just delivered a presentation. to your mind, it was brilliant and you want to praise him. how do you say this?
			- hey, congrats! you **knocked it out the park**! well done.
			- congrats! you kicked it into the goal, well done.
			- knock sth out of the park - be successful
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