docs/journals/2023_05_22.md

• 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