English - Daily Routine/work

Question 1

Recommendation

Answer 1

Recommend (that) someone do smth:
I recommend you follow these rules
Recommend something to someone

Question 2

To fail/ smth was planned but is not going to happen сорвался

Answer 2

Fall through (deal, project, plans, sale):
My plans for the weekend fell through

Question 3

To be speechless in both ways: sad and happy

Answer 3

Be at a loss of words:
I’m at a loss of words thinking about our approach and planning on this project

Question 4

Decide on smth/ make a decision

Answer 4

Make up someones’s mind:
I can’t make up my mind whether to accept the offer or not/ reject= turn it down

Question 5

Bring some memories/feelings/recalls to conscious mind

Answer 5

Evoke something (feelings, memories, images):
This scent always evokes memories what I was a child

Question 6

Sleep , having rest

Answer 6

Catch some z’s/ hit the sack:
I stayed up for the whole night, so I’d better catch some z’s

Question 7

Тактовний, ризький

Answer 7

Tactful, Abrupt:
He says what is in his mind, he’s even abrupt. His brother is very tactful though

Question 8

Ignore someone

Answer 8

Ghost someone:
I don’t like Dima, I started ghosting him when we worked for P&G

Question 9

Don’t even hope

Answer 9

Not hold someone’s breath:
We will not take it into the scope, they shouldn’t even hold their breath

Question 10

Disappear

Answer 10

Evaporated:
Our threats/fears had evaporated after we came to the office and saw that everything was as we discussed previously

Question 11

Let’s postpone it for now

Answer 11

Let’s put it on the back burner

Question 12

Халява, smth for free

Answer 12

Swag:
You can take it, it’s for free. Swag!

Question 14

Make some conclusion

Answer 14

Put two and two together:
I’ve just put two and two together and I believe that don’t want to prolong the contract

Question 15

Make some progress in a right direction

Answer 15

Make some/huge headway:
I’ve made some headway in preparing scope for the next PI

Question 16

Stop smth and then return to it later

Answer 16

Put a pin on it/ circle back to it:
Let me circle back to the Danaan’s question
Let’s circle back later at the end of today’s meeting

Question 17

Something that makes you believe something is true

Answer 17

Evidence:
Is there any evidence that we don’t need this in our scope?

Question 18

Estimated Time of arrival (time when something can be delivered/done)

Answer 18

ETA:
What is T+ETA for this Story/task?

Question 19

Not able to be changed

Answer 19

Set in stone/carved in stone:
This scope is not what is carved in stone yet, so we can negotiate it

Question 20

Very much

Answer 20

Badly:
We really need your decision badly.
That’s why we need it really badly.

Question 21

Very quickly and unexpectedly

Answer 21

All of a sudden:
It happened all of a sudden, I couldn’t even react

Question 22

The latest time it can be

Answer 22

At the last minute:
This change came at the last minute before this meeting

Question 23

Without a doubt, 100% sure

Answer 23

By far/ hands down:
This is hands down the most stressful project I’ve ever been worked at

Question 24

Make myself a cup of coffee

Answer 24

Pour myself/you a cup of coffee:
I poured myself a cup of coffee. So, I can’t do without it

Question 25

To go somewhere

Answer 25

To head somewhere:
I woke up and headed straight to the kitchen

Question 26

To leave some place

Answer 26

Head out/ go out:
I have to head out. But before that I’ll have a quick look at my emails