Set 2 - Business

Question 1

Running late with smth (delayed on the meeting, with the project)

Answer 1

Running a bit behind:
We’re running a bit behind on our project timeline, but I’m sure we’ll be able to catch up soon.

Question 2

Start doing smth again after pause (renew meetings, renew project)

Answer 2

Pick smth back up:
I’ll cancel the meeting for tomorrow and we’ll pick (them) up next week

Question 3

What’s your favorite in smth?

Answer 3

What do you like the best about business analysis work?

Question 4

Fasten with nails

Answer 4

Nail…:
1. The photo was nailed up on the wall
2. The lid of the box was nailed down to the floor

Question 5

Sudden/unexpected and severe/extreme

Answer 5

Drastic:
The company is taking a drastic step to increase its revenue and save finance
2. There were drastic changes on the project after 2023

Question 6

Christmas tree in soil

Answer 6

We’ve got not a big tree in the bucket with soil/dirt

Question 7

Almost NO (Nothing or hardly any)

Answer 7

Little to no:
1. I have little to no time to help with this these days
2. There’s little to no chance to catch a reservation for the New Year party

Question 8

Generally/ in general

Answer 8

On the whole:
1. On the whole, I prefer a hybrid work approach
2. We have our bad times on the project but on the whole, it’s pretty interesting and promising

Question 9

Thank you for your kind words

Answer 9

1. It’s kind/ nice of you to say it
2. I appreciate you’re saying that
3. Your support means a lot to me

Question 10

Туда-сюда/непонятки

Answer 10

Back and forth:
The negotiations went back and forth but in the end, we hammered it out

Question 11

Leave a place for a short time

Answer 11

Step out/Step away:
1. I stepped out for a while but now I’m at the laptop
2. I have to step away from the office to pick up my kids from kindergarten

Question 12

smth difficult to move or handle (requirements) - Громоздкий

Answer 12

Unwieldy:
1. Full BRD is unwieldy for such a short project. US are enough for documenting everything

Question 13

Give a lift to somewhere (подвезти)

Answer 13

Give smb a ride:
1. Could you give me a ride to the airport? (I was wondering if you could give me a ride to the airport)
2. Do you need a ride (to the airport)?
3. Do you have a ride (= do you have someone who rides you to somewhere)
Drive smb to somewhere:
4. Could you drive me to the airport?
5. I’ll put them into the trunk and drive them to garage

Question 14

Take vs bring (take - out of you, bring - towards you)

Answer 14

Take back OR Bring in:
1. Could you take it back to the store?
2. Could you bring it in?

Question 15

How are you going to get to some place (car, walking, bus, etc)

Answer 15

Are you walking or driving?
Are you taking an Uber (taxi) or the subway/ bus?

Question 16

Current state of matters (everything related to company, processes, family, etc.)

Answer 16

Current state of affairs (matters)

Question 17

I don’t remember the word for it

Answer 17

What you may call it (WHATCHAMACALLIT)

Question 18

Smth is increasing in quantity/ Someone increase the number/amount of smth

Answer 18

piles up quickly:
1. Data piles up quickly and it has to be organized and managed properly otherwise it causes genuine risk for an organization dependent on data
2. I piled up a lot to do during my vacation

Question 19

Feel comfortable and follow work-life balance to підтримувати добре самовідчуття

Answer 19

Maintain overall well-being:
It’s important to have a good work-life balance to avoid burnout and maintain overall well-being

Question 20

Process of getting something (data, food, etc)

Answer 20

Acquisition of (huge amount of) data:
The acquisition of huge amount of data can help our investigation enormously

Question 21

Add smth in real (extra for free while you’re buying) or in words (remark)

Answer 21

Throw in the word / some product:
He threw in a sensible remark about our process

Question 22

One after another, right after

Answer 22

In line:
Right after you’ve fixed the one issue/bug, the next one comes up in line

Question 23

Verb: exist or continue for a particular length of time (охватывать)

Answer 23

Span decades/2 hours:
My BA career has spanned more than 10 years

Question 24

Request to ask questions before that to increase intimacy

Answer 24

Would it be OK if I ask you some questions?

Question 25

Rough data, rude language/joke

Answer 25

Coarse data, language, joke

Question 26

In/At in relates to:
- place
- transportation;
- institution

Answer 26

AT:
- place: specific address, concert/event
- institution: if you’re just a visitor (hospital, institute, school, Government)
IN:
- place: country, continent
- institution: if you’re using it, living or using it (hospital, institute, school, Government)
- transportation: when you canNOT stand up there: car, helicopter
ON:
- place: street only (w/o building specified)
- transportation: when you can stand up there, it’s w/o a roof: bus, boat)

Question 27

In addition to

Answer 27

BESIDES / BESIDES SMTH:
Besides, we need your support in this functionality
Besides 2 suitcases I’m going to take a stroller/buggy with me

Question 28

Agree with someone TO something (idea, plan, proposal)

Answer 28

AGREE TO (proposal, plan, idea):
I agree to your proposal, let’s do it

Question 29

1. Totally exhausted, tired
2. Totally shabby, in a bad condition

Answer 29

Run-down (house, car, person):
1. I couldn’t make it Sunday, I’m totally tired and run-down
2. His car is totally run-down but not mine

Question 30

Get money punishment for violation from government

Answer 30

Be fined/cited, get a fine/ a citation:
I got citation for a parking violation (got a parking ticket)

Question 31

Pay extra money for services

Answer 31

Pay a fee/ pay a late fee:
She had to pay a late fee since she overdue her payment

Question 32

Explain something for someone in details

Answer 32

Shed some light on:
Could you shed some light on the payment process n the app? How does it look like?

Question 33

Give advice, more than 1

Answer 33

I’m going to give you some advice. Tip 1, 2, ….

Question 34

As a consequence/ как следствие/ что объясняет следующее

Answer 34

Hence:
1. So, we thought of how to improve and simplify interaction in the dialog hence the UI itself
2. He likes Sweden hence he chose Volvo and took their job offer

Question 35

Large amount of time (informal)

Answer 35

A good chunk of … (time, Friday):
1. I spent a good chunk of Friday figuring out what was a problem / resolving an issue with inconsistency between app versions

Question 36

Start your part (screen sharing or some speech)

Answer 36

Take it away:
OK, that’s it from my side. The next is going to be Marta. Marta, take it away!

Question 37

Just 1 thing I should highlight and emphasize

Answer 37

Just one call-out:
We’ve finished the development of this functionality and it can be tested and accepted, but just 1 call-out from my side, …….

Question 38

In the future

Answer 38

Going forward:
It could be a problem going forward
Going forward, the approval process has to be established to not run into issues like that

Question 39

To improve and make smth as effective as possible

Answer 39

Streamline smth:
- With this initiative, we could streamline our processes and cut 20% of costs.

Question 40

Include smth

Answer 40

Encompass smth (experience, 5 years of working with…):
- My plan encompasses a number of steps that lead us to our main business goal which is ….

Question 41

Smth that makes a difference

Answer 41

Come into play:
- That is the situation when these 2 skills come into play

Question 42

To read a short part of smth, w/o reading the whole doc / To use some amount of money that you have

Answer 42

Dip into (savings, book, document):
- I have dipped into the BRD document to understand the whole big picture (I haven’t dive deeper)

Question 43

To set a high standard of work, quality, etc.

Answer 43

Set a bar high/low:
- He as a BA set the bar high on that project
- Stockholm set the bar high so I didn’t really like Berlin or other cities in Europe

Question 44

Tell someone that smth is going to happen/warn someone

Answer 44

Give someone a heads-up:
- I just wanted to give you all a heads-up that we will be talking about features of M2 tomorrow

Question 45

It’s expensive / Agree with the price

Answer 45

Pricy / rip off:
- It’s a rip-off, It’s a bit pricy

Reasonable:
- It a resonable price / It’s reasonable

Question 46

Looking for some product in store in particular size

Answer 46

Do you have it in red / Do you have it in Large (L)/ Medium (M)
Do you have it in size 44? Do you have a larger one?

Question 47

How much does it cost?

Answer 47

How much is it?

Question 47

To use something for your value

Answer 47

take advantage of smth:
- We could take full advantage of being on site in their office to have as many workshops as possible

Question 48

To create additional forces in IT to cover the load

Answer 48

Spin up smth (server, backend infrastructure, database):
For scalable solutions, it’s not a problem to spin up servers and databases to handle an additional load

Question 50

Просто дивлюсь, not searching for something specific (в магазине)

Answer 50

Browse:
- can I help you, Are you looking to something specific? - I’m just browsing. Thank you

Question 51

You did a great job, well done

Answer 51

Way to go!
Way to handle that customer / such tough tasks!