Set 4 - Learn For Purpose

Question 1

Что-то вероятно случится, кол-то вероятно сделает чоо-то

Answer 1

To be likely to …. (Verb):
He is likely to pass all interviews ahead and get the offer from EPAM

Question 2

Forgot smth and couldn’t come up with the word

Answer 2

It just slipped my mind, let ms explain it
Common it’s on the tip of my tungue..
Let me refresh my memory, give me a sec

Question 3

Я у кого-то (doctor, someone apartment)

Answer 3

I am at doctor’s
I am at yours (я у тебя)
I am at my sister’s

Question 4

Вообще не похоже

Answer 4

It’s nothing like:
It’s nothing like user flow in real life
It’s not even close unfortunately comparing with the real user flow

Question 5

Должен бьіл in 2 forms when:
1. the action is done
2. Action is not done/was in idea only

Answer 5

I had to finished that User Story yesterday - it’s done
I was supposed to finish that User story (, but…) - it’s not done

Question 6

To resolve smth working on it

Answer 6

Together with Marta we’re going to work the things out to resolve an issue with scope creep

Question 7

Полезньій

Answer 7

Useful/ helpful, healthy, valuable, effective, mineral:
Useful/helpful: meeting, book, info
Healthy: food
Effective: exercise (for rehabilitation)
Mineral: resources - this country is reach in mineral resources

Question 8

I need more smth

Answer 8

I just need a few / 2 more days to complete the task

Question 9

Finish/ completely finish with math

Answer 9

Wrap things/ smth up:
Give me another 5 mins I need to wrap things up and we could get off work/ leave
Let’s wrap up the meeting I suppose we’ve discussed everything that was planned

Question 10

To be off the workplace

Answer 10

I’m off the clock already so I could look at the email tomorrow. I’ll to it the first thing in the morning

Question 11

To relax after busy day

Answer 11

Kick back and relax:
I’m looking forward to the evening when I could kick back and relax after

Question 12

To prepare someone/ smth for an activity and help to start it

Answer 12

To get someone/ smth set up for…:
Ok, I’ll help you with this once I’ve got the team set up for the sprint tasks

Question 13

Nothing can be the worse

Answer 13

Nowhere go but up

Question 14

Амбициозньій и нацеленньій на успех

Answer 14

Ambitious, dedicated (in the long run) well rounded, open minded

Question 15

Restore smth or yourself to life or consciousness (восстановиться)

Answer 15

Revive:
A cold shower will revive you
The project is reviving after the last cuts

Question 16

To help something or someone to develop/take care of smth/someone

Answer 16

Nurture smth (project, children, etc.):
I worked on that project for 3 years and we nurtured it by bringing new ideas and developing the solution

Question 17

to think of or remember what has happened in the past

Answer 17

Look back on smth:
Looking back (When I look back) on my whole career, I can declare that I was challenging myself all the time in each position I was in.

Question 18

Something that delays or prevents a process from developing (застой)

Answer 18

Setback in smth:
There was a temporary/slight setback in our project

Question 19

Certain/confident (smth)
Not liquid

Answer 19

Solid:
This is a solid reason/ground why we need to hire an additional team
Solid ground

Question 20

Well done, good job, поздравляю,

Answer 20

Kudos to someone:
Kudos to you / the credit goes to you

Question 21

Пахнет жароенным, предчуствие неприятностей/ опасности

Answer 21

It smells fishy / it smells like trouble

Question 22

Скромный (заслуги) = quietly successful /
Not large

Answer 22

Modest:
He’s very modest about his achievements /
It’s a modest task. Currently, we’re living in a modest flat

Question 23

Move smth out of the scope

Answer 23

Descope:
We need to descope smth to replace it with the proposed/new functionality

Question 24

Gain/get a good understanding of smth / figure smth out

Answer 24

Get a grasp on:
What needs to be done during the first month on a project is to get a grasp on the solution functionality

Question 25

Удушающий/сильный кашель

Answer 25

Chocking/severe cough

Question 26

Near (очень близко территориально)

Answer 26

A stone’s throw away / from smth:
My apartment is just a stone’s throw from here / is just a stone’s throw away

Question 27

Connected to / related to/about

Answer 27

Pertain to smth:
The discussion pertains to the upcoming holidays

Question 28

smth related to

Answer 28

This meeting is to discuss the project about integrated credit card payments in our application

Question 29

Do smth на ходу

Answer 29

Do smth on the go/ run:
Some decisions have to be made on the go / on the run

Question 30

Strategically

Answer 30

In the long run:
It seems a lot of effort but I’m sure it’s a better solution in the long run

Question 32

Thank you for letting me know about this

Answer 32

I appreciate you bringing this to my attention
I’m sorry to hear that

Question 33

I totally understand the problem/ issue/ what someone is talking about (offer the solution - start)

Answer 33

Completely understand your concern.
Let me check on that FOR YOU.
Let me see how I can fix that FOR YOU

Question 34

Let me solve it/ help you

Answer 34

Let me handle that/this for you
I’ll take care of that for you
I’ll manage/handle/fix/find a solution for you

Question 35

Let me talk about it quickly

Answer 35

Touch on smth:
Let me touch on that quickly. Let’s do that offline after…

Question 36

Let’s do that quickly

Answer 36

Keep it quickly/brief:
Let’s keep it quickly

Question 37

I’ll do that in a particular manner

Answer 37

Keep it… (simple, short and sweet, quickly):
I’ve summed up everything in the email to keep it short and sweet

Question 38

To be in charge of smth

Answer 38

Take the lead on smth:
Let me take the lead on that

Question 39

To take smth to continue with

Answer 39

Run with smth:
Could you run with it further/ from now on out? (Continue doing, taking it into responsibility)
I can run with it and we’ll see what the result will be

Question 40

Everyone is on the same page / has the same understanding

Answer 40

Be on board:
Let’s make sure that everyone’s on board
We need everyone on board for this to start working on…

Question 41

To contribute to smth with some your knowledge/skills, etc

Answer 41

Bring smth to the table:
Let’s see what each of us can bring to the table to achieve our current goal

Question 42

To give some info/knowledge, etc to someone

Answer 42

Hand smth over to someone:
Once I have something I’ll hand it over to you and we can Cole up with the next steps

Question 43

Keep someone posted/informed

Answer 43

Keep someone in the loop:
Please keep me in the loop on smth…
I just want to stay in the loop please put me in cc (email)

Question 44

To get control on smth / to understand smth

Answer 44

Get a handle on smth:
We need to get a handle on project’s scope and challenges it brings.

Question 45

Can I just check some details/ confirm smth
OR
Just check the progress
Continue smth started

Answer 45

Follow up on smth:
Can I just follow up on a deadline for this task? Is that 27th or 14th?
Let’s follow up next week on that (what the progress)

Question 46

В продолжение разговора/митинга

Answer 46

Just following up on conversation we had last week.
Just checking back on our conversation from last week

Question 47

To prioritize/ to speed up with something

Answer 47

Fast track smth:
We need to fast track this to make sure it’s done on time

Question 48

Let’s leave the discussion for the future

Answer 48

Put a pin on it / take it offline / table smth:
I got your point, let’s table it for now to stay on track (in accordance with the meeting topic)

Question 49

Make smth more productive/ simple / fast

Answer 49

Streamline smth:
We need to somehow streamline the development from cooperation between teams perspective

Question 50

Meeting to understand statuses

Answer 50

Check-in:
Let’s do a quick check-in to understand where everyone is with their progress/tasks