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Situation: You are cooking a cake. You can buy a mix in a box, or you can use flour, eggs, and sugar.
Question: How are you going to bake it? (from scratch)
Answer: I want to make it ______________________.
Answer: I want to make it from scratch.
Situation: Your friend talks for 30 minutes but doesn't say anything important. You are bored.
Question: What do you want him to do? (to shorten)
Answer: I wish he would ______________________ his story.
I wish he would shorten his story.
Situation: You need to tell your boss about a problem, but he is running to a meeting and has only 10 seconds.
Question: How will you explain it? (concise)
Answer: I will give him a ______________________ explanation.
I will give him a concise explanation.
Situation: You traveled to a foreign country and realized that nobody speaks English there.
Question: Did you expect this? (to encounter)
Answer: I didn't expect ______________________ a language barrier.
Answer: I didn't expect to encounter a language barrier.
Situation: You are starting a business. You need to think about your customers, your partners, and your employees.
Question: Who are all these people for your business? (stakeholders)
They are the key stakeholders of my company.
Situation: You want to get to work faster, so you decided to take a different road and avoid traffic.
Question: What are you trying to do with your commute? (to optimise)
Answer: I want optimise my route to work.
Situation: You are buying a flat. You want to know if there are any problems with the pipes or the neighbors.
Question: What do you want the agent to be? (transparent)
Answer: I want the agent to be transparent about the problems.
Situation: You have a good job, a good salary, and you are very good at what you do.
Question: How do you feel about your life? (solid)
Answer: I have a solid foundation for my future.
Situation: Your friend is a designer, but she also knows how to code, how to edit video, and how to manage projects.
(broad range)
She has a broad range of skills.
Situation: You tried to fix your laptop for 3 hours, but it’s still broken. Now you are taking it to a professional.
(expertise)
I don't have the expertise to fix hardware.
Situation: You worked on a presentation for two days, but then your boss said the meeting was cancelled and he doesn't need it.
(wasteful)
This work feels very wasteful.
Situation: Your cousin was a waiter, then a teacher, and now he is a lawyer.
(career path)
Answer: He is still trying to find the right career path.
It’s 7:00 AM, it’s cold and dark, but you still go for a run because you want to be healthy.
(despite)
I am running despite the bad weather.
Situation: You have 10 ideas for your new app, but you only have time to build the most important ones.
(core)
I will focus on the core features.
Situation: You are reading a manual that is 50 pages long just to learn how to turn on a coffee machine.
(lengthy)
This manual is way too lengthy.
Situation: You want to learn how to play the guitar, but every month there are new cool apps and techniques.
(keep up with)
it’s hard to keep up with all the trends.
Situation: You started a small blog as a hobby, but now it has become a full-time business with 5 employees.
My hobby evolves into a real business.
Situation: You have a new phone, and every week there is a new update or a new app you need to learn.
It’s hard to keep up with all the updates.
Situation: You found a car that is fast, safe, and uses very little petrol.
It is very cost-efficient because it saves money on fuel.
Situation: You found a flight that is direct, cheap, and has free food.
this flight is very cost-efficient