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Talking about Deadlines & Progress – Essential Vocabulary
1 Understanding Deadlines and Progress
In business settings, we often need to discuss project timelines and how work is progressing. Being able to talk about deadlines, delays, and progress clearly helps avoid misunderstandings and keeps projects on track. The terms below will help you express yourself clearly in this context.
Key Terms
- bring_forward
- to move a deadline or meeting to an earlier date
- catch_up
- to complete work that should have been done earlier
- put_back
- to move something to a later time
- put_off
- to delay doing something
- due
- expected or scheduled to happen
- late
- happening after the expected time
- spare
- extra, available for use
- eventually
- in the end, after some time
- manage
- to succeed in doing something difficult
- risk
- to put something in danger
💬 Dialogue 1: Discussing Project Timeline
Team meeting about project deadlines
Sarah: “The client wants to bring forward the deadline. Can we manage it?”
Mike: “We’ll need to catch up on some tasks, but we have some spare time next week.”
Sarah: “How much time do we need to catch up on everything?”
Mike: “I think we can manage it in three days if we work efficiently.”
Sarah: “Great! Can you bring forward the team meeting to discuss this?”
Mike: “Yes, I’ll schedule it for tomorrow morning. We have spare time then.”
Sarah: “Perfect. We need to catch up on the budget review too.”
Mike: “I’ll bring forward that task as well. We can do it after the meeting.”
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