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When things go wrong
Describe a problem you sorted out. Use: come up, deal with, sort out, fall through, a setback, work around, in the end.
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Describe a problem you sorted out. Use: come up, deal with, sort out, fall through, a setback, work around, in the end.
Talk about a long friendship. Use: get on well, have a lot in common, lose touch, get back in touch, fall out, make up, drift apart.
Describe a meal out from arriving to paying. Use: a table for two, the specials, medium rare, on the side, the bill, service charge, split it.
Talk about how you shop. Use: on sale, a bargain, refund, receipt, afford, expensive, cheap, worth it.
Tell an anecdote using narrative connectors: it all started when, anyway, all of a sudden, the thing is, long story short, to cut a long story short.
Talk about something you achieved despite difficulty. Use: pull off, against the odds, pay off, a milestone, persevere, bounce back, hard-won.
Recommend an app. Use: user-friendly, intuitive, glitchy, sign up, log in, notifications, update, subscription, free trial.
Describe how a busy week went. Use: back-to-back, at short notice, put off, a tight schedule, running late, ahead of schedule, in the nick of time.
Describe a journey across your city. Use: platform, rush hour, delay, transfer, fare, on foot, get off, miss (the train).
Talk about a trip. Use: off the beaten track, a stopover, jet lag, breathtaking, touristy, a local, get by (in a language), settle in.
Tell a travel disaster story. Use: get stranded, a mix-up, overbooked, a connecting flight, lost luggage, a language barrier, sort it out.
Describe the four seasons where you live. Use: mild, freezing, humid, breeze, shower, heatwave, frost, overcast.