Saying a deadline will slip
It is going to be late, everybody already suspects it, and the sooner you say it the smaller it is.
The phrase
The date is going to slip a little.10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1slip/slɪp/
verb
To move later than planned.
- 2behind/bɪˈhaɪnd/
adverb
Later than you should be.
- 3block/blɑːk/
verb
To stop something from moving forward.
- 4
warn
- 5
scope
- 6
expect
- 7
quality
- 8
rush
- 9
update
- 10
soon
Spell it1 of 3
The sentences3 of 10
The date is going to slip a little.
I am about a week behind now.
One thing is going to block the rest.
Pronunciation
behind/bɪˈhaɪnd/
Stress the second syllable: be-HIND.
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- What does 'behind' mean here?
- Later than you should be, as in I am about a week behind now.
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