Asking for Clarification
Stopping to ask rather than guessing.
- Them
We'll migrate the service before the freeze.
- You
Sorry, what do you mean by the freeze?
- Them
It's the period when we stop all changes.
- You
When does that period start?
- Them
The first week of December.
- You
So everything must be ready by then?
- Them
Exactly, including the documentation.
- You
Thanks for explaining. That's much clearer.
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Words in this dialogue
- we'llshort for we will
- migrateto move to another system or place
- servicethe help given to customers; car maintenance
- beforeearlier than
- freezea period when nothing may change
- sorryused to apologise
- meanto have as a meaning
- it'sshort for it is
- perioda length of time
- stopto end or halt; a bus stop
- changesthings made different
- startto begin
- firstbefore all the others
- weekseven days
- decemberthe twelfth month
- everythingall things
- readyprepared
- exactlyprecisely
- includingto have as a part
- documentationwritten instructions or records
- explainingto make something clear
- that'sshort for that is
- mucha large amount
- clearerto empty; to tidy away; easy to understand
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