Asking a Colleague for Help
Admitting you are stuck.
- Them
You look like you are struggling.
- You
I cannot get this report to balance.
- Them
Show me where the numbers differ.
- You
These two columns should be equal.
- Them
You have counted March twice.
- You
So I have. Thank you for spotting it.
- Them
Easy to miss on a long sheet.
- You
I will check the others as well.
In the app you can tap any word for a definition, and turn on a line-by-line translation in your own language.
Words in this dialogue
- lookto turn your eyes to; to seem
- strugglingto find something hard
- cannotto be unable to
- reportan account of what happened
- balancethe money left in an account
- showto let someone see; a performance
- numbersa figure used for counting
- differto be unlike
- columnsa line of items going down
- equalthe same in amount
- countedto say numbers in order
- marchthe third month
- twicetwo times
- spottinga particular place
- easynot difficult
- missto fail to catch or notice
- longmeasuring a lot end to end
- sheeta form to fill in; a cloth for a bed
- checkto look at to be sure; to settle a bill
- othersdifferent from this one
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