English Conversation Practice (Getting Ghosted) 👻

18,330 views ・ 2024-04-15

Rachel's English


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Hey, how are you? I'm doing terribly. 
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Our contractor is ghosting us and our  kitchen is sitting there unfinished. 
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If someone is ghosting you, this means  they've stopped communicating with you. 
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They're not replying to any of your messages. But they never told you that they were going to  
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stop communicating with you. They just ghosted you. 
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And a client at work doesn't like any  of the creative that I've sent over,  
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so I have to start over for that. It's back to the  drawing board after 2 weeks of working full tilt. 
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Back to the drawing board means she's saving  nothing from what she's already done to work  
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on this project, she has to start over  from the beginning with totally new ideas. 
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If you're working full tilt on something,  that means you're putting in every bit of  
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energy you have on that one thing.  All of your focus is going to get  
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that done because you're working full tilt. They want a completely different direction,  
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so I am starting from scratch. Just like 'back  to the drawing board', 'starting from scratch'  
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means you're not using any of your previous  ideas or work. you're completely starting over.
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