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• Up in the air
If something, such as a plan or decision, is up in the air, it has not been decided or settled yet.

• Back to the square one
We use this when we need to start something over again because the previous attempt failed.

Read the situation and decide the correct idiomatic expression suitable.

1. You are in the meeting with the marketing team. Your supervisor has the time to present the
report. Your supervisor didn’t directly present the point of the presentation that become the main
focus of the meeting. Instead, he talked on and on about things that has no relation to the meeting.
What idiomatic expression you should say to the supervisor?

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2. You are a new employee of the Iconic Company. You are asked to prepare the meeting room and
copy the material for the next meeting. You did what you asked and you even prepared the material
for each seat for the participant. In addition, you have already prepared snacks and drinks for the
meeting participants. What idiomatic expression is suitable to this condition?

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3. Your boss asked to handle a presentation to a difficult client this time. You have to prepare the
presentation yourself. You still look for a chance to ask your friend’s opinion on the presentation
you made. Your colleagues face the same problem as you. They have to prepare the presentation
by themselves. What idiomatic expression you can say to your friends?

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4. Mr. Kim is the sales manager at Hybe company. He invites the sales team member to have a
meeting in the meeting room. He evaluates the downturn of the sales of the product in the last
few months. There is some rejected product circulated in the market. Mr. Kim asks the sales team
to start the sales marketing from the beginning to regain the trust of the customer. What is the
idiomatic expression suitable for the sales team?

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5. Andi is a supervisor at Citizen company. He joined a meeting on product improvement quality. He
suggested one idea that hasn’t been thought of by anyone. Many people think that it seems to be
a great idea in improving the quality of the product to attract more customers. What idiomatic
expression is suitable for Andi?

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