Misunderstandings from Inconsistent Cross-Team Terms
- CEFR level:
- B1
- Sentences:
- 12
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Misunderstandings from Inconsistent Cross-Team Terms" is a B1-level English conversation about meetings and opinions, 12 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
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- Line 1Emma 0:00
Product says "launch-ready," but engineering reads it differently.
- Line 2Tom 0:04
Which terms are causing the biggest confusion right now?
- Line 3Emma 0:08
"Done," "blocked," and "accepted" each mean different things by team.
- Line 4Tom 0:13
Then progress reports are misaligned even when everyone is honest.
- Line 5Emma 0:17
Last sprint we closed tasks that QA still marked incomplete.
- Line 6Tom 0:22
That's a definition gap, not individual negligence.
- Line 7Emma 0:26
Let's create a shared glossary with one owner per term.
- Line 8Tom 0:30
Add examples and "not this" notes, so people read it the same way.
- Line 9Emma 0:34
We'll review glossary in cross-team stand-up every Monday.
- Line 10Tom 0:39
I'll update dashboard labels to match agreed definitions.
- Line 11Emma 0:42
If a new term appears, it must be documented before usage.
- Line 12Tom 0:47
Right, when language is shared, execution gets much smoother.
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Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- confusion /kənˈfjuʒən/ noun
a state of being bewildered or unclear in mind
- mean /min/ verb
to signify, intend, or be important
- different /ˈdɪfərənt/ adjective
not the same as another
- things /θɪŋz/ noun
objects, matters, or ideas
- reports /rɪˈpɔrts/ noun
spoken or written accounts
- even /ˈivən/ adverb
used to emphasize something surprising
- honest /ˈɑnəst/ adjective
truthful and fair
- individual /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəl/ noun
one person or separate thing
- create /kriˈeɪt/ verb
to make something new
- definitions /ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃənz/ noun
plural of definition; statements of meaning
- documented /ˈdɑkjəˌmɛntɪd/ verb (past participle)
recorded in written or digital form
- language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ noun
a system of words and grammar used for communication