curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-common-phrasal-verbs-and-idioms/685301884ae20f73b81286b5.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
How does Anna think employees feel when they go through too many steps to request annual time off?
Overwhelmed and stuck in the process.
Excited to follow the procedure.
Anna suggests the process is not enjoyable.
Motivated to plan more vacations.
She's focused on the problem with the process, not the desire to take more vacations.
Proud of how detailed the system is.
Anna doesn't praise the system.
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To be bogged down means to become stuck or slowed down by something, especially when it's too complex or heavy. For example:
The project got bogged down by too many approval steps. – This means the project was delayed because the process was too slow and complicated.
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