curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-determiners-and-advanced-use-of-articles/6810d8593d3a5d21081c341f.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Our developers have said there are BLANK with our current provider, especially during BLANK.
slowdowns
This noun means things are moving more slowly than usual.
busy times
These two words mean periods when many people use the service.
A slowdown is when something becomes slower. For example:
There was a slowdown in the website after the update. - The website started working more slowly than before.
Busy times refer to general peak periods (like mornings or holidays) when systems often experience heavy use. For example:
During busy times, our servers need to handle more traffic. - When many people use the system at once, it has to work harder.
You don't need an article here because it's a general description of when performance drops.
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