--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

I understand, but isn't office furniture also a priority? BLANK, a lot of people are working from home with makeshift setups.

--blanks--

I mean

--feedback--

This two-word phrase is used to clarify or explain an idea further. The first word is a pronoun, and the second is a verb in its base form. The first letter is capitalized.

--explanation--

I mean helps provide additional reasoning or clarification for the previous statement. For example:

• The app is slow. I mean, it takes forever to load! - The speaker clarifies how slow the app is by giving an example.

• I think we need more tests. I mean, we keep finding bugs after release. - They clarify that testing is necessary because bugs appear too often.

Bob uses I mean to explain or strengthen his argument. He just mentioned office furniture as a priority and then supports this idea by explaining that many people are working from home with temporary setups.

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