curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-numbers-with-a-coworker/6847e84baa39763da6d21994.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Can you BLANK how our budget is currently BLANK the different phases?
start with
This phrasal verb means to begin by focusing on one specific thing first.
allocated across
This two-word phrase means how something is divided and given to different parts or stages.
Start with means to begin by focusing on one part before the rest. For example:
Start with what you know. — Begin by using the information or skills you already have.
Allocated across means that resources (like money) are divided and assigned to different parts of a project. For example:
Resources are allocated across multiple projects. — Tools, time, and people are shared between different projects.
David is asking Alice to begin by explaining how the money is divided among the project phases.
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