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115. Give a Project Update in English in 20 Seconds!

Confident Business English

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The Happy as Larry Option

In Spanish you have the verb esperar for expect, wait and hope. Here's a trick that might help some people distinguish between the three. Expect is an interesting verb because in Spanish it means make progress. Manage to is when you complete something that has been maybe a little bit difficult or not as easy as perhaps other things. To gain ground is simply to make progress. We can gain trust but we can also gain a lot of ground.

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