---
id: 6847ff3df8fb3b46267e0a94
title: Task 57
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-57
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) Alice: Specifically, one-fourth of this portion is directed towards back-end development, which is crucial given our scalability goals. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Specifically, one-fourth of this portion is BLANK back-end development, which is crucial given our scalability goals.`

## --blanks--

`directed towards`

### --feedback--

This two-word phrase means that something is aimed at or used for a specific purpose.

# --explanation--

`Directed towards` means something is assigned, focused, or aimed at a particular area or goal. For example:

`A large part of the funding was directed towards research and development.` — This means the money was intentionally used for that area.

In Alice's sentence, she means part of the budget is being used for back-end development.

# --scene--

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      "startTimestamp": 20.34,
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```
