---
id: 67cae283bf1f648a023b2264
title: Task 125
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-125
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Maria: We're quite short on a few roles, which makes it hard to meet the new deadline. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.  

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`We're quite BLANK on a few roles, which makes it hard to meet the new deadline.`  

## --blanks--

`short`  

### --feedback--

This means not having enough of something that is needed.

# --explanation--

`To be short on something` means to not have enough of it, causing difficulties. For example:

`We're short on time, so we need to finish quickly.` - This means there is not enough time to complete everything.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Maria",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.5
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_12-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 27.12,
      "finishTimestamp": 30.82
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Maria",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Maria",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.66,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "We're quite short on a few roles,",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Maria",
      "startTime": 2.86,
      "finishTime": 4.7,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "which makes it really hard to meet the new deadline.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Maria",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.2
    }
  ]
}
```
