---
id: 684836903e05e25f858309ad
title: Task 86
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-86
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) Alice: Up to this point, we've used about 40% of the total budget. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`BLANK, we've used about 40% of the total budget.`

## --blanks--

`Up to this point`

### --feedback--

These four words mean "until now" — everything that has happened so far in the project. The first letter of the first word is capitalized.

# --explanation--

`Up to this point` means everything that has happened from the beginning of the project until now. It is often used in status updates or progress reports. For example:

`Up to this point, everything has gone smoothly.` — Until now, there have been no problems.

In Alice's sentence, she's saying that 40% of the total budget has been spent so far.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company1-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_23-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 73.72,
      "finishTimestamp": 77.08
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.36,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Up to this point, we've used about 40% of the total budget.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.86
    }
  ]
}
```
