---
id: 6847e84baa39763da6d21994
title: Task 50
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-50
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) David: Can you start with how our budget is currently allocated across the different phases? -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Can you BLANK how our budget is currently BLANK the different phases?`

## --blanks--

`start with`

### --feedback--

This phrasal verb means to begin by focusing on one specific thing first.

---

`allocated across`

### --feedback--

This two-word phrase means how something is divided and given to different parts or stages.

# --explanation--

`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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