Is that feasible?

Hi everyone, here's a quick vocab lesson to get you through the weekend~!

FEASIBLE

Do you know this word? It is a high level word that is often used in BUSINESS. It basically means that it can be done. In casual English, we would say that it is DOABLE.

1) Is finishing this report by Friday feasible?

2) Is finishing this report by Friday doable?

These both mean the same thing but 1) sounds more professional and 2) sounds more casual. So you should use 1) with clients, at meetings, etc. and 2) with friends or co-workers- your boss might use it with you but it would be too casual if you used it with your boss~!

Another way feasible is often used is in:

Economically Feasible

This means, can we do make money doing this~!

Does it make economic sense? Sometimes, a project might be doable(technologically it can be done) but it isn't ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. We will lose money building and selling this product.

Technologically we can build it but the costs are so high that it isn't economically feasible right now. We need to wait till costs come down.

It isn't economically feasible for me to teach private lessons far from my home, I waste too much time getting to my students house.

Any questions?

Have a nice weekend,

Phil

We're behind schedule so it's time to...

Hey everyone, today I'm gonna present two idioms that are most often used in a business context. They are a bit old fashioned but you still hear them sometimes. Plus students when talking about studying might used these idioms too.

We're behind schedule we're going to have to:

1- put our noses to the grindstone

A grindstone is a stone used for sharpening knives. When you used it you had to lean in and push the knife onto the grindstone so your nose was very close to it~. This came to mean to work hard.

I have to put my nose to the grindstone if I wanna pass the exam!

2- to burn the midnight oil

A long time ago, people had to burn oil to light lamps at night. So if you needed to work late you had to burn extra oil. If you are burning oil at midnight you are working really late! So this expression came to mean work very late or work all night.

Don't use this if you just wanna say you are going to work overtime! This idiom is stronger than that, it implies you are working till midnight or later.

To finish my project on time I had to burn the midnight oil for a week! It sucked!

Hmmm, I guess that is it for now, I hope you all had a nice weekend,

Phil