Meet Halfway – Conversation Practice

Carrie: We need to work on this project together. How do you think we should divide the work?

Greg: I think you should handle the research and presentation. I will support you with whatever you need.

Carrie: Are you saying that I should do all the work?

Greg: Well, this work is more related to your job. It makes sense that you should have a greater responsibility than I do.

Carrie: That doesn’t make sense to me. Our boss told us to work on this together. So, you need to meet me halfway.

Greg: Fine. Let’s do the research and create the presentation together. But I think you should give the presentation because you have more knowledge about this work.

Carrie: Okay. That is fair enough.

1. to meet halfway: to compromise

  • When you are negotiating, you have to meet the other side halfway.

  • A) I’ll give you a 10% discount.
B) 5%.
A) Lets’ meet halfway – 7.5%.

2. to handle: to manage; to deal with; to take care

  • Can you handle all this work by yourself?

  • If a customer is very angry, please let me know. I will handle them.

3. to make sense: to be reasonable or comprehensible; to not be ridiculous or crazy

  • His plan makes sense.

  • Everything he said didn’t make sense to me.