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Ladybird25 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
At the risk of sounding excited
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Hi,
I have difficulty in understanding the last part of the conversations below (underlined ):
I’d appreciate any help.
(Karen and Andrew are from Company X, Sean and Francoise from Company Y)
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Karen: We’ve discussed this problem of logging support and project work, and we’d like to make a proposal.
Sean: Let’s hear it.
Karen: Firstly, we do understand your concerns about the pricing systems. Level A is too expensive and Level B holds too many potential surprises. So, we propose a level of support between A and B. We include all maintenance and support work at a fixed price, plus a minimum project load. How does that sound?
Sean: Good, in theory. But I can’t see any difference between that and Level A. We want to agree a monthly rate for essential support and project work.
Karen: What about urgent, additional work?
Francoise: You could quote for that when it’s necessary.
Andrew: Wouldn’t that be difficult to manage in reality?
We could get delays while we waited for your approval.
Karen: How would it work, Francoise?
Francoise: Maybe we could agree a contingency sum at the start of the year to cover urgent projects.
Karen: Would the IT Manager have control of that?
Francoise: No, but I’m sure I could approve most of the work myself.
Karen: At the risk of sounding excited, that could work.
Andrew: Let’s go back to the original proposal and put some figures to this.
Sean: Great. Let’s get started.
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The underlined part does not make much sense to me. Would anyone please paraphrase it?
Thank you in advance.
ladybird
Hi,
I have difficulty in understanding the last part of the conversations below (underlined ):
I’d appreciate any help.
(Karen and Andrew are from Company X, Sean and Francoise from Company Y)
---------------------------------
Karen: We’ve discussed this problem of logging support and project work, and we’d like to make a proposal.
Sean: Let’s hear it.
Karen: Firstly, we do understand your concerns about the pricing systems. Level A is too expensive and Level B holds too many potential surprises. So, we propose a level of support between A and B. We include all maintenance and support work at a fixed price, plus a minimum project load. How does that sound?
Sean: Good, in theory. But I can’t see any difference between that and Level A. We want to agree a monthly rate for essential support and project work.
Karen: What about urgent, additional work?
Francoise: You could quote for that when it’s necessary.
Andrew: Wouldn’t that be difficult to manage in reality?
We could get delays while we waited for your approval.
Karen: How would it work, Francoise?
Francoise: Maybe we could agree a contingency sum at the start of the year to cover urgent projects.
Karen: Would the IT Manager have control of that?
Francoise: No, but I’m sure I could approve most of the work myself.
Karen: At the risk of sounding excited, that could work.
Andrew: Let’s go back to the original proposal and put some figures to this.
Sean: Great. Let’s get started.
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The underlined part does not make much sense to me. Would anyone please paraphrase it?
Thank you in advance.
ladybird
Top answer
Hi, Karen is saying that she thinks her statement (that could work) may make her sound excited. This may be said seriously, or as a small attempt at humour. In short, she is expressing some enthusiasm.
- Hi, Karen is saying that she thinks her statement (that could work) may make her sound excited.
- This may be said seriously, or as a small attempt at humour.
- In short, she is expressing some enthusiasm.
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Hi,
Karen is saying that she thinks her statement (that could work) may make her sound excited.
This may be said seriously, or as a small attempt at humour.
In short, she is expressing some enthusiasm.
Karen is saying that she thinks her statement (that could work) may make her sound excited.
This may be said seriously, or as a small attempt at humour.
In short, she is expressing some enthusiasm.
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