1) Podcast Intro
In fast technical meetings, small misunderstandings create big delays.
Today’s training helps you ask precise clarifying questions without sounding uncertain.
You’ll practice practical expressions, fill-in-the-blank drills, speaking prompts, and translation output.
Let’s train to confirm scope, priority, and next actions clearly.
2) Core Expressions
| Expression | Meaning | Example |
| ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Could you clarify what you mean by ~? | ~의 의미를 명확히 요청 | Could you clarify what you mean by “production-ready”? |
| Just to make sure I understood correctly, ~ | 이해 확인 | Just to make sure I understood correctly, we deploy on Friday, right? |
| Are we optimizing for A or B? | 우선순위 확인 | Are we optimizing for speed or stability in this release? |
| What would success look like here? | 성공 기준 확인 | What would success look like here for this sprint? |
| Can we align on the next steps? | 실행 계획 정렬 | Can we align on the next steps before we close? |
3) Fill in the Blanks
1. Could you **\_\_** what you mean by “minimal scope”?
Answer: **clarify**
2. Just to make sure I understood **\_\_**, we pause feature B this week.
Answer: **correctly**
3. Are we optimizing **\_\_** latency or cost in phase one?
Answer: **for**
4. What would success look **\_\_** for this API migration?
Answer: **like**
5. Can we align **\_\_** the next steps and owners?
Answer: **on**
4) Speaking Practice
1. Your PM says, “Let’s simplify the dashboard.” Ask one clarifying question.
Sample: **Could you clarify which user segment we should prioritize for simplification?**
2. The timeline changed suddenly. Confirm understanding and priority.
Sample: **Just to make sure I understood correctly, we’re moving the release to Thursday and prioritizing bug fixes over new features, right?**
3. End a meeting with action alignment.
Sample: **Can we align on the next steps, owners, and deadlines before we wrap up?**
5) Korean → English Translation
1. “제가 제대로 이해했는지 확인하고 싶어요.”
Answer: **I want to make sure I understood correctly.**
2. “이번 작업의 성공 기준이 무엇인가요?”
Answer: **What would success look like for this task?**
3. “마무리 전에 다음 단계에 대해 정렬할 수 있을까요?”
Answer: **Can we align on the next steps before we wrap up?**
6) Listening Challenge
Listen and write the missing phrase:
A) “\***\*\_\_\*\***, are we deprioritizing the payment refactor this sprint?”
Answer: **Just to make sure I understood correctly**
B) “Before we start implementation, \***\*\_\_\*\***?”
Answer: **could you walk me through an example use case**
C) “Great discussion. \***\*\_\_\*\*** and owners?”
Answer: **Can we align on the next steps**
Practice tip: In real meetings, one precise clarifying question is often more valuable than ten vague comments.
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In fast technical meetings, small misunderstandings create big delays.