We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
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De projectmanager riep het team bij elkaar in de kleine vergaderruimte.
The project manager gathered the team in the small conference room.
Ze legde een dik dossier met een harde klap op tafel.
She placed a thick folder on the table with a firm thud.
We gaan standaard strikte budgetlimieten nodig hebben voor alles.
We are going to need default hard budget caps on everything.
De teamleden keken elkaar met nerveuze blikken aan.
The team members looked at each other with nervous expressions.
De marketingkosten waren al hoog en stegen elke week weer.
Marketing costs were already high and rising every single week.
De nieuwe regels zouden iedereen dwingen hun dagelijkse uitgaven te heroverwegen.
The new rules would force everyone to rethink their daily spending habits.
Ondanks de spanning wisten ze dat deze limieten essentieel waren om te overleven.
Despite the tension, they knew these limits were essential for survival.
Aan het einde van de vergadering waren ze het eindelijk eens over het plan.
By the end of the meeting, they finally agreed on the plan.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- Budget caps
- budgetlimieten
- Conference room
- vergaderruimte
- Firm
- strikt
- Spending habits
- uitgavenpatronen
- Essential
- essentieel
- Survival
- overleving
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