Khoa explained that learning results mainly come from practice and patience.
come down to
Getting better often comes down to practice and patience.
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Getting better often comes down to practice and patience.
The final choice came down to which idea was easier to use.
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The final choice came down to which idea was easier to use.
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Mainly depends on key factors
come down to somethingcome down to a question / choice
You reduce a problem to its most important element, which does not mean moving it down. Past tense “came”.
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Khoa maintains good drawing practice habits over many sessions.
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Khoa added a short game to make class activities more fun.
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Khoa imagined that he would become an artist in the future.
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Khoa and the group ended the discussion with a cheerful greeting.
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Mai
Can we keep up this pace until Friday?
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Can we keep up this pace until Friday?
Alex
I think so. Then we can wind up the project.
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I think so. Then we can wind up the project.
Mai
In the end, it comes down to sharing the work fairly.
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In the end, it comes down to sharing the work fairly.
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keep up / wind up
“Keep up” maintains a level or effort; here “wind up” means finish an activity. Sustaining effort to the end differs from continuing without a stopping point.
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A situation to apply what you have learned
A team wants to maintain steady effort until a final review, then finish the project rather than extend it indefinitely.
Ask them to maintain their effort.
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Keep up the good work until the final review.
“Keep up the good work until…” asks the team to maintain its effort until the final review.
Replace “the project” with “it”: Wind the project up.
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Wind it up.
“It” replaces the project being concluded, so use “wind it up”; this is not the meaning of annoying someone.
Explain the importance of sharing work.
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Our ability to finish comes down to sharing the work fairly.
“Comes down to sharing” identifies fair workload sharing as the key factor in completing the project.
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