1122 - 5 Natural Ways to Talk About a Problem

Something came up. We ran into a problem. Something went wrong. We hit a snag. It didn’t work out. 

These expressions are all connected to problems, but they don’t mean exactly the same thing. Some describe an unexpected situation, some describe a problem in the middle of a process, and some describe a result that wasn’t successful. So today, we’re going to look at five natural ways you can talk about problems and setbacks in everyday English.


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