English with an American Corporate Accent - 025

This is another collection from recent meetings and trips. It works best if you can find a native English speaker with exposure to corporate America to elaborate on the finer points that I cannot cover well here.

* The overall timing of these pieces is a bit tight on Platform A, but I'm really not sweating where this is falling for Platform B. [The overall timing of these pieces is a bit tight on Platform A, but I'm really not worried where we are for Platform B.]
* Let us help our customers get their arms around some of their questions and give them a direction forward. [Let us help our customers get a handle on their questions and give them a direction forward.]
* I got your email on that customer escalation. What's the scoop? [I got your email on that customer escalation. What's it about?]
* Oops! I forgot to include you in that email. [Gosh! I forgot to include you in that email.]
* If we could demo that, that would be a good show-and-tell. [If we could demonstrate that, that would be a good story to tell.]
* Let me up-level a bit on this subject. [Let me address this subject at a higher level.]
* They just want to kick the tires a little bit. [They just want to do a sanity test a little bit.]
* What he just said obliterated everything you have accomplished so far. [What he just said wiped out everything you have accomplished so far.]
* They did their own cherry picking on what's important to them. [They did their own choosing on what's important to them.]
* The political tension between these two organizations is very hard to deal with. [The political friction between these two organizations is very hard to deal with.]
* Are we on track for this project? [Are we meeting our interim objectives for this project?]
* How does that manifest itself in that configuration? [How does that show itself in that configuration?]