When you need this

Some computer sentences come up every single workday, whatever your job is. You log in, you forget a password, you share your screen on a call, you ask someone to send a file again because it didn't come through. None of them are technical. They're the small talk of working on a computer, and knowing them keeps a meeting moving when something goes wrong.

Notice how many of these are phrasal verbs: log in, lock out, back up, pull up, sign out. They're short, they're what people really say, and they sound more natural than the formal words on the screen. "I can't log in" is how you'd say it to a coworker; "authentication failed" is how the computer says it to you.

Phrases

start or end a session with your username and password

the system won't let you try again

create a new password when the old one fails

it's too old and you must change it

a short number sent to your phone to prove it's you

hide your screen with a password when you step away

let others on a call see your computer

checks that screen sharing is working

open a file or page so you can look at it

send an email or file again

a quick key combination that does a task

Say it out loud

Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.

Practice · 3 min

Say the line that fits. Situation on the left, one natural line on the right.

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Say it today

Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.